Dr. Vani Parmar

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Mon to Sat: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mon, Wed, Fri: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Qualifications:

• MBBS
• MS (General Surgery)
• DNB (General Surgery)

Experience:

• More than 35 years of experience

Professional Memberships:

• Board Member, Women’s Cancer Initiative – Tata Memorial Hospital 
• Previously Secretary, Breast Cancer Disease Management Group, TMC
• Ex-member Data Management and Monitoring Safety Committee DMMSC, TMC
• Member of Institutional Ethics Committee for 4 consecutive years at TMC
• Member of Institutional Ethics Committee at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Hospital
• Member: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Breast Cancer Guidelines Committee
• Member: National Cancer Grid
• Member, International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG), American Society of Breast Diseases (ASBD), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Asian Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (ABCCG), Comprehensive Breast Collaborative Society (CBCS), and Seno Network
• Life Member: Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), IASO, ASI 
• Previously, West Zone Director of Education, ABSI
• Previously, Executive Committee Member ABSI 
• Reviewer for several national and international scientific journals, I86

Awards & Honors:

• Smt. Usha Srivastava Silver Medal (Distinction in Anatomy, First MBBS)  
• 'Excellence in the Field of Oncology’ – Cancer Aid and Research Foundation (2015–16)  
• EJSO Oration: British Association of Surgical Oncology, York, UK (2010)
• Invited Guest Lecture: Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow (2015)  
• Guest Speaker: International Oncoplastic Symposia in Korea, China, and Japan  
• National Coordinator: UICC Reach to Recovery Cancer Conference, Mumbai (2006)  
• Mentor to over 200 surgical trainees

Area of Interests:

Dr. Vani Parmar has earned international acclaim for her leadership, clinical expertise, research contributions, and educational impact in the field of breast oncology. Special interest:

• Young women with breast cancer  
• Breast cancer during pregnancy  
• Locally advanced breast cancer  
• Low axillary sampling  
• Quality of life in breast cancer care  
• Aesthetic breast-conserving surgery and whole-breast reconstruction  
• Oncoplastic techniques: Perforator flaps, pedicled LD flap, implant-based reconstruction, nipple repositioning and nipple symmetrisation  
• Nipple reconstruction post-mastectomy  
• Reduction mammoplasty for large ptotic breasts  
• Clinical and translational research in breast cancer 
• Creating awareness in women regarding breast cancer and helping them understand their risk factors, if any

Research and Publications:

Dr. Parmar has been the Principal investigator in many practice changing trials in breast cancer management in all stages as well as been an active co-researcher in multiple other breast cancer studies in her career spanning 25 years at the Tata Memorial Centre. 

Many of these are already published, have resulted in changes in breast cancer management protocols, and have helped to understand breast cancer better, to be able to offer better care and help the patient fight cancer better. 

• Dr. Parmar has also been involved in international collaborative research, especially in young women's cancers, which has improved outcomes and survival. 
• She is actively involved in technological advances such as artificial intelligence in breast diagnostics, 3D printing in health care, and various other projects related to cancer care.
• Dr. Parmar has 120 peer-reviewed publications (link to be provided here; List at end). 
• 10 textbook chapters (Link to be provided. List at end) 
• Numerous posters were presented at national and international conferences 
• Surgical training videos showcased in National and International Conferences

A few of the important practice changing studies and research she had been actively involved in at Tata Memorial Hospital/ACTREC, including some multicentre studies under the National Cancer Grid that have been completed and are published, are listed below:

• Breast conservation treatment in women with locally advanced breast cancer - experience from a single centre. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17462324/
• Breast conservation in locally advanced breast cancer.  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3244242/ 
• Pathological complete response in locally advanced breast cancer: determinants and predictive significance.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22963288/ 
• Sentinel node biopsy versus low axillary sampling in women with clinically node negative operable breast cancer. 
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23948301/ 
• Sentinel Node Biopsy Versus Low Axillary Sampling in Predicting Nodal Status of Postchemotherapy Axilla in Women With Breast Cancer. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33074737/