DR. PRIYA KAPOOR

CONSULTANT - SURGICAL ONCOLOGY (GYNAECOLOGY)


Experience of over 10 years in oncology , specialised training in treating Gynaecological malignancies including ovaries , uterine , cervix , vulva .
Specialised in treating advanced and recurrent ovarian cancers with peritoneal spread .
Research work in newer methods of treating peritoneal surface malignancies .
International Guidelines based approach to all patients

Education And Training

  • M.S General Surgery –Sri Ramachandra Medical College affiliated to the Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
  • DNB General Surgery – passed in first attempt in the exam held in December 2017
SUPER SPECIALITY TRAINING
  • DrNB Surgical Oncology
EUROPEAN BOARD CERTIFIED IN SURGICAL ONCOLOGY , FEBS
  • Worked in a top hospital, Sion in Department of General Surgery
  • Worked in Apollo Speciality Hospital as Senior Registrar in Surgical Oncology from March 2015 to October 2017. Assisting various oncology cases like Head and Neck Malignancies, GI malignancies, Breast Malignancies, Gynaec oncology, Soft Tissue tumors, Endocrine Malignancies
  • Joined Apollo cancer centre , Chennai from September 2021 .

Additional Course Certificates

  • Well trained in all major gyn oncology surgeries
  • Trained in HIPEC/PIPAC / ROBOTIC SURGERIES
  • CERTIFIED ROBOTIC CONSOLE SURGEON ON daVINVI Xi
  • Trained in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy at Strausburg, France May 2022

Publications and Awards

CONTRIBUTED TO BOOK CHAPTER ON ROBOTIC SURGERY IN GYN ONCOLOGY
  • PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS : Best Resident Award – 2019
  • Awarded the prestigious Detriot fellowship at IASO 2019
  • Awarded Outstanding Video Presentation at SISSO 2021 in South Korea for To show various techniques of cytoreductive surgeries for peritoneal carcinomatosis
  • 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. Pressurised 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 ( POSTER PRESENTATION)

Area Of Expertise

SURGICAL AND GYN ONCOLOGY
  • Well versed with all open and robotic surgeries in Gyn oncology
  • HIPEC
  • PIPAC
  • SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS
  • FLUORESCENCE GUIDED SURGERY
  • ERAS PROTOCOLS FOR GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
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