Caleb Harris

Big Shout-out to Great work done by Dr Vikas Jagtap and Dr Caleb Harris . ( both trained from @TataMemorial ) Both of them are doing great work at NEIGRIHMAS ( North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences) at Shillong Meghalya . Inspite being very short on Faculty, both of them are running a great Oncology Program with Lots of enthusiasm and energy. I had pleasure to visit and witness the great infrastructure they have . ( state of the art radiation machine and 4 D CT scan and all latest surgical equipment - mediastial scope ; hipec machine and Kits ) It is central government funded institution with highly subsidized Oncology care. They have 250 bedded -6 story - seperate regional cancer center bundling ready and it will be fully functional this year. All they need are qualified oncologists ( Medical , Radiation and surgical) to join them . This place has beautiful campus ( 232 acer of land ) and lovely hilly backyard , clean air with waterfalls in rainy seasons 🙂. Those who wish to join such beautiful place to have good work and life balance , contact any one of them 🙂@icmr @cspramesh @ManjuSengar7 @batraatulonc

@SuyogCancer @TataMemorial Thanks for your visit and encouragement

🕒 3 days left to submit your #ISDE2026 abstracts! Showcase your research in #esophageal diseases: benign & cancer. Don’t miss the chance to be reviewed by international experts. 🔗 Submit now: isde-congress.net/abstracts/ #Esophagus #Oesophagus #Oesophageal

@MahendraTMH @siadaneshmand @EatDrawRepeat @dramandeeparora @drgaganprakash @usioffice @TataMemorial @ACTREC_TMC Nice... Could you preserve the kidney?

“Challenging surgery: removal of a HUGE Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodal Mass in a testicular cancer. A complex surgery requiring multidisciplinary coordination,meticulous dissection, careful anatomical navigation and great PATEINCE.Grateful for the team effort.

@peta @WholeFoods If only the animals in your shelter got the same effort you put into harassing the public. lexology.com/library/detail…

Alcohol cancer risk . What u need to know. Nice article in @Nature by @hcpearson . Must to know for all those who drink 🍸 alcohol ( I anyways don't drink 😀 ) nature.com/articles/d4158…

Dragon 01 study. Addition of Intraperitoneal chemo improves OS in metastatic ca stomach with peritoneal mets. But can it be used with FLOT ? Toxicity due to Intraperitoneal port ? I am not so sure if this will become popular. I have personally seen and used IP chemo during my fellowship at Tata Memorial Hospital for ovarian cancer and we used to have tough time to manage toxicity. This was back in 2009 - 10 . I feel this has limited use in real world. @ASCO #GI25 @NiuSanford @KrishanJethwa @Larvol @medicalwatchBC

Slide of day 1 of #GI25 . How to treat Esophageal /GEJ cancer in 2025 ? Spot on by @NiuSanford @KrishanJethwa @ASCO #GI25 @Larvol @OncoAlert @OncBrothers

The reason why PCR is a soft end point in Gastro Esophageal cancer. Especially in studies involving CTRT . Are we chasing the wrong goal post . #GI25 . @ASCO @NiuSanford @KrishanJethwa @5_utr @Larvol

Cross trial comparison for GE junction/ Esophageal cancers. By @NiuSanford @ASCO #GI25

Oligometastatic Esophageal- Gastric cancer. How u define it ? How to treat them? Can we treat them more aggressively ? Can we come out of palliative box ? Nice discussion by Dr Moehler @ASCO #GI25 @Larvol @OncoAlert @OncBrothers

Science study. Addition of sintilimab to NACTRt improves PCR rate for Esophageal Squamous carcinoma . Early results . Will it improve EFS or OS ? We don't know. But we do know that PCR is not a great end point in Esophageal cancers . Let's wait for more data @ASCO @NiuSanford @Larvol @OncoAlert #GI25

@shankar_raman @drprashantmish6 How much would your lawyer charge for a consultation?

