Dr Umanath Nayak is a Senior Consultant Head & Neck Surgical oncologist at the Apollo Cancer Institute, Hyderabad. He is reputed to be one of the best Head & Neck cancer specialists in India with over 25 years of experience in managing Head & Neck cancer and related tumours and conditions. He founded the Department of Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology at the Apollo Cancer Institute, Hyderabad in 1995 and is the coordinator of the AHERF- Head & Neck Fellowship program.
He did his Head & Neck Fellowship at the prestigious University of California, Davis, USA; trained and worked at a number of major cancer institutes in India and abroad including world’s premier cancer centre, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York. He has twice been awarded the UICC fellowship for projects in the Netherlands (1999) and the U.K. (2008). With his extensive training and expertise, he is considered one of the best oncologists in India for dealing with Head & Neck cancer.
Specialist in:
1. Oral cancer surgery and reconstruction using local, regional and micro vascular free flaps. Click for more
2. Surgery for thyroid cancer, all types of thyroid nodules (benign and malignant) and minimally invasive Parathyroidectomy. Click for more
3. Surgery for Cancer of larynx (voice-box) and pharynx (food-pipe) – including partial and total laryngectomy and laryngopharyngectomy. Click for more
4. Surgical voice restoration following total laryngectomy with tracheo-oesophageal voice prosthesis (TEP). Click for more
5. Parotidectomy and other Salivary gland tumor surgery. Click for more
6. Maxillectomy and Cranio-facial resection for Paranasal Sinus cancer and tumours involving the Skull base.
7. Surgery for complex vascular tumours such as carotid body tumour and paragangliomas.
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AUTHOR
Dr Umanath Nayak is the Author of 5 books; Enduring Cancer – a motivational self-help book for cancer survivors, Fatal Margin – a medical thriller, A Beautiful Life – a medical novel and 2 scientific textbooks. Click for more.
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SOCIETY
Dr Nayak is the Founder of The Laryngectomee Society (established in 1999); a voluntary self-help group of cancer survivors which works on the physical, social and emotional rehabilitation of those who have undergone removal of the larynx (voice box) as surgical treatment for advanced throat cancer. Click for more