HOD
Aster CMI Hospital
MBBS, MCh, MS, FRCS
Dr. Somashekhar, who is one among the most accomplished super speciality consultants in Surgical Oncology, Robotic Surgery, HIPEC, PIPAC in India, as the Chairman of Medical Advisory Boarding & Global Director of Aster International Institute of Oncology.
Dr. Somashekhar who did his MBBS from Mysore University, MS (Gen. 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. He was instrumental in introducing SLNB Sentinel Node Biopsy in India way back in 2001.
Head of Department, Manipal Hospital (Old Airport Road) Bangalore
