
Dr. Rajesh Mistry
Senior Director
40+ Years of ExperienceSurgical Oncologist
MBBS, MS, Fellowship
Reg. No.:5691, Delhi Medical Council
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai & Medical Research Institute
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi

About Dr. Rajesh Mistry
Dr. Rajesh Mistry, Surgical Oncologist, began his training at Tata Memorial Hospital (1992), progressing to Professor and Chief in Thoracic Surgery. He later joined Kokilaben Hospital as Head of Oncology in 2009 and now leads its Oncology Department. Known for pioneering techniques in thoracic and robotic cancer care, he also actively contributes to clinical research and medical education.
Dr. Rajesh Mistry’s Expertise and Specialisations
- Thoracic Head and Neck Oncology: Dr. Rajesh Mistry, one of the top Surgical Oncologists in Mumbai, specializes in VATS and robotic surgery for esophageal, lung, thymus, chest wall, and head and neck cancers.
- Foregut & GI Cancer Surgery: This Cancer Surgeon Mumbai is also experienced in complex procedures including oesophagectomy, gastrectomy, and mediastinal mass resections.
- Robotic & Minimally Invasive Surgery: Dr. Rajesh Mistry is a pioneer in robotic esophagectomy, pulmonary resections, tracheal surgery, and techniques for preserving salivary glands.
- Research & Innovation: Dr. Rajesh Mistry, a Senior Oncologist in Mumbai, has led clinical trials on oesophageal/lung cancer care, including the use of PET-CT and novel reconstructive methods after radiation.
Top Procedures Performed by Dr. Rajesh Mistry & Their Estimated Costs
Procedure |
Estimated Cost (INR) |
Estimated Cost (USD) |
Notes |
Robotic/VATS Esophagectomy & Pulmonary Surgery |
4,00,000 INR - 8,00,000 INR |
4654 USD - 9308 USD |
Minimally invasive removal of part or whole of the oesophagus or lung using robotic/VATS tools. |
Head Neck & Thymus Cancer Surgery |
3,00,000 INR - 6,00,000 INR |
3491 USD - 6892 USD |
Surgical management of tumours in the head and neck region and the thymus gland with precision techniques. |
Chest Wall & Mediastinal Resections |
3,00,000 INR - 7,50,000 INR |
3491 USD - 8727 USD |
Complex procedures to remove tumours from the chest wall or the central thoracic cavity. |
Gastric/GI Cancer Surgery |
3,00,000 INR - 6,00,000 INR |
3491 USD - 6892 USD |
Surgeries for stomach and gastrointestinal cancers, including gastrectomy and colectomy. |
Note: Costs are indicative and may vary depending on case complexity and facility.
Some Noteworthy Patient Reviews for Dr. Rajesh Mistry
His precision in complex cancer surgeries and his deep sense of empathy have earned Dr. Mistry immense trust from patients and families alike. Here are some Dr. Rajesh Mistry reviews from peers and patients:
"Dr. Mistry is highly skilled and compassionate. His surgical expertise gave us confidence throughout the treatment process."
"He didn’t back down even in my grandmother’s complicated cancer case and turned down Dr. Rajesh Mistry's consultation fees. We’re forever grateful for his courage and commitment."
"Dr. Mistry’s clarity and transparency in explaining thoracic surgery helped ease our fears. His guidance made recovery much smoother."
"We flew in from the Middle East for oesophageal cancer treatment, and Dr. Rajesh Mistry's contact number was always available for us. Dr. Mistry’s team ensured the entire journey, surgery, recovery, and aftercare, was seamless."
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Education
- MBBS – Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, 1984
- MS (General Surgery) – Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital
- Surgical Oncology Training – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 1992
Training & Certificates
- Advanced training in Surgical Oncology – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Past Experience
- Senior Director – Oncology, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai (since 2009)
- Senior Consultant, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
- Professor & Chief – Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (1992–2009)
Awards
- Dr. Rajesh Mistry, of Kokilaben Hospital, pioneered submandibular salivary gland transfer to preserve salivary function during radiotherapy.
- More than 1,000 major oncology surgeries since 2009
Associations/Membership
- International Society for Diseases of the Oesophagus (ISDE)
- International Society for Lung Cancer (ISLC)
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Indian Society of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
- Indian Society of Oncology
Paper Published
- Dr. Mistry has authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers and contributed chapters on thoracic oncology and minimally invasive techniques.
