Dr. Zainab Hakim Arsiwala

3989Specialist

Paediatric ENT


Dr. Zainab Hakim Arsiwala is a Paediatric ENT Specialist at Medcare Women & Children Hospital. She completed her MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum and her Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology from Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, Mumbai. She acquired an MD in Otolaryngology from Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai and is a Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) in Otolaryngology. She is a Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. She has undertaken clinical observerships at two internationally recognised paediatric airway centres, CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA, gaining exposure to complex airway conditions and advanced surgical techniques. 
Dr. Arsiwala has spent more than a decade working across major teaching hospitals in Mumbai and multiple ENT subspecialties in the UAE. Earlier in her career, she trained and practised at Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital, Lokmanya Tilak Hospital and KEM Hospital. Before specialising in Paediatric ENT, she worked as an Associate ENT Surgeon at American Hospital, Dubai, where she worked alongside consultants on complex surgical cases. She also worked at Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, Dubai, where she obtained a Fellowship in Paediatric ENT 
Dr. Arsiwala has extensive experience in diagnosis and management of children’s ENT conditions, from newborns through adolescence, with a particular interest in paediatric airway management. She skillfully treats paediatric patients having airway obstruction, obstructive sleep apnoea, foreign bodies, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, subglottic stenosis, laryngeal clefts, chronic ear conditions, sinus disorders and congenital neck conditions. Her surgical expertise includes paediatric tracheostomy, rigid bronchoscopy, supraglottoplasty, airway balloon dilatation, tonsil and adenoid surgery, grommet insertion, paediatric tympanoplasty and myringoplasty, and complex airway procedures.
Alongside her clinical practice, Dr. Arsiwala is actively involved in medical education, research and academic teaching. She has contributed to the training of postgraduate residents and medical students and has presented at ENT conferences. Her research interests include paediatric hearing loss, airway complications and complex ENT conditions, with several publications and case reports in international medical journals.
She speaks English and Hindi.

DEPARTMENT
Paediatric
SPECIALITY
Paediatric ENT
Location
Sheikh Zayed Road - Medcare Women & Children Hospital
Languages
Nationality
Indian
Years of Experience
12 years
Credentials

MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India,

Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology from Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, Mumbai, India,

MD in Otolaryngology from Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai,

Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) in Otolaryngology,

Fellowship in Paediatric ENT from Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, Dubai, UAE,

Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

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