Dr. Shaiwal Khandelwal

Dr. Shaiwal Khandelwal is one of the few surgeons in the country dedicated exclusively to Minimally Invasive Chest (Thoracic) Surgeries. He specializes in VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) and Robotic Thoracic Surgery. He has studied MBBS and MS surgery from Banaras Hindu University. He has done a fellowship at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea. He has also trained at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. He has been awarded fellowships by the American College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons. He had previously worked at Medanta The Medicity Gurgaon. He has started a Thoracic Surgery department at Max Super Specialty Hospital Saket, New Delhi, and is currently working there. He has conducted several VATS workshops across the country. He was instrumental in beginning VATS program in Bangladesh and Nepal. He has been invited as faculty in several national and international conferences. He has written several book chapters and published several scientific papers in various prestigious journals.His clinical practice is based on patient’s understanding and participation in clinical decision making and making chest surgery pain free experience so that the patients return home confident and healthy in the shortest time.