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Diagnostic utility of serum CEA and CA 19-9 as triage tools for predicting metastatic disease in gallbladder cancer
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer · 2025;56(1):235 · doi:10.1007/s12029-025-01360-3
Internationally Trained · Highly Skilled Surgical Oncologist
Dr. Akash Srivastava, M.B.B.S., M.S., M.Ch. (Surgical Oncology)
An internationally trained, highly skilled cancer surgeon — M.Ch. from Tata Memorial Hospital, a high-volume tertiary cancer centre, with a Visiting Fellowship in advanced pancreatic surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. Committed to multidisciplinary, evidence-driven cancer care.
Profile
Dr. Akash Srivastava is an internationally trained, highly skilled surgical oncologist with superspecialty training from Tata Memorial Hospital — one of the highest-volume tertiary cancer centres in the world. He is an Ex-Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre (Tata Memorial Centre), Varanasi.
His practice centres on the multidisciplinary management of complex oncologic cases — from staging and treatment planning through resection, perioperative care, and follow-up — with active participation in tumour board discussions across specialties.
His international training includes a Visiting Fellowship at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, under Prof. Christoph Michalski — one of Europe's leading centres for pancreatic surgery — with focused exposure to complex pancreatic resections and surgical decision-making in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Beyond the operating theatre, he maintains a strong academic interest in perioperative decision-making and translational cancer research, and is actively involved in teaching and scientific writing.
Fields of practice
Gastric, colorectal and oesophageal malignancies — staging, resection, and multidisciplinary planning.
View speciality → HPBPancreatic, gallbladder and liver cancers, including locally advanced pancreatic disease.
View speciality → BRSurgical management of breast malignancies within a multidisciplinary treatment pathway.
View speciality → GYNOperative and perioperative management of gynaecological malignancies.
View speciality → UROSurgical treatment of urological malignancies with oncologically sound staging.
View speciality → H&N / THManagement of head & neck and thoracic malignancies as part of comprehensive cancer care.
View speciality →Across all fields — tumour board participation · oncologic staging · perioperative care · resident teaching · clinical research
Career
Evaluation and surgical management of cancer patients across specialties; multidisciplinary tumour board participation and treatment planning; perioperative and postoperative oncologic care; resident teaching, academic activities, and research.
AcademicFocused fellowship under Prof. Christoph Michalski: complex pancreatic resections, multidisciplinary pancreatic cancer care, and surgical decision-making in locally advanced disease.
InternationalStructured superspecialty training with focused exposure to gastrointestinal, hepatopancreatobiliary, breast, head & neck, urological, and gynaecological malignancies — alongside multidisciplinary oncologic management, perioperative care, and cancer staging research.
SuperspecialtyManaged elective and emergency general surgery; assisted in major abdominal and gastrointestinal procedures. Worked closely with M.Ch.-trained breast & endocrine, surgical oncology and gastrosurgery faculty — an experience that shaped a lasting commitment to oncology.
Undergraduate medical education followed by rotating internship across major medical and surgical disciplines — the foundation for a surgical career.
Research & publications
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer · 2025;56(1):235 · doi:10.1007/s12029-025-01360-3
European Journal of Surgical Oncology · 2024;50(2)
International Surgery Journal · 2022;9(3):707–710 · doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20220651
Annual Surgical Week · King George's Medical University, Lucknow · 2025
Availability
Weekday OPD consultations and surgical care. Lucknow clinic details →
Weekend OPD consultations and surgical care. Ayodhya clinic details →
Location to be announced · Map will appear here shortly
Location to be announced · Map will appear here shortly
Contact
Patients, referring physicians, and academic collaborators are welcome to reach out directly. Consultations in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Ayodhya — see availability above.
Dr. Akash SrivastavaInternationally trained surgical oncologist — M.Ch. (Tata Memorial Hospital), Visiting Fellowship at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. UPMC Reg. No. 80409.