Dr. Subbiah Shanmugam

About Dr. Subbiah Shanmugam

• Dr. Subbiah Shanmugam is a surgical oncologist with over 34 years of clinical experience.
• He has performed over 5000 major cancer surgeries and 500 laparoscopic cancer surgeries in his career.
• His expertise lies in procedures such as surgical resection and reconstruction of head and neck malignancies, conservative and radical resections, sentinel node mapping, and reverse axillary mapping of breast tumors, endoscopic evaluation, laparoscopic diagnosis and resection, and open surgical procedures of gastrointestinal malignancies, and limb-sparing and amputation surgeries for musculoskeletal tumors.
• Dr. Shanmugam completed his MBBS at Government Tirunelveli Medical College in 1990.
• Later, he obtained his MS in General Surgery in 1998 and his MCh in Surgical Oncology in 2005 at Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai.
• A prolific researcher, he has published over 110 papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals, such as the International Journal of Surgical Oncology and the Indian Journal of Dental Research.
• Dr. Shanmugam is also actively involved in educating and training MCh students.
• His professional memberships include renowned organizations such as the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) and the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO).

Education

• MBBS, Government Tirunelveli Medical College, Tamil Nadu, 1990
• MS (General Surgery), Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, 1998
• MCh (Surgical Oncology), Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, 2005

Past Experience

• Head of the Department, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, 2019

Associations/Membership

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