Dr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma

Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma is a surgical oncologist and robotic surgery specialist with 23 years of clinical experience currently serving as Vice Chairman of Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Onco Robotic Surgeries (North-West Cluster) at Manipal Hospital Palam Vihar Gurugram.

He has previously served as Associate Director in Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital New Delhi, Senior Consultant at Fortis Memorial Research Institute Gurgaon, and Consultant at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre New Delhi.

He is a Life Member of ASI, SELSI, IASO, and Clinical Robotic Surgery Association and is a recognised robotic surgery trainer who has trained surgeons across India.

Whether a patient has head and neck cancer, oesophageal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, a gastrointestinal malignancy, a gynaecological cancer, a urological cancer, a soft tissue sarcoma, or peritoneal surface malignancy requiring CRS and HIPEC, Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma provides thorough evaluation and advanced robotic and minimally invasive cancer surgery.

He is fluent in English and Hindi.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma offers comprehensive surgical oncology care with DNB-level training, UPMC Pittsburgh fellowship, 20,000+ surgeries, expertise across all cancer sites, and a position as a national trainer in robotic cancer surgery.

Robotic Surgical Oncology

Patients with cancers of the oesophagus, lungs, thyroid, head and neck, stomach, pancreas, colon and rectum, gynaecological tract, and urological organs receive advanced robotic-assisted cancer surgery from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, who is a certified robotic surgery trainer and has trained surgeons nationally.

• Robotic Esophagectomy for oesophageal cancer
• Robotic Whipple's Procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) for pancreatic cancer
• Robotic Gastrectomy for stomach cancer
• Robotic Colorectal Surgery (robotic anterior resection, LAR, APR) for colorectal cancer
• Robotic Thyroidectomy via transaxillary and retroauricular approach (published research, IJSO)
• Robotic Neck Dissection
• Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancers
• Robotic Surgeries for Gynaecological Malignancies
• Robotic Surgeries for Urological Malignancies

Head and Neck Cancer Surgery

Patients with oral cavity cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, parotid tumours, or other head and neck malignancies receive structured surgical management from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma including TORS, robotic thyroidectomy, and free flap reconstructive surgery.

• Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal and base-of-tongue cancers
• Salvage TORS for retropharyngeal node dissection (published research, Journal of Robotic Surgery)
• Modified Preauricular Cervicofacial Approach for oral cancers (published research, IJSO)
• Robotic Thyroidectomy (transaxillary and retroauricular) for thyroid cancer
• Parotidectomy for parotid tumours
• Neck Dissection (open and robotic)
• HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer de-intensification surgical management (published research, Oral Oncology)
• Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstructive Surgery

Thoracic Oncology (VATS and RATS)

Patients with lung cancer, mediastinal tumours, pleural tumours, or chest wall conditions receive structured minimally invasive thoracic surgical management from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma.

• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for lung cancer
• Uniportal Thoracoscopy
• Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)
• Solitary Fibrous Tumour of Pleura management (published research)
• Chest Wall Reconstruction (published research)
• Mediastinal Tumour resection
• Azygous Lobe Lung Cancer management (published research)

Breast Cancer Surgery and Oncoplasty

Patients with breast cancer requiring surgical management receive structured breast-conserving surgery, oncoplastic reconstruction, and sentinel node evaluation from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma.

• Breast-Conserving Surgery with Oncoplastic techniques
• Modified Radical Mastectomy
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
• Oncoplastic Breast Reconstruction

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Patients with oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic, colorectal, or biliary malignancies receive structured minimally invasive and robotic gastrointestinal cancer surgery from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma.

• Robotic Esophagectomy for oesophageal cancer
• Robotic Gastrectomy for stomach cancer
• Robotic Whipple's Procedure for pancreatic cancer
• Robotic Colorectal Surgery (right hemicolectomy, anterior resection, APR)
• Gallbladder Cancer surgery
• Bile Duct Cancer surgery
• Liver Resection for liver metastases

Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC

Patients with peritoneal surface malignancies, pseudomyxoma peritonei, or colorectal peritoneal metastases receive advanced cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, trained at UPMC Pittsburgh.

• Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) for peritoneal malignancies
• HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy)
• Peritoneal Carcinomatosis management
• Pseudomyxoma Peritonei surgical management

Gynaecological Oncology

Patients with ovarian, uterine, cervical, or other gynaecological malignancies receive structured robotic and open surgical management from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma.

• Robotic Radical Hysterectomy for cervical cancer
• Robotic Surgery for endometrial and ovarian cancer
• Gynaecological Cancer staging and resection

Uro-Oncology and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Patients with urological malignancies or soft tissue sarcomas receive structured evaluation and surgical management from Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma.

• Robotic Urological Cancer Surgery
• Prostate Cancer surgical evaluation (published ERG oncoprotein research)
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery (published research, IJSO 2017)

Credentials and Trust

• MBBS, Government Medical College, Jammu (2003)
• MS (General Surgery), Government Medical College, Jammu (2007)
• DNB (Surgical Oncology), National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (2015)
• Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh UPMC, USA

He is a national robotic surgery trainer who has trained surgeons across India and has performed 20,000+ surgeries.

He is registered with the Delhi Medical Council (Registration No. 50757, 2011).

Hospital Affiliations

Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma currently serves as Vice Chairman of Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Onco Robotic Surgeries (North-West Cluster) at Manipal Hospital, Palam Vihar, Gurugram (Consultation Fee: ₹2000).

About Hospital Manipal Hospitals Gurugram

Manipal Hospitals Gurugram is a leading tertiary-level multispecialty hospital at Block F, Gol Chakkar, Palam Vihar Gurugram offering advanced care across cancer surgery, cardiology, neurology, orthopaedics, and critical care.

The hospital is accredited by NABL and NABH and houses a dedicated Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre with robotic surgery capabilities.

Research and Academic Contributions

Dr Ashwani Kumar Sharma has contributed extensively to surgical oncology through multiple national and international peer-reviewed publications, national conference paper awards, and robotic surgery training.

Awards and Recognitions

• Best Paper Award, Acta Scientific: Pleth Variability Index (PVI) Based Intraoperative Fluid Management in Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstructive Surgeries
• Best Paper Award, RGCIRC: Acoustic Puncture Assist Device versus Loss of Resistance Technique for Epidural Space Identification (Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2016)

Key Publications

• Feasibility, Safety and Surgical Outcome of Robotic Hemithyroidectomy via Transaxillary and Retroauricular Approach: An Institutional Experience (Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017)
• Oncological Outcome Following De-intensification for Stage I and II HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Cancers with TORS: A Prospective Trial (Oral Oncology, 2017)
• Robotic Transoral Approach for Salvage Retropharyngeal Node Dissection: Analysis of Functional and Oncological Outcomes (Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2022)
• Modified Preauricular Cervicofacial Approach for Oral Cancers: Analysis of Oncological and Functional Outcomes (Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022)
• Swallowing Outcomes in Supraglottic Cancer Patients After TORS with Early Dysphagia Management (Annals of Robotic and Innovative Surgery, 2022)
• Prognostic Factors in Indian Patients Operated for Soft Tissue Sarcomas (Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017)
• Chest Wall Reconstruction Using Steel Wire in a Case of Neo-Rib (Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017)
• The Azygous Lobe of the Lung in Lung Cancer (Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017)
• Trigeminal Schwannoma: Case Report of a Rare Tumour (Indian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2022)
• Rare Case of Extraosseous Osteosarcoma of Parotid Gland (Indian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2023)
• Parotid Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of Literature (Indian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2022)
• Effect of Preoperative Dexamethasone on Nausea, Vomiting and Pain in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: RCT (2004–2007)

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