@drprashantmish6 Not just this Hospital, all big hospitals charge exorbitantly. Had a family member hospitalized for 2 days bill was almost a lakh, claimed thru insurance. Had to visit hospital again a day after discharge for a gastric issue and was again charged 1500 INR for consultation.

My questions 1- Why such exorbitant charges by Lilavati for a stab injury ( where hospitalization seems to be 5-7 days ) 2- I think in Lilavati , there is open billing system where you can charge any amount (while in most of the hospitals its a fix package ) So such exorbitant bill will not affect the premium of General population ? Why not to bring all the hospitals in fix package system ? Saif Ali Khan’s health insurance claim: Doctor calls out disparities in coverage, 'For small hospitals and common man, insurer will not sanction more than Rs 5 lakh for such treatment' timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/… Download the TOI app now: timesofindia.onelink.me/mjFd/toisupers…

Hope to cancer patients–A new HIPEC(Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy)machine is installed at NEIGRIHMS.The advanced treatment will surely help patients & also reduce the economical and logistic burden for cancer patients who otherwise has to go to other parts of country

@calebhar presenting an important study on the risk factors for #EsophagealCancer in northeast India #ISDE2024 @ISDE_net @DOTEsophagus

On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day Dept of Surgical Oncology, NEIGRIHMS & College of Nursing, NEIGRIHMS in collaboration with NASO organised a Health & Cancer Screening camp at Tynring Sub-centre today. @MoHFW_INDIA @mansukhmandviya @dr_nalin_mehta @calebhar @TaseNocho

Is Gutkha (a form of Tobacco ) ban In India working ? Correspondence in @TheLancet . I agree that at ground level, the ban is not working and we should not be in denial about the same. @GururajArakeri

@cspramesh @TataMemorial @CancerGridIndia @CCan_org @uicc @WHO @ASCO @ASCOPost @theNCI @NCIGlobalHealth @myESMO Congratulations sir

25 years at the @TataMemorial It's been a great journey...

Should doctors also start a No Treatment list like No Fly list of Airlines? #medTwitter #Indigo

This is what, onesided videos like the Ambur GH video released this week cause. Pts get the idea, that every human being is immortal till killed by a Dr in a govt hospital. The accusations? 1. They put an injection in the neck, for stomach pain. 2. Only resident drs treated the pts. The treating dr, clearly explains to the unruly, massive mob outside Govt Viluppuram Medical College Hospital, that the pt likely suffered from Acute Pancreatitis & Acute Cholecystitis. Both r severe illnesses, & can sometimes cause death( any age). Now the accusations: 1. The 'neck injection ', is a central venous access, used to check vascular pressure,& also give life saving drugs. 2. Resident drs, are legally competent MBBS completed drs, doing post-graduation in a govt hospital. They hv both legal & govt sanction to initially treat the pt, conduct tests, & call over the appropriate specialists. This is usually followed at Emergency wards of most high- volume hospitals like Viluppuram. What the irresponsible one-sided Ambur Video, & similar 'sensational' videos do are: 1. Inflame/incite public sentiment against drs. This immediately transforms into mob violence/ attacks against hard-working drs. Visuals r 1000 times powerful as words. 2. Make public presume that all drs r irresponsible, give sub-standard Rx to pts- blatantly false. 3. Force drs to practice defensive medicine. Unnecessary tests, referrals, opinions & transfer outs. 4. Create public anger against the dr community,esp govt drs. As a govt dr, let me emphasize that the overwhelming majority of govt drs r hardworking, very responsible & sincere. Instead of mobs creating ruckus, law & order problems, producing bottlenecks fr incoming serious pts, the correct thing to do is to give a written complaint to the Dean/ Police. Even without public complaints,we hv monthly death audit meetings at every govt hospital to seriously scrutinize every death at a govt hospital. If found guilty by the panel, even the senior most dr can be punished/even arrested. THIS MOB RUCKUS IS UNFAIR.