Dr. Deeksha Kapoor

MBBS, DNB (General Surgery), DNB (Surgical Gastroenterology)
HPB & GI Surgical Oncology Fellowship (Tata Memorial Hospital) | Console-trained Robotic Surgeon (Da Vinci Xi)
CEO & Medical Head – Advitya Healthcares | PancreaCare Initiative

Dr. Deeksha Kapoor is a leading Surgical Gastroenterologist and HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) & GI Surgical Oncologist, known for combining high-end surgical precision with ethical, outcome-driven, and patient-friendly care. She completed her MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, went on to do DNB General Surgery, and later specialised through DNB Surgical Gastroenterology at Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram. She also completed a highly competitive HPB & GI Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (Ethicon Fellow 2023), and is console-trained in robotic surgery on the Da Vinci Xi platform.

Clinical focus & expertise

Dr. Kapoor’s work is anchored in complex abdominal and digestive disease care, especially:

Pancreatic surgery (cancer and non-cancer)
Biliary & gallbladder surgery
Liver surgery
GI surgical oncology and advanced minimally invasive/robotic procedures
Improving post-operative outcomes after major GI surgeries

Experience that shapes PancreaCare

She has trained and worked across some of India’s highest-volume GI and cancer surgery units. She currently leads Advitya Healthcares as CEO and Medical Head, driving clinical standards and the PancreaCare vision.

Her previous roles include:

Senior Consultant – GI Surgery and GI Oncology, BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital, Pusa Road, Rajendra Place, New Delhi – 110005 – April 2024 to May 2025
Senior Fellow – Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, Hepatobiliary and GI Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra – September 2023 to February 2024
Consultant, Department of GI Surgery, GI Oncology and Minimal Access Surgery, Medanta – The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Duration – February 2021 – March 2024
Associate Consultant, Department of GI Surgery, GI Oncology and Minimal Access Surgery, Medanta – The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Duration – February 2019 – February 2021
DNB Surgical Gastroenterology – Department of GI Surgery, GI Oncology and Minimal Access Surgery, Medanta – The Medicity, February 2016 – February 2019

Global exposure & advanced learning

To keep PancreaCare aligned with global best practice, she pursued focused international training in advanced pancreatic/HPB surgery:

International travelling fellowship (SEF) in minimal access pancreatic surgery to Tokyo, Japan, under the mentorship of Prof. Yuichi Nagakawa, with a focus on robotic pancreatic surgery.
Visiting scholar in the Department of pancreato-biliary Surgery at the Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, under the mentorship of Prof. Yosuke Inoue, with a focus on surgery for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Visiting scholar in the Department of General Visceral Surgery and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, under the mentorship of Prof. Markus Buechler and Prof. Thilo Hackert, focusing on vascular resections in pancreatic surgery.
Visiting scholar in the Department of Hepato-pancreatico-biliary and Transplant Surgery, Beaujon Hospital, Paris, France, under the mentorship of Prof. Alain Sauvanet and Prof. Mickael Lesurtel, with a focus on laparoscopic pancreatic surgery and vascular resections.

Research, academics & contributions

Dr. Kapoor is an active clinician-scientist, working on pancreatic surgery outcomes, sarcopenia, nutrition, biliary injuries, and GI oncology. She has served on the Medanta Institutional Review Board and is a reviewer/editorial board member for multiple international surgical journals. She is on the Research Committee of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Research Committee Member (2025 – 2027) – Asian Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Editorial Board Member – Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Editorial Board Member – Newsletter of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology
Reviewer – Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Reviewer – World Journal of Surgery
Reviewer – Annals of Surgical Oncology
Reviewer – World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Reviewer – Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
Reviewer – Scientific Reports
Reviewer – Indian Journal of Surgery
Reviewer – Digestive Disease and Sciences
Reviewer – BMC Gastroenterology
Reviewer – European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Awards & Recognitions – Professional, National & International

Young Investigator’s Travel Grant Award (PRIME Study – Portal vein resections with pancreatectomy), APA/IAP/CPA/JPS 2024, Hawaii (Dec 2024).
Travel Grant Award – E-poster on predicting supplemental nutrition needs after pancreatoduodenectomy, HBP Surgery Week, Korea 2021.
Travel Grant Award (KSSMN 2021) for a paper on the psoas muscle area/density and outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy.
Best Poster Award for “Asymptomatic leaks following anterior resection”, IASG 2016.
Best Oral Presentation Award for work on blunt abdominal trauma, Surgical Society of Bangalore 2014.
First Prize (Paper Presentation) at state meetings of the Surgical Society, 2013.
Dr B. Ramamurthi National Gold Medal for DNB General Surgery (June 2014 session).
Best Outgoing Surgical Trainee, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, 2014.
Gold Medal in Paediatrics during the final year of MBBS.
Highest marks in Pathology during MBBS.
Distinction in Physiology during MBBS.

