Biography

Dr. Surender Kumar Dabas is a skilled surgical oncologist who is well-known in India for his expertise in robotic surgery. This well-known surgeon is presently working as a surgical oncologist for the head and neck at BLK hospitals. Dr. Dabas has acquired global recognition for doing the most head and neck surgeries in Asia, and he has a large number of high-profile foreign patients.

His clinical interests include the treatment of oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid, parotid, skull base, oesophagus, lungs, and mediastinum malignancies. He has extensive expertise in Robotic surgery for head and neck and thoracic malignancies, and he has done the most Trans-oral Robotic procedures in Asia for oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancers.

He is a Proctor for the establishment of the Trans Oral Robotic Surgery programme in India, and he has been actively involved in teaching robotic surgery to surgeons around the country. He has performed over 8000 head, neck, and thoracic cancer procedures to date. He has a long list of national and international publications to his name.

Specialties

• Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
• Oral cancer Treatment
• Lung Cancer Treatment
• Ovarian Cancer Treatment
• Cervical Cancer Treatment
• Stomach Cancer Treatment
• Trans – Oral Robotic Surgery
• Robotic GI Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Gynaecological Surgery

Qualifications

• MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, 2003.
• MS (General Surgery) from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, 2007.
• DNB (Surgical Oncology) from National Board of Examination, New Delhi, 2011.

Experience

Senior Director & HOD- Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery, BLK Hospital.

Director, Head & Neck Oncology and Thoracic Services, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon & Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi.

Chief, Head and Neck Oncology and Robotic Surgery, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre.

Consultant, Head and Neck Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre.

Memberships

Executive Council Membership of International Guild of Robotic & Endoscopic Head - Neck Surgeons (IGREHNS).

Foundation of Head - Neck Oncology (FHNO).

Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO).

Publications

Presented paper on “TORS in Head and Neck Cancer and our experience” in China (May 2014). Presented two posters on TORS titled “Transoral Robotic Surgery in Management of Oropharyngeal Cancers: A Preliminary Experience at a Tertiary Cancer Centre in India” and “Transoral Robotic Surgery For Recurrent or Residual Head and Neck Cancers: A Prospective Study of Feasibility and Functional Outcome” at 1st International TORS conference at Philadelphia, US (August 2014).

Dinesh A, Shukla H, Dabas Setal: Simultaneous lingual and hypoglossal nerve block: A novel technique, Journal of the American College of Surgeons 10/2015; 221(4):e133.

Dabas S, Dewan A, Ranjan R, Dewan AK, Shukla H, Sinha R: Salvage Transoral Robotic Surgery for Recurrent or Residual Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single Institution Experience, Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(17):7627-32.

Dabas S, Dewan A, Ranjan R, Dewan AK, Puri A, Shah SH, Sinha R: Transoral robotic surgery in management of oropharyngeal cancers: A Preliminary Experience at a Tertiary Cancer Centre in India, Int J ClinOncol, 2015 Aug;20(4):693-700.

Published paper on “Traumatic Handlebar Hernia associated with Hepatic Herniation “: A case report and review of the Literature. Hernia. Volume 11, Number 4, August 2007, pp.365-367 (3).

Languages

Hindi

English