27 surgical oncology specialists in our India network are listed for esophageal cancer treatment, across 4 cities (Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai), at 11 hospitals, with 8–36 years of listed experience among them.
This page lists the surgical oncology doctors in our directory for esophageal cancer treatment in India, drawn from hospitals including Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, Medanta - The Medicity, Apollo Hospitals and others. Doctors are listed across Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai. Each listing links through to the doctor's full profile page.
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FeaturedDr. Arvind Kumar
- 36+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Chairman, Lung Transplant and Chest Surgery, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram
- Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Medanta Mediclinic Defence Colony, New Delhi
- Robotic lung cancer resection and lobectomy
- VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) for chest pathology
- Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and thymoma
- Esophageal cancer surgery with en bloc resection
- Mediastinal tumor resection and reconstruction

Dr. Harit Kumar Chaturvedi
- 32+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Chief Executive Officer & Clinical Head, Surgical Oncology — Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi — Present
- Group Director & Co-Head, Surgical Oncology — Apollo Hospitals Network, Delhi NCR — Present
- Robotic-Assisted Oncological Surgery (da Vinci Xi)
- Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction
- Head and Neck Tumor Resection
- Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Colorectal Cancer Surgery with Advanced Reconstruction

Dr. P. Saravanan
- 30+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Visiting Consultant, Surgical Oncology — Rela Hospital, Chennai, Present
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology — Global Health City, Chennai
- Oral Cancer Resection and Reconstruction
- Radical Neck Dissection
- Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery
- Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer

Dr. Parveen Yadav
- 30+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Chief & Senior Consultant — Minimal Invasive, Robotic & Thoracic Oncologic Surgery at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram — Present
- Senior Consultant — Thoracic & Oncologic Surgery at Paras Hospital, Gurugram
- Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Resection (VATS)
- Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy
- Single-Incision (Uniport) Thoracic Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer Resection (Open & Minimally Invasive)
- Mediastinal Tumor Resection

Dr. Umanath Nayak Karopadi
- 30+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant – Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery, Apollo Hospital Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – Present
- Extensive career in surgical oncology spanning 30+ years across leading cancer care institutions in India
- Robotic-Assisted Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
- Breast-Conserving Surgery and Oncoplastic Reconstruction
- Modified Radical Mastectomy
- Thyroid Cancer Surgery with Lymph Node Dissection
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Mapping

Dr. Rohit Nayyar
- 27+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Vice Chairman, Surgical Oncology & Director, Clinical Administrator — Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi — Present
- Senior Surgical Oncologist — Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad
- Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Breast-Conserving Surgery
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Head and Neck Tumor Resection

Dr. K. Sreekanth
- 25+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad — Present
- Over 25 years of clinical experience in surgical oncology across multiple organ systems
- Breast cancer surgery with oncoplastic reconstruction
- Colorectal cancer resection (open and laparoscopic)
- Total and partial gastrectomy for gastric cancer
- Head and neck tumor resection with nodal dissection
- Thyroid cancer surgery and lymphadenectomy

Dr. Sukhram Bishnoi
- 25+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant — Chest Surgery and Chest Onco-surgery, Medanta — The Medicity, Gurugram, Present
- Director, Institute of Chest Surgery, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Medanta — The Medicity, Gurugram, Present
- VATS Lobectomy and Segmentectomy
- Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Resection
- Open Pneumonectomy for Advanced Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery (Ivor Lewis Procedure)
- Anterior Mediastinal Thymoma Resection

Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli
- 23+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Clinical Director of Surgical Oncology, Yashoda Hospitals, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad — Present
- Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad — Present
- Robotic-Assisted Breast Cancer Surgery
- Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Resection
- Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
- Robotic Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer
- Advanced Liver Resection Surgery

Dr. Asit Arora
- 22+ years of experience in GI & HPB Surgical Oncologist
- Clinical Lead, GI & HPB Surgical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
- Liver resection and hepatectomy
- Pancreatic cancer surgery and Whipple procedure
- Gastrectomy for gastric cancer
- Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
- Colorectal cancer resection
Dr. Shuaib S M Zaidi
- 20+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Principal Director — Surgical Oncology, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Noida
- Senior Consultant — Surgical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
- Modified radical mastectomy and breast conservation surgery
- Oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer
- Pulmonary lobectomy and pneumonectomy
- Gastrectomy for gastric cancer
- Colorectal cancer resections

Dr. Hemanth Vudayaraju
- 20+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist & Robotic Surgeon
- Senior Consultant — Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad
- Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Apollo Cancer Institute, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
- Robotic-Assisted Oesophageal Cancer Resection
- Laparoscopic Ovarian Cancer Surgery
- Robotic Kidney Cancer Nephrectomy
- Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Resection
- Laparoscopic Thyroid Cancer Surgery

Dr. Manish Jain
- 20+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Director & Unit Head, Gastrointestinal Oncosurgery, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi — Present
- Senior Surgical Oncologist, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi
- Robotic-Assisted Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer
- Hepatic Resection for Liver Cancer
- Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
- Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC

Dr. Sreekanth CN
- 20+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology & Laparoscopic Surgery, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad
- Specialized training in HIPEC and Cytoreductive Surgery, Hamburg, Germany, 2018
- Oncoplastic breast surgery and reconstruction
- Radical mastectomy and breast conservation therapy
- Head and neck tumor resection
- Thyroid cancer surgery
- Gastric cancer surgery

Dr. Nikhil Agrawal
- 19+ years of experience in GI-HPB Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant — GI-HPB Surgical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Present
- Senior Consultant — GI-HPB Surgical Oncology, Apollo Athenaa Women's Cancer Centre, New Delhi
- Robotic-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Laparoscopic and open hepatic resection
- Choledochal and extrahepatic bile duct resection
- Gastrectomy (open and minimally invasive)
- Esophageal cancer resection and reconstruction

