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Dr. Harit Chaturvedi
Chairman - Max Institute of Cancer Care
Cancer Care / Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Head & Neck Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 33+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani
Chairman
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 44+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Surender Kumar Dabas
Vice Chairman & HOD
Surgical Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Head & Neck Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Gastro Intestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Breast Cancer, Musculoskeletal Surgical Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Thoracic Oncology Surgery
Experience: 20+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka
Vice Chairman
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 44+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Rajneesh Malhotra
Vice Chairman & Head - CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Robotic Surgery
Experience: 31+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Meenu Walia
Vice Chairman - Medical Oncology (Breast, Gynaecology, Thoracic)
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 33+ Years
Gender: Female
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Dr. Ramji Mehrotra
Vice Chairman & Chief - CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Robotic Surgery
Gender: Male
Dr. Gopal Sharma
Principal Director - Medical Oncology (Breast, Thoracic, Gynaecology)
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 23+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Devavrat Arya
Senior Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Medical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Breast Cancer, Molecular Oncology & Cancer Genetics
Experience: 18+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Sandeep Batra
Senior Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 14+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Charu Garg
Senior Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 21+ Years
Gender: Female
Dr. Shashi Jindal
Senior Director & HOD, CTVS
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Cardiac Sciences
Experience: 29+ Years
Gender: Male
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Dr. Rohit Nayyar
Senior Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 22+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Deepak Puri
Senior Director - CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 24+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Sajjan Rajpurohit
Senior Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Medical Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Breast Cancer, Paediatric (Ped)/Medical Oncology
Experience: 20+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Sandeep Singh
Senior Director & Head - CTVS
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Dr. Subhash Kumar Sinha
Senior Director - CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 37+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Vaibhav Mishra
Director & Head - CTVS
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Cardiac Sciences
Experience: 9+ Years
Gender: Male
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Dr. Pankaj Kumar Arora
Director - Radiation Oncology
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 15+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Vijayant Devenraj
Director - Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon (CTVS)
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 17+ Years
Dr. Sachin Gupta
Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 20+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Pramoj Jindal
Director - Thoracic & Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Lung Transplant, Robotic Surgery
Experience: 30+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Manoj K. Tayal
Director – Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 16+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Sajal Kakkar
Director - Radiation Oncology
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 17+ Years
Gender: Male
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Dr. Vishal Khullar
Director - CTVS and Heart and Lung Transplant
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Gender: Male
Dr. Nitin Leekha
Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Breast Cancer, Head & Neck Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Thoracic Oncology
Gender: Male
Dr. Arvind Makker
Director - Cardiac Thoracic & Vascular Surgery
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 23+ Years
Dr. Chandragouda Dodagoudar
Director
Medical Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Breast Cancer, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Paediatric (Ped)/Medical Oncology
Dr. Narendra Agarwal
Associate Director - Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Rashi Agrawal
Associate Director - Radiation Oncology (Gastrointestinal, Thoracic Cancers, Breast, Gynae
Cancer Care / Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Oncology
Experience: 19+ Years
Gender: Female
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Dr. Sunandan Sharma
Associate Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Gastro Intestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 12+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Ashwani Sharma
Associate Director
Surgical Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology, Gastro Intestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Breast Cancer, Thoracic Oncology Surgery
Gender: Male
Dr. Aditya Kumar Singh
Associate Director - Unit Head CTVS
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Cardiac Sciences
Dr. Rajesh Vashistha
Associate Director
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 32+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Dinesh Chandra
Principal Consultant
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 15+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Shefali Sardana
Principal Consultant
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 15+ Years
Gender: Female
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Dr. Waseem Abbas
Principal Consultant - Medical Oncology
Cancer Care / Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 13+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Kamran Ali
Principal Consultant
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplant
Experience: 10+ Years
Dr. Gautam Goyal
Principal Consultant
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 10+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Ritesh Pruthy
Principal Consultant
Cancer Care / Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Hematology Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Musculoskeletal Surgical Oncology, Gastro Intestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Breast Cancer
Experience: 18+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Nagender Sharma
Principal Consultant
Medical Oncology, Cancer Care / Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Breast Cancer
Experience: 6+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Bhuvan Chugh
Senior Consultant –Medical Oncology
Cancer Care / Oncology, Medical Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology
Experience: 11+ Years
Gender: Male
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Dr. Roman Dutta
Senior Consultant - Thoracic & Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Experience: 17+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Arvind Kumar Goyal
Senior Consultant - CTVS
Cardiac Surgery (CTVS), Cardiac Sciences
Gender: Male
Dr. Shaiwal Khandelwal
Associate Director - Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Experience: 19+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Madhav Rao Shinde
Senior Consultant - CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 22+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Vishal Srivastava
Senior Consultant – Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery
Cardiology, Thoracic Surgery
Experience: 27+ Years
Gender: Male
Dr. Aditya Vidushi
Consultant
Cancer Care / Oncology, Medical Oncology, Neuro Oncology, Head & Neck Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Oncology, Uro-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Paediatric (Ped) Oncology, Breast Cancer, Paediatric (Ped)/Medical Oncology
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Dr. Puneet Jandial
Consultant - Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Gender: Male
Dr. Ratna Mallik
Consultant ADULT CTVS
Cardiac Sciences, Cardiac Surgery (CTVS)
Experience: 18+ Years
Gender: Female
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Frequently Asked Questions
A thoracotomy is a surgical procedure performed to access the organs and structures within the thoracic cavity by making an incision in the chest wall.
