- Specialty : Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology
- Designation: Associate Director – Surgical Oncology
- Experience: 38+ Years
- Max Institute of Cancer Care Lajpat Nagar
Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket
About: Dr. Sharan Choudhri
Professor (Dr.) Sharan Choudhri is a Surgical Oncologist, with a wealth of knowledge and clinical experience accumulated in a career spanning over three decades in the Army Medical Corps. He established the first Malignant Diseases Treatment Centre for the Indian Air Force at Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore, and the Oncology Centre at Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment.
He honed his operative skills and clinical acumen in the Services where he rose to appointment of Senior Advisor in Surgical Oncology and Surgery to the entire Indian Armed Forces. Subsequently, he was appointed as Professor and HOD at the Dharamshila Cancer Hospital, and later at Saket City Hospital before his present appointment.
Work Experience
- Sectional Editor – Indian Journal of Surgery for the “Association of Armed Forces Surgeons” a Section of the Association of Surgeons of India
- Elected Member of Executive Committee of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology for two years (2002 – 2003)
Education & Training
- Trained in Esophageal Surgery – Kurume Medical University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Trained in Hepato-Biliary Surgery – Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan
- Trained in Hepato-Biliary Surgery – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
- UICC-ICRETT Fellowship Award to carry out Research Project on “Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping & Biopsy In Surgical Oncology – Its Technique, Pitfalls And Outcome” at Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, USA (2001)
- UICC-ICRETT Fellowship Award – Kurume Medical University, Kurume, Japan (1994) as a Visiting Fellow for “Three-Field Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Malignancies”
- Visited the Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, the USA to gain expertise in Sentinel Lymph Node Technique, a recent technique aimed to minimise surgical morbidity in a variety of cancers
- Training in Surgical Oncology – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Training in Surgical Oncology – Malignant Diseases Treatment Centre, INHS Asvini (The Premier Naval Command Hospital, Mumbai)
- MS – Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
- MBBS – Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Memberships
- Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
- Indian Society of Oncology (ISO)
- Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
- Association of Armed Forces Surgeons (AAFS)
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Indian Society of Aero-Space Medicine (ISAM)
- Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI)
Awards
- Air Vice-Marshal MM Shrinagesh Memorial Medal for standing First in Surgery in Medical Officers Junior Command Course (1986)
- “Young Investigators Award”
- 3rd International Sentinel Node Congress, Yokohama, Japan (16 – 18 Nov 2002)
- Presentation – Promise & Pitfalls of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Oral Malignancies
- Selected for Outstanding Scientific Merit, Innovation & Educational Value, and Promotion of Sentinel Node Navigation Surgery
- Prizes at the “Onco-Quiz” – National Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology on several occasions (1999, 2000, 2005)
Speciality Interest
- Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract including Esophagus
- Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Cancers
- Cancers of the Female Genital Tract
- Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
