Best oncologist in for Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer

• Dr.Aravind Ramkumar is an experienced Cancer Surgeon and serves as a Senior Consultant in Surgical Oncology at Columbia Asia Hospitals, Bangalore. He completed his MBBS from Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram. He is the recepient of over 10 awards during his MBBS. Amongst that he was awarded the prestigious Dr. S G Rajarathinam award for best outgoing student in overall performance in the state of Tamil Nadu. He also received the Pfizer award for outstanding performance in the final examninations for the degree of MBBS conducted by Annamalai University.He pursued Post Graduation in General Surgery at Railway Hospital, Chennai and won the Dr. B Ramamurthy Gold Medal for the Final examination conducted by the National Board of Examinations. He also completed the course and examinations for the MRCS Edinburgh.After working as a registrar, he secured admission to the Mch Surgical Oncology course in Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai and was awarded the Prof. M Snehalatha Endowmwment Gold Medal for best performance in the Mch examination conducted by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University in August 2007.He partook training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at Cachar Cancer Institute, Assam and briefly worked for a Mission Hospital in his hometown, Tiruchirappalli. He seized the oppurtunity to help establish a Department of Surgical Oncology at JIPMER, Puducherry and served initially as Assistant and later as Associate Professor there. He was involved in PG teaching,research projects and clinical work at JIPMER. During his tenure, he undertook a six month certified training in Thoracic Surgical Oncology at the Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai . He has undertaken courses in Microvascular Surgery , Head and Neck Reconstruction and Minimal Access Surgery.Since July 2014, he serves as a Consultant in Surgical Oncology at Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore as part of the Saptagiri Group for Specialty Surgery.He has experience in most cancer surgeries and a special interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cancer, Sentinel Node Biopsy, Peritonectomy and HIPEC for advanced abdominal cancer, Multimodality management of Esophageal cancer, and microvascular reconstruction.

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Education

• MBBS from Rajah Muthiah Dental College Hospital,Annamalai University,, 1998
• DNB (General Surgery) from Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai, 2003
• MRCS (UK) from Royal College Of Surgeon Of Edinburgh, Uk, 2004
• MCh (Surgical Oncology) from Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 2007
• Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery - The Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India, 2012
• Certified Training in Thoracic Surgical Oncology - Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 2013

Memberships

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCSE)
• Indian Society for Diseases of Esophagus and Stomach (ISDES)
• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr.S.G.Rajarathinam award for being the Best Outgoing Student in Overall Performance in Tamil Nadu presented at the 52nd state medical conference of the Indian Medical Association for the year 1997-98 - 1998
• Pfizer Award Winner For Outstanding Performance At The Final Examinations For The Degree Of M.B.B.S. Held By Annamalai University In The Year April 1998 - 1998
• Dr.B.Ramamurthy Gold Medal For General Surgery for the Final Examination in General Surgery conducted by The National Board Of Examinations ,for the year June 2003 - 2003
• Prof.M.Snehalatha Endowment Gold Medal For Best Performance in Master of Chirurgie Examination held By Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University in August 2007. - 2007
• His Excellency, The President Of India, Thiru R.Venkataraman Endowment Prize for the Best Outgoing Student In M.B.B.S. who obtains the Highest Aggregate Marks In All University Exams put together without any failure at any time in any of the subjects - 1998
• Thiru Justice Venkataramiah Endowment Prize for the Best Outgoing M.B.B.S..student - 1998
• Thiru Muthukumarasamy Subramaniam Endowment Prize For Highest Aggregate Marks in the UniversityExaminations In Microbiology, Community Medicine and Medicine put together. - 1998
• Prof. M.Natarajan Endowment Prize For Best Outgoing Student Obtaining Highest Agregate Marks in Final M.B.B.S Part I And II put together - 1998
• Chidambaram Dr.Palani Swaminathan Endowment Prize For Top Ranker in Final M.B.B.S Part I And II - 1998
• Dr.Navalar Somasundara Barathaiar Endowment Prize For Highest Aggregate in all three Final M.B.B.S.Part II Subjects - 1998

Experience

• Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
• Consultant General Surgeon cum Surgical Oncologist at CSI Mission General Hospital
• Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at Cancer Institute (WIA)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

Areas of interest

• Breast Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer