Dr.L.Manikandan
MBBS, MS General Surgery, M.Ch Surgical Oncology, Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist
Dr. L. Manikandan, is a leading Surgical Oncologist with years of experience in doing both routine and complex oncological surgeries. He started his journey as a doctor at the prestigious Government Medical College in Calicut, Kerala which at the time served the six Northern Districts of Kerala. The years spent in crowded wards bestowed on him a wealth of clinical knowledge and a sense of service to humanity which laid the foundation for his holistic approach to Cancer patients with emphasis on compassionate, ethical and transparent practice.
After he graduated with his basic medical degree, he practiced for a year in the rural areas of Kerala providing yeoman service to the local population. He followed his passion for surgery by working hard and securing admission once again in his alma mater Government Medical College, Calicut in the Department of General Surgery. Here he spent three years fine tuning his Surgical skills and gained exposure to various benign and malignant surgical illnesses. After completing his surgical training he rejoined the department and worked as a Casualty Medical Officer in charge of the busy Surgical Casualty of Government Medical College, Calicut for a year.
During this time he identified his interest in managing Cancer patients who are often a neglected subset of Surgical Patients. He worked towards his goal and gained admission by merit in the prestigious King George’s Medical University, one of the oldest Medical Institutions in the country.
The Department of Surgical Oncology in King George’s Medical University is one of the busiest Oncology Department’s in the country performing over 5000 Cancer Surgery procedures every year covering all parts of the body. During his time here, Dr. Manikandan served the Department with distinction and passed with flying colours. For his achievements he was bestowed the prestigious Prof. N.C. Mishra Memorial Gold Medal for Excellence in Surgical Oncology. He represented the Department in various International Forums like Annual SSO meet in Chicago, USA, National Comprehensive Cancer Network Symposium in Florida, USA and International Gynecological Cancer Society Meet in Kyoto, Japan. He underwent training in the Hepatobiliary Service of the world’s leading Cancer Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York under their experienced faculty. He was also awarded the Chinese Society for Clinical Oncology Travelling Fellowship award for his presentation in the SSO meet held in Chicago. This enabled his research work in Ovarian Cancer to be featured at the annual Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology meet in Xiamen, China.
Dr. Manikandan continued his training journey in the Gastric Cancer Department of Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Tokyo, Japan gaining invaluable knowledge about best practices in treating stomach cancer.
He applied the knowledge he gained through sixteen years of rigorous training to be the best at performing Cancer Surgery and set up his practice in Chennai. He has always kept patient well being at the centre of his practice and balanced treatment outcome with patient comfort and good quality of life.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Managing Director and CEO of Privaram Cancer Research Institute, Valasaravakkam, Chennai
- Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Dr. Mehta’s Multispeciality Hospital, Chetpet, Chennai
- Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Medway, Hospital, Kodambakkam, Chennai
- Senior Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Apollo Spectra, MRC Nagar, Chennai
- Assistant Professor at Madha Medical College, Thandalam, Chennai
- Visiting Consultant at Apollo Cancer Speciality Hospital at Teynampet, Chennai
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- MBBS – Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala
- MS General Surgery – Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala
- M.Ch Surgical Oncology – King George’s Medical University
AWARDS
- Prof. N.C. Mishra Memorial Gold Medal for M.Ch. Surgical Oncology 2018 by King George’s Medical University
- King George’s Medical University’s Intramural Seed Fellowship 2016-17
- Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Travel Award 2018
- Third prize, Quiz competition, Association of Surgeons of India, Kerala Chapter Annual Conference, 2013
PUBLICATIONS
- Sameer Gupta, Sudeep Garg, Vijay Kumar, Arun Chaturvedi, Sanjeev Misra, Naseem Akhtar, Shiv Rajan, Jatinder Kaur, Manikandan Lakshmanan, Kavitha Jain. Study of tumor transglutaminase 2 expression in gallbladder cancer – Is it a novel predictor of survival?. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2020 Nov 30; 24(4): 460-68. Published Online 2020 Nov 30. DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.2020.24.4.460
- Banupriya Mohan, Suresh Bapu, Ranjan Kumar Mahapatra, Manikandan Lakshmanan. A rare presentation of solitary pineal region metastasis in a case of lung cancer. J Cancer Res Ther. Oct-Dec 2020; 16(6):1532-34. DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_762_19
