Dr. Zankhana M Buch Best Ayurveda Cancer Doctor

Patient empathy & performance excellence, these traits embody Dr. Zankhana Buch, the Chief Medical Officer at Apollo AyurVAID Hospitals Domlur. Passionate about Ayurveda, she possesses 20 years of experience in the field of clinical Ayurveda.

A gold medalist at her alma mater at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, Gujarat Ayurved University, she has an exceptional academic profile; magna cum laude graduate of Shri Gulab Kunverba Ayurved Mahavidhyalaya, Gujarat Ayurveda University, and holds an MD degree in Kayachikitsa (Ayurveda Internal medicine) cum laude from IPGTRA, Jamnagar

Dr Zankhana carried out an extensive study with the surgical and medical oncology department at Samarpan General Hospitals, Jamnagar, Gujarat to assess the role of Ayurveda intervention in cancer patients. Thereafter, her work experience at Cancer Complementary Clinic Kasturba Health Society and SL Raheja Hospital in Mumbai, India has allowed her to build a strong foundation of her understanding of integrative oncology.

Dr Zankhana has led AyurVAID’s Integrated Cancer Rehabilitation Program (ICRP) since 2012. ICRP addresses palliative care for primary as well as secondary (metastatic) cancers to improve the patient’s ‘Quality of Life’. Classical Ayurveda medical management is appropriately integrated with the primary management of cancer to alleviate acute side effects of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiotherapy such as mucositis, nausea, burns management, constipation, loss of appetite, cachexia, depression, insomnia, etc. to enhance functional health and overall sense of well-being and to minimize defaults due to poor tolerance to treatments. 

Her special understanding of modern oncology as well as classical Ayurveda puts her in a unique position to bridge the two effectively in the best interests of the patients. Her clinical and research work to date at AyurVAID and earlier is focused and solid.