Doctors Description: 
Dr Ashish B Pokharkar is a cancer specialist and cancer surgeon in Pune. He has been trained in general surgery at BJ Medical College and Sassoon Hospital, Pune. After graduation, he completed his super specialization in cancer surgery and received an MCH degree from the eminent and prestigious Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. After passing MCh he was selected for fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic Oncosurgery from Tata Memorial Hospital. Currently, he works as a consultant surgical oncologist at Jupiter Cancer Institute, Baner Pune.        
He is one of few surgeons who do minimally invasive complex laparoscopic & robotic surgeries. He is known for his empathic attitude towards cancer patients. He strongly believes in ethical and evidence-based medicine which is a core part of his practice.

Publications/Academics: 

1. Poster: Colorectal cancer at Presentation in Indian subcontinent: young vs old. A comparative study. ACPGBI Edinburgh 2016  
2. Oral paper presentation at international conference ISUCRS, Mumbai. 
3. Conference paper; Does selective lateral pelvic lymph node dissection affect outcomes in locally advanced carcinoma rectum (LARC)? s garg,A pokharkar,A saklani,ACPGBI 2016, At EDINBURGH
4. Poster: Socioeconomic Status: Is it a Prognostic Factor of overall survival in Colorectal Cancers: Jay R. Anam, Avanish Saklani, Vijayraj Patil and Ashish Pokharkar, ASCRS Tripartite meeting, At Seattle/
5. Rare Case of Perforated Tubular Ileal Duplication in 72-Year-Old Male. The Indian Journal of Surgery. Ekbote G, Pokharkar AB, Moon P. A2013;75(Suppl 1):418-420. doi:10.1007/s12262-0120749 
6. Young Vs Old Colorectal Cancer in Indian Subcontinent: a Tertiary Care Center Experience: Pokharkar, A.B., Bhandare, M., Patil, P. et al. Indian J Surg Oncol (2017).  doi:10.1007/s13193-017-0670-1
7. Outcomes of treatment of unresectable esophageal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy and oral metronomic chemotherapy: An experience from a rural cancer center;Joydeep Ghosh, Nandini Sharma, A Kulkarni, S D Banavali, Ashish Pokharkar, A Desai, Amit Mandhare, M V Chandrakanth, eastern journal of medical science,vol 1 no 2.
8. Skull metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma: a rare case report: Shital Khedkar; Ashish Pokharkar; Sandip Sathe; Bhushan Warpe; Shweta joshi; Walawalkar International Medical Journal (Vol.3, No. 1)
9. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of kidney, presenting with leucocytosis as a paraneoplastic syndrome: A case report and short review, Joydeep Ghosh, Rahul Surve, Ashish Pokharkar, Suvarna Patil, Nandini Sharma, S D Banavali: Oncobiology and Targets. 2017;3(2016):1-3 DOI, 18639/ONBT.2016.03.1255 
10. Laparoscopic Pelvic Exenteration for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer, Technique and Short Term Outcomes: Ashish Pokharkar, Praveen Kammar, Ashwin D'souza, Rahul Bhamre, Pavan Sugoor, Avanish Saklani: Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.doi.org/10.1089/lap.2018.0147
11. Poster: feasibility of minimally invasive approaches for total pelvic exenteration in locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma, Indian cancer congress 2017 Bangalore.
12. Oral presentation: Is laparoscopic approach better or equal than open approach in rectal cancer? Indian cancer congress 2017, Bangalore. 
13. Video presentation: NATCON-ISO 2018 conference: Total laparoscopic pelvic exenteration in locally advanced rectal carcinoma 
14. Video presentation:NATCON-ISO 2018 conference: Robotic total pelvic exenteration, single docking technique. 
15. Best video award at NATCON-ISO 2018 Conference 
16. Laparoscopic Posterior Pelvic Exenteration (Complete and Supralevator) for Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of thenRectum in Females: Surgical Technique and Short-Term OutcomesAshish Pokharkar, Sanket Bankar, Jitender Rohila, Dushyant Jaiswal, Ashwin deSouza, and Avanish Saklani.Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.ahead of printhttp://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2019.0691
17. The technique and justification for minimally invasive surgery in COVID-19 pandemic; Laparoscopic anterior resection for near obstructed rectal carcinoma. Tushar pawar, Ashish Pokharkar, Jitender Rohila, Jayesh gori, diwaker pandey, Ashwin deSouza, and Avanish Saklani.Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques.