Dr Priya Kapoor

Positions Held:

• Consultant in Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery at Apollo Hospitals and Apollo Cancer Center, Chennai (2014 to present).
• Director of Surgical Oncology at MIOT Hospitals, Chennai (2008-2013).
• Senior Research Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Thoracic Surgery at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (2007-2008).
• Master of Chirurgie (M.Ch) Residency in Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (2004-2007).
• Senior Registrar in Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (2002-2004).

Advanced Subspecialty Training:

• Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University of Illinois and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, USA.
• Training in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery at Kyoto University, Japan.
• Advanced training in Esophageal Surgery at Osaka City University, Japan.

Undergraduate Gold Medals

• Final MBBS University Examination
• Clinical Subjects, Medicine & Surgery
• Anatomy
• Nanjunda Rao Gold Medal, Surgery
• Prof. Thiruvengadam Gold Medal, Physiology and Medicine

Postgraduate Gold Medals

• M.S General Surgery – passed first attempt from Sri Ramachandra Medical College affiliated to the Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai exam held in May 2014 with FIRST DIVISION DNB General Surgery – passed in first attempt in the exam held in December 2017
• SUPER SPECIALITY: DrNB Surgical Oncology: DNB Surgical Oncology from Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru from March 2018. (All India Rank – 32)

Prizes

• Masilamani Memorial Prize
• Lions Club Prize
• Rait Dunhill Prize, Physiology

Distinction and Honours

• Best Resident Award – 2019
• Detroit Fellowship at IASO 2019
• UK Fellowship Award for Best Paper at ABSI
• Outstanding Video Presentation at SISSO 2021
• Awarded Best Oral Presentation at SISSO 2021, South Korea for A RANDOMISED CONTROL STUDY COMPARING QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE PERITONEAL METASTASIS TREATED WITH PRESSURIZED INTRAPERITONEAL AEROSOL CHEMOTHERAPY (PIPAC) AND INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY
• 2nd prize in Oral Presentation at IASO NATCON 2019, Kolkata. CRS WITH HIPEC IN STAGE IIIC EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER- COMPARISON OF ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOME WITH CRS + INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY & CRS PLUS NORMOTHERMIC INTRAPERITONEAL PORT CHEMOTHERAPY
• 2nd prize in Video Presentation at IASO NATCON 2019, Kolkata. Pressurized Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Technique and Safety Precaution
• 2nd Prize in Oral Presentation at MIDCON 2020, Tirupathi. Primary Cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC for advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma: upfront or interval: A prospective study.
• 3rd prize in oral presentation in Just tumors – FOGSI
• 1st Indian Study on Pressurised aerosol chemotherapy procedure for advanced peritoneal carcinomatosis secondary to epithelial ovarian cancer’ Presented at IASO NATCON 2018 at Kochi

Publications

• Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC in Gastric Cancer
• Colovesical Fistula: A Case Report

Video Presentations

• Outstanding Video Presentation at SISSO 2021
• Robotic TME for Low Rectal Neoplasms
• End-loop Technique for Stoma Construction
• 2nd prize in Video Presentation at IASO NATCON 2019, Kolkata. Pressurized Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Technique and Safety Precaution

Podium Presentations

• High Ligation of Inferior Mesenteric Artery
• Robotic Esophagectomy Techniques

Poster Presentations

• Study on PIPAC for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
• 1st Indian Study on Pressurised aerosol chemotherapy procedure for advanced peritoneal carcinomatosis secondary to epithelial ovarian cancer’ Presented at IASO NATCON 2018 at Kochi
• Awareness of Breast Cancer in South Indian Women
• Redefining Health care – Addressing Quality of Life amongst Breast Cancer Survivors, A women’s Perspective’ Presented at IASO NATCON 2018 at Kochi
• Redefining Health care – Addressing Quality of Life amongst Breast Cancer Survivors, A women’s Perspective’ Presented at ABSICON 2018 at AIIMS, NEW DELHI
• Rate of Breast Conserving Surgery vs Mastectomy in Breast Cancer: A tertiary care centre experience from South’ Presented at ABSICON 2018 at AIIMS, NEW DELHI
• Real World Experience of Palbociclib in Hormone Receptor Positive and HER-2 negative metastatic breast cancer in an Indian setting’ Presented at ABSICON 2019 at Jaipur
• Predictive factors of Post Operative Morbidity in Cyto reductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Surface malignancies – single institute Indian Study presented at ISPSM 2019 Mumbai
• Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges presented at ABSICON 2013 (National Conference) at Chandigarh
• Subcutaneous fungal lesion masquerading as a ganglion at JICON 2012 (international Conference) held at Pondicherry.

