Dr. Kaival K. Gundavda
Surgical Oncologist
GI & HPB Cancers
MBBS, DNB General Surgery, MCh & DrNB Surgical Oncology · Tata Memorial (AIR 2)
- Experience
- 9+ years
- Speaks
- English · Hindi
Cancers treated
- Gastrointestinal
About Dr. Kaival K. Gundavda
Dr. Kaival K. Gundavda is a gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgical oncologist who treats cancers of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts. Dr. Gundavda completed an MCh at Tata Memorial Centre with All India Rank 2, with fellowship training in liver-tissue-sparing surgery in Italy and minimally invasive (keyhole) HPB surgery in South Korea and Japan.
Treatments offered
Gastrointestinal
- Parenchyma-sparing liver surgery
- Robotic & minimally invasive HPB surgery
- Pancreatic cancer surgery
- Liver, gallbladder & bile duct cancer
- Retroperitoneal tumours
Career
- SSO Hospitals (Andheri, Ghatkopar), MumbaiGI & HPB Surgical Oncologist · 2025–Present
- Tata Memorial Hospital, MumbaiFellow, Dept of GI & HPB Surgery, Dept of Surgical Oncology · 2022–2024
Education & Training
- MCh & DrNB, Surgical Oncology (AIR 2)Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai · 2021
- DNB, General SurgeryNational Board of Examinations · 2017
- MBBS2014
- Fellowship, Minimally Invasive HPB SurgerySeverance Hospital, South Korea & Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
- Training, Parenchyma-sparing Liver SurgeryItaly
- Fellow, European Board of Surgery
Research & Publications
See publications on PubMed (opens in a new tab)
Reviews & guidelines
- 2025Cystic bone Lesions: Diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic considerations (opens in a new tab)J Clin Orthop Trauma
- 2025Optimal treatment strategies for borderline resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer (opens in a new tab)J Gastrointest Surg
- 2025Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Recent Advances (opens in a new tab)J Clin Exp Hepatol
- 2021Cancer or COVID-19? A Review of Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccination in Cancer Patients (opens in a new tab)Curr Treat Options Oncol
- 2020Cancer or COVID-19? A Review of Guidelines for Safe Cancer Care in the Wake of the Pandemic (opens in a new tab)SN Compr Clin Med
Led by Dr. Gundavda
- 2026Laparoscopic Posterior Sectionectomy Extended to the Right Hepatic Vein: A Low-Cost, Resource-Efficient Approach (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2025Intraoperative revision of a positive proximal resection margin is associated with improved survival in patients undergoing resection for gastroesophageal junction and proximal third gastric adenocarcinoma (opens in a new tab)J Gastrointest Surg
- 2025Correlation between Tomographic and Histopathological Staging in Upfront Resected Gastric Cancer: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy in the Era of Perioperative Therapy (opens in a new tab)J Gastrointest Cancer
- 2025Reply to: "Letter to the Editor: Textbook Outcomes Following Liver Resection for Hepatic Neoplasms: A Realizable and Predictable Surgical Endpoint in the Real-World Scenario," by Ali and Khan (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2024Realizing Textbook Outcomes Following Liver Resection for Hepatic Neoplasms with Development and Validation of a Predictive Nomogram (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2024Prognostic Impact of Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Resected Non-Pancreatic Periampullary Cancers (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2020The Curious Case of Primary Prostatic Seminoma (opens in a new tab)Urology
Co-authored
- 2026Clinical and Financial Validation of the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Definition of Post-pancreatectomy Acute Pancreatitis (PPAP): International Multicenter Prospective Study (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg
- 2025Predicting clinical benefit response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gallbladder cancer: retrospective analysis (opens in a new tab)BJS Open
- 2025A Multimodality Treatment Strategy for an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and Complex Liver Resection with Vascular Reconstruction-A Video Vignette (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2025Role of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (Hong Kong liver cancer stage IIB) (opens in a new tab)World J Surg
- 2024Robotic Radical Cholecystectomy: Demonstrating Technical Equivalence to Open Surgery in Gallbladder Cancer (opens in a new tab)Ann Surg Oncol
- 2024Impact of pCR after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical D2 dissection in locally advanced gastric cancers: Analysis of 1001 cases (opens in a new tab)Eur J Surg Oncol
- 2023Utility and limitations of intraoperative frozen section diagnosis to determine optimal surgical strategy in suspected gallbladder malignancy (opens in a new tab)HPB (Oxford)
Awards & Leadership
- All India Rank 2MCh Surgical Oncology (Tata Memorial Centre)