Dr. Sachin Marda
- 19+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery, Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad — Present
- Fellowship in Robotic Surgery, India — 2016
- Robotic-Assisted Breast Cancer Surgery
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery and Reconstruction
- Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery
- Robotic Gastric Cancer Surgery
- Head and Neck Cancer Resection

Dr. Keshavarajan G
- 17+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant, Department of Surgical Oncology, Rela Hospital Cancer Centre, Chennai — Present
- Assistant Professor, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal — clinical and academic experience
- Breast cancer surgery with oncoplasty
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Gynecological cancer debulking
- Colorectal cancer resection
- Gastric cancer surgery

Dr. Abhishek Aggarwal
- 15+ years of experience in Gastrointestinal Oncosurgeon
- Associate Director — Gastrointestinal & HPB Oncosurgery, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
- Associate Director — Gastrointestinal & HPB Oncosurgery, Action Cancer Hospital & Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, New Delhi
- Gastrectomy for gastric cancer
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Colorectal cancer resection
- Hepatic resection for liver cancer
- Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC

Dr. Kabir Rehmani
- 15+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant – Surgical Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Delhi NCR, Present
- Advanced Training in Surgical Oncology at Tata Hospital, Mumbai
- Head and Neck Cancer Resection with Neck Dissection
- Oral Cancer Surgery with Reconstruction
- Colorectal Cancer Resection (Open and Laparoscopic)
- Gastric Cancer Gastrectomy
- Esophageal Cancer Esophagectomy

Dr. Mohan Venkatesh Pulle
- 13+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant — Lung Transplant and Chest Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Medanta – The Medicity, Delhi NCR
- Member of the Minimally Invasive Chest Surgery Programme, India
- Lung cancer resection (VATS and open)
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
- Esophageal cancer surgery
- Mediastinal tumor resection
- Chest wall tumor resection

Dr. Harsh Vardhan Puri
- 12+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgeon & Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology & Thoracic Surgery — Medanta The Medicity, Delhi NCR
- Active member of India's largest and most comprehensive Chest Surgery Program
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
- Lung lobectomy for cancer
- Pneumonectomy
- Mediastinal tumor resection
- Chest wall tumor surgery

Dr. Sanket Shah
- 12+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology — Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai, Present
- Surgical Oncologist — Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Breast-conserving surgery and oncoplastic reconstruction
- Modified radical mastectomy and sentinel node biopsy
- Head and neck tumor resection with neck dissection
- Thyroidectomy and laryngectomy for cancer
- Laparoscopic ovarian cancer surgery

Dr. Tapan Singh Chauhan
- 12+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology — Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, Delhi NCR — Present
- Ex. Senior Resident, Surgical Oncology — AIIMS, New Delhi
- Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC
- Esophageal Cancer Resection
- Gastric Cancer Surgery
- Colorectal Cancer Resection
- Pancreatic Cancer Resection

Dr. Preeti Vijayakumaran
- 10+ years of experience in Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant, Surgical Oncology, Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, India — Present
- Senior Surgeon, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
- Lung Cancer Surgery (Lobectomy and Segmentectomy)
- Esophageal Cancer Resection
- Breast-Conserving Surgery (Lumpectomy)
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Modified Radical Mastectomy

Dr. Saraansh Bansal
- 10+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Consultant, Thoracic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi — Present
- Clinical Fellowship, International training in Singapore, Thailand, and Portugal
- Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery
- Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
- Lung cancer resection (lobectomy, bilobectomy, pneumonectomy)
- Esophageal cancer esophagectomy
- Mediastinal tumour resection

Dr. Rachita Chopra
- 8+ years of experience in Thoracic Surgical Oncologist
- Associate Consultant, Surgical Oncology – Medanta – The Medicity, Institute of Chest Surgery, Gurugram
- Thoracic Surgeon – Hindu Rao Hospital and NDMC Medical College, Delhi
- VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) Lobectomy
- Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
- Open Lung Cancer Resection
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery
- Mediastinal Tumor Excision

Dr. Sataksi Chatterjee
- 8+ years of experience in Head & Neck Onco-Surgeon
- Consultant — Head & Neck Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, Present
- 8+ years of specialist practice in head and neck oncology and surgical management
- Oral cancer surgery and reconstruction
- Laryngeal cancer resection
- Oropharyngeal cancer surgery
- Thyroid cancer surgery
- Neck dissection (selective and comprehensive)
How we selected these doctors
A doctor appears on this page when their listed specialty maps to Surgical Oncology and their profile names esophageal cancer treatment (or a matching term) among the procedures they perform. Doctors are not ranked by a proprietary "best" score — the order follows years of listed experience (highest first), the same field shown on each doctor's profile. This page does not display aggregate star ratings.
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How to Select the Best Doctor for Esophageal Cancer Treatment in India?
Choosing the right surgical oncology surgeon for esophageal cancer treatment is one of the most important decisions in your treatment journey. A few factors are worth weighing before you decide:
Experience and Expertise
Look for a surgeon with a strong track record in esophageal cancer treatment specifically, not just surgical oncology in general. Years of listed experience — shown on every profile below — is a reasonable starting point.
Specialization
Check that the doctor's listed procedures actually include esophageal cancer treatment (see the doctor cards below) rather than only general surgical oncology.
Hospital Affiliation
The hospital matters as much as the surgeon. Look for an accredited centre with a dedicated surgical oncology unit, ICU support, and experience treating international patients — see "Hospitals where these doctors operate" below.
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