Educational Qualification
Area of Expertise
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – B.J. Medical College (1982)
- Masters in Surgery (MS) – B.J. Medical College (1986)
- Fellowship in Oncology – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai(1988)
- Fellowship in Breast Oncology – St. George Hospital, Sydney (1994)
- Fellowship in Liver and Breast Oncology – St. George Hospital, Sydney (1999)
- Fellowship in Breast USG and Mammotome – Seoul, South Korea (2006)
- Fellowship in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery – Marien Hospital Cancer Centre, (2011) Dusseldorf, Germany under Prof. Audretsch
- Fellowship in Surgery – Chelmsford Plastic Surgery Unit with Prof.Ramakrishnan (2014)
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer in young pateints
- Survivorship, Quality of Life and PROMs in Breast Cancer Patients
- Breast Cancer Clinical Research
- Oncoplastic and Breast Surgery Training
- Breast Cancer in Young Patients
Professional Career
Recognitions
- Medical Director, Orchids Breast Health, Pune, India (2010 – Present)
- Founding Director, International School of Oncoplastic Surgery (ISOS) (2014 – Present)
- Director, Oncosciences, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, India (2002 – Present)
- Honorary Associate Professor, University of East Anglia, UK (2022- Present)
- Board of Directors and Visiting Faculty, School of Oncoplastic Surgery, CA, USA
- Managing Trustee, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, Pune, India (2000 – Present)
- Research Lead, Centre for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR), Pune India (2017 – Present)
- Member, Board of Directors, Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA)
- Founding Director, Breast Global Network
- ET Edge Maharashtra Achievers’ Award 2019 supported by Femina (2019)
- Pune’s most powerful award (2018-19)
- Recognition of Breast Research Unit at Orchids Breast Health Centre by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India (2016)
- Citadel Honor for outstanding contribution in the field of medicine in Pune, India(2015)
- Recognition of Breast Research Unit at Orchids Breast Health Centre by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India (2016)
- Nominated as one of the ten citizens in Pune for the title ‘PUNE HEROES’ by Pune Mirror, by Times Group in 2014
- Rotary Citations for Excellence in Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment (2014)
- Remarkable achievement award by the Lavasa city for social work (2012)
- Citation from Kanara Saraswat Association, Bombay for exemplary community service(2011)
- Citadel Honors for ‘Outstanding contribution in the field of Medicine in Pune City’(2008)
Associations
Achievements
- Member, Association of Surgeons of India
- Lifetime Member, Indian Medical Association
- Joint co-editor BreastGlobal Journal
- Affiliate Member, Society International De Senologie (SIS), France
- Regional Director and Honorary Associate Professor, Mastership Program, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
- Member, American Society of Breast Diseases
- Faculty School of Oncoplastic Surgery USA
- Joint Co-editor in Chief, Journal of Oncoplastic Surgery (Established by Society of Oncoplastic Surgery, USA)
- Board of Directors and Visiting Faculty, School of Oncoplastic Surgery, CA, USA
- Established India’s only stand-alone state-of-the-art Breast clinic- Orchids Breast Health Centre in Pune, India. The clinic is reputed as being the only one of its kind in Pune which provides effective diagnostic solutions including Mammography with 3D Tomosynthesis and Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS). The ABVS facility is one of the first in the country and helps in cancer detection in younger patients (<50 years old).
- Has conducted the largest number of oncoplastic breast surgeries in India
- Achieved a rate of 85% reconstruction in patients needing mastectomy, one of the highest in the world (best rate in the world is around 30-40%)
- One of the First in India to perform Bilateral Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction for BRCA positive patients as prophylactic surgeries.
- Brought 1st Integrated Cancer Care to Pune by establishing Cancer Facility at Inlaks and Budhrani Hospital, Pune (1993)
- Set-up the first Mammography center and a comprehensive Breast Unit which did the first Breast Conservation Surgery in Pune (1993)
- Instituted the First Intra-operative Radiation facility in the state of Maharashtra, India
- Helped in setting up Cancer Facility at two more hospitals in Pune- Jehangir Hospital in 2002 and Ruby Hall Clinic in 2005
- Started the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Inlaks & Budhrani Hospital in 1996 only the third facility in India of the time.
- Expertise in Oncoplastic reconstruction has trained over 500 surgeons