Dr. Garvit Chitkara

More than 15 years of experience

Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology (Breast Surgery), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Observership in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

HBNI Fellowship in Breast Oncology at Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Senior Resident at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Senior Resident at Delhi State Cancer Institute, New Delhi

• HBNI Fellowship in Surgical Oncology (Breast) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

• DNB, General Surgery from National Board of Examination

• MBBS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

• Travel Fellowship to 12th European Breast Cancer Conference

• Certificate of Achievement: Harvard Medical School for HMX fundamentals-Genetics

• Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)

• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)

• European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)

• Member, European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST)

• Organ preservation in splenic abscess-a case report Case report Med J Armed Forces India. 2014 Apr;70(2):195-7

• Corrosive Tracheoesophageal fistula following button battery ingestion Case report Indian Pediatr.2102 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 system and communications 2005, Manipal

• Lymphnode 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 Article Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology10.1007/s13193-019- 00954-1

• Management of breast cancer Chapter Text book of clinical oncology in the Indian context

• Inflammatory Breast Cancer Chapter 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. 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 Article 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, 56 8-568

• En Bloc Excision of Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Radical Approach Heralds Better Outcome Original research Article Clinical Breast Cancer,2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2 020.09.002.

• 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? Article Indian J Surg Oncol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193 -021-01297-6

• Knowledge attitude and practice of surgeons for breast conserving surgery: Results from an Indian cohort Article European Journal of Cancer, 10.1016/S0959-8049(20)30611- 0

• Access to HER2-targeted therapy at a tertiary care center in India: An evolution Article Indian J Cancer. 2021 Mar 21. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_841_19. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33753630.

• Clinical course and outcome of patients with COVID-19 in Mumbai City: an observational study Article BMJ Open 2021;11:e042943. doi: 10. 1136/bmjopen-2020-042943