Dr. Ashwin Sunil Tamhankar

Dr. Ashwin Sunil Tamhankar

Consultant 

12 Years of Experience

Uro-oncologist, Urologist

MBBS, MS, M.Ch, MD, DNB, Fellowship

Reg. No.:082722, Maharashtra Medical Council

English

Consultation Fee ₹ 1500

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About Dr. Ashwin Sunil Tamhankar

  • Dr. Ashwin Tamhankar is a skilled Uro-oncologist and Robotic Surgeon with 12 years of experience in the field.
  • He has done over 2000 urological cancer surgeries and 600+ robotic procedures to date.
  • He specializes in open laparoscopic and robotic procedures for urological cancers and is recognized for his expertise in minimally invasive and da Vinci Robotic surgery.
  • His expertise includes treatment of prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, penis cancer, testicular cancer, and adrenal tumors.
  • Dr. Tamhankar completed his MBBS and MS (General Surgery) from G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
  • He then specialized in urological procedures by pursuing an MCh (Urology) from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College.
  • To gain expertise in cancer and robotic surgeries, Dr. Tamhankar has completed various fellowships, such as a Fellowship in Urological Cancers and Robotic Surgery from the Max Institute of Cancer Care, a Fellowship (Laparoscopic) from the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology, a Fellowship (Uro-oncology) from Tata Cancer Research Memorial Institute, and a Fellowship (Robotic Urology) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
  • He is a skilled medical professional who uses advanced diagnostic techniques to detect and diagnose tumors at an early stage. 
  • He is proficient in innovative cancer treatment techniques, including cutting-edge surgical treatment, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. 
  • Dr. Tamhankar carefully tailors each treatment plan to the specific needs of his patients. 
  • His extensive knowledge of the latest advances in surgical oncology forms the foundation of his treatment plans. 
  • He works closely with other healthcare professionals and uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide effective cancer care.
  • Dr. Tamhankar specializes in minimally invasive surgery that ensures faster healing times and better post-operative results.

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Education

  • MBBS, G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai
  • MS (General Surgery), G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai
  • MCh (Urology), Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
  • DNB (Urology), National Board of Examinations
  • Fellowship Urological Cancers and Robotic Surgery Max Institute of Cancer Care, 2018
  • Fellowship (Laparoscopic), Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology, 2018
  • Fellowship (Uro-oncology), Tata Cancer Research Memorial Institute, 2019
  • Fellowship (Robotic Urology), RCS Eng (Royal College of Surgeons of England),2020

Past Experience

  • Consultant Uro-oncology and Robotic Surgery Apollo Hospitals and Cancer Centre Mumbai, 2020
  • Consultant Urological Oncology and Robotic Surgery Apollo Mumbai Hospital Limited, 2020

Awards

  • Maharashtra state chapter of ASI 2012- Surgical quiz- First prize in the state of Maharashtra
  • Dr. A V Baliga Memorial Prize for standing first in MS General Surgery in KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
  • Represented state of Maharashtra for Surgi-quiz in ASICON, Kolkata 2012
  • Participated in Medical quiz of Bombay Medical Congress (69th conference) at INHS, Ashwini, Mumbai
  • Thesis topic in General Surgery: "Audit of Parathyroid Surgeries"
  • Third position in Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in Examination for MCh Urology- certificate of merit
  • Received Dr. G. M. Phadke's traveling fellowship- (Urology quiz National level – second position) for the year 2016 at USICON Hyderabad
  • Dr. Sitharaman Memorial prize for best essay for the year 2018 - topic "Future of Urology Research in India"
  • Dr. Brij Kihore Patna's prize paper for the best scientific paper in USICON 2019 - Implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion for bladder cancer: an outcome analysis beyond the learning curve.
  • First Prize for the "USI Got Talent" – Best scientific paper in USICON 2020 - The clinical and financial implications of a decade of prostate biopsies in the NHS- interrogation of the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Data 2008- 2019
  • First best prize poster presentation- RUFCON 2018 -"Does continuation of low dose Aspirin during Robot assisted radical prostatectomy compromise surgical outcomes? - Audit of 116 consecutive cases of RARP."
  • Second prize for "Late Shri K. Subramaniam Memorial Video Award" as a presenting author at Robotic Surgeons Council meet (RSC) India, Chennai 2017- "Beyond traditional frontiers: Therapeutic supine Robotic RPLND for post-chemotherapy residual retroperitoneal masses in testicular cancer."
  • Second prize for best video presentation as a presenting author in RUFCON 2017- "Total Intra-corporeal Robot-assisted Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion (RICIC): beyond the initial learning curve." 17.The second-best prize for podium paper presentation as a presenting author at West Zone Urology Conference Goa 2015.
  • Third prize and certificate of appreciation – Best Student Award 2017- Max Institute of Medical Sciences (MIME)
  • Certificate of scholarship on behalf of the Vattikuti Scholar program for participating in Robotic Surgeons Council 2016, KDAH, Mumbai.
  • Certificate of "Good Clinical Practices" by NIDA clinical trial network
  • Certificate of appreciation – Indian School of Urology – for efforts of resident training in Urology under the aegis of the Urological Society of India.
  • Organizing the Urooncology Subsection meeting at ICC 2023 – chairing the Urooncology Subsection Committee of 15 nationwide members.
  • Best video award – International Brazilian Journal of Urology year 2020 - Robotic Total Pelvic Exenteration.
  • Citation in following guidelines related to Urooncology

