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Punam Thakkar
Researcher at George Washington University
Publications - 38
Citations - 319
Punam Thakkar is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 31 publications receiving 138 citations.
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Mental health among otolaryngology resident and attending physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: National study.
Alyssa M. Civantos,Yasmeen M. Byrnes,Changgee Chang,Aman Prasad,Kevin Chorath,Seerat K. Poonia,Carolyn M. Jenks,Andrés M. Bur,Punam Thakkar,Evan M. Graboyes,Rahul Seth,Samuel Trosman,Anni Wong,Benjamin M. Laitman,Brianna Harris,Janki Shah,Vanessa C. Stubbs,Garret Choby,Qi Long,Christopher H. Rassekh,Erica R. Thaler,Karthik Rajasekaran +21 more
TL;DR: Otolaryngologists are among the highest risk for COVID‐19 exposure, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.
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Assessment of YouTube as an Educational Tool in Teaching Key Indicator Cases in Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Neck Dissection.
Neil N. Luu,Christina M. Yver,Jennifer E. Douglas,Kendall Tasche,Punam Thakkar,Karthik Rajasekaran +5 more
TL;DR: While free-to-access video repositories, such as YouTube, have become increasingly popular among trainees as a primary resource for learning and preparing for surgical cases, they lack consistent quality and as such, global efforts should be taken to improve the breadth and depth of educational video content in otolaryngology.
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Snapshot Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Wellness in Nonphysician Otolaryngology Health Care Workers: A National Study
Aman Prasad,Alyssa M. Civantos,Yasmeen M. Byrnes,Kevin Chorath,Seerat K. Poonia,Changgee Chang,Evan M. Graboyes,Andrés M. Bur,Punam Thakkar,Jie Deng,Rahul Seth,Samuel Trosman,Anni Wong,Benjamin M. Laitman,Janki Shah,Vanessa C. Stubbs,Qi Long,Garret Choby,Christopher H. Rassekh,Erica R. Thaler,Karthik Rajasekaran +20 more
TL;DR: Frontline otolaryngology health care providers exhibit high rates of mental health complications, particularly anxiety and distress, in the wake of COVID-19, and adequate support systems must be put into place to address these issues.
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Advanced head and neck surgery training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Babak Givi,Michael G. Moore,Arnaud F. Bewley,Charles S. Coffey,Marc Cohen,Amy C. Hessel,Scharukh Jalisi,Steven Kang,Jason G. Newman,Liana Puscas,Maisie L. Shindo,Andrew G. Shuman,Punam Thakkar,Donald T. Weed,Ara A. Chalian +14 more
TL;DR: The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly impacted medical training and its effect on head and neck surgical education is assessed.
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Transoral robotic surgery versus nonrobotic resection of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Yeshwant Chillakuru,Daniel A. Benito,David Strum,Varun Mehta,Prashant Saini,Timothy Shim,Christina Darwish,Arjun S. Joshi,Punam Thakkar,Joseph F. Goodman +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the impact of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) compared to nonrobotic surgery (NRS) on overall survival in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC).