Sivi Bakthavachalam (Baktha), MD
Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon
Licensure / Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology, Diplomate
- American Board of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Fellow
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- Georgia Composite State Board of Medicine
Education and Training
- Pediatric Fellowship, Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
- Residency, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Internship, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Doctor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Bachelor of Science, Boston University, Boston, MA
Hospital Affiliations
Special Interests
- Congenital airway disorders
- Pediatric airway reconstruction with open and endoscopic techniques
- Congenital and acquired head and neck masses
- Thyroglossal Duct Cysts
- Thyroid surgery
- Salivary gland surgery (Submandibular gland and Parotid gland)
- Surgical procedures for drooling
- Septoplasty
- Turbinate Reduction
- Nasal Bone Fractures
- Chronic rhinosinusitis and functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Chronic ear disease
- Tympanoplasty
Societies / Associations / Honors
- Georgia Society of Otolaryngology
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- Atlanta Magazine: Top Doctors: 2020
Publications
- Rastatter, J and S Bakthavachalam, J Maddalozzo, “Thyroid,” In: Bluestone and Stool’s
- Pediatric Otolaryngology, Volume 1, PMPH, 1841-1849, 2014
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sivi_Bakthavachalam/publications