For Appointments / OPD
| Hospital No. | :23667800/7799 |
| Clinic No. | :24943636 |
| Secretary No. | :23667800/799 |
| Days | Timings | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 17.30-19.30 | |
| Tuesday | 17.30-19.30 | |
| Thursday | 17.30-19.30 | |
| Friday | 17.30-19.30 | |
Dr. Praful Desai
Master of Surgery-1958
Fellow Royal College of Sugeons Edinburgh-UK-1960
Fellow American College of Sugeons-USA- 1968
Joined Surgical Faculty of Tata Memorial Hospital, 1960.
Former Director & Cheif of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospitaln, Mumbai, 1980-1997.
Reported directly to chairmen of Atomic Energy Commision(DR Vikram Sarabhai, DR raja Ramanna, DR. Homi Sethna, Dr. PK Lyenagar, Dr. P Chidambaran, Dr. MR Srinivasan) during tenure at the Tata Memorial Hospital.
Senior Surgical Oncologist, Bombay Hostpital / Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai(Currently).
President, Surgical Oncology Section, Associaltion of Sugeons of India(ASI), 1977-1979
Established a Rural Cancer Centre at Barsi(Sholapur District), 1983. Recognized by the WHO as model low cost, low technology centre for developing countries. Now a referral cancer centre in the area.
Co-ordinator for WHO and Indian Counciil o Medical Reserch (ICMR) Cancer control Programmes for India.
Extablished Professional Education Division at Tata Memorial Hospital.
Conceived and implemented ACTREC(Advanced Centre for Treatment, Reserch, and Education in Cancer), New Mumbai, 1985.
Organised Technology Transfer Programmes (Oncology) across India, 1986.
Secretary General of International UICC cancer Conferance, Delhi, 1994 (attended by 4,500 delegates).
Professional inputs for creation of cancer Institutes in India-Miraj(Dist Sangli), Jaipur, Rajkot, Raipur.
Trained two generations of Surgical Oncologists at Tata Memorial Hospital.
Chairman and Member of Research Advisary Committees(Oncology).
Examinar for MS(General Surgery) at various Indian Univercities and FRCS at Edinburgh. 2001-2004.
Scientific Pubclication- National & Internation Journals, Monograms, Chapters in Books on Surgical Oncology.
Associate Editor, Journal Surgical Oncology(USA).
Executive Committee Member of UICC(General), International Union Against Cancer. 1990-1994.
Padma Bhushan(Govt of India, 1981
BC Roy National Award, 1981
Indian Council of Medical ResearchICMR()Award for Clinical Cancer Reserch, 1985
American Cancer Society Award, Contribution to Oncology, 1994
SYME lecturship Award of Royal College of Surgeons EDINBURGH, UK, 1996
Mucio Athayde International Cancer Award of the UICC, Geneva, 1998 at Rio-De-Janeiro, BRAZIL
Harvard Medical International Lifetime Achievement Award-For Contribution to Oncology in India, 2003
Lifetime Achievement Award_ International Cancer Congress(HCG NCHRI Cancer Centre), 2016
Lifetime Achievement Award_ Association of Surgeons of India,2010
Lifetime Achievement Award - Association of Laparoscopy for Surgery of Esophagus
Visiting Professor- Harvard Medical School, Dana Farver Cancer Institude, Boston, USA, 2004-2005
Visiting Professor- Sloan- Kettering Cancer Centre, New Yord, USA(1982-1983)
Dhanavantari Award (Dhanavantari Foundation), 2007
Many other life Time Achievement Awards