Dr. Niharika Garach
Surgical Oncologist
Breast, Gynaecological & Peritoneal Cancers
MBBS, MS General Surgery, MCh Surgical Oncology
- Experience
- 13+ years
- Speaks
- English · Hindi · Marathi
Cancers treated
- Breast
- Gynaecological
About Dr. Niharika Garach
Dr. Niharika Garach is a breast and gynaecological cancer surgeon with additional training in peritoneal surface oncology. Dr. Garach focuses on saving the breast where possible, oncoplasty (removing the cancer and reshaping the breast in one operation) and cytoreductive surgery. Dr. Garach trained at Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, and under Dr. Sanket Mehta, with fellowships in Milan and Lyon.
Treatments offered
Peritoneal & HIPEC
Breast
- Breast conservation surgery
- Oncoplasty & reconstruction
- Sentinel node biopsy
Career
- Specialty Surgical Oncology HospitalsBreast & gynaec onco surgeon · 2021–Present
- Saifee Hospital, Mumbai (under Dr. Sanket Mehta)Clinical Fellowship, Surgical Oncology · 2019
- Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, MumbaiFellow, Surgical Oncology · 2018
Education & Training
- Fellowship, Peritoneal Surface OncologyIstituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan · 2019
- Fellowship, Peritoneal Surface OncologyHôpital Lyon Sud, Lyon · 2019
- Fellowship, Surgical Oncology (under Dr P. Jagannath)Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai · 2018
- MCh, Surgical OncologyCancer Institute (WIA), Chennai · 2017
- MS, General SurgerySawai Man Singh Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur · 2013
- MBBSDayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana · 2009
- Observership, Colorectal Surgery (under Dr Avanish Saklani & Dr Ashwin D'Souza)Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Research & Publications
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Reviews & guidelines
- 2026The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies-Management of Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2025The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies: General Principles of Cytoreductive Surgery and Technical Considerations (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2025The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies-Diagnosis and Management of Peritoneal Mesothelioma (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2025The INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies-Methodology (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
Led by Dr. Garach
- 2026Simplified LYMPHA for Prevention of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema After Axillary Dissection: Initial Feasibility Experience from South Asia (opens in a new tab)Eur J Breast Health
- 2023Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for middle and low rectal cancer (opens in a new tab)Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
- 2023Subcutaneous cellular angiofibroma of arm: A case report (opens in a new tab)J Cancer Res Ther
- 2021Comparative study of mucinous and non-mucinous appendiceal neoplasms with peritoneal dissemination treated by cyoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) (opens in a new tab)Eur J Surg Oncol
- 2021Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Sternum (opens in a new tab)Ann Thorac Surg
- 2020Rare tumour of sternum: Resection & reconstruction (opens in a new tab)Indian J Med Res
- 2018Perineal Wound Complications Following Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision: Experience of a Regional Cancer Center (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2013Demographic profile of hand injuries in an industrial town of north India: a review of 436 patients (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg
Co-authored
- 2025Leiomyosarcoma of the Duodenum: A Diagnostic Dilemma (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2023Bilateral Thoracic Cytoreductive Surgery for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei of Appendiceal Origin (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2023High-Risk Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Does Metronomic Chemotherapy Have a Role? (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2023A questionnaire survey of current practice in the management of phyllodes tumourBreast Global J
- 2022Downstaging in Advanced Rectal Cancers: A Propensity-Matched Comparison Between Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Chemotherapy and Long-Course Chemoradiotherapy (opens in a new tab)Dis Colon Rectum
- 2020Delayed Management of Chemoport Complication (opens in a new tab)Indian J Surg Oncol
- 2020Robotic-assisted low anterior resection: beyond total mesorectal excision; a left vascular approach with presacral fascia excision - a video vignette (opens in a new tab)Colorectal Dis
- 2015Malignant chondroid syringoma of the pinna (opens in a new tab)Indian J Nucl Med
Awards & Leadership
- Best Poster (opens in a new tab)3rd International Course, Workshop & Conference on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Mumbai (19–21 Apr 2019), LCRT vs SCRT with consolidation chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer · 2019
- Best Paper (opens in a new tab)ISUCRS ACRSICON 2016, Mumbai, prospective pilot randomised study comparing ELAPE vs standard APR in low rectal cancer · 2016
Talks, Teaching & Media
- Speaker/panelist: Best of ASCO panel 2022 (Mumbai), MetroOncocon 2023 (Delhi), PSOGI chapter 2023 (Kolkata), ASOMACON 2023 (Dehradun), Best of SABC (Jan 2024), Apollo Cancer Conclave (Nov 2024) (opens in a new tab)
- Posters/papers: PSOGI Venice Oct 2023; TMH Annual Update in Peritoneal Surface Oncology Feb 2020 (two posters); ESCP Vienna Sept 2019; APNETS Melbourne 2018 (two papers); IASO NATCON 2016 Jodhpur; ACOS 2016 New Delhi (opens in a new tab)
- Core committee, Indian Cancer Congress, Delhi 2013 (opens in a new tab)