Dr. Anup Tamhankar

Dr. Anup Sunil Tamhankar is a cancer specialist specializing in Surgical Oncology having more than 11 years of clinical experience. He did 3 years in General Surgery residency at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He worked as a senior resident in the field of surgical Oncology for 3 years at Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai. He is a distinguished candidate of Tata Memorial Centre & was felicitated with a gold medal for M.CH Course at Tata Memorial Center Mumbai. He worked as specialist registrar (Post-super specialty) for 1 year at Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. Later he did Fellowship in minimal access and Robotic GI surgery (Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Centre.

Dr. Anup Tamhankar has been honored with many awards and recognition's throughout his long illustrious career and has been involved in actively creating & conducted cadaver liver surgery & organ retrieval workshop in IHPBA, Indian chapter, Mumbai, 2014. He specializes in the field of Peritonectomy & hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). He has also been visiting fellow to Peritoneal Malignancy Center, Basingstoke, UK for advanced training in HIPEC.

He has keen interest and expertise for advanced Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Onco-surgery as well as Peritonectomy & HIPEC. He also specializes in reconstructive surgery for Head & neck & breast Oncosurgery in the form of free flaps & Oncoplasty.

His areas of expertise are Breast Surgery, Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Head & Neck Surgery, Urological Oncosurgery, Bone & Soft Tissue Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Oncology

Indicative Publications

Retiform hemangioendothelioma over forehead: A rare tumor treated with chemoradiation and a review of literature,Tamhankar AS, Vaidya A, Pai P.,J Cancer Res Ther. 2015 Jul-Sep;11(3):657. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.148693.,Tamhankar AS,J Cancer Res Ther,2015,2015/10/14,,,10.4103/0973-1482.148693

A large cystic gastrointestinal stromal tumor within lesser sac: A diagnostic dilemma,Tamhankar AS, Tamhankar TA.,South Asian J Cancer. 2018 Jan-Mar;7(1):4-10. doi: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_10_18.,Tamhankar AS,South Asian J Cancer,2018,2018/03/31,PMC5865095,,10.4103/sajc.sajc_10_18

Signet ring colorectal carcinoma: Do we need to improve the treatment algorithm?,Tamhankar AS, Ingle P, Engineer R, Bal M, Ostwal V, Saklani A.,World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Dec 15;8(12):819-825. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i12.819.,Tamhankar AS,World J Gastrointest Oncol,2016,2016/12/31,PMC5156848,,10.4251/wjgo.v8.i12.819

Role of PET CT scan in redefining treatment of incidental gall bladder carcinoma,Goel M, Tamhankar A, Rangarajan V, Patkar S, Ramadwar M, Shrikhande SV.,J Surg Oncol. 2016 May;113(6):652-8. doi: 10.1002/jso.24198. Epub 2016 Feb 5.,Goel M,J Surg Oncol,2016,2016/02/06,,,10.1002/jso.24198

Total robotic radical rectal resection with da Vinci Xi system: single docking, single phase technique,Tamhankar AS, Jatal S, Saklani A.,Int J Med Robot. 2016 Dec;12(4):642-647. doi: 10.1002/rcs.1734. Epub 2016 Feb 3.,Tamhankar AS,Int J Med Robot,2016,2016/02/04,,,10.1002/rcs.1734

Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome: Case report with review literature,Yadav K, Bakshi G, Prakash G, Tamhankar A, Verma K.,Int J Surg Case Rep. 2014;5(8):487-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.03.007. Epub 2014 Jun 6.,Yadav K,Int J Surg Case Rep,2014,2014/07/02,PMC4147655,,10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.03.007