Dr. Suraj Manjunath

Dr. Suraj Manjunath is currently a Senior Consultant and Chief of Cancer Surgery at Manipal Hospital, Miller’s 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/surgicaloncologyHe has a keen interest in academics and has been an examiner for masters and doctoral students of cancer surgery at four universities. He has more than 60 publications in reputed journals as well as several book chapters.