In the year 2006, Nayak received membership of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He also have lifetime membership of Association of Surgeons of India and Indian Association of Surgical Oncology. In 2007, Nayak received grant from Indian Council of Medical Research for his contribution to medical field and significant scientific works.[10] Later in 2007, he was awarded with the executive membership of American Society of Clinical Oncology. Between 2012 and 2017, he also worked as an assistant professor at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.[11] Nayak has worked with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on various cancer projects of Medical Council of India.[12] He has also published multiple scientific papers and academic journals on robotic thyroidectomy, minimally invasive neck dissection and modified video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy. Nayak has demonstrated robotic and laparoscopic surgeries at multiple national and international conferences. He is also the founder of MACS clinic in Bangalore where he is the Chief surgical oncologist.[13]
In 2013, Nayak was awarded with Global Excellence Award at International Conference on Innovations in Biotech and Medicine in Bangalore, India.[14] In 2016, his video received Pampanagowda Video Award for Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection (MIND) video at Karnataka State Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India, Shivamogga.[15]
Scientific publications
Understanding the Impact of Population and Cancer Type on Tumor Mutation Burden Scores: A Comprehensive Whole-Exome Study in Cancer Patients From India Nishtha AjitSingh Tanwar, Richa Malhotra, Aiswarya Padmaja Satheesh, Satya Prakash Khuntia, Peddagangannagari Sreekanthreddy, Linu Varghese, Srivalli Kolla, Pratik Chandrani, Anuradha Choughule, Priyanka Pange, Vinod Gupta, Vanita Noronha, Vijay Maruti Patil, Raja Pramanik, Sunila Kumar, Sandeep Peraje Nayak, Suresh Babu, Rohan Shetty, Madan Kantharaju, Pramod Shekarappa Chinder, Aruna Korlimarla, BS Srinath, Kumar Prabhash, Kshitij Datta Rishi, Hitesh Madan Goswami, and Vidya Harini Veldore. JCO Global Oncology 2023 :9
Khan, Ameenuddin; Reddy, V. Sreekanth; Gangadhara, Bharath; Mayur, M.; Barad, Arunkumar; Munisiddaiah, Devaprasad; Ramakrishnan, Athira; Sadhoo, Abhilasha; Nayak, Sandeep P.. Robotic infraclavicular approach for minimally invasive neck dissection in head-neck cancers. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery:, February 03, 2023. doi:10.4103/jmas.jmas_223_22
Somashekhar S. P., Saklani Avanish, Dixit Jagannath, Kothari Jagdish, Nayak Sandeep, Sudheer O. V., Dabas Surender, Goud Jagadishwar, Munikrishnan Venkatesh, Sugoor Pavan, Penumadu Prasanth, Ramachandra C., Mehendale Shilpa, Dahiya Akhil. Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (India Chapter) and Indian rectal cancer expert group’s practical consensus statements for surgical management of localized and locally advanced rectal cancer; Frontiers in Oncology, Vol.12, 2022; doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.1002530.
Sandeep P. Nayak, V. Sreekanth Reddy, Bharath Gangadhara, Abhilasha Sadhoo. Efficacy and Safety of Novel Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection Techniques in Oral/Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Aug 2020 doi:10.1007/s12070-020-02066-7
Somashekhar SP, Acharya R, Saklani A, Parikh D, Goud J, Dixit J, Gopinath K, Kumar MV, Bhojwani R, Nayak S, Rao S, Kothari K, Chandramohan K, Desai S, Gupta A. Adaptations and Safety Modifications to Perform Safe Minimal Access Surgery (MIS: Laparoscopy and Robotic) During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practice Modifications Expert Panel Consensus Guidelines from Academia of Minimal Access Surgical Oncology (AMASO). Indian J Surg Oncol. 2020 Nov 18;12(Suppl 1):1-11. doi:10.1007/s13193-020-01254-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID33223748; PMCPMC7671751.
