Sandeep Nayak

Dr. Sandeep Nayak
Born (1976-06-07) June 7, 1976 (age 48)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationMBBS
Diplomate of National Board – General Surgery
Diplomate of National Board – Surgical Oncology
MRCS (UK)
MNAMS- General Surgery, Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgical Oncology
Alma materKasturba Medical College, Mangalore
Government Medical College, Kozhikode
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
OccupationOncologist
Years active1999-present
EmployerFortis Hospital, Bangalore
Known forRobotic thyroidectomy
minimally invasive neck dissection
minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery
WebsiteOfficial website

Sandeep Nayak (born 7 June 1976) is an Indian surgical oncologist based in Bangalore, India, known as the pioneer of robotic thyroidectomy technique called RABIT (Robotic-assisted breast-axillo insufflation thyroidectomy) and Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection.[1][2] He is the founder of MACS Clinic, Bangalore. He is the Senior Director and the Head of Department of surgical oncology at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore.[3][4] Nayak was recipient of the KS International Innovation Award for his technique of RIA-MIND (Robotic infraclavicular approach for minimally invasive neck dissection) and Times Health Excellence Award for 2018 by The Times of India. Nayak is the member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and American Society of Clinical Oncology. He has previously held the position of the assistant professor at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology from 2012 to 2017.[5]

Biography

Nayak was born in 1976, in Kannur, Kerala. He attended Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore where he graduated in medicine in 1999.[6] He received his postgraduate degree in General surgery in 2006 from Calicut Medical College, Kozhikode.[7] Nayak completed his postgraduate training in surgical oncology in 2010 from Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata. He has received Diplomate of National Board from National Board of Examinations in General Surgery and Surgical Oncology in the years 2006 and 2010 respectively.[8] Nayak received a fellowship in laparoscopic and robotic oncology in 2011 from Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute, Pune. He also has international visiting fellowship in surgical oncology from Detroit Medical College as well as Detroit (USA) Fellowship for Surgical Oncology Award.[9]

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. PMID 33223748; PMC PMC7671751.
  • 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 2016 doi: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. PMID 19827879.
  • 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. PMID 19827870
  • Nayak SP, Venugopalan PP, Prabhu GGL. Can Diet Predispose to Urinary Tract Infection? Ind j Urol. 1999; 15(2): 93-99.

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