Dr Ashwin Tamhankar Urologic oncology and Robotic Surgery

05/04/2026

Pulse 2026! Three cheers to the initiative by the honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavisji and Govt of Maharashtra and authorities
Such a pleasure to have been invited as an expert faculty in a pure unbiased way through a stringent process given the experience and expertise in the field by the Govt of Maharashtra!

Moderated the session and conducted a panel discussion on Nex Gen Robotic Training as an invited session from DMER and Govt of Maharashtra

Impressed with the ideas and plans of infrastructure building, capacity building, medical tourism, training next generation for making Viksit Maharashtra and Viksit India

Ket take aways from the robotic session which I crafted

1. Democratization and decentralisation of Robotic surgery is welcome
2. Exclusive subspecialised practice is needed for better outcomes
3. Dedicated fellowship training is necessary for a good robotic surgeon in his consultant path
4. Every procedure has a learning curve - outcomes vary from surgeons to surgeons based on baseline experience, training and proficiency
5. Medical tourism needs good capacity building and niche focus
6. Auditing the outcomes for long term results is needed and is very much important especially for oncology
7. Surgeries with lower complexity and generalised work can be decentralised to Tier 2/3 cities, however surgeries of high end expertise should still be tertiary referral work for due diligence













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13/03/2026

I am presenting at the EAU London this afternoon as a speaker on a debate in favor of DSLNB for pe**le cancer against the authority of DSLNB of the world - Prof Oscar Brouwer, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam! The session is a joint venture of the EAU (European Association of Urology) and the USI (Urological Society of India)

Such a shame that I couldn't make it in person due to the war situation and flight related concerns over the Middle East

Really grateful for the EAU management to have allowed a virtual live participation

Appreciative of the opportunity Keshav Murthy, Hon President USI

17/02/2026

Amazing to catch up for Illuminate 3.0 oncology meeting involving national and international faculty across cross specialties organised by Sir HN Reliance Hospital Mumbai

Contributed on panel discussion on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (Kidney Cancer)
It was a lifetime opportunity to share a podium with Prof Inderbir Gill, pioneer of laparoscopic and robotic kidney cancer surgery. Humbling mement indeed!

Most amazing part was to listen to both Prof Ashish Kamat and Prof Inderbir Gill on their journey to the excellence and leadership. Truly inspirational!

Nice meeting organised by Dr Santoshi Nagaonkar and looking forward to the next one

01/02/2026

Three cheers to USICON 2026 Indore team

Presented my views on selecting the patient for intravesical BCG versus sequential chemotherapy in bladder for non muscle invasive bladder cancer!

Amazing to have provoked almost 5 minutes of crossfires and discussion after the presentation

Debated on the muscle invasive localised and locally advanced bladder cancer for the extent of lymph node dissection in favor of extended lymph node dissection - one single best shot treatment tailoring to Indian patients

Wonderful organization indeed !

30/01/2026

Join us for the insights on bladder cancer at USICON 2026 Indore at Urooncology subsection

1. Debating on extent of lymph node dissection for bladder cancer during radical cystectomy
2. Decision making points on intravesical therapy BCG versus Gemcitabin Docetaxel sequential chemotherapy in bladder

29/01/2026

7th Annual meeting of Immuno-Oncology section I-OSICON Chennai

Participated in a panel discussion with some discussion on Urooncology and Immunooncology in Urooncology!
Chaired a star talk on radiation therapy advances by Prof Vedang Murthy from TMH

Urological oncology is the most deserving field where we have achieved phenomenal progress in immunotherapy and the future seems to be bright. Patients are getting immense benefits on immunotherapy in Urological cancers.

29/01/2026

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29/12/2025

Centenary celebration at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Department of General Surgery 1926-2026.
It was amazingly nostalgic to go back to KEM Hospital on the occasion of the Centenary celebration.
Met all my teachers, colleagues, registrar's whom I worked with and house officers' whom I trained under my wings. All have grown enormously in their careers and are great human beings as the most important thing.

While walking through the corridors of Ward 5,6,7,8, JMT OT, ESR 20A, SICU - it felt like a journey down the memory lane, as if it was literally yesterday and not 15 years back!
Such an emotional moment and matter of pride it was indeed!

04/10/2025

West Zone Urological Society of India meeting 2025
Good food, good hospitality and academics
1. Conducted a panel discussion on Fellowship opportunities and take aways for the practice with our international faculty from USA (Dr Aseem Shukla), Europe (Dr Thomas Herrmann), UK (Dr Anand Kelkar, Dr Harshwardhan Godbole), Singapore (Dr John Yuen), Dr Ravindra Sabnis, Dr Keshav Murthy

2. Judged some robotic surgery videos in prize category

3. Demonstrated semilive learning modules on robotic radical nephrectomy with level 1 IVC thrombectomy

Good interaction, greetings people

Cheery on the pie was to see Mr Sunil Gavaskar and Mr Gautam Gambhir post test match

01/10/2025

Join us for the session on fellowship opportunities post MCh or DNB urology focussing on the benefits, nuances, challenges for the trainees at West Zone Urology Society of India meeting at Ahmedabad
The discussion would address -
How to decide on Fellowship
Which center to choose
Logistics
How to have the best utilisation - clinical, academic, surgical
Taking it ahead in career path

Our international faculty from USA, UK, Europe (Switzerland), Singapore and India would be engaging themselves into the interactive panel discussion for the best interest of trainees

Looking forward

24/09/2025

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24/08/2025

Successfully organised version 1.0 of challenging case scenarios in Urooncology at
Very well crafted program with pure case based discussions on challenging cases in from decision making to management with pure multidisciplinary team MDT approach.
Many thanks to our national and international faculty and most importantly delegates and Urology Society of Pune members

Sincerely appreciate team DMH Urology and Dr Kashyapi and Dr Kelkar for the support and guidance

Last three months of efforts, time and energy, paved in a fashion where about 190 delegates attended for 1.5 days with a genuine interest and enjoyed listening to the program and absolutely gave a positive feedback. Maharastrian food (Modak and Puranpoli) was the highlight and everybody liked it a lot.

Special thanks to Prof Thomas Powles, Prof Mihir Desai, Prof Nikhil Vasdev and Prof Prasad Patki, Dr Jagdish Kulkarni, Dr Tongaonkar, Dr Khochikar, Dr Sudhir Rawal, Dr Ragavan, Dr Rakesh Sharma, Dr Gagan Gautam, Dr Srivatsa N, Dr Amlesh Seth, Dr Lalit Shah, Dr Date, Dr Shivade, Dr Bhave, Dr Shrotri, Dr Amit Joshi, Dr Santosh Menon, Dr Suresh Patankar, Dr Deshmukh, Dr Valsangkar, Dr Hingmire,Dr Chetan Deshmukh, Dr Padmaj Kulkarni, Dr Satyajit Pawar, Dr Shruti, Dr Rahul, Dr Shailesh Shinde, Dr Sonali Pingley, Dr Shefali Purandare and many more on the list

Learnt a lot from the organisation perspective and moderated three sessions in front of MDT.

Three cheers to version 1.0 and look forward for the version 2.0