Dr. Rajeev Sharan

Dr. Rajeev Sharan is a senior consultant and head of head and neck oncology at HCG EKO Cancer Centre, Kolkata. He has 19+ years of experience in head and neck surgical oncology and thyroid surgery at prestigious institutions like AIIMS, New Delhi, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin and Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata. He has expertise in performing open and minimally invasive surgeries for various head and neck cancers. He has completed his robotic console surgeon training from a reputed institute in Hong Kong and received hands-on training in Transoral thyroidectomy on cadaver from Chinese University, Hong Kong.

• Organ-preserving multimodality management of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep-Oct; 24(5):201-4.
• Oral Cancer Prevention. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2006 Nov. 18 (4): 493-511.
• Extended maxillectomy by transmandibular approach. Amrita Journal of Medicine 2007; 2:23-28
• Use of double-free flaps for locally advanced lesions of head and neck. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. November 2007; Vol. 36(11), 1054(Abstract) 
• Quantitative Evaluation of Transtemporal and Facial Translocation Approaches to Infratemporal Fossa. Skull Base, 2008; 18: 17-27
• In reference to Classification and Management of Tracheoesophageal and Tracheopharyngeal Fistulas after Laryngectomy. Laryngoscope 2008, May;118(5):944 
• Increased plate and osteosynthesis related complications associated with postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy in oral cancer. Head & Neck 2008 ; Nov; 30(11):1422-30.
• A simplified technique of free flap pedicle transfer for Reconstruction of Defects Following Head and Neck Cancer Ablation. J Surg Oncol 2009; Jan 1; 99(1):80-1.       
• Aesthetic and anatomic basis of modified lateral rhinotomy incision. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Jan; 67(1):231-4.       
• Functional reconstruction of near-total glossectomy defects using composite gastro mental – dynamic gracilis flaps. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2009 Oct;62(10):1277-80.       
• Transmandibular approach for excision of maxillary sinus tumours extending to pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossae. Oral Oncol. 2009 Aug;45(8):720-6
• In Reference to "Impact of Second Primary Tumors on Survival in Head and Neck Cancer: An Analysis of 2,063 Cases". Laryngoscope. 2009 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print].
• Lateral arm free flap for oral tongue reconstruction: an analysis of surgical details, morbidity, functional and esthetic outcome. Ann Plast Surg. 2011 Mar;66 (3):261-6.   
• Intraoperative transillumination to determine the extent of frontal sinus in subcranial approach to the anterior skull base. Skull Base. 2011 Mar;21(2):71-4.
• Salivary gland tumours: profile and management at a tertiary cancer centre. J Indian Med Assoc. 2011 Jun;109(6):381-5.
• Reconstructive indications of simultaneous double free flaps in the head and neck: A case series and literature review. Microsurgery. 2012 Mar 21. doi: 10.1002/micr.21963. [Epub ahead of print]              Synchronous Bilateral Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Parotid. J Cancer Sci Ther. 2012; 4: 092-093. doi:10.4172/1948-5956.1000118
• Outcomes of Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap in Female Patients for Oral Cavity Defect Reconstruction. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Aug 11. pii: S0278- 2391(13)00810-0. doi:10.1016/j.joms. 2013.06.205. [Epub ahead of print]
• Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Is Selective Neck Dissection the Way Ahead? Kathmandu Univ Med J 55 (3), 221-5, 2016
• Analysis of clinicopathological parameters as predictors of early locoregional Failure in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity. Head & Neck 37, E92-E93              
• Infratemporal fossa clearance for oral squamous cancer: Is it time to shift the paradigm. Journal of Clinical Oncology 32 (15_suppl), e17047-e17047. 2014
• Challenges in the treatment of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in a tertiary care centre in India. Radiotherapy and Oncology 106, S392. 2013
• CT Angiographic Study of the Proximal Leg Peroneal Perforator, and its Application in the Design of Chimeric Flaps for Complex Oromandibular Defects.
• Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, April 2014. 30(S 01). DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1373919
• A subtype of cancer-associated fibroblasts with lower expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin suppresses stemness through BMP4.