Kavitha Madhuri - Divisional Lead for Surgery and Perioperative Care

Dr Kavitha Madhuri looks after women with confirmed or suspected gynaecological cancer (cervical, uterine, ovarian, vulval & vaginal cancer) in her clinical role. She helps patient recruitment to novel research and drives improvements to care through her role as Divisional Lead for Surgery and Perioperative Care.

“We have made huge strides in cancer care since I started at Royal Surrey over a decade ago. One example in surgery is our use of robots, allowing us to offer better keyhole surgery instead of open operations where possible and pushing the boundaries on this. We got our first robot in 2010 to operate on pelvic cancers (gynaecological & urology).Today, the Trust has invested in three state of the art robots that can be used for a wider range of cancers. The difference is clear the morning after you have done a hysterectomy on an 85-year-old patient and she wakes up saying ‘Doctor, I don’t feel like you’ve done anything and I want to go home’.

“Royal Surrey keeps striving to improve. We never say this is going well and rest on our laurels – we are constantly asking ourselves how we can do even better.

“Research is a big part of this. To offer our patients novel therapies and cutting edge treatments, we have to stay on the top of the latest knowledge and bring in new treatments which are sometimes only offered through clinical trials.

“Being able to help patients is why I became a doctor and still what gets me up in a morning. A cancer diagnosis is a curve ball that no one expects. We may not always be able to cure patients, but we always do everything we can to help make things better for them during this difficult time in their lives.

“Royal Surrey is an amazing team. Everybody puts their best foot forward every day, and they do it with a smile. We’ve been going through the pandemic, many of us are exhausted but we carry on for our patients, because we all put patients first every time every day!”

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