Dr. Neelam Ahirwar

Dr. Neelam Ahirwar is a Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon with almost a decade of experience in the field of breast surgery and breast cancer management. She is one of the few qualified female surgical oncologist practicing breast surgery as a sub-specialty after completion of Doctorate of National Board (DNB). She believes in providing comprehensive breast care with evidence-based treatment and maintaining quality of life care with aesthetic preservation through breast conservation surgeries and breast reconstructions. She is actively involved in spreading awareness about cancer prevention, risk assessment, genetic evaluation, male breast cancer and cancer running in families. Her expertise and specialties involves Screening, risk assessment and diagnosis of breast cancer, Benign breast diseases, Male breast cancer, modified radical mastectomies, Oncoplastic breast conservation surgeries, Nipple and skin sparing mastectomies, Flap and implant based reconstructions, Guided procedures and biopsies, Sentinel node biopsy / axillary sampling and Chemo port insertion. Her vision is to defeat cancer with early detection, public education, application of new research methods to prevent recurrences and provide best pain and palliative care.

5th prize in ABSI Manipal Best Paper Award in August 2022 on “Is Breast Organ-specific practice is a way forward? A surgeon’s perspective.”
3rd prize in E Quiz at 2nd International Oral Cancer E conclave in April 2022.
Presented paper in Sterling oncology summit 2022 on “Cosseting Level IV nodes in oral cavity SCC.”
Won for Best photograph in medical category at 34th Annual Conference of IASO held in Oct 2021
Presented E poster at 34th Annual Conference of IASO held in Oct 2021.
Secured 2nd position in poster presentation at SURGICON 2016 held in New Delhi for the poster “A Rare Case of Multiple Jejunal Diverticulosis Presenting as Perforation Peritonitis”
Presented 2 posters in ASICON 2016 held in Mysore, India on “Skin-Omentum- Mesh Sandwich Technique for Closure of Large Abdominal Defects” and “Primary Hydatidoses of Psoas Muscle - A Case Report.

Has the Pectoralis Major flap really become obsolete? Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery (2022).
A retrospective cohort study of 756 cases of abdominal tuberculosis: Two decades’ single center experience. Indian J Tuberc. (2016).
Role of diagnostic laparoscopy in patients with nonspecific abdominal pain and its correlation with clinical and radiographic findings. Hellenic Journal of Surgery (2016).