A Pillar of Safety, Comfort, and Recovery in Cancer Care
At our cancer hospital, the Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine plays a key role in ensuring that every patient receives safe, compassionate, and well-coordinated care throughout their surgical journey. Cancer treatment can be overwhelming, and many patients arrive with health concerns caused by the illness itself or by chemotherapy and radiation. Our team works closely with all other cancer specialists to prepare you for surgery, support you during the procedure, and help you recover quickly and comfortably afterwards.
Cancer patients often need special attention before surgery. Many may feel weak, anxious, or nutritionally depleted, and some may have health issues made worse by cancer treatments. Our department focuses on:
Preoperative Optimization & Prehabilitation: Checking your overall health thoroughly, improving fitness, nutrition, breathing capacity, and mental well-being before surgery, adjusting your medications and treating conditions like anaemia, diabetes, or heart problems, and helping you enter surgery in the strongest and safest condition possible.
This preparation lowers the chances of complications and improves long-term recovery.
Cancer surgeries can be long and complex. Throughout the procedure, our onco-anaesthesiologists:
Keep your heart, lungs, and vital organs functioning safely
Monitor your blood pressure, oxygen levels, and other vital signs minute-to-minute
Ensure precise anaesthesia that is tailored to your individual needs
Manage fluid balance, pain control, and blood loss
Use advanced machines that help maintain a stable and protected environment for your body
We also provide anaesthesia outside the main operating theatres—for procedures like scans, radiation treatments, endoscopy, and many interventional procedures—ensuring the same level of safety everywhere in the hospital.
Recovery after cancer surgery is just as important as the surgery itself. Our team uses Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways—evidence-based steps proven to help patients heal faster.
Early return to eating and gentle movement
Less nausea and fewer side effects
Better pain relief with fewer opioids
Shorter hospital stay
Faster return to daily activities
We also run the Acute Pain Service, which focuses on personalized pain management using safe combinations of medicines and nerve-block techniques. This helps reduce discomfort, speeds up mobility, and lowers the risk of long-term pain.
If needed, patients are also cared for in our critical care units, where trained onco-anaesthesiologists manage serious conditions such as infections, breathing problems, or treatment-related reactions.
Cancer care requires seamless teamwork. Our department works hand-in-hand with:
Surgical oncologists – for planning safe and successful operations
Medical oncologists – to understand how chemotherapy and immunotherapy affect your body
Radiation oncologists – to manage airways and tissues affected by radiation
Nutritionists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and nurses – to support your complete well-being
This coordination ensures that every part of your treatment fits together smoothly.
Our comprehensive services ensure your safety, comfort, and optimal recovery throughout your surgical journey.
Improving your strength, nutrition, and health before surgery
Safer surgery, fewer complications
Numbing specific areas of the body for pain relief
Less pain, fewer side effects, faster movement
Continuous and advanced monitoring during surgery
Better safety and protection of vital organs
Safe anaesthesia for procedures outside the OT
Comfort and safety in all departments
Special steps to help you heal faster
Quicker recovery, shorter hospital stay
Personalized pain control all day, every day
Better comfort and mobility
Expert care for serious illnesses or complications
Improved outcomes in high-risk patients
Nutrition planning before and after surgery
Better healing, stronger immunity
An onco-anaesthesiologist brings specialized knowledge and skill that directly benefit patients.
Understanding of how cancer and cancer treatments affect the heart, lungs, kidneys, nerves, and immunity.
Expertise in caring for weak, elderly, or high-risk patients.
Advanced skills in nerve blocks and non-opioid pain relief.
Ability to manage emergencies during and after surgery.
Seamless support from the operating room to the ICU.
Compassionate communication and clear guidance for patients and families.
We are committed to providing safe, personalized, and compassionate care to every patient. From the moment you enter the hospital until you return home, our department walks with you at every step—making your journey through cancer treatment safer, smoother, and more comfortable.
MBBS, MD - Anaesthesiology (Dec 1999), PDCCA (Aug 2001)
Senior Consultant & HODAnaesthesiology and Critical care
MBBS, DA- Anaesthesiology (2005), DNB - Anaesthesiology (2008)
Senior ConsultantAnaesthesiology
MBBS, DA- Anaesthesiology (Aug 2008), DNB - Anaesthesiology (Aug 2011)
Senior ConsultantAnaesthesiology
MBBS, MD - Anaesthesiology (June 2018)
ConsultantAnaesthesiology
MBBS, DA - Anaesthesiology (June 2017), DNB - Anaesthesiology (Nov 2019)
ConsultantAnaesthesia and Critical Care
MBBS, DA - Anaesthesiology (2018), DNB - Anaesthesiology (Oct 2020)
ConsultantAnesthesia
MBBS, MD-Anaesthesiology (2019), DNB - Anaesthesiology (2022)
ConsultantAnaesthesiology and Critical Care
MBBS, DNB - Anaesthesiology (Sep 2021)
ConsultantAnaesthesiology and Critical Care
MBBS, MD-Anaesthesiology (Aug 2017), FNB- Critical Care Medicine (Aug 2021)
ConsultantAnaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine