Gulnaz Toksanbayeva

About me

Gulnaz Toksanbayeva is an otolaryngologist with seven years of experience in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of ear, nose, and throat conditions.

I specialize in modern minimally invasive ENT surgery, combining evidence-based medicine with an individual approach to every patient.

Over the course of my practice, I have performed more than 6,000 elective and emergency surgical procedures. I carry out complex endoscopic sinus surgery, including for nasal polyps and neoplasms.

Areas of expertise

• Diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, and throat conditions in adults and children
• Endoscopic ENT diagnostics (rhinoscopy, otoscopy, laryngoscopy)
• Surgical treatment of nasal and sinus conditions: septoplasty, turbinoplasty, FESS, polypectomy, endoscopic sinus surgery
• Surgical treatment of throat conditions: tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy
• Ear surgery: tympanoplasty types I–V
• Minor surgical procedures: paracentesis, tympanostomy tube placement, maxillary sinus puncture
• Diagnosis and treatment of vestibular disorders: positional testing, interpretation of tympanograms and audiometry, repositioning maneuvers for BPPV
• Interpretation of CT scans and endoscopic ENT examinations
• Pre- and postoperative patient care
• Emergency ENT care: tracheostomy, abscess drainage, nasal bone repositioning

Education

• Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty — Doctor of Medicine and internship in General Practice (2006–2014)
• Kazakh Medical University of Continuing Education, Almaty — Residency in Otolaryngology (2014–2018)

Fellowships and training

• Practical course "Otology and Mastoid Surgery" — Salzburg Weill Cornell Medicine seminar, Austria (October 2022)
• Training at the Department of Otolaryngology — Chosun University Hospital, South Korea (April 2023)
• Clinical observership at the Department of Otolaryngology — Open Medical Institute, Salzburg General Hospital, Austria (October–November 2023)

Work experience

• Public and private clinics in Almaty — Otolaryngologist (since May 2018)
• Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University — clinical mentor for otolaryngology residents (since October 2023)
• In practice since 2018

Research

• Co-author of "The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in etiology and course of acute otitis media in children under 5 years" — abstracts of the VII St. Petersburg International Forum of Otorhinolaryngologists of Russia, 2018

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