Advanced GI surgeries and Laproscopic GI onco surgeries (Laproscopic esophagectomies and colorectal resection
Thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS) for Lung & esophageal cancers
Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intra Peritoneal Chemotherapy) for advanced abdominal malignancies
State of art breast cancer surgeries which includes Onco-Plastic Reconstruction and Sentinel Lymph node Biopsy
Complex head and neck cancer surgeries with micro vascular reconstruction
Education Details :
M.Ch. – (Surgical oncology) [Gold Medalist] 2005-2008 Kidwai memorial institute of oncology, Rajiv gandhi University of health sciences
M.S. (General Surgery) 1999-2002 Osmania Medical College, NTR University of Health sciences
M.B.B.S. 1992-1998 Kakatiya Medical College, NTR University of Health sciences
Past Experience :
Continental Hospital, Hyderabad April 2014 – June 2023 Chief, Surgical oncology & minimally invasive oncosurgery
Basavatarakam Indo-american cancer hospital March 2012 – March 2014 Senior Consultant – Surgical Oncology
KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad July 2010 to Feb 2012 Consultant surgical oncologist
Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad Oct 2008 to June 2010 Consultant surgical oncologist
Publications :
Affect on Survival Per Increase in Each Millimeter of Tumor Depth in Tongue Cancer : Sandhya Gokavarapu , Murtaza Ahmed , Nagendra Parvataneni , K. V. V. N. Raju , Ravi Chander , L. M. Chandrasekhara Rao. S Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg DOI 10.1007/s12070-014-0790-7
Role of postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) in pT1-T2 N0 deep tongue cancers : Sandhya Gokavarapu, MDS, Nagendra Parvataneni, Mch,b L.M. Chandrasekhara Rao S, Mch, Rammohan Reddy, MS, K.V.V.N. Raju, Mch, and Ravi Chander, Mch Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology · August 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.08.002
Reliability of Incision Biopsy for Diagnosis of Oral Verrucous Carcinoma: A Multivariate Clinicopathological Study : Sandhya Gokavarapu , L.M.Chandrasekhara Rao , Sujit Chau Patnaik , Nagendra Parvataneni , K. V. V. N. Raju , Ravi Chander , K. A. Jeevan Kumar J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. DOI 10.1007/s12663-014-0715-8
Revision of margins under frozen section in oral cancer: a retrospective study of involved margins in pT1 and pT2 oral cancers : Sandhya Gokavarapu ∗, L.M. Chandrasekhara Rao, Munish Mahajan, Nagendra Parvataneni, K.V.V.N. Raju, Ravi Chander British journal of oral maxillofacial surgery
Leiomyosarcoma of oral cavity: Rare presentation in retromolar trigone Sandhya Gokavarapua,, K.A. Jeevan Kumar , Ravi Chander , Sudha Murthy Oral Sci Int (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1348-8643(14)00006-8
Margin status in oral cancer: Requirement for Reassessment : Sandhya Gokavarapu ,Nagendra Kadapa, L.M.Chandrasekhara Rao, Ravi Chander, Satyajit Wadje, Kabir Rehmani, Sudha Murthy T. Subramanyeshwar Rao Oral Oncology 50 (2014) e35–e38
Close Margins in Oral Cancers: Implication of Close Margin Status in Recurrence and Survival of pT1N0 and pT2N0 Oral Cancers : Sandhya Gokavarapu, Ravi Chander, Nagendra Parvataneni, and Sreenivasa Puthamakula, International Journal of Surgical Oncology Volume 2014, Article ID 545372, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/545372
Successful revision of involved margins under frozen section control. S. Gokavarapu, N.Parvataneni, S.Nusrath, Ravi Chander, L.M. Chandrasekhara Rao S. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2016.06.001
Awards & Recognitions :
Delivered guest lectures in national and international level and have many publications in reputed journals.
Recipient of TIMES HEALTH CARE AWARDS, as the best surgical oncologist
Memberships :
Indian Medical Association – IMA
Association of Surgeons of India – ASI
Association of Minimal access surgeons of India – AMASI
Indian association Gastrointestinal endosurgeons - IAGES
Indian Association of Surgical Oncology – IASO
Association of Breast surgeons of India - ABSI
Foundation of Head & Neck Oncology – FHNO
Society of peritoneal surface oncology, India - SPSOI