A thoracotomy is typically recommended when other diagnostic or treatment methods are insufficient or when a surgical intervention is necessary for conditions such as lung cancer, collapsed lung, or certain heart conditions.
Thoracotomy can treat various conditions and diseases, including lung cancer, collapsed lung, mediastinal tumours, oesophagal cancer, pleural effusion, thoracic trauma, and certain heart conditions.
During a thoracotomy, a surgical incision is made in the chest wall, and the ribs may be spread apart or removed to access the thoracic cavity. The surgeon can then perform the necessary procedures on the affected organs or structures.
Potential risks and complications of a thoracotomy may include infection, bleeding, damage to nearby structures, post-operative pain, respiratory complications, blood clots, and adverse reactions to anaesthesia.
The recovery time after a thoracotomy varies depending on the individual, the specific procedure performed, and the underlying condition. It can range from several weeks to months for a complete recovery.
Yes, a thoracotomy typically results in a visible scar along the incision site. The size and appearance of the scar can vary depending on the incision location and the individual's healing process.
Yes, a thoracotomy can be performed using minimally invasive techniques such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). VATS involves making smaller incisions and using specialized instruments and a camera to perform the procedure.
Yes, a thoracotomy is considered a major surgical procedure due to its invasive nature and the potential impact on vital organs within the thoracic cavity.
Pre-operative preparations for a thoracotomy may include medical evaluations, diagnostic tests, medication adjustments, fasting, and following the surgeon's instructions regarding pre-operative care and lifestyle changes.
No, a thoracotomy is performed under general anaesthesia, which ensures that you are unconscious and pain-free during the procedure.
General anaesthesia is typically used for a thoracotomy. It involves the administration of medications to induce a state of unconsciousness and analgesia throughout the surgery.
Yes, a thoracotomy can be performed to repair a collapsed lung. This may involve re-inflating the lung, removing air or fluid buildup, or repairing lung damage or leaks.
The success rate of a thoracotomy for treating lung conditions depends on various factors, including the specific condition being treated, the extent of the disease, the individual's overall health, and the expertise of the surgical team.
In some cases, less invasive alternatives such as bronchoscopy, needle aspiration, or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) may be used as alternatives to a traditional thoracotomy for specific conditions.
The length of hospital stay after a thoracotomy depends on the complexity of the procedure, the individual's recovery progress, and the post-operative care requirements. It can range from a few days to a couple of weeks.
The long-term effects of a thoracotomy can vary depending on the specific procedure and the individual. They may include changes in lung function, scar tissue formation, respiratory symptoms, and potential limitations in physical activities.
Yes, a thoracotomy can potentially cause breathing difficulties or respiratory complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis (collapsed lung), impaired lung function, or respiratory infections. Close monitoring and appropriate post-operative care can help minimize these risks.
Yes, a thoracotomy can be performed on paediatric patients when necessary to address specific conditions or diseases affecting their thoracic cavity or organs.
During the recovery period after a thoracotomy, you may experience pain, fatigue, limited mobility, breathing exercises, chest tube management, physical therapy, and follow-up appointments with your healthcare team.
The ability to resume normal activities after a thoracotomy varies from person to person and depends on the specific procedure performed, the individual's overall health, and the guidance provided by the healthcare team. Gradual resumption of activities is typically recommended.
Dietary restrictions after a thoracotomy may vary depending on the individual and the specific post-operative instructions provided by the healthcare team. It is important to follow their guidance regarding diet and hydration.
Physical therapy may be recommended after a thoracotomy to help improve lung function, restore mobility, strengthen muscles, and facilitate a smoother recovery. Your healthcare team will assess the need for physical therapy.
Yes, a thoracotomy can remove tumours or cysts in the chest, including those located in the lungs, mediastinum, or other thoracic structures.
Pain management after a thoracotomy is crucial for comfort and smooth recovery. Various pain management techniques, including medication, epidural anaesthesia, regional nerve blocks, and non-pharmacological interventions, may be utilized.
In some cases, a thoracotomy may be performed to address specific heart conditions, such as repairing defects, removing tumours, or conducting coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures.
A thoracotomy can temporarily affect lung function due to the surgical manipulation of the lungs and surrounding structures. However, with proper post-operative care, lung function can gradually improve.
Yes, a thoracotomy can address traumatic injuries to the chest, such as rib fractures, lung contusions, or internal bleeding, allowing for surgical intervention and stabilization of the injured structures.
There are no specific age restrictions for undergoing a thoracotomy. The decision to perform the procedure depends on the overall health of the individual, the underlying condition, and the assessment of potential risks and benefits.
The feasibility of performing a thoracotomy on individuals with pre-existing medical conditions depends on the specific conditions involved, their severity, and the overall health status of the individual. A comprehensive evaluation and consultation with the healthcare team are necessary to determine the suitability and potential risks.
Signs of complications after a thoracotomy may include excessive bleeding, infection, persistent pain, difficulty breathing, fever, wound-related issues, or any other unusual symptoms. It is important to report any concerns to the healthcare provider promptly.
Yes, a thoracotomy can treat infections in the chest, such as empyema (pus in the pleural space) or lung abscesses, by draining the infected fluid or removing the affected tissue to promote healing.
Rehabilitation after a thoracotomy may involve a combination of physical therapy, respiratory exercises, breathing techniques, and lifestyle modifications to optimize recovery, regain strength, and restore overall functioning. The extent of rehabilitation will depend on individual needs and the guidance of the healthcare team.