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Alok Saini, MD

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859-257-5405
alok.saini@uky.edu
740 S Limestone

Positions

  • Associate Professor
  • Division of Rhinology & Anterior Skull Base Surgery

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Biography and Education

Biography

Dr. Alok Saini grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He then completed medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where he was inducted to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received a number of scholarships for academic achievement. He also received the College of Medicine’s Faculty Medal, which is awarded to the graduate with the highest academic achievement. He then went to New York City to complete his otolaryngology residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, which is known to be one of the most rigorous training programs in the country. He was awarded the Chairman’s Award, which is given to the chief resident who most embodies the ideals of academic medicine. After his residency, Dr. Saini completed a fellowship in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston under the guidance of Drs. Martin Citardi, Amber Luong and William Yao. Dr. Saini joined the Division of Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery in the UK Department of Otolaryngology. His clinical practice focuses on diseases of the nose and sinuses including allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, nasal obstruction, deviated septum, sinusitis, nasal polyps, cerebrospinal fluid leaks, sinonasal tumors, and disorders of taste and smell. Some of the procedures he offers patients are septoplasty, inferior turbinate reduction, endoscopic sinus surgery, balloon sinuplasty and endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.

Education

Undergraduate Education
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience), 2004-2008

Graduate Education
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Doctor of Medicine, 2008-2012

Post-Graduate Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Otolaryngology Residency, 2012-2017

Fellowship Training
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 
Rhinology & Skull Base Surgery, 2017-18

Licensure
Kentucky, 2018

Hospital Privileges
University of Kentucky A.B. Chandler Medical Center
Veteran's Affairs Medical Center