Cancer is just a Word... Not a Sentence!!

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Academic Qualifications: 

1. M.B,B.S:

Institution: Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Time Period : 2001-2007

2. M.S ( General Surgery)

Institution: Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Time Period : 2007-2010

3. M.Ch (Surgical Oncolgy)

Institution: Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.

Time Period : 2011-2014

Registration Number: 2007/05/1942 (Maharashtra Medical Council)

Work Experience:

1. 3      years of General Surgery residency at KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
2. Senior      Residency (including superspeciality course) for 4 years at Department of      Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
3. Specialist      registrar (Post-superspeciality) for 1 year at Department of Surgical      Oncology at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. 
4. Organized      & conducted cadaveric liver surgery & organ retrieval work shop in      IHPBA, Indian chapter, Mumbai, 2014.
5. Fellow      in minimal access & robotic GI surgery at Department of GI oncology at      Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai 2015-16.
6. Observer      at Basingstoke Peritoneal Malignancy Centre, UK 2016-17.
7. USA      Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) certified Medical Practitioner.

Professional Work Experience: (2016 Onwards)

Consultant Surgical Oncologist at 

- Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune

- Sassoon hospital, Pune

- JJ Hospital, Mumbai

- Mumbai Cancer Care, Mumbai

- SSPM Medical College & Hospital

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Podium(Best Paper presentation):

Title: Pancreatic Trauma & significance of identification of ductal injury & its timely management.

Authors: Dr Anup Tamhankar, Dr Varsha Kulkarni.

Venue: Association of Surgeons of India Conference (ASICON) (Coimbatore) (National Conference)

Year : 2009

2. Poster:

Title: Clinical T stage as predictor of depth of invasion in early tongue cancer.(Gold Medal)

Authors: Dr Anup Tamhankar, Dr Abhishek Vaidya, Dr Gouri Pantavaidya, Dr A K D’Cruz.

Venue : Federation of Head & Neck Oncology (FHNO, Jaipur)(National Conference)

Year : 2013

3. Poster: Leiomyosarcoma of Penis: Report of two cases. 

Authors: Dr Gagan Prakash, Dr Ganesh Bakshi, Dr Anup TamhankarDr Suraj Agarwal, Dr Krunal Khobragade

Venue:Urological Society of India conference (USICON) (National Conference)

Year:2014

4. Video Presentation: Laparoscopic total proctocolectomy with transanal mucosectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis.

Authors: Dr Ashwin D’Souza, Dr Rachel Gomes, Dr Avanish Saklani, Dr Anup Tamhankar

Venue: Tripartite Colorectal Meeting (ACPGBI) (London, UK) (International Conference)

Year : 2014

5. Poster: 

Signet Ring Cell Colorectal Carcinoma (SRCC): Do we need to improve treatment algorithm? (PWE 284) (London, UK)

Authors: Dr Anup Tamhankar, Dr Parag Ingle, Dr Reena Engineer, Dr Avanish Saklani

Venue: Digestive Disease Federation, Excel, London. (International Conference)

Year: 2015

6. Poster: 

Total Robotic Radical Rectal Resection with da Vinci Xi System: Single Docking & Single Phase Technique. (PWE 285)

Authors :Dr Anup Tamhankar, Dr Avanish Saklani

Venue:Digestive Disease Federation, Excel, London. (International Conference)

Year: 2015

Publications:

1. A Rare Presentation of Euthyroid Orbitopathy in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Pankaj Chaturvedi, Anup Tamhankar

Int J Head Neck Surg 2013;4(3):145-147.

2. Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome: Case report with review literature

Kaushal Yadav, Ganesh Bakshi, Gagan Prakash, Anup Tamhankar, and Kamlesh Verma

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2014; 5(8): 487–490.

3. Retiform hemangioendothelioma over forehead: A rare tumor treated with chemoradiation and a review of literature.

Anup Tamhankar, Abhishek Vaidya, Prathamesh Pai

J Can Res Ther [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2015 Feb 9]. 

Available from: http://www.cancerjournal.net/preprintarticle.asp?id=148693

4. Total robotic radical rectal resection with da Vinci Xi system: Single docking, single phase technique. Int J Med Robot. 2016 Feb 3. doi: 10.1002/rcs.1734. [Epub ahead of print]

5. Role of PET CT Scan in redefining treatment of incidental gall bladder carcinoma

J Surg Oncol. 2016 May;113(6):652-8. 

6. Signet Ring Cell Colorectal Cancer (SRCC). Do we need to modify treatment algorithm? World Journal of Gastro-Intestinal Oncology.  2016 Dec 15; 8(12): 819–825.

7. A large cystic gastrointestinal stromal tumor within lesser sac: A diagnostic dilemma. South Asian J Cancer. 2018 Jan-Mar; 7(1): 4–10.

8. Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (BRCA) Gene: Concept, Pathways, Therapeutics & Future. Tamhankar Anup. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 41(1): 9.

Book Chapters:

1. The Origin and Emission of Volatile Biomarkers from Urine. ‘Volatile Biomarkers’ (Under Publication Oct 21)

Awards:

1. 3rd rank in final M.B,B.S ( Maharashtra University of Health Sciences) (2007)

2. ‘BEST THESIS’for M.S (General Surgery) (2010). 

Title: Raised Body Mass Index & its impact on post-operative complications. 

3. 3rd prize in ASICON, Coimbatore (National Conference) for Best Paper (2009). 

4. 1st prize (Gold Medal) for poster presentation in FHNO, Jaipur (National Conference) (2014). 

5. 1st rank (Gold Medal) in M.Ch Superspeciality exam (Homi Bhabha National University, Tata Memorial Hospital) (2014).

Special Interests and scope of surgeries: 

1. Cytoreductive surgery and Hyperthermic intra-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)

2. Minimally Invasive Surgery ( Robotic and Laparoscopic Colorectal Onco-Surgery)

3. Advanced Colo-Rectal Surgeries including

Ultra-Low Anterior Resections (ULAR) 

Intersphincteric resections (ISR)

Extra-levator Abdominoperineal resection (E-APR)

Pelvic Exenterations &Sacrectomies

Transanal Endoscopic Micro-Surgery (TEMS) 

4. Robotic Oncosurgery

5. Hepato-biliary Oncosurgery

Research Projects:

1. Development and evaluation of Human Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Macrophages (hCAR-Ma) in Human breast cancer organoid platform. 

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Institute of Biothechnology& Bio-informatics (IBB), Pune

2. Identification, validation and establishment of dormancy andrecurrence biomarker panel for chemotherapy-induced dormant breast tumor 

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Institute of Biothechnology& Bio-informatics (IBB), Pune

3. Prospective experimental study to determine the MetabolicFingerprinting and Proteomics of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Triple-Negative BreastCancer using LC-MS.

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune

Future Perspectives:

1. Systematic Research in efficacy of traditional contemporary medicine (Ayurvedic) for treatment of solid organ malignancies.

2. New drug development from traditional resources (e.g plants) in collaboration with biotechnology department of the university and pharmaceutical companies.

3. Work in the field of Basic Sciences & Molecular Oncology.