About Dr. Rajeev Agarwal

Senior Director, Department  of  Breast  Services, Medanta, The Medicity  Sector 38, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001 since October 2013. This is a centre of excellence dedicated to management of  breast diseases both benign & malignant. The centre is fully equipped with state of art technology both in terms of diagnosis( mammotome, MRI guided biopsy, stereotactic biopsy of breast) & treatment( sentinel node biopsy with hand held gamma probe, oncoplastic  breast surgery, breast reconstruction, chemotherapy with facilities of bone marrow transplant & radiotherapy with IGRT & cyberknife)

1. Senior Consultant and Chairman in surgical oncology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi since September 2001 to September 2013. The department of surgical oncology was started with my appointment. Hence I was involved in the setting of initial standards of surgical oncology in this center.

2. Senior Consultant in surgical oncology at Dharamshila Cancer Hospital, Delhi since July 1994 till September 2001. This center was commissioned in July 1994 while my association antedated this by few years. Hence I was part of the team in the setting up of operation theatres and establishing initial standards of surgical practice in the hospital.

3. Senior Consultant in surgical oncology at Batra Cancer Center, Batra Hospital, New Delhi since August 1999 till June 2001. In addition to clinical responsibilities and tumor board meetings, I am keenly involved in oncology professional educational exercises and C M Es for general practioners.

4. Honorary Consultant with Shanti Avedna Ashram, New Delhi since 1994 – a hospice for cancer patients. This is only hospice in Delhi catering to the needs of terminally ill cancer patients. Thus I have gained considerable experience and insight on Palliative Care.

5. Earlier, I developed my grounding in this field during my Senior Residency in Surgical Oncology at Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi (1983–85) and later at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai where I was a Clinical Fellow for a year in 1985-86. In these institutions I was involved in active patient care as well as participating in seminars, journal clubs, conferences etc.

6. My undergraduate and postgraduate years were spent at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, U.P.

1. ‘Completion Thyroidectomy for carcinoma Thyroid’ Head & Neck Surgery May/June 1987.
2. ‘Carcinoma Cervix Presenting as Primary Breast cancer’ Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology 30:283-286, 1987.
3. ‘Breast Conservation Therapy in The Management of Early Breast Cancer’ Hospital Today 1998 vol.3 no.12, 767-776.
4. Recent Advances in Oncology’ C M J I 1998.
5. ‘Giant Sacral Ependymoma – Case Report’ (accepted for publication in Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology)
6. ‘Cancer of the Lung’ a chapter in a book – Lecture Series in Geriatics, published by Health Care Promotion Trust in the year 2000.
7. Manuscript on ‘Tumor Markers’ for Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Dept. of Academics in 2003
8. Primary prevention of breast cancer, a review article in The Ganga Ram Journal

I am very regular in attending & presenting papers in various oncology related conferences, workshops & CMEs held in India.

1. Revision Thyroidectomy – an experience of 15 years’ in Second Biennial Conference of Indian Society of Clinical Oncology at Bombay 1988.
2. Delivered a guest lecture on ‘Oral Cancer’ in First North Zone Dental Conference at Yamuna Nagar in 1988.
3. Paper on ‘Rehabilitation in Palliative Care’ in W.H.O. workshop on Palliative Care at New Delhi in 1997.
4. Paper on ‘Rehabilitation in Palliative Care’ in Annual Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care at Mumbai in 1998.
5. Paper on ‘Role of Hospice in Palliative Care’ in Pre – Conference Workshop on Support System in Cancer at New Delhi in 1999.
6. A paper on ‘Palliative Care” at Inter – national Seminar on Psycho-Social Oncology at New Delhi in 1999.
7. A paper on ‘Surgery of Breast Cancer’ –international update on cancer, March 2002
8. A paper on ‘Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Operable Breast Cancer’ at National Update on Cancer, March 2003.
9. Faculty for Foundation Course in Palliative Care at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India & delivered a lecture on Palliative Care- A Multidisciplinary Approach on Feb. 17th 2004
10. Was an invited faculty in The International Conference on Palliative Care organized By Vatican, Rome & presented a paper on Palliative Care in Hindu Context on 12^th Nov. 2004

1. Extremely interested in Palliative care in cancer & is providing Voluntary Medical Services to Shanti Avedna Sadan New Delhi, India.

2. Computers in Medicine.

3. Interested in Organizing the seminars, conferences, workshops etc.