Cancer Surgery & Cancer Research with particular focus on molecular biology of cancer and the translation of recent advances from the laboratory to clinical practice
Achievements / Awards
Ranked 3rd in the Master of Surgery examination held by the University of Bombay in 1987.
"Young Scientist Award" at the Sixth Biennial National Cancer Congress of the Indian Society of Oncology, February 1994, Calcutta, for the paper "Pharyngoesophageal segment manometry: its role in determining post-laryngectomy speech."
ICRETT International Cancer Fellowship (UICC) (Nov-Dec 1994): Project: "Carbon dioxide laser in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal tumours" under the supervision of Professor W. Steiner (Germany)