Dr. Kunal Jain Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2024
Head and neck surgical oncologist Kunal S. Jain, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named among Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors for 2024. Top Doctors represent the top 7% of all physicians practicing in the United States and are considered best-in-class health care providers, demonstrating excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills.
Dr. Jain joined the department in 2015 and is director of head and neck surgical oncology at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, part of Harris Health. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics at Cornell University, after spending his junior year at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. After earning his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he completed his internship in general surgery and his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He joined the faculty at McGovern Medical School after completing a fellowship in head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Jain is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Jain has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2021.
He treats patients with benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck, including throat cancer, oral cancer, larynx cancer, locally advanced skin cancer, salivary gland tumors, and thyroid/parathyroid disease, and performs reconstructive surgery. He spent a year in fellowship to learn robotic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where the technology was pioneered, and performs minimally invasive transoral robotic surgery for throat cancer patients. His research interests include improving outcomes of head and neck oncologic and reconstructive procedures.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated by their peers and thoroughly vetted by the organization’s physician-led research team. The organization has been rating physicians since 1991. Castle Connolly’s established survey research process, directed by a physician, involves tens of thousands of top doctors in America and the medical leadership of leading hospitals. The Castle Connolly list covers all 50 states and all major specialties, and is based on nominations from physicians who answer the question, “As a doctor, where would you go if you needed care?”