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Awards and Distinctions

  1. Awarded “सामाजिक गौरव पुरस्कार” with prize money of Rs. 1 Lakh by URL Foundation, Mumbai City, Government of Maharashtra on 29th May 2023 on Gratitude day of Padmashri Dr.Tatyarao Lahane in the memory of Dr. Narendra Dabholkar.
  2. Awarded Best Doctor award on Doctor’s Day by Indian Medical Association, Mumbai west Branch by Dr. Shobha Ahuja and Dr. Rashmi Mehta on 2nd July 2023.
  3. Awarded Best Doctor cricketer award by Mumbai Cricket excellence award.
  4. Awarded with the ‘Parmarth Ratna’ for “Achieving Worldclass Excellence in Cancer Research, Treatment & Cancer Management”, by Governor of Maharashtra, his Excellency Shri. Bhagat Singh Koshyari in October 2022.
  5. Secretary General- Elect, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).2022 – 2026.
  6. Immediate Past President, Indian Chapter of IHPBA 2022.
  7. Awarded Academic Scholarship by Tata Trusts (USD 27,000) and successfully completed Executive Education “Managing Health Care Delivery” at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, USA, May 2022. 
  8. He is leading the new TMC hospital building project on Haffkine Campus, a state of the art 550 bed futuristic cancer care facility to serve the needs of the nation for the next 50 years.
  9. As Deputy Director of Tata Memorial, he is recognized for his leadership in:
    1. MHADA gifting 100 Flats for outstation poor cancer patients while undergoing their treatment at Tata Memorial Centre (2021).
    2. Leading and completing the project of resident doctors & nurses housing on Haffkine Campus (2021)
    3. Dharamshala for poor patients in Haffkine Campus, by securing 40 crores INR from MCGM as CSR (2020).
  10. Awarded Navbharat Times “Excellence in Cancer Care” Award in July 2021, by Governor of Maharashtra, His Excellency Shri. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Shri Rajesh Tope, State Cabinet Minister of Health, and Shri Aslam Shaikh, Guardian Minister of Mumbai City, Government of Maharashtra.
  11. Stanford University of America published a list of world’s top 2% best contributing researchers in the PLOS One journal (among >55,000 researchers worldwide). I have been ranked amongst these top 2%.
  12. Awarded Honorary Fellowship of American Surgical Association (ASA), Seattle, Washington in June 2020. I am only the second Indian and the first cancer specialist to receive this prestigious honor in 141 years of the world’s oldest association.
  13. Awarded Covid 19 Yoddha Award 2020, by “Dadasaheb Phalke Icon Award Films- DPIAF- 2020”, Mumbai, November 2020.
  14. Chairman, Scientific Committee, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) 2018 – 2020.
  15. Member, AcademicGoverning Council of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 2017 -2019.
  16. Appointed as the only Indian on the Steering and Program Committee of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), for the ASCO GI Meetings 2018, 2019 and 2020.
  17. Awarded “The Krishnaswamy Subrahmaniam Memorial Video Award”. first place award for “Robotic Whipple’s Resection video”. Organized by Vattikuti Foundation, Robotic Surgeons Council, Goa, November 2017.
  18. President Indian Chapter of IHPBA 2019 – 2021.
  19. Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Medicine, Matunga Gymkhana 2019
  20. Vice-Chair, Scientific Committee, IHPBA 2016 – 2018.
  21. Appointed Chairman for “Indian Council for Medical Research, (ICMR) Task Force for developing Guidelines for Management of Pancreatic Cancer in India”, 2018
  22. Awarded “Karhade Bhushan Award for Medical Excellence” by Karhade Brahmin Sangh, Mumbai, January 2016.
  23. Appointed lead project co-ordinator for New State of the Art 600 bedded Tata Memorial Hospital 2015 – till date. Project is well on schedule. Also working on other TMC projects across India (Guwahati and Varanasi) under direction of Director TMC
  24. Best Doctor Award 2015 by the Governor of Maharashtra. Organized by Nana Palkar Smruti Samiti, July 2015
  25. Awarded Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS, Ad Eundem) in October 2014
  26. Member-At-Large, Asia Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (APHPBA), 2013 – 2019
  27. Member, Scientific Committee, International Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) 2012 – 2014 and 2014 – 2016.
  28. Awarded Honorary Fellowship of Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India, ACRSICON meeting, Khajuraho, September 2013.
  29. Appointed Secretary for “Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Task Force for developing Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Cancer in India”, 2012
  30. Appointed Chairman for “Indian Council for Medical Research, (ICMR) Task Force for developing Guidelines for Management of Gastric Cancer in India”, 2012
  31. Member, Scientific Committee, Asia Pacific Hepato- Pancreato- Biliary Association (APHPBA) 2011 – 2013
  32. Chairman, Scientific Committee, Indian Chapter of IHPBA, 2013 – 2017.
  33. Convener, GI Disease Management Group, Tata Memorial Centre, March 2012 – 2015
  34. Hospital Transfusion Committee Member, Tata Memorial Centre, May
  35. Library Committee Member, Tata Memorial Centre, May 2011.
  36. Invited by Elsevier to be Chief Editor for 2 books (Surgery of Pancreatic Cancer: Current Issues AND Understanding Pancreatic Cancer: Current trends). The ISBN numbers are 978- 81-312-2733-6 and 978-81-312-2676-6 respectively.
  37. Scientific Committee, International Hepato- Pancreato- Biliary Association (IHPBA) 2010 – 2012
  38. Awarded “Priyamvada Birla Award 2010 for Medical Excellence” by M. P. Birla Medical Research Centre, October 2010
  39. Awarded “Spirit of Humanity Award 2010” for “Outstanding Contribution towards Gastroenterology” by AmeriCares, India in March 2010.
  40. Chairman, Scientific Committee, Asian Federation of Coloproctology Meeting September 2009.
  41. Scientific Committee Member, Asia – Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), March 2009.
  42. Scientific Committee Member, Indian Chapter of International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA – Indian Chapter), 2009.
  43. Awarded “Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.)” degree with excellent grades (Magna Cum Laude) by the University of Heidelberg, Germany, January 2006.
  44. Awarded the best original plenary lecture award (Improved results of pancreaticoduodenectomy: The impact of pancreaticojejunostomy) at the first meeting of the Indian Pancreas Club, August 2005.
  45. Awarded the Kenneth Warren Fellowship for research on pancreatic cancer by the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). First Asian to be awarded this USD 20,000 fellowship was in the Department of Visceral and Transplantation, University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2005.
  46. Awarded the best presentation award (D2 lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer) at the 50th meeting of the Indian Chapter of the International College of Surgeons (ICS), October 2004.
  47. Recipient of the Birla Smarak Kosh award for higher studies abroad, 1999.
  48. Recipient of the Ratan Tata travel scholarship,
  49. Recipient of the N. Tata scholarship for higher studies abroad, 1998.
  50. RANKED FIRST IN BOMBAY UNIVERSITY IN THE MASTER OF SURGERY (M. S.) EXAMINATIONS IN AUGUST 1997.
  51. NOMINATED for the BEST RESIDENT AWARD for the year 1996-97 by the Department of Surgery in my Post Graduate Institute. Only 6 residents out of 600 were nominated for this award.
  52. IIIrd MBBS Distinction in ENT & Opthalmology Distinction in Preventive and Social Medicine
  53. IInd MBBS Distinction in Pharmacology

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