Miss Monika Kaushik

Sub-specialties: Reconstruction, Cosmetics, Breast Surgery, Breast Plastics, Breast Oncoplastics.

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Overview

Miss Monika Kaushik is an esteemed and highly experienced Consultant Oncoplastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Breast Surgeon at OneWelbeck. Her main clinical interests are modern management of breast cancer and benign breast conditions and she achieves the best outcomes in cancer surgery and breast appearance.

About Miss Monika Kaushik

Miss Monika Kaushik is a highly esteemed and experienced consultant oncoplastic and breast surgeon. She specialises in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, cosmetic breast surgery, breast reconstruction and corrective surgery as well as various benign breast-related conditions, but to mention a few.

Miss Kaushik currently practices privately at various hospitals in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and in London at King Edward VII’s Hospital. She is also working at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since her appointment as consultant oncoplastic and breast surgeon in 2013.

Miss Kaushik’s main areas of clinical interests are: modern management of breast cancer and having a holistic approach. She has obtained a substantial amount of experience in relation to various breast-related surgical procedures, including skin and nipple sparing mastectomies, therapeutic mammoplasties, breast augmentation, breast reduction, nipple reconstruction, risk-reducing breast surgery, as well as sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Miss Kaushik actively and willingly engages herself in various medical research trials, on both a national and local level, with her main areas of research interest being axillary treatment in breast cancer, breast cancer predictive and prognostic markers, neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer, as well as seeking to improve surgical outcomes in oncoplastic breast surgery.

She also holds various roles in education and management, and is also a member of the Advisory Committee of Spire Nottingham Hospital. Miss Kaushik is certified and registered by Royal College of Surgeons to practice breast cosmetic surgery.

Areas of Expertise

Miss Kaushik commonly treats:

Breast cancer
Benign breast conditions
Breast pain

She performs a range of treatments including:

Breast reconstruction
Breast revision surgery
Oncoplastic breast surgery
Axillary surgery
Cosmetic breast surgery
Nipple and areolar surgery
Lumpectomy

Additional Information

Miss Kaushik currently holds clinical posts at the following locations:

Consultant Oncoplastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon, OneWelbeck
King Edward VII Hospital London
Spire Leicester Hospital
Spire Nottingham Hospital
Nuffield Health Hospital Leicester
Ramsay Hospital Kettering
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Leicester in Dept of Genetic Genomics and Cancer Sciences, Deputy Clinical Director UHL

She also has active memberships for:

Association of Breast Surgeons of UK
Royal College of Surgeons

Miss Kaushik's professional awards:

Nominated for ‘Outstanding Contribution in Clinical Practice Award’ in the NHS, July 2024

Research Highlights

Miss Monika Kaushik's notable publications:

An optimised patient derived explant platform for breast cancer refects clinical responses to chemotherapy and antibody directed therapy
http://www.nature.com/scientificreports. (2024) 14:12833
PartBreCon’ study. A UK multicentre retrospective cohort study to assess outcomes following - -PARTial BREast reCONstruction with chest wall perforator flaps
The Breast: Volume 71, October 2023, Pages 82-88
Axillary sentinel lymph node identification using supermagnetic iron oxide versus radioisotope in early stage breast cancer: The UK SentiMag trial ( SMART study)
The Surgeon 21 ( 2023), Issue 2 p128-134
The MARECA (national study of management of breast cancer locoregional recurrence and oncological outcomes) study: National practice questionnaire of United Kingdom multi-disciplinary decision making
European Journal of Surgical OncologyVol. 48Issue 7p1510–1519Published online: April 4, 2022
Bridging pre-surgical endocrine therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the B-MaP-C study
Breast Cancer Res Treat . 2023 Jun;199(2):265-279. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-06893-4. Epub 2023 Apr 3

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