Dr. Itisha Chaudhary

I have completed a fellowship in advanced Laparoscopic GI surgery and Robotic Surgery from IAGES. I have been a part of various community screening programs and camps to help the needy.

My latest accomplishment is having visited and completed the hands-on course in Minimal Invasive Gastrectomy and Esophagectomy workshop at Utrecht Medical Center in the Netherlands, under the guidance of Prof. Richard van Hillegersberg and his team.

Career Objective:

To learn and improvise the art and science of surgery and utilize my knowledge and aptitude to benefit patients with the latest advanced technologies in the field of Onco-surgery, especially GI and Thoracic malignancy.

Work Experience:

Organization	Position	Tenure
Manipal Hospital Delhi & Gurugram	Consultant	Sept 2024 - Present
Artemis Hospital, Gurugram	Consultant	May 2023 - August 2024
Artemis Hospital, Gurugram	Associate Consultant	March 2022 - April 2023

Academic Qualifications and Trainings:

Degree	Discipline	Institute/University	Year
MBBS	Medicine	Maulana Azad Medical College (Delhi)	2004 - 2009
DNB	General Surgery (Best Post-Graduate Student Award)	Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad	2012 - 2015
FMAS	Minimal Access & Laparoscopic Surgery	Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India	2018
M.Ch.	Surgical Oncology	AIIMS Bhubaneswar	2019 - 2021
eMDP	Healthcare Management & Analytics	IIM Kozhikode	2020 - 2021
Fellowship Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery	Colo-Rectal	IAGES	2022
Fellowship Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery	Robotic	IAGES	2023
Fellowship Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons	Robotic Surgery	Shri Rama Chandra University, Chennai Affiliated to RCS Edinburgh	2023
ESSO Hands-on Course on Minimal Invasive Esophagectomy & Gastrectomy	Minimal Invasive Upper GI	Utrecht Medical Center, Netherlands	2024

Research Work:

Projects Undertaken

Response evaluation in Locally Advanced Ca Esophagus undergoing neoadjuvant therapy
Short and long term outcomes of patients undergoing curative resections for Ca Lung
Factors affecting the pattern of nodal spread in Gastric Cancer – A single-center study
Validation of Clinical measurement of depth of invasion for staging in Oral Cancer patients according to 8^th AJCC
Management of Trismus post therapy in Oral Cancer patients – A Randomized Controlled Trial
Covid-Surg Project (International Multicenter Collaborative Project)

Articles Published

Sultania M, Chaudhary I. Validation of clinical T stage using depth of invasion in the patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and its correlation with imaging. Oral Oncology Reports. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oor.2024.100190
Sultania M, Chaudhary I, Jain P, Ghalige H, Rajan D, G S, K R, Muduly D, Barik S, Pathak M, Adhya A, Kar M, Majumdar S. Margin to Depth of Invasion Ratio: A Significant Predictor of Survival in Patients With Oral Cancer. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Aug;9:e2300144. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00144. PMID: 37561980; PMCID: PMC10581600.
COVIDSurg Collaborative. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Nov;22(11):1507-1517. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9. PMID: 34624250; PMCID: PMC8492020.
Mahesh Sultania, Dillip K. Muduly, Itisha Chaudhary et al. Impact of the initial phase of COVID‐19 pandemic on surgical oncology services at a tertiary care center in Eastern India. J Surg Oncol. DOI: 10.1002/jso.26140
Chaudhary I, Sultania M, Ayyanar P, Mishra P, Kumar Adhya A, Muduly DK, Kar M. Macro-follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of thyroid with mediastinal lymphadenopathy - A rare histology and surgical challenge. Oral Oncol. 2020 Dec;111:104887. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104887. PMID: 32768172.
Pandey D, Chaudhary I, Chhebi M. Huge Post Chemotherapy Residual Mediastinal NSGCT With Lung Metastases - A Surgical Challenge. Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics. 2017;13:S222. Accessed December 24, 2021. Access article
Pandey D, Jain N, Chaudhary I. Chapter-08: Retroperitoneal sarcoma. In Roshan Lall Gupta’s Recent Advances in Surgery (Volume 15)
Itisha C., & Manu S.G. (2016). Study on the Effect of Pre-Operative Patient Education on Post-Operative Outcomes. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering, 10, 285-293.

Abstracts Published: Seven abstracts published in National and International Journals.

Presentations and Awards:

Poster Presentation - AIIMS Endosurg 2015 - Best Poster - 2nd Prize
Star Student of the Year 2015 (Best Post Graduate Student Award) - Pan Fortis Award
Award Paper Presentation – International Conference of Surgery, London 2016
Oral Paper Presentation – Two Award papers - Asian Society of Mastology Conference (ASOMACON, 2019)
Oral Award Paper Presentation - European Society of Surgical Oncology, 2020
Oral Award Paper Presentation - Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology, 2020
Poster Presentation - Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology, 2020
Oral Paper Presentation - Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology 2021 - Selected as Award Paper
Oral Paper Presentation - Odisha Society of Oncology Conference, 2021
Poster Presentation - Odisha Society of Oncology Conference, 2021 - 2nd Prize
Journal Club Presentation - Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology 2021 – Best Presentation
Oral Paper Presentation – Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2022, Award Paper
Poster Presentation (1) – Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2022 – Award Poster
Poster Presentation (2) – Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2022 – Award Poster
Award Best Video Presentation – National Conference for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023
Best Poster Presentation – First Prize – International Conference of Association of Robotics and Innovative Surgeons 2024

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