- Arun Chaturvedi, Nuzhat Husain, Sanjeev Misra, Vijay Kumar, Sameer Gupta, Naseem Akhtar, Manikandan Lakshmanan, Sudeep Garg, Aditi Arora, Kavitha Jain. Validation of the Brandwein Gensler Risk Model in Patients of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma in North India. Head and Neck Pathology. Published online 24 Sep 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s12105-019-01082-6
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Vijay Kumar, Arun Chaturvedi, Sanjeev Misra, Sameer Gupta, Naseem Akhtar, Shiv Rajan, Banupriya Mohan, Kavitha Jain, Sudeep Garg. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: An Institutional Experience. Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology (2019)17:76.Published online 28 August 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s40944-019-0322-1
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Vijay Kumar, Arun Chaturvedi, Sanjeev Misra, Sameer Gupta, Naseem Akhtar, Shiv Rajan, Kavitha Jain, Sudeep Garg. Role of serum HE4 as a prognostic marker in carcinoma ovary. Indian J Cancer 2019;56:216-21. DOI: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_305_18
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Sameer Gupta, Vijay Kumar, Naseem Akhtar, Shiv Rajan, Kavitha Jain, Sudeep Garg. Virilizing steroid cell tumor of the ovary: Successful surgical management of an enigma. Indian J Surg Oncol. Published online 23 April 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s13193-019-00931-8
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Sameer Gupta, Vijay Kumar, Naseem Akhtar, Arun Chaturvedi, Sanjeev Misra, Kavitha Jain, Sudeep Garg. Germ Cell Tumor Ovary: An Institutional Experience of Treatment and Survival Outcomes. Indian J Surg Oncol. (June 2018) 9(2):215 – 219. Published online 10 April 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s13193-018-0742-x
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Ramesan Chayampurath, Ramalingam Trivikraman, Selvam Paramasivam, Sasi M.P. Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer in a developing country: a single centre observational study in a tertiary care hospital in North Kerala, India. Int J Res Med Sci. 2017 Oct;5(10):4604-4609 DOI: 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20174605
- Manikandan Lakshmanan, Rajan Kumar T, Prathappan V. K, M.P. Sasi: Colon Surgery with & without Mechanical Bowel Preparation: A Comparison Study. JMSCR. 2015 Volume 03 Issue 05 May 5723 – 5727 Paper Index: 05.2015-43353341
OBSERVERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Clinical training in the HepatoPancreatoBiliary service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA, March 2017underProf. William R. Jarnagin and Dr. Vinod P. Balachandran
- Clinical training in the Gastric Cancer Department at the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, September 2018 under Prof. Takeshi Sano and Prof. Naoki Hiki
- European Society of Medical Oncology, Perceptorship Programme, Head and Neck Cancer, Hong Kong, April 2019 chaired by Dr.Anthony T. C. Chan and Dr.Jean-Pascal Machiels.
- Completed ESSO Advanced Course on Oncoplastic Breast Surgery conducted by European Society of Surgical Oncology under the guidance of Dr.Lynda Wyld and Dr.Ashutosh Kothari at Jaipur, India, February 2020.
PRESENTATIONS
- Colon Surgery with & without Mechanical Bowel Preparation: A Comparison Study, National Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2014), 27th – 30th December 2014, Hyderabad
- Marginal Mandibulectomy: An Institutional experience from Northern India, 6th World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO 2017), 17th – 20th May 2017, Bengaluru
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer: An institutional experience, 2nd Indian Cancer Congress (ICC 2017), 8th – 12th November 2017, Bengaluru
- Germ cell tumor ovary: An Institutional experience of treatment and long term outcome, National conference of Indian Society of Medical and Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO 2016), 5th – 6th November 2016, New Delhi
- Marjolin’s Ulcer: An Institutional experience from Northern India, 22nd Annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN 2017), 23rd – 25th March 2017, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Role of serum HE4 as a marker for response and recurrence in carcinoma ovary, Annual cancer symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO 2018), 21st – 24th March 2018, Chicago, USA
- Role of serum HE4 as a marker for response and recurrence in carcinoma ovary, Annualconference of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO 2018), 19th – 23rd September 2018, Xiamen, China (SSO – CSCO Young Investigator Travel Award 2018)
- Role of Serum HE4 as a prognostic marker in Carcinoma Ovary, 17th Biennial meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS 2018), Kyoto, Japan 14th – 16th September 2018, Kyoto, Japan
MEMBERSHIPS
- Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
- Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO)
- Indian Society of Oncology (ISO)
- Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
- European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS)
OTHER DETAILS
- Medical registration number 134747, registered with the Tamil Nadu Medial Council on 11/12/2018
