Somashekhar SP is an Indian
robotic surgeon, author and chairman of medical advisory board at
Aster DM Healthcare - GCC & India. He is also the global director of Aster International Institute of Oncology in GCC & India.[1][2] He is the president of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India,[3]editor in chief of the IJGO Springer Indian Journal of Gynec Oncology[4] and council member of The Association of Surgeons of India.[5] He is also the editor of Annals of Breast Diseases.[6][7]
Career
Somashekhar SP started his career as a consultant and assistant professor in the Department of Oncosurgery at
Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad. Later, he joined Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre of
Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore. Currently he is with Aster Hospitals as a Lead Consultant in Surgical &
Gynaecological Oncology & Robotic Surgeon,
HIPEC & PIPAC Super-specialist. Dr. Somashekhar helped to implement
IBM Watson for Oncology, an
artificial intelligence technology for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.[8][9]
First in India to initiate Robotic Scarless Thyroidectomy programme & TORS[17]
Research & publications
Dr. Somashekhar SP. is the editor and author of Various Text Book and operative Atlas's on Oncosurgery and Breast surgery, Gynecological oncology & Robotic surgery.[18]
Bushati, M.; Rovers, K.P.; Sommariva, A.; Sugarbaker, P.H.; Morris, D.L.; Yonemura, Y.; Quadros, C.A.; Somashekhar, S.P.; Ceelen, W.; Dubé, P.; Li, Y.; Verwaal, V.J.; Glehen, O.; Piso, P.; Spiliotis, J.; Teo, M.C.C.; González-Moreno, S.; Cashin, P.H.; Lehmann, K.; Deraco, M.; Moran, B.; de Hingh, I.H.J.T. (December 2018). "The current practice of cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for colorectal peritoneal metastases: Results of a worldwide web-based survey of the Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI)". European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 44 (12): 1942–1948.
doi:
10.1016/j.ejso.2018.07.003.
PMID30075978.
S2CID51909602.
Somashekhar, SP; Prasanna, G; Jaka, R; Rauthan, A; Murthy, HS; Karanth, S (2016). "Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal surface malignancies: A single institution Indian experience". The National Medical Journal of India. 29 (5): 262–266.
PMID28098079.
Somashekhar, SP; Prasanna, G; Jaka, R; Rauthan, A; Murthy, HS; Karanth, S (2016). "Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal surface malignancies: A single institution Indian experience". The National Medical Journal of India. 29 (5): 262–266.
PMID28098079.
^Ali, Shaziya Hassan; Somashekhar, S.P.; Zaveri, Shabber S.; Rohit Kumar, C. (May 2019). "P010. A Prospective Comparative Study Of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy With Indo-Cyanine Green (ICG) Florescence Technique versus Dual Dye Technique for Early Breast Cancer - Going Beyond the Horizon in India". European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 45 (5): 888.
doi:
10.1016/j.ejso.2019.01.032.
S2CID132227180.
^Somashekhar, S.P.; Sepúlveda, Martín-J.; Shortliffe, Edward H; C, Rohit Kumar; Rauthan, Amit; Patil, Poonam; Yethadka, Ramya (20 May 2019). "A prospective blinded study of 1000 cases analyzing the role of artificial intelligence: Watson for oncology and change in decision making of a Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (MDT) from a tertiary care cancer center". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37 (15_suppl): 6533.
doi:
10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.6533.
S2CID190896510.