Dr. Puntambekar –Consultant Laparoscopic and Oncosurgeon who specializes in surgery and oncosurgery, for the last nine years he has been working as a Consultant in Oncosurgery and as a Associate Professor in King Edward Memorial Hospital in Poona (Pune), India. His field of experience includes general and oncologic procedures for GI, Urology and Gynaecological pathologies. His numerous publications include, Role Of Anterior Exenteration In Advanced And Recurrent Pelvic Cancers (Journal of Pelvic Surgery Sep2002), and Laparoscopic Anterior Exenteration (Gynaecologic Oncology 2006). He is the winner of Golden Laparoscope Award at AAGL meeting in Chicago, USA in 2005 for the best video on ‘laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy with Psoas hitch’, and has conducted training for the International Laparoscopic Surgeons at the Galaxy Laparoscopy Institute since July 2005. At present, his Pune centre is famous for the workshops it conducts in the field of laparoscopic oncosurgery.
From the reviews: It is lavishly illustrated with color photos and selected line drawings. ... The book is clearly written for advanced practitioners and subspecialty trainees, both laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgeons, and for experienced esophageal surgeons who wish to make the switch to minimal access techniques for management of esophageal carcinoma. ... For surgeons seeking clear photos detailing how to do these esophageal carcinoma operations, this is a useful reference ... . (Carol Scott-Conner, Doody's Review Service, November, 2010)