Dr. Govind Nandakumar is an internationally acclaimed Surgical Gastroenterologist and Onco-Surgeon with over 20 years of high-volume surgical expertise. He specializes in advanced modalities of gastrointestinal surgery, including robotic surgery, minimally invasive single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), and cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for advanced abdominal cancers.
After completing his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the prestigious Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, in 2004, Dr. Nandakumar completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical College in 2009. He pursued an accredited clinical fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and underwent rigorous advanced surgical training in upper gastrointestinal oncology and Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) oncology.
Dr. Nandakumar has performed thousands of complex abdominal and colorectal oncological operations. Recognized for clinical and academic excellence, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS).
His clinical practice centers on laparoscopic and robotic resections for cancers of the esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, colon, and rectum, sphincter-saving surgeries for low rectal cancers, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis) surgeries, and HIPEC for peritoneal surface malignancies.
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