Publications (Full List)

Peer-reviewed Research Papers

Real-World Evidence of Porto-Mesenteric Vein Resections with Pancreatectomy and Predictive Nomograms (PRIME Study) – Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2025.
ASO Author Reflections: Predictive Nomograms after Porto-Mesenteric Vein Resection with Pancreatectomy – Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2025.
ASO Visual Abstract: PRIME Study Nomograms – Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2025.
Surgical Management of Post-cholecystectomy Strasberg Type E4 Bile Duct Injuries – World Journal of Surgery, 2025.
Validation and Optimisation of ISGPS Risk Classification for Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreatoduodenectomy – Annals of Surgery, 2024.
Factors Predicting Prognosis in Metastatic Grade 1 Gastro-entero-pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours – Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancers, 2024.
Prediction of Outcomes after Pancreatoduodenectomy: Pancreatic Morphology vs Body Composition – Journal of the Pancreas, 2023.
Factors Predicting 30-Day Mortality after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Impact of Elevated AST – Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, 2023.
Can We Predict the Need for Nutritional Support Following Pancreatoduodenectomy? – Pancreatology, 2021.
Enhanced Recovery After Pancreatoduodenectomy – Does Age Have a Bearing? – Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, 2021.
Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of Pancreas – 10-Year Experience – Journal of the Pancreas, 2021.
Surgery for Sigmoid Diverticular Disease—How the East Differs from the West – Indian Journal of Surgery, 2024.
Women in GI & HPB Surgery: “Evening the Odds” – Journal of Medical Evidence (Conference Proceedings), 2023.
A Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Awareness and Perception to Clinical Research: Unbox Research– Journal of Clinical & Preventive Cardiology, 2023.
Short-Term Outcomes Following Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery for Left-Sided Colon/RectalMalignancies (580 cases) – Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021.
Practice Patterns and Survival in Patients with Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas (PDAC) — Results from the Multicenter Indian Pancreatic & Periampullary Adenocarcinoma Project (MIPPAP) Study. – Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2023.
Adjuvant therapy may improve overall survival in high-risk periampullary adenocarcinoma patients – A matched-pairs analysis from a multi-institutional cohort study (The MIPPAP study)– HPB, 2024.
Elective Gastrointestinal Surgery in COVID Times – Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020.
Gastrointestinal Complications after COVID-19 – Series of Ten Cases – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, accepted 2021.
The “True” Definition of Sarcopenia? – Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020.
Defining Sarcopenia in the Indian Population – A Step Forward – Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020.
Deviations from a clinical pathway post-pancreatoduodenectomy predict 90-day unplanned re-admission. – Future Oncology, 2020.
Exemplifying direct inpatient cost for laparoscopic management of left colonic malignancy at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India – Clinical Gastroenterology, 2019.
Effect of Multimodal Prehabilitation on Muscle Mass in Rectal Cancer (Neoadjuvant setting) – Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2024.
Primary Aorto-duodenal Fistula: Case Report and Review – Surgery Case Reports, 2024.
Hand-Grip Strength Predicts Major Complications after Pancreatoduodenectomy – Annals of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, 2025.
Prejudice or Parity? Gender Bias in Careers of GI & HPB Surgeons in India – World Journal of Surgery, 2025.

Book Chapters

Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding – Roshan Lal Gupta’s Recent Advances in Surgery, 2025
Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Critical Illness – Textbook of Critical Care Nutrition, Jaypee, 2023.
Nutrition in Acute Severe Pancreatitis – Textbook of Critical Care Nutrition, Jaypee, 2023.
Management of the Open Abdomen – Textbook of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic & Robotic Surgery, Jaypee, 2024.
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery – Textbook of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic & Robotic Surgery, Jaypee, 2023.
New Surgical Modalities in Rectal Cancer Management – GI Surgery Annual, Springer, 2019.
Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis – Surgical Gastroenterology, Paras Medical Publisher, 2019.
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery – Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, CRC Press, 2020.