Field of Expertise
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) Therapy
- Benign and Cancerous Tumor Excision
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Brachytherapy Treatment
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Cancer Treatment
- CAR T-Cell Therapy
- Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
- Castleman Disease Treatment
- Cervical Cancer Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Colorectal Cancer Treatment
- Completion Thyroidectomy
- CyberKnife Surgery
- Endometrial Cancer Treatment
- Endoscopic Tumor Removal
- Ewing Family of Tumors Treatment
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) Treatment
- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Prostate Cancer
- Hormone Therapy
- Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Immunotherapy
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Lumpectomy
- Lung Cancer Treatment
- Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment
- Metastatic Tumor Treatment
- Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer Treatment
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treatment
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treatment
- Oncological Surgery
- Ovarian Cancer Treatment
- Papillary Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Penile Cancer Treatment
- PET CT Scan
- Proton Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Radioisotope Therapy
- Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Treatment
- Robotic Cancer Surgery
- Skin Lymphoma Treatment
- Small Intestine Cancer Treatment
- Stomach Cancer Treatment
- Targeted Therapy
- Thymectomy
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE)
- Vaginal Cancer Treatment
- Vulvar Cancer Treatment
- Whipple Procedure
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenosquamous Carcinoma
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- Adult Hodgkins Lymphoma
- AIDS-Related Cancer
- Ameloblastoma
- Anal Cancer
- Anaplastic Carcinoma
- Appendix Cancer
- Atypical Hyperplasia
- Atypical Spindle Cell Tumor
- Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) Treatment for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
- Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
- Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
- Benign Bone Tumors
- Benign Hematology
- Benign Lung Tumors
- Benign Soft Tissue Tumors
- Bile Duct Cancer, Stones, & Strictures
- Bladder Cancer
- Blood Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Marrow Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer During Pregnancy
- Breast Cancer Recurrence
- Bronchial Tumors
- Burkitt Lymphoma
- Cancer in Children
- Carcinoid Syndrome
- Carcinoid Tumor (Gastrointestinal)
- Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs
- Cervical Cancer
- Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Colorectal Cancer
- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
- Cyclic Neutropenia
- Desmoid Tumor
- Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
- Elevated PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Level
- Embryonal Tumors
- Eosinophilia
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagectomy
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Estrogen Dependent Cancers
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor
- Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
- Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
- Fallopian Tube Cancer
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP): Inherited
- Follicular Lymphoma
- Free Flap Surgery for Treating Osteoradionecrosis
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Giant Cell Tumor
- Gum Tumor
- Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL)
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Heart Cancer
- Hepatocellular Cancer
- Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)
- Hurthle Cell Carcinoma
- Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- In-situ Breast Cancer
- Incontinence After Prostate Surgery
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Intraocular Melanoma
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
- Islet Cell Tumor
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Large Cell Carcinoma
- Large Granular Lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia
- Leukemia
- Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Liver Cysts & Liver Tumors
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphatic Cancer
- Lymphocytosis
- Male Breast Cancer
- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH)
- Malignant Mesothelioma
- Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors
- Mediastinal Tumor
- Medullary Carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Metastatic Cancer
- Metastatic Spinal Tumors
- Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
- Metastatic Tumors
- Mouth Cancer
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndromes
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- Neuroendocrine Tumor
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- NUT Midline Carcinoma
- Oncogenic Osteomalacia
- Ophthalmic Cancer
- Oral Cancer
- Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Osteosarcoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors
- Ovarian Primary Peritoneal Cancer
- Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumor
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
- Paraganglioma
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Parotid Gland Tumor
- Pediatric Chordomas
- Pediatric Ependymoma
- Pediatric Germ Cell Tumor
- Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumor
- Pediatric Spinal Tumor
- Pediatric Vascular Tumors
- Penile Cancer
- Pharyngeal Cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)
- Pineal Region Tumor
- Plasma Cell Neoplasms
- Pleural Tumor
- Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
- Prostate Cancer
- PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (Cowden Syndrome and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome)
- Pulmonary Nodules
- Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
- Rectal Cancer
- Recurrent Cancer
- Relapsed ALL
- Relapsed AML
- Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
- Renal Cell Cancer
- Retinoblastoma (Cancer of the Eye)
- Retroperitoneal Tumor
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Sezary Syndrome
- Skin Cancer
- Skull Base Tumor
- Small Cell Carcinoma
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Spinal Tumor
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
- Stage 4 Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Sun Exposure & Skin Cancer
- Synovial Sarcoma
- Testicular Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Thrombocytosis
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
- Thymus Gland Tumor
- Thyroid Cancer
- Tracheobronchial Tumor
- Transitional Cell Cancer
- Urethral Cancer
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vascular Tumor
- Vulvar Cancer
- Wilms Tumor
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