Dr. Suraj Manjunath

Consultant - Surgical Oncology

Oncology

Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road,Banglalore - Bangalore, India

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Qualification

MBBS, MS (gen surgery), MCh (surgical oncology), Detroit Fellowship in Surgical, Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, SSO (Society of Surgical Oncology, USA) - Visiting Fellowship

Languages

English Kannada Hindi

Work Experience

25 Years Experience Overall (21 years as specialist)

Research Experience

• More than 70 publications in international and national reputed medical journals. Details at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suraj-Manjunath.
• Details of international and national faculty appearances
and paper presentations at https://drsurajmanjunath.com/professional-credentials/.

Awards & Achivements

• Former Professor and Head
Department of Surgical Oncology
St. John’s Medical College Hospital.
• Gold Medalist
MCh Surgical Oncology
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
• Founded and developed the Department of Surgical Oncology At St. John’s Medical College & Hospital
and established one of the first MCh Surgical Oncology Training Programs in the country in a Private Organization.
• Examiner for MCh (Surgical Oncology) for several universities and DNB (Surgical Oncology)
Examiner Convenor for DNB (Surgical Oncology) examinations.
• Founder member
Oncology Task Force
St John’s Medical College
and Hospital
which established St. John’s Oncology Center in 2013.
• Convenor Tumor Board
St John’s Medical College Hospital & Oncology Center
2013 to 2017.

Memberships

• Life Member – Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)

• Association of Surgeons of India

• Indian Society for Peritoneal Malignancies

• Bangalore Oncology Group (former Joint Secretary and EC member)

• Bangalore Surgical Gastroenterology Group.

Area of Interest

• General Surgical Oncology
• Gastrointestinal and Minimal Access Surgical Oncology
• Breast Cancer Surgery - Organ Conservation
Oncoplasty
and Sentinel Node Techniques
• ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery).

• Dr. Suraj Manjunath is currently a Senior Consultant and Chief of Cancer Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bangalore. His special interests include minimally invasive surgery for gastrointestinal cancers, breast cancer surgery (Organ Conservation, Oncoplasty, and Sentinel Node Techniques), and ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocols in oncosurgery. • He has trained in centers of excellence in India and abroad and was the gold medalist in his post-doctoral MCh (surgical oncology) from the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology. • He was the first Indian recipient of the United States Society of Surgical Oncology International Career Development Award. He has trained in Upper Gastrointestinal Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas. He has also worked at the University of Chicago Cancer Center, and the Detroit Medical Center in Michigan. • Dr. Suraj Manjunath set up the Department of Surgical Oncology at St. John’s Medical College, where he was the Professor and Head till 2017, having served there for more than a decade. During his tenure at St. John’s Hospital, he established the DNB training program and post-doctoral (MCh) training program for Surgical Oncology. https://www.stjohns.in/clinical_services/surgicaloncology • He has a keen interest in academics and has been an examiner for master's and doctoral students of cancer surgery at four universities. He has more than 60 publications in reputed journals as well as several book chapters. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suraj-Manjunath.