Associations/Membership

  • Urological Society of India
  • Urological Society of India West Zone
  • Urological Society of India North Zone
  • Mumbai Urological Society
  • Urological Society of Pune
  • Society Internation Urology (SIU)
  • American Association of Urology (AUA)
  • European Urological Association (EAU)
  • Council Member - Mumbai Urological Society
  • Collaborative Research Committee Urological Society of India
  • Indian School of Urology.

Paper Published

  • AUA meet Boston 2017- Podium paper presentation 'Study to analyse the fertility potential of varicocelectomy in non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), virtual azoospermia (VA) and severe oligospermia (SO).'
  • ERUS 2017(14th meeting of EAU Robotic Urology section)-Video- Robot-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy: Technique and initial outcomes.
  • ERUS 2017(14th meeting of EAU Robotic Urology section)-Poster- Is it safe to perform robot-assisted intra-corporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion?: Our story beyond the learning curve!
  • EAU 2018 –Video presentation "Beyond traditional frontiers: Therapeutic supine Robotic RPLND for post chemotherapy residual retroperitoneal masses in testicular cancer."
  • MHWC 2016 - 10th World Congress of International Society of Men's Health - Podium "Audit of twenty-one cases of fracture penis at tertiary care institute"
  • MHWC 2016 - 10th World Congress of International Society of Men's Health- Podium - "Audit of andrological needs in hundred and ten traumatic paraplegic male patients- five year assessment in single paraplegia center" National conferences
  • Dr Brij Kihore Patna prize paper for the best scientific paper in USICON 2019 - Implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in patients undergoing robot assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion for bladder cancer: an outcome analysis beyond the learning curve.
  • Prof CKP Menon Prize paper USICON 2020 - Robot assisted radical prostatectomy with extended template lymph node dissection - Is it curative in itself for a subgroup of node positive prostate cancer patients?
  • USICON 2019- Are you justified in performing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in men over 75 years of age? Analysis of surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes. Vijayawada Poster Prize Session.
  • USICON 2018 - Are we getting better? Evaluation of 45 consecutive cases of Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Ileal Conduit Diversion"- Vijayawada Poster Prize Session
  • Dr. S. S. Bapat Prize Paper for Innovations / New Technologies in Urology - USICON 2017, Mumbai 'Spiral-Cap' ileocystoplasty for bladder augmentation and ureteric reimplant.
  • USICON 2020 - Blue light cystoscopy – a golden opportunity to optimize the program for bladder cancer!
  • USICON 2018– Video- 'Beyond traditional frontiers: Robotic Total Pelvic Exenteration'
  • Robotic Surgeons Council meet (RSC) India, May 2018- "My journey as a Vattikuti Fellow"
  • Robotic Surgeons Council meet (RSC) India, Chennai 2017: Video - "Beyond traditional frontiers: Therapeutic supine Robotic RPLND for post chemotherapy residual retroperitoneal masses in testicular cancer".
  • Robotic Surgeons Council meet (RSC) India, Goa 2017: Video- Tackling the large median lobes during Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Keeping it simple!
  • Robotic Surgeons Council meet (RSC) India, Goa 2017: Video presentation for "Late Shri K. Subramaniam Memorial Video Award"- "Technical caveats in robot assisted video endoscopic inguinal lymph node dissection- evolution of a modified technique."
  • RUFCON 2017: Video - "Total Intra-corporeal Robot assisted Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion (RICIC): beyond the initial learning curve."
  • RUFCON 2018: Video- "Simultaneous Robot-assisted radical cystectomy and intracorporealileal conduit with radical nephroureterectomy + RPLND for concurrent upper tract and bladder urothelial carcinoma."
  • RSC meet May 2018 - "My Journey as a Vattikuti Fellow"
  • RSC meet May 2018- Video: Robotic Marathons- exploring newer frontiers!"
  • USICON 2015- Poster- A rare case of 7cm x 4.6cm dumbbell-shaped vesicovaginal calculus in a complicated and recurrent vesicovaginal fistula, managed in two stages
  • USICON 2017- Poster Various patterns of recurrences following ileal neobladder for transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
  • Uroonco2017, Goa Video - Robotic-assisted radical nephroureterectomy and the da Vinci Xi system's extended template lymphadenectomy demonstrate technique and initial outcomes.
  • USICON 2022 – Plenary talk on – 'Future Robots in India!'
  • USICON 2022 – Clinical Audit and emphasis – as a part of collaborative research committee meeting at USICON.
  • USICON 2022 – Role of radiation therapy – adjuvant versus salvage
  • USICON 2022 – Youth section: How to excel in a subspecialty urology practice!
  • WZUSICON 2022 – Deep Blue – Organoids in Urology
  • SOGOCON 2022 – Renorhhaphy techniques post partial nephrectomy
  • USICON 2023 – Debated in favor of variant histology for bladder cancer
  • USICON 2023 – A panel discussion on high-risk prostate cancer
  • AIIMS Raipur 2022 – Selection of patients for radical cystectomy and ERAS
  • SOGO 2022 – ERAS pathway in radical cystectomy
  • Apollo Bladder Cancer Conclave – Genomics in Bladder Cancer

Field of Expertise

  • Bladder Instillation
  • Burch Colposuspension
  • Cystectomy (Bladder Removal)
  • Cystolithotripsy
  • Genitourinary Reconstruction
  • Greenlight Laser Treatment of BPH
  • Hydrocele Surgery
  • Ileal Conduit
  • Laser Photo-Vaporization of the Prostate (PVP)
  • Laser Prostatectomy
  • Lithotripsy
  • Microscopic Varicocele Surgery
  • Mitrofanoff Procedure
  • Optical Urethrotomy
  • Orchidectomy
  • Orchidopexy
  • Penis Enlargement Surgery
  • Prostate Biopsy
  • Radical Cystectomy
  • Robotic Ureteral Reimplantation
  • Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS)
  • Sling Surgery
  • Transperineal Biopsy
  • Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS)
  • Transurethral Incision of the Prostate (TUIP)
  • Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT)
  • Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
  • Ureteral Reimplantation Surgery
  • Ureteral Stent Placement
  • Ureteral Stenting and Nephrostomy
  • Ureteroscopy (URS)
  • Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy (URSL)
  • Urethral Catheterisation Device (UCD)
  • Urethral Stricture Surgery
  • Urethroplasty
  • Varicocele Intervention
  • Acute Tubular Necrosis
  • Adrenal Disorders
  • AIDS
  • Azoospermia
  • Balanitis
  • Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis)
  • Benign Prostatic Enlargement/Hyperplasia (BPE/BPH)
  • Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Bladder Control Issues
  • Bladder Exstrophy and Epispadias
  • Bladder Neck: Contracture of the Bladder Neck
  • Bladder Outlet Obstruction
  • Bladder Stones (Bladder Calculi)
  • Blood in the Semen (Hematospermia)
  • Chlamydia
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Cloacal Malformations
  • Communicating Hydrocele
  • Congenital Penile Curvature
  • Congenital Urological Anomalies
  • Cushing's Syndrome
  • Cystic Disease
  • Cystine Stones
  • Cystocele (Fallen Bladder)
  • Duplex Kidney
  • Elevated PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Level
  • End-Stage Renal (Kidney) Disease
  • Eosinophilia
  • Epididymitis
  • Epispadias
  • Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
  • Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
  • Frequent Urination
  • Genital Herpes (HSV-2)
  • Genital Lymphedema
  • Genital Warts
  • Glomerular Diseases
  • Glomerulonephritis (GN)
  • Goodpasture Syndrome
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA, formerly called Wegener’s)
  • Hematuria
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
  • HIV
  • Hydrocele
  • Hydronephrosis
  • Hyperaldosteronism
  • Hypercalcemia
  • Hyperkalemia (High Potassium)
  • Hyperoxaluria
  • Hyponatremia
  • Hypospadias
  • Inguinal Hernia
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Kidney Cysts
  • Kidney Failure
  • Kidney Infection (Pyelonephritis)
  • Kidney Stones
  • Klinefelter Syndrome
  • Low Testosterone (Male Hypogonadism)
  • Male Infertility
  • Meatal Stenosis
  • Megaureter
  • Membranous Nephropathy
  • Micropenis
  • Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
  • Mitochondrial Diseases
  • Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)
  • Neurogenic Bladder
  • Nocturia
  • Non-Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction
  • Nongonococcal Urethritis in Men
  • Oligospermia (Low Sperm Count)
  • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
  • Penile Adhesions and Skin Bridges
  • Penile Cancer
  • Penile Curvature
  • Penile Torsion
  • Penis Health
  • Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
  • Perineal Urethrostomy
  • Peyronie's Disease
  • Phimosis and Paraphimosis
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  • Priapism
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Prostatitis
  • Proteinuria
  • Prune Belly Syndrome
  • Pseudohermaphrodite
  • Pyonephrosis
  • Pyospermia
  • Rectocoele
  • Redundant Prepuce
  • Renal Artery Disease
  • Renal Hypertension
  • Resistant Hypertension
  • Retractile Testicle
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Subacute Cutaneous Lupus
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Testicular Torsion
  • Undescended Testicles (Cryptorchidism)
  • Urachal Abnormalities
  • Ureteral Obstruction
  • Ureteral Stones
  • Ureterocele
  • Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) Obstruction
  • Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
  • Urethral Stricture in Men
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urinary Retention
  • Urogenital Sinus
  • Uterine Prolapse
  • Vaginal Prolapse
  • Varicocele
  • Vasculitis
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
  • Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF)

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