Best Doctors for Oral Cancer in Mumbai, India

• Dr. Anil K Dcruz is a well-experienced Surgical Oncologist with more than 33 years of experience in the field. 
• He is Governing Council Member and Past President of Foundation Head And Neck Oncology and the Past President the Asian Society Head And Neck Oncology.
• He is also an Active Member of the Indian Society Oncology, the Association Of Surgeons Of India, and the Indian Society Of Surgical Oncology.
• Dr. DCruz has been awarded the Honorary FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and he is also is the first Indian to hold the prestigious post of President Elect (2018-2020) and President (2020-2022) of the Union International for Cancer Control, Geneva, Switzerland.
• After his education, he underwent special training for head and neck surgery at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, Laser Surgery at Vanderbilt University, USA, and speech rehabilitation at Indianapolis, USA.
• He holds expertise in managing and treating issues such as Head & Neck Cancer, Cancer Screening (Preventive), Laparoscopic Surgery (Obs & Gyn), Oral cavity cancers, Laryngeal cancers, Thyroid and parathyroid cancers, etc.
• He has more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and chapters to his name and is a member of the Editorial Board of many reputed national and international journals.

• Dr. Ganapathi Bhat M  is a renowned Medical Oncologist and has more than 25 years of experience. 
• His area of interest lies in Stem Cell transplant, Immunotherapy, Radioimmunotherapy in Lymphoma, Radiopeptide Therapy, Clinical Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine, and Cellular Therapy.
• He is an active member of the Asian Pacific Bone Marrow Transplantation,  European Hematology Association Admitted as Member Of European hematology Association,  College of Chest Physicians of India Admitted as Member of the College of Chest Physicians of India.
• Dr. Ganapathi is the reviewer of Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
• Dr.  Bhatis actively involved in various teaching and academic programs as a renowned faculty for DNB Oncology.
• He has co-authored 14 journal articles, 4 book chapters, and presented his work at many conferences.

Dr. Abhay Bhave is a prominent Hematologist in India. He has more than 35 years of experience.

His area of expertise is treating blood-related disorders like Aplastic Anemia, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Anemia, Thalassaemia, etc. He also received the Ekta Manch Award for Community Service.

• Dr. Maheboob Basade, or Dr. Maheboob Mahamud Basade, is a medical oncologist with 26+ years of experience.
• His areas of expertise include chemotherapy, immunotherapy in hematological and non-hematological malignancies.
• He completed MBBS and MD from VM Medical College, Solapur, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, USA.
• He has been instrumental in implementing several projects related to oncology such as Chemotherapy for Hepatoblastoma and Etoposide in Histiocytosis-X.
• Dr. Basade has many firsts in his credit- first unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation in thalassemia major; India's first bone marrow transplantation in sickle cell disease; and conducting Asia's first case of unrelated cord blood cell transplantation in Krabbe's disease.
• He has been associated with many research projects dealing with clinical trials of new drugs.
• Dr. Basade has numerous papers and articles published in various peer-reviewed journals.
• He is a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, life member of Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Chapter of Indian Association of Paediatricians and executive body member of Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology.

• Dr. Rajesh Shinde is an upcoming Surgical Oncologist with nearly 10+ years of experience in the field. 
• He is a Reputed Member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO), Association of Minimally Access Surgeons of India (AMASI), Association of Colon & Rectum Surgeons of India (ACRSI), and Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-surgeons (IAGES).
• He has received a myriad of awards namely CSCO Travel Grant to present an invited poster at the annual CSCO meeting in Xiamen, China, IASO Travel Grant to present a poster at the annual SSO meeting in Chicago, Best poster award at IASG 2017, and Best Paper award at ICC 2017.
• He has also received the RD Birla Smarak Kosh Scholarship for higher training in GI Surgery at South Korea, and ESSO Training Fellowship Travel Grant to visit the University of Verona.
• Dr. Shetty has published many well-researched papers in national and international journals
• His specialization lies in Gastrointestinal, Hepato-Pancreatobiliary, & Thoracic Cancers. VATS, Minimally Invasive & Open Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Cancers Procedures, etc.