Oral Presentation:

• Awarded Best Oral Presentation at SISSO 2021, South Korea for A RANDOMISED CONTROL STUDY COMPARING QUALITY OF LIFE OFPATIENTS WITH END-STAGE PERITONEAL METASTASIS TREATED WITH PRESSURIZED INTRAPERITONEAL AEROSOL CHEMOTHERAPY (PIPAC) AND INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY
• 2nd Prize in Oral Presentation at MIDCON 2020, Tirupathi. Primary Cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC for advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma: upfront or interval: A prospective study.
• 2^ndprize in Oral Presentation at IASO NATCON 2019, Kolkata. CRS WITH HIPEC IN STAGE IIIC EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER-COMPARISON OF ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOME WITH CRS + INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY & CRSPLUS NORMOTHERMIC INTRAPERITONEAL PORT CHEMOTHERAPY
• 3^rdprize in oral presentation in Just tumors – FOGSI
• ‘Prospective Study on Role of PIPAC: its impact on QOL and response rate in patients with advanced unresectable peritoneal carcinomatosis’ presented at ISPSM 2019 Mumbai
• Prospective Study on Role of PIPAC: its impact on QOL and response rate in patients with advanced unresectable peritoneal carcinomatosis’ presented at ISPSM 2019 Mumbai
• ‘Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy and Gastrojejunostomy’ presented at ENDOSURG (International Conference) at AIIMS, Delhi2013
• Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair’ presented at ENDOSURG (International Conference) at AIIMS, Delhi 2013
• A Hospital Based Study to Evaluate the Awareness of Breast Cancer in South Indian Women’ presented at ABSICON 2013 (National Conference) at Chandigarh
• Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy and Gastrojejunostomy’ presented at ENDOSURG (International Conference) at AIIMS, Delhi2013
• Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair’ presented at ENDOSURG (International Conference) at AIIMS,Delhi 2013

Conferences and Workshops Attended

• Advanced Laparoscopy and Stapler Course in September 2019 at Chennai
• Basic Robotic Skill Course at Bengaluru in 2020
• Robotic Stapler Training Course at Bengaluru in 2021
• IASO MIDCON 2020 held at Tirupathi
• ABSICON 2019 Held at Jaipur
• IASO NATCON 2019 Held at Kolkata
• ISPSM held in 2019 at Mumbai
• ABSICON 2018 held at AIIMS DELHI
• IASO NATCON 2018 Held in Kochi
• RALCON (Ramachandra Advanced Laparoscopy Conference) held in APRIL 2012 at Chennai.
• PG CME 2014 conducted by Department of General Surgery; Madras Medical College held in January 2014 at Chennai
• International Conference on Quality Assurance & Patient Safety Held in November 2012 at Pondicherry
• ENDOSURG 2013 International Minimal Access Surgery Conference, CME cum Live Workshop held at AIIMS, New Delhi in March 2013
• ABSICON 2013 Annual Conference of Association of Breast Surgeons of India held at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in May 2013
• CME programme conducted by Department of General Surgery held at Christian Medical College, Vellore in December 2013
• CME Surgery 2012 and Surgery Update conducted by Department of General Surgery held at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal in September 2012
• Continuing Surgical Education Programme & Live Workshop conducted by Department of General Surgery, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, in September 2013
• ETHICON Ethiskills General Surgery Course conducted by ETHICON at Chennai in October 2012
• National Trauma Management Course organized by Academy of Traumatology (India) at Chennai in August 2012ABSICON, IASO NATCON, and ISPSM (2018, 2019)
• Advanced Laparoscopy and Stapler Course (2019)
• Basic Robotic Skill Course (2020)

Memberships

• Indian Association of Surgical Oncology
• Association of Breast Surgeon of India
• Indian Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
• ESMO, ESSO, and ASCO