Prof Dr Somashekhar S P
Prof Dr Somashekhar S P  
India

Prof. Dr. Somashekhar S P (MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Surgical Oncology), FRCS Edinburgh) is the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board at Aster DM Healthcare - GCC & India and Global Director - Aster International Institute of Oncology - GCC & India. He is the Lead Consultant Surgical & Gynaecological Oncology & Robotic Surgeon, HIPEC & PIPAC Super-specialist at Aster Whitefield Hospital, Bengaluru, having over 22 years of experience in the field. He specialises in Surgical Oncology, Gynaecological Oncology, Robotic Surgery, Radio Guided Surgery, HIPEC, PIPAC, Sentinel Node, etc. Dr Somashekhar did his MBBS from Mysore University, MS (General Surgery) from NHL Medical College, MCh (Surgical Oncology) from GCRI Regional Cancer Centre has various other academic accomplishments including Fellowship in Robotic Surgery from Roswell Cancer Centre, Buffalo, USA. He had training in Gynaecological Oncology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Advanced Liver Surgery at Paul Brouses Hospital, Paris, Thoracic Onco Fellowship at Shanghai Chest Institute Beijing, Breast & Oncoplasty Fellowship from IEO Italy and UPMC Pittsburgh. He has performed over 3000 Robotic Surgeries which is the highest number of complex Robotic Onco Surgeries in the country and over 1000 HIPEC procedure in abdominal cancers, which is the largest series in Asia. Prof. Dr. Somashekhar has been awarded the prestigious Dr. D. D. Patel Gold Medal for his excellency in Onco Surgery and a Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He has authored several textbooks on Oncology and has over 300 publications in International and National Journals. He has been honoured with the prestigious Dronacharya Teachers Award for his contribution in the field of Surgical Oncology. He has also been awarded the Times Award for Excellence in Oncology, the Deccan Herald Excellency Award in Oncology, and the prestigious ASI P K Sinha Oration Award. He is conferred the most prestigious Bulkley-Barry-Cooper Professorship: Kings Health Partner, UK, London. He is also Teacher and University Examiner in the field of Surgical Oncology for both MCh and DrNB Surgical Oncology (NBE board). He is Intuitive International Mentor and Trainer in the field of Robotic Surgery.

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