Saleh S. Elbalka, Anis Taha, Chanduri Srinivas, Mohamed A.F. Hegazy, Sherif Z. Kotb, Waleed Elnahas, Omar Farouk, Islam H. Metwally, Islam A. Elzahaby, Khaled Abdelwahab, Adel Fathi, Marcos Tobias-Machado, and Sandeep P Nayak. Short-Term Surgical Outcomes of Standard and Lateral Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy: A Multinational Retrospective Study. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Apr 2020.373-377. doi:10.1089/lap.2019.0733
Sandeep P. Nayak, Abhilasha Sadhoo, Bharath Gangadhara, Sreekanth Reddy, Ameenuddin khan, Devaprasad Munisiddaiah, Athira Ramakrishnan. Robotic‑assisted breast‑axillo insufflation thyroidectomy (RABIT): a retrospective case series of thyroid carcinoma. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. Oct 2019 doi:10.1007/s10147-019-01568-x
Sandeep Nayak P, H Pokharkar, Jaiprakash, Kapil, Srinivas C, Vijayakumar M. Efficacy and safety of Lateral Approach-Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy (L-VEIL) over Open Inguinal Block Dissection: A retrospective study. Indian J Surgical Oncology. 2019 Sep;10(3):555-562. doi:10.1007/s13193-019-00951-4
Nayak SP, Devaprasad M, Khan A. Minimally invasive neck dissection: A 3-year retrospective experience of 45 cases. J Minim Access Surg. 2018 Jun 27. doi:10.4103/jmas.JMAS_40_18
Sandeep Nayak P, Chunduri Srinivas, Jaiprakash Gurawalia, Vishnu Kurpad, Shiva Kumar. Uptake of Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery at Regional Cancer Centre, South India. IJSR; Vol 6 Issue 4; 2017 Apr; 652-655.
Sandeep Nayak P, C. Srinivas, Vikas Sharma. Comparison between Minimally Invasive and Open Esophagectomy in Cancer Esophagus Experience at a Tertiary Cancer Centre in India. IJSR; Vol 6 Issue 3; 2017 Apr; 189-191.
Jaiprakash Gurawalia, Kapil Dev, Sandeep P. Nayak, Vishnu Kurpad, Arun Pandey. Less than 12 lymph nodes in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy: an indicator of tumor regression in locally advanced rectal cancer? J Gastrointest Oncol 2016doi:10.21037/jgo.2016.09.03
Nayak SP, Kiran J. Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection (MIND) Using Standard Laparoscopic Equipment: a Preliminary Report and Description of Technique. Indian J Surgical Oncology. 2015 Oct; DOI: 10.1007/s13193-015-0474-0
Nayak SP, Ashraf M, Dam A, Biswas J. Internal Jugular Vein Duplication: Review and Classification. Indian J Surgical Oncology. 2015 Sep; pp1-5
Maiti GP, Ghosh A, Mondal P, Baral A, Datta S, Samadder S, Nayak SP, Chakrabarti J, Biswas J, Sikdar N, Chowdhury S, Roy B, Roychowdhury S, Panda CK. SNP rs1049430 in the 3'-UTR of SH3GL2 regulates its expression: Clinical and prognostic implications in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Feb 26;1852(5):1059-1067
Nayak SP, Sigh V, Dam A, Bhowmik A, Jadhav TS, Ashraf M, Shah RK, Biswas J. Mechanism of Thyroid Gland Invasion in Laryngeal Cancer and Indications for Thyroidectomy. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Jul 2013; 65 (1); 69-73.
Ashraf M, Jha JK, Mukherjee N, Panda CK, Nayak S, Jadhav TS, Dikshit N, Nath NC, Chakraborty J, Biswas J. BRCA1 protein expression and its correlation with ER/PR status in sporadic and familial breast cancer in Eastern Indian patients--a hospital based study. J Indian Med Assoc. 2011 Dec;109(12):873-8.
Ashraf M, Biswas J, Jha J, Nayak S, Singh V, Majumdar S, Bhowmick A, Dam A.Clinical utility and prospective comparison of ultrasonography and computed tomography imaging in staging of neck metastases in head and neck squamous cell cancer in an Indian setup. Int J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec;16(6):686-93. doi:10.1007/s10147-011-0250-2 Epub 2011 Jun 16.
Ashraf M, Jha J, Choudhry A, Aggarwal B, Nayak S, Chakraborty J, Majumder S, Biswas J. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy with imatinib for locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors in eastern Indian patients. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(8):2059-64.
Nayak SP, Sreejayan MP. Management of supernumerary testis in an adult: case report and review. Andrologia. 2010; 43: 149–152
Ashraf M, Biswas J, Majumdar S, Nayak S, Alam N, Mukherjee KK, Gupta S. Tamoxifen use in Indian women – adverse effects revisited. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2009 Oct-Dec; 10(4):609-12. PMID19827879.
Nayak SP, Sasi MP, Sreejayan MP, Mandal S. A case-control study of role of diet in colorectal carcinoma in a South Indian Population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2009; 10(4):565-8. PMID19827870
Nayak SP, Venugopalan PP, Prabhu GGL. Can Diet Predispose to Urinary Tract Infection? Ind j Urol. 1999; 15(2): 93-99.