Talks, Presentations, Panels and Conferences

Total Pancreatectomy – Techniques and Challenges, Indian Chapter of IHPBA, mid-term meet, AIIMS, New Delhi, August 2025
Panel Discussion – Indian Chapter of IHPBA, mid-term meet, AIIMS, New Delhi, August 2025
Panel Discussion – Medical-legal scenarios in Surgery – Indian Chapter of IHPBA, Annual Conference, Kolkata, March 2025
Panel Discussion – Indian Chapter of IHPBA, Annual Conference, Kolkata, March 2025
Panel Discussion – Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer – Purbanchal Cancer Congress, Jhapa, Nepal, January 2025
Vascular Resections in Pancreatic Cancer – Purbanchal Cancer Congress, Jhapa, Nepal, January 2025
Landmark Publications in Pancreatic Surgery – Pivotal Studies Shaping Surgical Practice – IHPBA Certificate Course, Faridabad, January 2025
Acute Pancreatitis – A Surgeon’s Role – IHPBA Certificate Course, Mumbai, December 2024
Splenectomy – Tips and Tricks – IHPBA Certificate Course, Mumbai, December 2024
Laparoscopic Anatomy of Colon and Rectum – FALS Online Course, October 20, 2024
Components of Research – Research Workshop for Surgical Residents, July 6-7, 2024, BLK Max Institute, New Delhi
Research Methodology – Research Workshop for Surgical Residents, July 6-7, 2024, BLK Max Institute, New Delhi
Trans-anal total mesorectal excision- Current status, Update on rectal cancer management, Chattogram, Bangladesh, June 7, 2024
When to suspect Gallbladder cancer in a patient with Gallstone Disease, Jaipur Surgical Festival, Jaipur 2023, Consensus meeting – International Study Group for Gallbladder cancer.
Panel discussion on Gall Bladder Polyps, IASGCON 2023, Hyderabad, India
Session Chair, Colorectal liver metastasis, APHPBA 2023, Bangalore, India
Real-world evidence – Research Methodology – Patient-centred Real-World Evidence workshop, organised by MIER, an educational initiative supported by Pfizer.
Closing teams – abdominal wall closures and hernia prevention – Deep Impact, Deep Impact – Abdominal wall reconstruction, Delhi, March 2023
Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis – IHPBA – India, Midterm CME, March 2023, SKIMS, Srinagar, India
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency – Special considerations, post-operative status, Pancreas India 2023, National symposium in pancreatic disease, Delhi, March 2023
Long-term outcomes following surgery for Bile Duct Injury – International symposium in HPB Surgery, February 2023
Surgical management of biliary strictures, TUGS Asia Academic program, October 2022
Management of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis – 11^th TUGS India Academic program, Panel Discussion, Delhi, August 2022
Body Composition and its impact on Cancer Surgery – 2^nd Foundation Day CME, PGI Chandigarh, August 2022
Surgical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis – Virtual CME, May 2022.
Entero-cutaneous and entero-atmospheric fistula – Updates in management, Conference on Complex hernias, Medanta, Gurugram, May 2022.
Management of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis –Virtual CME, September 2021.
Trans-anal total mesorectal excision – Advances in Colorectal Cancer, Delhi, February 2020.
Management of Colorectal Liver Metastasis – Oncology Summit, Delhi, 2019
PEI – Causes other than usual suspects – Pancreas Update, Delhi, 2019
Medical Management of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis – PancreAsia 2018, Bangkok
Cystic fluid analysis for cystic neoplasms of the pancreas – Pancreas India, Hyderabad, 2018
Unmet Needs in Chronic Pancreatitis – Pancreas India, Delhi, 2017
Pain Mechanisms in Chronic Pancreatitis – Pancreas India, Delhi, 2017
Interventions in Pancreatic necrosis – Pancreas India, Hyderabad, 2017
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency after Surgery – Delhi Pancreas Meet 2016

Her vision for Advitya & PancreaCare

Dr Kapoor’s vision is to make world-class pancreatic, biliary, liver, and GI cancer surgery accessible to families in tier-2 and tier-3 regions, without compromising safety or outcomes. She is intensely focused on:

Precision surgery plus structured recovery pathways
Evidence-based protocols translated into simple, patient-friendly guidance
Affordable, ethical care so that no family feels forced to leave their city for the propertreatment
Improving postoperative outcomes in major GI surgical procedures
Affordable and apt medical care across various strata of society
Research in Healthcare
National-level surgical and oncological registries

At PancreaCare, Dr Deeksha Kapoor stands for calm leadership, transparent communication, and long-term healing—ensuring every patient receives not only excellent surgery, but a complete, confident recovery journey.

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