The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai in India.
It is a specialist cancer treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for
Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC). In 1957 the Ministry of Health took over the Tata
Memorial Hospital Mumbai. The transfer of the administrative control of the Tata Cancer hospital
(Tata Memorial Hospital & Cancer Research Institute) to the Department of Atomic Energy in 1962 was the
next major milestone. Starting as an 80-bed hospital covering an area of 15,000 square metres,
Tata memorial hospital mumbai now has more than 600 beds spread over almost 70,000 square metres.
The annual budget of Rs5 lakh in 1941 is now close to Rs120 crore. It is a landmark on the global
health map and particularly important to this part of the world. Nearly 25,000 patients visit the
clinics each year, not only from all over India but from all over the world as well.
Dr. Suresh Advani was Ex.Director of the department of Medical Oncology at Tata
memorial Hospital. He has served for more than 10 years in Tata memorial Hospital
Mumbai and served thousands of patients. The doctor now is Chairman of S L Raheja
Hospital and Nanavati Hospital, Dr. Suresh Advani has over 35 years of rich experience
in his field.
He obtained the MBBS and MD Medicine degrees from Grant Medical College, Mumbai
and then served as Medical Oncologist at Tata Memorial Hospital for many years, as
during late 90’s Tata hospital Mumbai used to have Oncology branch but nobody was
aware of the treatment & procedure.
Dr. Suresh Advani himself took on the practice &
trained many professionals which are currently working & still taking help of him at Tata
memorial Hospital. In short, he is the one of the Contributor setting up Tata Memorial
Hospital Mumbai. If we talk about current Scenario, Tata Memorial hospital is one of the
best cancer hospital & itself got the name Tata cancer Hospital. As To further gain
experience in the field of bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Suresh went to the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. There he got a chance to work
with 1990’s Nobel Prize winner Dr. E Donnall Thomas, who is a famous Oncologist and
known as the father of bone-marrow transplantation.
He has always been the man of willpower, diagnosed with poliomyelitis at an early age,
Dr. Suresh Advani had never let this come in the way of his medical journey. Like tata
cancer hospital Dr. Suresh Advani also is in constant effort to provide support to the
people in need. During his working tenure in Tata cancer hospital Mumbai he made
ground breaking changes which are still back bone of the organization. Tata hospital
Mumbai and Dr. Suresh Advani both has become the choice to do the cancer treatment
in India.
Dr Suresh Advani Oncologist is the recipient of many international and national awards
including the Padmashri Award, the highest civilian honour granted by the President of
India. He has received many awards for his work in the field of Oncology during his
successful time at Tata cancer hospital Mumbai. Out of them few are “Dhanvantari
Award (2002)”, “PADMASHRI” by Government of India (2002) and “PADMABHUSHAN” by
Government of India (2012). Dr. Suresh Advani Practiced
all of the above trials at Tata Memorial hospital Mumbai making it best cancer hospital.
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Dr Boman Dhabar is one of the many names which has been associated tata memorial
hospital. He is currently working as Consultant at the Department of Medical Oncology in
Fortis Hospital, Dr. Boman Nariman Dhabhar has over 23 years of experience in his field.
He has received his initial training in tata hospital Mumbai. After completing his MBBS,
he went on to pursue MD-Internal Medicine from Mumbai University and then underwent
Super specialization training in Medical Oncology and Hema-Oncology at Tata Memorial
Hospital Mumbai. He also completed his Certification and Fellowship in Medical Oncology
from European Society of Medical Oncology, The University Of Texas, MD Anderson
Cancer Center, U.S.A. and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Washington, U.S.A.
Dr. Boman stood sixth among all International Oncologists in ESMO Medical Oncology
Examination, Vienna but he always admire about the experience he had in tata hospital
Mumbai.
Remembering the time of association with tata memorial hospital he says that it was
most tiring days of his life which he has spent in tata hospital Mumbai. He also says
being an oncologist in tata hospital Mumbai has made him a better man. The working
with the organization like tata cancer hospital was the best learning period.
Dr. Boman Nariman Dhabhar's training in Medical Oncology at the Tata Memorial
Hospital included extensive work on immune - compromised patients, inserting and care
of central venous lines, administration of chemotherapeutic agents for hematological and
solid tumors. Dr. Boman Nariman Dhabhar has also been published in numerous
journals, both nationally and internationally. Now he has become a great name in the
field of oncology like many others who came has association with tata cancer hospital.
He also have underwent many research while working in tata memorial hospital Mumbai.
He has treated several patients suffering from cancers and tumours in India and gives
every patient the best of medical care at Tata hospital Mumbai. He along with Dr. Suresh
Advani pioneer of Tata Cancer Hospital, was one of the members to successfully set up
Tata cancer hospital Mumbai. He is considered as one of the best oncologist in Tata
memorial Hospital. Some of the best cancer doctors from other countries are still
training under Dr. Boman Nariman Dhabhar, even he is as a senior consultant at Tata
memorial Hospital.
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