Dr. Snita Sinukumar

Dr. Snita Sinukumar performs major interventions in the following specialities:

• Surgical Oncology

• Maharashtra Medical Council - Registration No. (2005021186)

• Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai (MBBS)
• B J Government Medical College, Pune (MS General Surgery)
• Tata Memorial Hospital (MCh Surgical Oncology)

• B Braun Award for Meritorious Student in General Surgery (2007)

• Sinukumar, Snita, Praveen Kammar, Mukurdipi Ray, Sakina Shaikh, Ankita Patel, Firoz Rajan, Ayyappan Srinivasan, et al. 2023. “Long-Term Survival in Patients Treated by Cytoreductive Surgery with or without HIPEC for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies-A Report from the Indian HIPEC Registry.” Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 14 (Suppl 1): 198–208.
• Bhatt A, Sinukumar S, Damodaran D, Parikh L, Goswami G, Mehta S, Kammar P. Perioperative outcomes and platinum resistant recurrence in patients undergoing systematic, protocol-based, total parietal peritonectomy during interval cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer: results of the TORPEDO study. J Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Jul;35(4):e95.
• Sinukumar S, Damodaran D, S D, Piplani S. Pathological PCI as a prognostic marker of survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing interval cytoreduction with or without HIPEC in FIGO stage IIIC high grade serous ovarian cancer. Front Oncol. 2024 Aug 20;14:1458019.
• Bhatt, Aditi, Snita Sinukumar, Sanket Mehta, Dileep Damodaran, Shabber Zaveri, Praveen Kammar, Suniti Mishra, et al. 2019. “Patterns of Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Its Clinical Implications in Patients Undergoing Interval Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Serous Epithelial Ovarian Cancer- A Study by the Indian Network for Development of Peritoneal Surface Oncology (INDEPSO).” European Journal of Surgical Oncology: The Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 45 (4): 666–71.
• Sinukumar, Snita, Mukurdipi Ray, Dileep Damodaran, Ninad Katdare, Syam Vikram, Sakina Shaikh, Ankita Patel, and Aditi Bhatt. 2023. “A Descriptive Analysis of Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery for the First Peritoneal Recurrence from Adult Granulosa Cell Tumours: Focus on Disease Distribution, Morphology of Peritoneal Disease and the Role of HIPEC - a Retrospective Study by INDEPSO.” Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 14 (Suppl 1): 82–91.
• Sinukumar, Snita, Firoz Rajan, Sanket Mehta, Dileep Damodaran, Shabber Zaveri, Praveen Kammar, and Aditi Bhatt. 2021. “A Comparison of Outcomes Following Total and Selective Peritonectomy Performed at the Time of Interval Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Serous Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneal Cancer - A Study by INDEPSO.” European Journal of Surgical Oncology: The Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 47 (1): 75–81.
• Sinukumar, Snita. 2025. “Perspective: Beyond Traditional QoL Scales: ‘Is It Time to Refine Quality of Life (QoL) Assessment Tools for Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)?’” Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology.
• Bhatt, Aditi, Snita Sinukumar, Loma Parikh, Sanket Mehta, Sakina Shaikh, Nutan Jumle, and Praveen Kammar. 2021. “Total Parietal Peritonectomy Performed during Interval Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Epithelial Serous Ovarian Cancer Results in a Low Incidence of Platinum Resistant Recurrence- Results of a Prospective Multi-Centre Study.” European Journal of Surgical Oncology: The Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 47 (8): 2150–57.
• Bhatt, Aditi, Snita Sinukumar, Dileep Damodaran, Ankita Patel, Sakina Shaikh, Loma Parikh, Gaurav Goswami, Anjali Singh, Praveen Kammar, and Sanket Mehta. 2023. “Perioperative Outcomes and Platinum Resistant Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Protocol Based Total Parietal Peritonectomy during Interval Cytoreductive Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer- Results of the TORPEDO Study.” bioRxiv.

• Indian Association of Surgical Oncologist (IASO)
• Member, Association of Robotic surgeons of India (ARIS)
• International Society of Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group (PSOGI)
• Society of Peritoneal Surface Oncology of India

• Consultant - Manipal Hospital, Kharadi
• Consultant - Jupiter Hospital, Pune
• Consultant - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, Swargate
• Surgical Oncologist - Jehangir Hospital