Dr. Garvit Chitkara
Senior consultant
Cancer Care / Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Oncology Reconstructive Surgery, Breast Cancer, Molecular Oncology & Cancer Genetics
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Call Us+91 92688 80303About Dr. Garvit Chitkara
Work Experience
- Dr. Garvit Chitkara is currently working at Max Healthcare
- More than 15 years of experience
- Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology (Breast Surgery), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Observership in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
- HBNI Fellowship in Breast Oncology at Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Senior Resident at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Senior Resident at Delhi State Cancer Institute, New Delhi
Education & Training
- HBNI Fellowship in Surgical Oncology (Breast) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- DNB, General Surgery from National Board of Examination
- MBBS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Memberships
- Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
- Member, European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST)
Awards
- Travel Fellowship to 12th European Breast Cancer Conference
- Certificate of Achievement: Harvard Medical School for HMX fundamentals-Genetics
Speciality Interest
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.
Research Papers & Publications
- Organ preservation in splenic abscess-a case report Case report Med J Armed Forces India. 2014 Apr;70(2):195-7
- Corrosive Tracheoesophageal fistula following button battery ingestion Case report Indian Pediatr.2102 feb,49(2);145-6
- Non manipulative relief for chronic back pain Rapid Response BMJ
- Study of orofacial response to manually dexterous task in mentally disabled children Paper presentation IAPSM
- Abdominoelectrography Proceedings Intelligent system and communications 2005, Manipal
- Lymphnode ratio as an alternative to pN staging in node positive breast cancer Poster Presentation ISMPO 2015
- Low axillary sampling in women with clinically node negative breast cancer post neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study Poster Presentation Advances in breast Cancer 2016, Mumbai
- Low axillary sampling in women with clinically node negative breast cancer post neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study Oral presentation Advances in breast Cancer 2016, Mumbai
- Phyllodes : A Retrospective Audit Oral Presentation 2nd Indian cancer congress , Bangalore
- Molecular Biology in the Breast Clinics— Current status and future perspectives Article Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology10.1007/s13193-019- 00954-1
- Management of breast cancer Chapter Text book of clinical oncology in the Indian context
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Chapter Roshan Lall Gupta’s Recent Advances in Surgery 17th edition 2021
- Clinical Benefit of Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Letter to the editor JAMA Oncology. 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5677.
- Tale of constant adaptation, revision, and change of cancer therapy during the ongoing COVID crisis: Adapting to cope and win Article Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology(Vol. 41, Issue 2)
- Validation of nomograms to predict nonsentinel lymph node metastasis after positive sentinel lymph node in breast cancer: Indian cohort background. Conference abstract ASCO Journal of Clinical Oncology 2020 38:15_suppl, 56 8-568
- En Bloc Excision of Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Radical Approach Heralds Better Outcome Original research Article Clinical Breast Cancer,2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2 020.09.002.
- Can We Avoid Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND) in Patients with 1–2 Positive Sentinel/Low Axillary Lymph Nodes (SLN/LAS+) in the Indian Setting? Article Indian J Surg Oncol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193 -021-01297-6
- Knowledge attitude and practice of surgeons for breast conserving surgery: Results from an Indian cohort Article European Journal of Cancer, 10.1016/S0959-8049(20)30611- 0
- Access to HER2-targeted therapy at a tertiary care center in India: An evolution Article Indian J Cancer. 2021 Mar 21. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_841_19. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33753630.
- Clinical course and outcome of patients with COVID-19 in Mumbai City: an observational study Article BMJ Open 2021;11:e042943. doi: 10. 1136/bmjopen-2020-042943
Frequently Asked Questions
- HBNI Fellowship in Surgical Oncology (Breast) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- DNB, General Surgery from National Board of Examination
- MBBS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
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