• Dr. D’ Cruz is Director Oncology Apollo Hospitals, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is a well-recognized as a global leader, clinician, researcher and teacher in Head and Neck Oncology.
• The UICC is the largest cancer organization globally committed to the cause of cancer control comprising of 1121 member organizations across 171 countries.
• Established in 1933, he is the first Indian to hold this position.
• Dr. D’ Cruz has held leadership positions & is on the board of numerous professional organizations, universities, research organizations and cancer institutions across the country and abroad.
• He worked on research in the use of curcumin and was part of a project to develop and validate molecular cytogenetic studies/Proteomics in oral cancers, results of which were filed for a patent.
• Dr. D’ Cruz has more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and chapters to his name and is a member of the Editorial Board of many reputed national and international journals.
• He has delivered more than 500 invited lectures and nearly a 100 named lectures, key notes and orations both nationally and internationally. He has also been a special invitee to over 100 conferences nationally and internationally to demonstrate head and neck, thyroid surgery.
• Dr. D’ Cruz’s special areas on interest are oral laryngeal cancers , thyroid , parathyroid, salivary glands and neck diseases.
• He is also specially trained for head & neck surgery at Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, Laser Surgery at Vanderbilt University, USA and speech rehabilitation at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
• Thyroid cancer is a area of special interests. Dr. D’ Cruz is a much sought after teacher and was instrumental in initiating the super specialty training course in Head Neck Oncology for the first time in India.

• MBBS
• MS
• DNB
• FRCS (Hon.)

Current Experience

• Director - Oncology Apollo Hospitals, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.

Previous Experience

• Ex - Director of Tata Memorial Hospital and Chief of Head Neck Services
• Currently President Elect (2018-2020) and President (2020-2022) of the Union International for Cancer Control, Headquartered in Geneva. He is the first Indian to hold this position.