Dr. Reetesh Ranjan is a renowned head & neck surgical oncologist and robotic surgery expert in India with extensive national and international experience. He is a certified Robotic Surgery Proctor and has trained surgeons in more than 25 hospitals across India. As Assistant Program Director of the FHNO Fellowship at Manipal, he is deeply involved in training the next generation of oncologists. Known for his patient-centric approach, he combines innovation with precision to deliver the best oncological outcomes.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS
• MS (ENT)
• Fellowship in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
• Certified Robotic Head & Neck Surgery Proctor – Intuitive Surgical
• Multiport Console Training – da Vinci Robotic Xi System, Intuitive Surgical Training Centre, Seoul, South Korea

Professional Memberships:

• Fellow, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
• Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Fellow, International College of Surgeons (FICS)
• Fellow, Association of Indian Surgeons (FAIS)
• Fellow, Academy of General Education (FAGE)
• Fellow, International Medical Sciences Academy (FIMSA)
• Lifetime Member, Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA)
• Lifetime Member, European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
• Lifetime Member, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
• Lifetime Member, Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology (FHNO)
• Lifetime Member, Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
• Lifetime Member, Indian Society of Oncology (ISO)
• Lifetime Member, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• Lifetime Member, Indian Association of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (IOAHNS)
• Lifetime Member, Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOI)
• Lifetime Member, Indian Society of Thyroid Surgeons (ISTS)
• Lifetime Member, Asia Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery

Awards & Achievements:

• Distinction in Anatomy – First Professional MBBS
• Chairman’s Appreciation Award – Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi
• Vattikuti Scholarship – Robotic Surgeon Council Meet, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Publications:

• Invited as Faculty in 2 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Conference in Chengdu, China and presented lecture on TORS experience in India.
• Invited as Faculty in 14th Annual Institutional Conference RGCON; changing Landscape in Head and Neck oncology at RGCI, N. Delhi.
• Invited as Faculty in 38 ESPEN Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Invited as Faculty in 3 International Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) Conference, at San Francisco, California, USA, and presented TWO posters on Oncological Outcomes in Early HPV NEGATIVE Oropharyngeal Malignancies following TORS in naive patients without adjuvant treatment and Simultaneous Submandibular Gland sparing Neck Dissection and Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal and Supraglottic Malignancies
• Invited as Faculty in 3 Annual Master-class on Head And Neck Oncology At Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Super-speciality Hospital, Jammu.
• Invited as Faculty in Regional Thyroidectomy Master Class at Philippine Centre for Advanced Surgery - Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Centre Cardinal Santos Medical Centre, San Juan City, Manila, Philippines
• Invited as Faculty Cadaveric Hands on dissection course in Neurosurgery skull base at CTRF, AIIMS, New Delhi-India.
• Invited as Faculty Cadaveric Hands on dissection course in Endoscopic Transnasal skull base at CTRF, AIIMS, New Delhi-India.
• Invited as Faculty 2nd Live workshop on Transoral Robotic Surgery at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi-India.
• Invited as Faculty 1st Congress of International Guild of Robotic and Endoscopic Head and Neck Surgery held in Seoul, South Korea.
• Invited as Faculty in the Robotic Surgery Master Class (TORS) organized by Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.
• Invited as Faculty 6th Frontiers in Robotic Onco surgery HCG Manavata cancer Centre, Nasik, Maharashtra
• Oncological outcome following TORS in HPV negative Supraglottic carcinoma. Indian J Cancer
• A gland of diverse pathology and unpredictable behaviour: Our experience of Primary Submandibular gland malignancies. Int J Oral Maxillofacial Surg.
• Oncological outcome following intensification of treatment for stage III and IV HPV negative Oropharyngeal cancers with Transoral robotic surgery . Oral Onco
• Oncological outcome following de-intensification of treatment for Stage I and II HPV negative Oropharyngeal cancers with Transoral robotic surgery (TORS): A prospective trial. Oral onco
• Feasibility, Safety, and Surgical Outcome of Robotic Hemithyroidectomy Via Transaxillary and Retroauricular Approach: An Institutional Experience. Indian J Surg Oncol
• Salvage Transoral Robotic Surgery for Recurrent or Residual Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single Institution Experience. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev.
• Transoral robotic surgery in management of Oropharyngeal cancers: a preliminary experience at a tertiary cancer centre in India. Int J Clin Oncol.
• Atypical carcinoid of larynx and management using Transoral robotic surgery: Supraglottic laryngectomy. Asian J Oncol
• Transoral robotic surgery excision of tongue base tumour with the entire hyoid bone in a salvage setting - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Technical and Anatomic considerations of skin flap elevation in Bilateral Axillo breast insufflation robotic-assisted neck dissection - Journal of robotic surgery
• A rare case of Extraosseous osteosarcoma (EOS) of parotid gland - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Parotid metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Trigeminal schwannoma – case report of a rare tumour - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck surgery.
• Rare presentation of venous malformation in parapharyngeal space – Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Transoral robotic surgery for a rare case of adult parapharyngeal lymphangioma - World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology.
• Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma of base of tongue – Case report and review of literature – Annals of otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
• Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of floor of mouth – a rare case report and review of literature - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• A rare case report of Osteosarcoma of maxilla with a double free flap reconstruction - Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology.
• Myofibrosarcoma of maxilla – case report and review of literature - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Occult Thyroid Carcinoma with Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis: A Rare Case Report - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.
• Robotic-assisted selective and modified radical neck dissection in head and neck cancer via modified bilateral Axillo-breast insufflation technique – a single institutional experience – Laryngoscope.
• MiNEN of Base of tongue – first case report in literature - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.