Faculty Profile

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Dr.   Balasubramanian V

MBBS, MS (AIIMS), MRCS ( Glasgow), MCh (Surgical Oncology)

FALS-Colorectal (IAGES) FALS  Minimal invasive Oncology

CONSULTANT SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST

Mobile +91 9444547541,8838968909

Email:[email protected], [email protected]

Website : drbalacancercare.com

QUALIFICATIONS

FALS ( Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery) – Minimal

Invasive Oncology

Indian Association of Gastro and Endoscopic Surgeons

FALS ( Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery) – ColoRectal

Indian Association of Gastro and Endoscopic Surgeons

M.Ch. (Surgical Oncology)

Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India (2013 – 2016)

(Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical university)

MRCS

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons

Glasgow (RCPSG), United Kingdom, 2012

MS (General Surgery)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),New Delhi. (2009- 2012)

MBBS

PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research ,

Coimbatore, India

(Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical university) (2003 -2008)

PERSONAL DETAILS

 Date of birth         : 31^st March 1986

Religion                : Hindu

Nationality            : Indian

Marital Status        : Married

Languages known : Read ,write & speak – English, Hindi, Tamil

Speak : Telugu, Malyalam

AWARDS

• Awarded the Gold medal for best academic performance- “BEST OUTGOING SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST” , Cancer Institute(WIA), Chennai –for the year 2016.

SPECIAL TRAINING : 

• Trained in Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery , At Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital,Shanghai, PRC
• Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery (FALS) Colorectal surgery from Indian Association Of Gastrointestinal &Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES)
• Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic surgery (FALS)- Minimal Invasive Oncology from Indian Association Of Gastrointestinal &Endoscopic Surgeons (IAGES)

CURRENT POSITION

 Professor,

(since August 2024)

Department of Surgical Oncology

Incharge, Thoracic oncology Clinics

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1. Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai, 1^st April 2021-8^th August 2024.
2. Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai, 27rd September 2017- 31^st March 2021
3. Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, 3rd September 2016 -2 Sep 2017
4. Senior Resident, Department of Surgical oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai – Period : 1^st July 2013 – 31^st Aug 2016

5. Senior Resident, Department of Surgical oncology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi,– Period : 16^th Feb 2013 – 30^th  Jun 2013

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Life Member of the following academies

• Association of Surgeons of India
• Indian Association of Surgical Oncology.
• Indian Society of Oncology
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• European society of surgical oncology
• Society of Surgical Oncology,USA
• Indian association of gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgeons
• Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

1. “Role of 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in the Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Carcinoids -“- Korean J Intern Med 2010;25:386-391.
2. “Evaluation of the role of F-18 FDG PET/CT and Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/CT in differentiating typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids” Cancer Imaging (2011) 11, 70-75.
3. “Laparoscopic Palaniveluhydatid system aided management of retro-vesicalhydatid cyst”– Indian J 2013 Jan-Mar; 29(1): 59–60.
4. “Role of ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in initial evaluation of patients with suspected bronchopulmonary carcinoid” Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 May;41(5):856-64.
5. ^“68Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT in the localization of source of ectopic ACTH in patients with ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome” –Clinical Imaging 38 (2014) 208–211.
6. Utility of Preoperative Staging of Ipsilateral Axilla with Ultrasound and Guided Needle Aspiration in Early-Stage Breast Cancer—Current Indian Scenario, Venkitaraman, B.et al, Indian J Surg Oncol, 2018 Dec;9(4):505-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-018-0799-6
7. Balasubramanian V, Suhaildeen, Sathya Narayanan, Prithviraj P; Pilomatrix carcinoma –

pilomatrixoma: Two ends of the disease spectrum: IP Journal of Diagnostic Pathology and

         Oncology, January-March,2018;3(1):50-51

8. Surgical Resection for Hepatoblastoma—Updated Survival Outcomes. J Gastrointest Canc 49, 493–496 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-0005-z
9. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery in lung cancer: largest experience Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2019 Sep;27(7):559-564 2019 Aug 13, https://doi.org/10.1177/0218492319868651
10. Role of Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Intermediate-Risk Endometrial Cancer and Predictors of Nodal Positivity in Indian Patients, Indian J Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec;10(4):654-659. doi: 10.1007/s13193-019-00964-z.
11. Prognostic Factors and Survival Outcomes of Surgical Resection of Huge Hepatocellular Carcinomas. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 250–253 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-019-00240-x
12. Video-assisted uniportal pulmonary segmentectomy: description of Safe Accurate Feasible and Easy technique and analysis of short-term outcome; Video-assist Thorac Surg 2020 doi: 21037/vats-19-55.
13. Chilukuri DS, Premkumar P, Venkitaraman B, et al. Pancreatic metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a rare case. BMJ Case Rep 2020;13:e232614. doi:10.1136/bcr-2019- 232614
14. Anish Pranav, Suhaildeen K, Balasubramanaian V, Jagadesh Chandra Bose, Sathyanarayanan M, Prithviraj, Thorocoscopic (Hybrid) complex chest wall resection in Paediatic Ewings

sarcoma; Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 2020, Nov 3;218492320972226.

