Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi
MBBS DNB MNAMS M Med. (Du ndee. UK), CCT (Leeds, UK), FRSM (London), MRCP (London)
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Skills :Chemotherapy, Hormone Therapy for Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Head cancer, Kidney cancer, Lung cancer, Liver cancer, Ovarian cancer, Throat cancer and more.
Highlights
- Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi is Senior Director Medical Oncology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram,
- He was previously working at the prestigious London Oncology Clinic (Leaders in Oncology Care), Harley Street, London.
- Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (U.K Edinburgh) as well as the Royal Society of medicine.
Profile Summary
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi is a Senior Director Medical Oncology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, who was till recently working at the prestigious London Oncology Clinic (Leaders in Oncology care), Harley Street, London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of medicine and has much publication to his name. He was trained in medical oncology, palliative medicine, and teenage young adult’s cancers in the United Kingdom, completing his CCT in 2009.
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi was leading the Breast Medical oncology team at the Mid-Yorkshire NHS trust affiliated to Leeds Teaching Hospitals, where he previously trained, working alongside the likes of Prof. Peter Selby world-renowned for his work in psycho-oncology and Renal cell cancer.
One of his key areas of interest is QOL “Quality of life” of cancer patients and the effects of chemotherapy on the same. At LOC he is leading the QOL group along with Dr. Peter Harper to bring about a new dimension to the management of chemotherapy-related toxicity amongst cancer patients. He has also floated guidelines on various aspects of cancer care including anti-emesis, neutropenic sepsis, and management of anaphylaxis, and recently on the role of Vitamin D deficiency in oncology.
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi was invited as a visiting physician to the MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA to share his deep understanding of cancer patient’s psychology and what affects their QOL.
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi has passion for education made him pursue a double post-graduate degree in medical education from Dundee University. He restructured medical and departmental education at the Leeds University where he delivered lectures and mentored medical students. The same passion made him widely known across the Yorkshire region for delivering lectures to doctors of allied specialties, GP’s, groups of nurses, and paramedical staff. He is recently, using the same drive, restructured the education programme at LOC and developed a template that will be used by all future divisions of LOC.
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi work beckoned him to return to India with a clear intent of translating critical aspects of patient care from research to the “highest possible standards of clinical practice”, which according to him should be the mantra of healthcare.
Experience of Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi
Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi is a Medical Oncologist with more than 21 years of expertise.
Training and Certifications
- MBBS – University college of medical sciences
- DNB MNAMS – University college of medical sciences
- Masters in Medical Education Dundee, UK
- CCT in Medical Oncology, Leeds UK
- He was trained in medical oncology, palliative medicine, and teenage young adult’s cancers in the United Kingdom, completing his CCT in 2009.
Awards and Achievements
- Innumerable number of Publications on various Oncology books
- Oral Presentations showed in July 2009 – European Society of Oncology, Education conference, Lugano, Switzerland
- May 2008 – 1YAC – Birmingham Education Day
Expertise in Disease/Treatment
- Breast Cancer Treatment in India
- Prostate Cancer Treatment in India
- Esophageal Cancer Treatment in India
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment in India
- Kidney Cancer Treatment in India
- Blood Cancer Treatment in India
- Cervical Cancer Treatment in India
- Uterine Cancer Treatment in India
- Ovarian Cancer Treatment in India
- Pancreas Cancer Treatment in India
- Lung Cancer Treatment in India
- Liver Cancer Treatment in India
Publications
- Rohatgi N, D.E., Chester J, Crosse B. , Diagnostic difficulties in a rare case of Metastatic adenoid cystic tumor.oral presentation head and neck cancers. Ann Oncol, 2009. 20(suppl_5): p. v25.
- Jegeda K, Rohatgi N, Dunwoodie E, Crosse B. management of brain metastases in patient with malignant mesothelioma. Ann Oncol, 2009. 20(suppl_5): p. v26.
- Rohatgi N, Dunwoodie E, Dent D, Joffe E. Challenges in adjuvant chemotherapy in a high-risk breast cancer patient with impaired cardiac function. Ann Oncol, 2009. 20(suppl_5): p. v13.
- Rhodes K, Dunwoodie E, Joffe JK, Rohatgi N, Dent J. Opportunistic infections in a cancer patient on active treatment. Ann Oncol, 2009. 20(suppl_5): p. v16
- Rohatgi N, Dunwoodie E, dent J. A rare case of PICC line embolization to pulmonary vasculature. In correspondence with Nursing Journal of Oncology
- Gupta AK, Agarwal MP, Avasthi R, Bhadoria DP, Rohatgi N. Metronidazole induced neurotoxicity-a case report and review of literature. J Assoc Physicians India. 2003 June; 51:617-18
- Gupta AK, Rohatgi N, Rohatgi A. Hydroxurea induced nail pigmentation. J K Science 2003 Jan; 5(1): 43
- T Rohatgi, N Rohatgi, K Buckshee. Recurring Acute Abdomen, Ovarian Cyst and Hypothyroidism. J K Science 2007 Jan; 9(4): 197
- Rohatgi N, D O’Donnell: Advanced Non small cell lung cancer. Chapter in book “Problem solving in Oncology” (eISBN: 978 1 84692 576 4).
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Memberships
- FRSM (London)
- MRCP (London)
- FRCP (Edin.)