Dr. Tanuja Damani provides compassionate surgical care, with expertise in minimally invasive surgery and surgical oncology, as part of the Department of Surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey. She has extensive experience in complex abdominal surgery related to benign and malignant gastrointestinal conditions. She works with medical and radiation oncologists in order to facilitate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the management of abdominal cancers. Her focus is on minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery. In addition to providing surgical care to the highest standards in her field and focusing on outcomes of surgical procedures, Dr. Damani also pays special attention to patient-physician relationship, as well as quality of life and cosmetic outcomes.

Dr. Damani joined Englewood Hospital in September, 2011, which has a national reputation for providing excellent patient care. It is a nationally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center by the Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons. Englewood Hospital is also an internationally recognized leader in Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, improving patient outcomes with transfusion free medical and surgical techniques. The hospital is also nationally recognized for its outstanding nursing care, for which it has received a Magnet status several years in a row by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Prior to starting at Englewood Hospital, Dr. Damani was practicing minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant gastrointestinal conditions at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. As part of her ongoing commitment to surgical education, she also served as the Assistant Program Director for the general surgery residency there. She was also instrumental in starting the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at the Cambridge Health Alliance from 2005-2007, at which time she also served as the Instructor for Surgery for the Harvard Medical School.

After finishing High School at the United Nations International School in New York City, Dr. Damani went to Long Island University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a major in Molecular Biology and distinction in Honors Program. She subsequently finished medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and then moved to Chicago for her surgical internship and residency at the Loyola University Medical Center. She obtained a fellowship/specialty training in minimally invasive surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Damani is board certified in General Surgery, credentialed in robotic surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Damani has educated practicing surgeons in advanced laparoscopic surgery techniques at several courses nationally, and has traveled internationally on a medical mission to do the same. She has presented articles and videos on minimally invasive surgery at national meetings, and has coauthored numerous publications in several journals. She sits on two committees on the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the largest society of gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgeons.