About Dr. Mandar Nadkarni
Dr Mandar Nadkarni is one of the most renowned & experienced Onco-surgeon in the field of Breast & Colorectal Oncology.
He has an experience of over 17+ years &has performed over 8000 successful breast cancer surgeries.
Dr Nadkarni has received a surgical training from Sion Hospital & Oncology training from Tata Memorial Hospital.
He has a Visiting observership to Centre Oscar Lambret where he has trained himself in oncoplastic surgery and implant reconstructions.
Dr Nadkarni has been on the World Health Organisation panel - In 2007 he coordinated the Indian panel for development of guidelines for treatment of breast cancer in India depending upon different levels of available infrastructure at different oncology centres across the country.
Dr Nadkarni has appeared in various noteworthy news media like The Navhind Times, Times of India, and Daily News & Analysis.
In 2009 he moved to Kokilaben Hospital and till date has performed over 2500 breast surgeries. At Kokilaben Hospital he has an extensive experience in the following
Oncoplastic breast conservation - roundblock, hemi roundblock, single incision therapeutic mammaplasties and E3 grissoti flap oncoplastic surgery for central quadrant tumours.
Skin sparing and nipple areola complex preserving Mastectomies (where the disease doesn't allow breast conservation) with whole breast reconstructions using LD flaps with or without implants/expanders and free Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Artery flaps (best suited for Indian women)
Bilateral prophylactic mastectomies with whole breast reconstructions in BRCA 1 and 2 positive patients.
The practice of breast conservation surgery with intraoperative radiation implants (HDR Brachytherapy) that allows completion of RT (accelerated partial breast irradiation) in a week
Sentinel node biopsy using the radioactive isotope and blue dye techniques to avoid unnecessary surgery of the axillary lymph nodes in patients with no involvement of the axillary lymph nodes. This prevents lymphedema in a vast majority of patients.
Microdochectomy/ Hadfields procedures are diagnostic/therapeutic procedures in the management of patients with blood-stained nipple discharge. Cosmetic approaches to treating benign lumps of the breast.
