Dr. Ankit Mahuvakar Specialist in Head And Neck Oncology

Introduction

Dr. Ankit Mahuvakar is a Consultant Head & Neck OncoSurgeon at HCG Cancer Centre, Borivali, Mumbai, with 6 years of experience and over 4000 cases handled. He holds an MBBS, MS (ENT), DNB (ENT), and MCh (Head & Neck Oncosurgery). His expertise includes head and neck cancer surgery, focusing on thyroid, salivary glands, oral cavity, laryngeal, and pharyngeal cancers with special interest in Endoscopic Skullbase Surgery and Lateral Skullbase Surgery. He is proficient in endoscopic nasal and sinus malignancy surgeries, pituitary and other skull base surgeries, transoral laser surgery, and robotic transoral surgery. He has completed a fellowship in skull base surgery from Tata Memorial Hospital and an observership at Pittsburg Centre, PA, USA.

Area of Expertise

•Dr Ankit primary interest is in head neck cancer surgery, including thyroid, salivary glands, oral cavity, laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers.

•Dr Ankit has special expertise is in endoscopic nasal and sinus malignancy surgeries, pituitary and other skull base surgery, open anterior skull base surgeries and lateral skull base surgery, which includes tumours of the auditory canal.

•His secondary interest lies in transoral laser surgery of the larynx and robotic transoral surgery

Training and Certifications:

•He has completed a two-year fellowship in skull base surgery from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

•He has done a short observership for skull base surgery from Pittsburg centre, PA, USA

Research & Publications

•Incidence, predictors and impact of positive bony margins in surgically treated T4 stage cancers of the oral cavity. Oral Oncol. 2019 Mar;90:8-12.

•Transnasal Endoscopic Resection of the Intraconal Metastases From Renal Cell Carcinoma: a Case Report and Review of Literature. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep;11(Suppl 2):318-322.

•Intraoperative frozen section for detection of occult metastasis in clinically N0 neck does not improve outcome in oral cavity carcinomas. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Aug;276(8):2325-2330.

•Needle(s) in the Haystack-Synchronous Multifocal Tumour-Induced Osteomalacia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Feb;101(2):390-3.

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