Designation
Dr. Surender Kumar Dabas
Senior Director & HOD, Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery
BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi
Profile Snapshot
- Dr. Surender Kumar Dabas is a well-known surgical oncologist with experience in the treatment of cancers affecting the head, neck and thorax regions.
- He has over 10 years of experience in the field and has performed more than 8000 head, neck and thoracic cancer surgeries.
- He also performs Robotic surgery and computer assisted thoracoscopic surgeries along with surgery for skull base, oral cavity, esophagus, lungs and thyroid cancers.
- He has been instrumental in introducing the Trans Oral Robotic Surgery in India which is used in the treatment of patients suffering from HPV negative cancers.
- He has performed the largest number of Trans oral Robotic surgery for laryngeal and oropharyngeal cancers in entire Asia
- Dr. Dabas is actively involved with Anti-Tobacco campaigns and regularly takes part in Cancer Awareness workshops and programs.
- He regularly conducts workshops through the Spring Hope Cancer Care Foundation that helps poor people by providing free cancer screening and diagnostic treatments.
- He has worked as a Surgical Oncologist in prestigious hospitals of the country and has also trained young surgeons in the field.
- A member of renowned medical associations, Dr. Dabas has numerous publications in national and international journals to his credit.
Expertise
- Surgery for head and neck and thoracoscopic cancers
- Onco surgery for oral cavity, skull base, thyroid, parathyroid, larynx, pharynx, esophagus, lungs and mediastinum cancers
- Robotic and Computer Assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Trans Oral Robotic surgery
- Esophagectomy
Past Experience
- Director of Surgical Oncology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon
- Consultant and Chief of Head & Neck Oncology and Robotic Surgery at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi from 2011 to 2016
- Clinical Assistant of Surgical Oncology at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, 2011
- Managing Editor of the Asian Journal of Oncology
Qualifications
- MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
- MS in General Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
- DNB in Surgical Oncology from National Board of Education, New Delhi
- Fellowship in Robotic Skull base surgery and Head & Neck Surgery from M D Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
- Fellowship in Robotic Thyroid and Neck Surgery from South Korea
Memberships
- Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology
- International Guild of Robotic and Endoscopic Head & Neck Surgeons