Dr. Biswajyoti Hazarika

Work Experience: 

Dr. Biswajyoti Hazarika has been doing head and neck surgery for the past 16 years. His specialty is surgery for tumors and cancers of the head and neck. He is a skilled surgeon who specializes in reconstructive restoration of resected parts as well as endoscopic and limited access surgery in the head and neck region. His most recent purchase was robotic head and neck surgery. Dr. Hazarika is particularly interested in the functional rehabilitation of all head and neck cancer patients, in addition to surgical operations. Following are some of his professional experiences in his field:

• Resident - Dpt of Head & Neck Surgery at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati 2003 - 2005

• Clinical Assistant - Dpt of Surgical Oncology at Prince Aly Khan Hospital 2005 - 2008

• Present Consultant at Max cancer center, Max Super specialty Hospital 2009 - 2011

Associated with Hospitals:

• Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon

List of Treatments:

• Head and Neck Tumor / Cancer Surgery: Tumor cells that started to produce in the head or neck consequently lead to grow further and expand to other parts of the body. To prevent this, surgery is done on the patients with neck and head cancers by removing the tumor cells from the targeted areas.

• External Beam Radiation for Prostate Cancer: External beam radiation for prostate cancer kills cancer cells by using high-energy beams such as X-rays or protons. During the treatment, a machine called a linear accelerator generates high-energy beams that are directed towards your prostate gland.

• Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation Therapy): Brachytherapy is an internal radiation treatment that employs radiation to kill cancer cells and decrease tumours. Radiation is frequently delivered in the form of seeds, ribbons, or wires. These are injected into your body, either in or around the malignancy.

• PICC Line Insertion: This process is a type of intravenous supply that can be utilized for a lengthy period of time or to provide drugs that should not be administered peripherally by using a type of catheter for accessing the big veins in your chest.

• Chemotherapy of Haematological Malignancies: Cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes are known as hematologic malignancies. Chemotherapy is performed to treat these type of malignancies by using the chemical drugs to destroy the tumor cells and to prevent further tumor growth.

• Giant Cell tumor Treatment: Curettage is the most often utilized surgical treatment to treat giant cell tumors. Special devices are used to remove the tumor out of the bone during curettage for which a bone transplant is performed. The opening becomes filled with a bone transplant after curettage to strengthen the bone

• Ewing's Sarcoma Treatment: Ewing sarcoma is a type of tumor that develops from a specific type of bone or soft tissue cell. Treatment options for Ewing sarcoma may include a combination of chemotherapy with minor surgery or a palliative radiation treatment for bone tumors to reduce symptoms

• Breast Cancer Treatment: Breast cancer is associated with the production of tumor cells within the breast which can results in multiple conditions. It may be cause the abnormalities in the size and shape of breast or may cause reduction in size. Treatment for breast cancers often involve surgical procedures which remove the tumor cells from the breast preventing to expand more. 

• Stem Cell Transplantation: This process involves a patient which receives healthy stem cells (blood-forming cells) to replace their own stem cells that have been damaged by radiation or high-dose treatment with chemotherapy. The competent stem cells may originate from the patient's blood or bone marrow, or from an identical or similar donor.

• Lung Cancer Treatment: Lung cancer is a kind of cancer that develops in lung tissues, most commonly in the cells that lining the passageways into the lungs. Surgery including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, or a combination of these therapies may be used to treat it. Small cell lung cancer is often treated with radiation treatment and chemotherapy.

• Cancer Surgery: Cancer surgery is a surgical removal of tumor cells from the boduy. A frequent form of cancer surgery is tumor removal. The surgeon normally remove the tumor as well as part of the tissues surrounding it.

• Oral Cancer Treatment: Oral cancers are formed on the tongue, the tissue lining the mouth and gums, under the tongue, at the base of the tongue, and in the rear of the mouth towards the neck. The primary therapy for mouth cancer is surgery. Surgery usually entails removing the tumor as well as any lymph nodes in the neck.

Awards and Recognitions:

• Multiple national and international publications

• Authored Chapters in book on Head & Neck Surgery

• Life member of Foundation for Head & Neck oncology, India

Education & Training:

• MBBS - Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, 1995

• MS - ENT - Assam Medial College, Dibrugarh, 2001

• Fellow (Surgical Oncology) - Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, 2002

Trainings/Specializations:

• Special Interest in Surgical Oncology

Membership:

• Delhi Medical Council

• Life member of Foundation for Head & Neck oncology, India

• Patron - Assam Rock and Sports Climbing Association, Guwahati

Registrations: 

• 0975 Delhi Medical Council, 2009

Specialty Interests:

• Cancer of the head and neck region - the oral cavity

• Nose and para-nasal sinuses

• Larynx, pharynx 

• Thyroid gland

• Parathyroid and plastic & microvascular reconstruction of the resected par