• Dr. Uma Dangi is an upcoming Medical Oncologist with experience of nearly 13+ years in the field.
• She is a member of the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) and Indian Medical Association (IMA).
• She did her undergraduate studies at Grant Medical College, Mumbai, and then completed her DN - Internal Medicine from Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital.
• Furthermore, her keen interest in the field of Oncology made her pursue DNB - Medical Oncology from P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre.
• Dr. Dangi has written several chapters on various topics in Medical Oncology, presented and published research papers in national conferences and journals along with being a part of organizing various local conferences.
• Her special interests lie in Blood Cancer, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Solid Breast Tumors, Solid Gynecological Tumor, Gastrointestinal Tumor, Lung Tumor, etc.

• Dr. Donald John Babu is a well-known Surgical Oncologist with experience of 12+ years.
• His area of specialization covers 'Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgeries’, ‘LASER’, and ‘Organ Preservation Surgeries’ for Cancer.
• He is adept in Surgical and Medical management of cancer.
• He performs ‘organ preservation surgeries’ for Breast Cancer, Sphincter preservation for Rectum Cancer, Mandible preservation for Oral Cancer, and Partial Nephrectomy.
• He also carries out ‘Laser Surgery’ for early-stage cancer of head, neck, and throat.
• He is credited for developing 'Homemade Laparoscopic endotainer' with Lap instruments which he uses religiously.
• He takes interest in teaching and academic activities and has served as the Honorary Assistant Professor at J. J. Group of Hospitals, Greater Mumbai.
• He is the recipient of Gold Medal from the European Board of Surgical Oncology in 2015.
• He has participated in numerous conferences and presented ‘posters’ and ‘papers’ in them.
• He is a member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), International Collegiums of Surgeons (ICS) and Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburg).  
• He also is involved in research and has several publications to his credit in reputed National and International journals.

• Dr. Mallika Tewari is a Surgical Oncologist with an experience of more than 18 years.
• She holds an expertise in management of pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, gallbladder cancer, liver resection, Whipple’s surgery, radical gastrectomy, etc.
• She usually performs surgeries like radical cholecystectomy, hepatectomy, colectomies, abdominoperineal resection, resection of small intestine, radical nephrectomy and many others.
• She has performed more than 2000 surgeries so far.
• She received around 10 Medals and 23 other academic prizes during her Education.
• Dr. Mallika completed her MBBS in 2000, and MD in General Surgery in 2002 from Banaras Hindu University.
• Further, she did Mch in Surgical Oncology in 2009.
• She was an Executive Member of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology , and currently serves as the Editor of Indian Journal of Surgery, which is the official journal of Association of Surgeons of India.
• She has more than 110 publications published in a book called ‘Surgery for Pancreatic & Periampullary Cancer’.

• Dr. Dhairyasheel Savant is a surgical oncologist with 36+ years of experience.
• His areas of expertise include head and neck oncology, reconstructive oncology, breast and HFN.
• He is a member of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO), Indian Society of Oncology (ISO), Mumbai Oncology Association and Medical Council of India (MCI).
• He did MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, MS in general surgery from Tata Hospital, Mumbai and FICS in Surgical Oncology from International College of Surgeons, Washington.
• Dr. Savant has penned several articles for national and international journals.
• He has been invited as a guest speaker and faculty member at national conferences.

• Dr. Shilpa Gupta Khandelwal is a renowned Medical Oncologist and Hematologist, with a thriving experience of more than 11 years.
• She is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Association of Medical Consultants.
• She has International and national publications and won poster presentation prizes in the European society of medical oncology meeting.

• Currently associated as a Consultant, Surgical Oncology at Global Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Expertise in minimally invasive surgery for cancer and conservative surgery of the breast.
• Specializes in minimally invasive and radical gastrointestinal and gynecology oncology surgery, to name a few.

• Dr. Ian D’Souza is working as a Honorary Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital since October 2010.
• On completion of his post graduation he then joined India's premier cancer institute the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, where he completed a 3-year residency training program in surgical oncology. He then went on to do a Research Fellowship (Gastro-Intestinal services).
• Dr. Ian D'Souza is a Surgical Oncologist practicing in the city of Mumbai for over 25 years.
• Dr. Ian D’Souza has written many publications, papers as well as presented at various workshops, conferences and conventions.