Dr. Virendra Rajpurohit

Dr. Virendra Rajpurohit is a renowned Cancer Surgeon who has worked at the esteemed Asian Institute of Oncology (AIO) along with the stalwarts of Surgical Oncology. In over 14 years of practice he has carved a niche in Surgical Oncology and its subspecialties. He is the recipient of the prestigious Varoon Mahajan Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York in 2007 where he worked on treatment of Esophageal and Lung Cancers. He has also been awarded a fellowship by the Department of Esophageal Diseases at Kurume University Hospital, Japan where he worked with some of the leading esophageal surgeons in the world, including Prof H Fujita. He learnt the finer nuances of thoracoscopic esophagectomy from the pioneer himself, Prof H Osugi in Osaka, Japan. His extensive exposure to the latest technology and medical practices in world-renowned centers has fine-tuned his clinical judgment.

 After working for over 8 years in Mumbai’s leading hospitals he decided to serve his hometown, where he established Jodhpur Cancer Clinic in Oct 2012, one of its kind cancer consultation center in Jodhpur. He has organized various public awareness programs in the town in terms of didactic lectures, talks, presentations, workshops, walks, rallies, camps and street plays. His initiative to spread breast cancer awareness received an overwhelming response especially events like Talk show on Cancer, Pink Walk and lighting historical heritage monuments in pink for the first time. In the media’s words Jodhpur had done what Washington DC did in its commitment for spreading awareness on breast cancer!

 He has performed innumerable number of Thoracic and Mediastinal surgeries, Complex Gastrointestinal cancer surgeries, Head and Neck cancer surgeries and reconstructions, Gynaecological cancer surgeries, Urological cancer surgeries, Breast cancer surgery with special interest in Breast conservation therapy & Sentinel nodal mapping and Endocrine cancer surgeries. He and his team have performed more than 50 Intra Operative Radiation Therapy (IORT) procedures for early breast cancer at the first and only center in India in Mumbai. He is also involved in Cancer screening, Counseling and Palliative care. He believes that cancer treatment is not a single person’s domain and results are achieved only with a team effort combining the best of the existing branches with oncology.

 Compiled by inputs from Senior Cancer Surgeons, Peers, Subordinates and Patients.