Alok Saini MD

Dr. Alok Tejinder-Singh Saini earned an MD at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was inducted into 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 completed an otolaryngology residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City which is known to be one of the most rigorous training programs in the country. He was awarded the Chairman’s Award, given to the chief resident who most embodies the ideals of academic medicine. After residency, Dr. Saini completed a fellowship in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas, under the guidance of Drs. Martin Citardi, Amber Luong, and William Yao. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Dr. Saini's 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, turbinate reduction, endoscopic sinus surgery, balloon sinuplasty, and endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.

Dr. Saini is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.