Dr. Sayed Assif Iqbal

Associate Director – Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery

Cancer Centre, Head and Neck Cancer Programme, Thoracic Cancer Programme, Breast Cancer Programme, Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Programme, Cancer Robotic Surgery Programme

13+ years of overall experience

Works at BLK Max Super Specialty Hospitals, New Delhi

About Dr. Sayed Assif Iqbal

Dr Sayed Assif Iqbal is a Surgical Oncologist who completed his DNB surgical oncology from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi. He has got more than 13 yrs experience in surgery with more than 5 years experience in surgical oncology and more than 3 yrs experience in gastrointestinal oncology. He is able to perform all routine surgical oncological procedures and has especially keen interest for the procedures related to gastrointestinal oncology.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017 Jan 6. Role of CRS and HIPEC in appendiceal and colorectal malignancies: Indian experience. Gupta N, Asif S, Gandhi J, Rajpurohit S, Singh S
Indian Journal Of Surgical Oncology. Jun 2017. The azygous lobe of the lung in the case of lung cancer. Darlong LM, Ram D, Sharma A, Sharma AK, Iqbal SA, Nagar A, Hazarika D.
Gallstone Ileus: Impaction of stone in the proximal jejunum – A very rare occurrence, (SurgChron 2013). Arshad Rashid, Majid Mushtaque, Rajandeep Bali, Sayed Assif Iqbal,
Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Mucocele of the Appendix. Arch Clin Exp Surg . Arshad Rashid , Saima Nazir , Omar Rashid , Sayed Assif Iqbal

Hospital

BLK Max Super Specialty Hospitals

Location

New Delhi, India

Skilled At

Robotic/open esophagectomy.
D2 gastrectomy ( subtotal/total)
Robotic/Laparoscopic/open colorectal surgeries including ELAPE.
CRS with HIPEC.
Radical cholecystectomy.
Whipple’s pancreaticoduodenectomy, distal pantreaticosplenectomy.

Education & Training

MBBS, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute Of Medical Sciences, Medical College, Srinagar.
MS (General Surgery), Sher-I-Kashmir Institute Of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
DNB (Surgical Oncology), Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.

Publications

Robotic Surg. 2021 July. Robot assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy- safety, morbidity and short term oncological outcome. Sayed AI, Goel S, Aggarwal A, Singh S.
World Gastroenterology. Sept 2021. Multimodal management of gallbladder cancer can lead to a better outcome; experience from tertiary care centre in North India. Shaifali Goel, Abhishek Aggarwal, Asif Iqbal, Vineet Talwar, Swarupa Mitra, Shivendra singh. Article in press
Visceral Surg. 2021 June. Anatomical 4b/5 resection for gallbladder cancer using intraoperative ultrasound. S. Singh, S. Goel, A. Iqbal
Gastrointest Cancer. 2020 Sept. Use of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography in assessing response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and its impact on survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Iqbal SA, Goel S, Aggarwal A, Gupta N, Gupta M, Durga G, Talwar V, Singh S.
Surg Oncol. 2020 April. 18-FDG PET-CT should be included in preoperative staging of gallbladder cancer. Goel S, Aggarwal A, Iqbal A, Gupta M, Rao A, Singh S
Gastrointest Cancer. 2019 Sept. Oxaliplatin induced multiple focal nodular hyperplasia masquerading as colorectal liver metastasis. Jain C, Syed A, Gupta N, Kambhoj M, Rao A, Singh S.
Gastrointest Cancer. 2016 Mar 23. Effective downsizing of a gastroesophageal GIST using neoadjuvant imatinib mesylate.

Work Experience Dr. (Brig) A. V. Ramesh

2006-2007 House Surgeon in Department of Accident & Emergency in Sher-i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
2007-2010 Post Graduate in Department of General Surgery and Allied Specialities Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar.
2010-2011 Senior Resident in Department of General Surgery Sher-i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
2011-2012 Senior Resident in Department of General and Minimal Access Surgery Dr BL Kapoor Hospital, New Delhi.
2012-2015 Resident in department of Surgical Oncology and its subspecialities at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.
2015-2017 Attending Consultant in Department of Surgical Oncology (GI Unit).
2017-2019 April Consultant III Surgical Oncology.
From April 2019 till date Consultant II Surgical oncology

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