Dr. Shabber S Zaveri

Dr. Shabber S Zaveri is Chairman, HOD and Consultant in Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. Current Manipal information describes more than 34 years of clinical experience in cancer surgery, with a practice covering complex solid tumours, minimally invasive techniques and multidisciplinary oncological treatment planning.

He holds MBBS, MS in General Surgery and MCh in Surgical Oncology qualifications. Manipal credits him with helping establish the hospital’s Surgical Oncology department in 2002. His clinical work includes breast, gastrointestinal, head-and-neck and robotic cancer surgery, with decisions on surgical approach made alongside pathology, imaging and the wider oncology team.

His documented programme milestones include introducing Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for breast cancer in 2004 and Radioisotope Occult Lesion Localization in 2005. Manipal also notes that he was among the early clinicians in India to use minimally invasive radio-guided parathyroid surgery and that he initiated the HIPEC programme at Manipal Bengaluru in 2013.

These techniques are used selectively according to cancer type, stage and patient fitness.

Dr. Zaveri’s current profile lists English, Hindi, Kannada and Gujarati. For patients seeking an opinion from abroad, the most useful records usually include biopsy and histopathology reports, operative notes, CT/MRI/PET imaging and previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy summaries. A surgical recommendation requires review of tumour stage and multidisciplinary options, because surgery, systemic treatment and radiation may be used alone or in combination depending on the diagnosis.