Dr. Garvit Chitkara is a highly accomplished Breast Oncosurgeon with extensive experience at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and global exposure through training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. He has contributed significantly to breast cancer research, oncoplastic advancements, and academic teaching in surgical oncology. His expertise lies in individualized, breast-conserving cancer management, ensuring both medical excellence and aesthetic preservation.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – Manipal Academy of Higher Education
• DNB (General Surgery) – National Board of Examination, New Delhi
• HBNI Fellowship in Breast Oncology – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Professional Experience:

• Associate Director – Breast Oncology, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai (Present)
• Associate Professor – Surgical Oncology (Breast Surgery), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• HBNI Fellow – Breast Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Observership – Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• Senior Resident – Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Senior Resident – Delhi State Cancer Institute, New Delhi

Professional Memberships:

• Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)
• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
• 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

Publications:

• Organ preservation in splenic abscess – a case report, Med J Armed Forces India, 2014 Apr; 70(2):195–7
• Corrosive Tracheoesophageal fistula following button battery ingestion – Case report, Indian Pediatr, 2012 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 Systems and Communications, 2005, Manipal
• Lymph node 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, Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, DOI: 10.1007/s13193-019-00954-1
• Management of Breast Cancer – Chapter in Textbook of Clinical Oncology in the Indian Context
• Inflammatory Breast Cancer – Chapter in 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, DOI: 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, 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, 568–568
• En Bloc Excision of Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Radical Approach Heralds Better Outcome, Clinical Breast Cancer, 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2020.09.002
• 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?, Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology (2021), DOI: 10.1007/s13193-021-01297-6
• Knowledge, attitude and practice of surgeons for breast conserving surgery: Results from an Indian cohort, European Journal of Cancer, DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(20)30611-0
• Access to HER2-targeted therapy at a tertiary care center in India: An evolution, Indian Journal of Cancer, 2021 Mar 21, DOI: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_841_19
• Clinical course and outcome of patients with COVID-19 in Mumbai City: an observational study, BMJ Open, 2021; 11:e042943, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042943

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