M.B.B.S., M.S. (General Surgery), D.N.B. (General Surgery), MNAMS
Distinguished career spanning 30 years of experience in breast surgery
Dr. Ashutosh Kothari is an internationally renowned, comprehensively trained, certified and accomplished Onco-Surgeon, who has focussed purely on breast cancer, oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery and benign breast disease.
Dr. Kothari completed his super-speciality training in surgical oncology at the prestigious Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. He then moved to London and joined the Hedley Atkins Breast Unit, Guys & St. Thomas Hospital, the World’s first dedicated stand-alone breast cancer unit. He trained thereunder the renowned Prof. Ian Fentiman and was subsequently appointed as a permanent member of staff.
Dr. Kothari is an advocate for early detection, he played a pivotal role in establishing the enhanced, rapid access, one-stop comprehensive breast care clinic, in the public healthcare sector, in the UK. This allowed women with breast symptoms to be diagnosed in under 2–3 hours. His work in this area was recognised globally, and BreastCare Magazine recognised his efforts as World Leader in the field. He was instrumental in setting up one of the first multi-disciplinary oncoplastic breast clinics in conjunction with the plastic surgeons, ensuring that patients received individualised, holistic, surgical advice. He also introduced LYMPHA surgery at Guy’s Hospital for the prevention of lymphoedema, significantly reducing its incidence data breakthrough acknowledged in a high-impact international medical journal in 2023.
Dr. Kothari has one of the largest experiences of immediate whole breast reconstructions in Europe and has excellent long-term aesthetic results and his complication rates are one of the lowest in Europe. He is an advisor and key opinion leader to several breast implant and medical device manufacturing companies. Through this partnership with industry, he has worked with International corporations to develop and continues to develop several state-of-the-art products to help simplify breast reconstruction with a focus on tissue engineering and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Kothari is a core faculty and is frequently invited to teach and lecture at several International courses, symposia, masterclasses, and breast and aesthetic surgery cancer conferences across the world.
He has been and continues to be a principle/chief investigator in several first-in-man and International multicentre breast cancer trials. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed International journals and has contributed to several International textbooks on breast cancer surgery and treatment.
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