15. Suhaildeen K, Balasubramanian V, , Sathya Narayanan, Prithviraj P; Solitary recurrence at

intercostal drain site in oesophageal adenocarcinoma, Indian Journal of thoracic and

           cardiovascular surgery, 2020/1/28, 1-3

16. Chest wall resection in locally advanced or recurrent breast cancer-series of three cases.;The Gulf Journal of Oncology, 01 May 2021, 1(36):72-75.
17. Uniportal subxiphoid video assisted thoracoscopy surgery approach for bilateral lesions; J Vis Surg 2021;7:4 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jovs-2020-14
18. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy: a systematic review; Video-assist Thorac Surg 2021;6:4 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/vats-19-57
19. Evangeline, Sathyanarayan, Balasubramanian V, Suhaildeen K, Endometriosis of para-aortic node masquerading a malignancy: a rare occurrence; BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 2;14(7):e240750.
20. Concurrent Taxol-Based Doublet Chemotherapy as an Alternative for Intracavitary Brachytherapy Boost in Locally Advanced Carcinoma Cervix- Retrospective Analysis From a Tertiary Care Center, Cureus . 2021 Jul 11;13(7):e16313
21. Kajamohideen S, Venkitaraman B, Shivkumaran SM, Premkumar P. Primary pleomorphic

leiomyosarcoma of descending mesocolon. Formos J Surg 2021; 54: 196-9..

22. Ilambirai, Suhaildeen K, Balasubramanian V, Sathyanarayanan M, Prithviraj, Jagadesh Chandra Bose Soundarajan, Modified Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap in Immediate Partial Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study; Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2023 Nov, Vol-17(11): XC01-XC03;
23. R Deepshika, Parameswari A, Venkitaraman B, Vakamudi M, Manickam A. A Randomized Clinical Study to Compare the Perioperative Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Over Thoracic Epidural in Modified Radical Mastectomy. Cureus. 2023 Dec 26;15(12):e51103.

 Books

• “Robotic Surgery : current Status”, in Roshan Lal Gupta’s Recent Advances in surgery-13”

2013,Jaypee  Publications (Chapter 1)

• “Segmental Resection in Early – Stage Lung cancer “, In Essentials of pulmonary Lobectomy,

27/9/2022, IntechOpen publishers

REVIEWER

1. JAMA Oncology
2. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
3. Medicine
4. BMJ Case reports Journal
5. Journal of Surgical Research
6. Cureus

 PAPERS PRESENTED

International Conferences:

1. Oral presentation at “14^th World Conference on Lung Cancer 2011” at Amsterdam, organized by International Association for Study on Lung Cancer (IASLC) on “Role of 68 GaDOTATOC/PET-CT and 18 F FDG/PET-CT in the evaluation of suspected Broncho-Pulmonary Carcinoids”- funded by Indian council of medical research(ICMR)
2. Poster presentation at The 11^th AnnualBritish Thoracic Oncology Group 2013, Dublin ,Ireland 23-25 January 2013 titled
   • a)“Changing Paradigm in Surgical Management of Broncho-Pulmonary Carcinoids: – A 7 Year Single Institutional Experience”

b)Surgical management of primary tracheal tumors: A single institutional experience

3. Poster Presentation at European Cancer Congress, 2015, Vienna on “Breast conservation surgery: A 7 year single institutional analysis of treatment outcome”
4. Modified duct to mucosa pancreatic-jejunostomy : Outcomes of a novel technique, ESSO 43, Antwerp, Belgium 2024.
5. Oncofertility among young breast cancer patients – Oncologists perspective and practice in a developing country”, ESSO 43, Antwerp, Belgium 2024.
6. Prospective multicentric randomised clinical trial among early stage tongue cancer patients- evaluating effect of peritumoural infiltration of local anaesthetic agent prior to surgery on local control, ESSO 43, Antwerp, Belgium 2024.

SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST

• Field of Thoracic oncology and GI oncology
• Surgical management of early and advanced breast cancer.
• Peritoneal surface malignancies and uro-gynaecological malignancies.

Educations

Research Interest

Projects

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Completed

• Conducted the prospective observational study “Role Of ⁶⁸Ga DOTATOC/NOC SSR-PET/CT and ¹⁸F FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of patients with pulmonary carcinoids” at All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi, as a part of postgraduate doctoral research.
• Conducted the prospective observational study “Feasibility and efficacy of preoperative staging of ipsilateral axilla – In early stage breast cancer by Ultrasonography and Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology – A pilot study” at Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai , as a part of the MCh super-speciality programme Doctoral research.
• Conducted the prospective study on “ Feasibility and Efficacy of Reverse Axillary Mapping in patients with early stage breast cancer” at Cancer Institute (WIA),Chennai.

Ongoing

• Evaluation of prevalence of lymph oedema in breast cancer survivors at tertiary cancer centre.
• QPT-ORE-006 (FLORA-6) PHASE 2 OVARIAN CANCER STUDY

(Double blind placebo controlled Multi Center Clinical trial comparing chemo immunotherapy versus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with advanced ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal carcinoma.)

Awards & Recognitions

Best Outgoing Surgical Oncologist

Best outgoing student as per the performance in MCh Surgical oncology Course

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