Dr. Sendhil Rajan Endocrine Surgeon in Bangalore

Dr. Sendhil Rajan

Endocrine Surgeon, Bangalore

MBBS, MS, MCh

  • 15 Years Experience
  • 1 Hospital

About

Dr Sendhil Rajan, MS, MCh is a specialist in thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, and breast disorders and is the only doctor in Bangalore possessing a MCh degree in Endocrine Surgery. Special services include minimally invasive surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands (Including Scarless neck surgery/Trans-axillary thyroidectomy and Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy), contemporary management of thyroid cancer, oncoplastic procedures for breast cancer and modern treatment for benign breast diseases, management of rare endocrine tumors such as medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, adreno-cortical cancer, MEN syndromes, etc.

Dr Rajan is currently Assistant Professor, Endocrine and Breast Surgery in the Department of General Surgery at St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru, India. After graduating MBBS from St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru, he was trained in General Surgery at Stanley Medical College, Chennai. He then received training in Endocrine & Breast Surgery at the prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow, and was awarded the degree of M.Ch (Endocrine Surgery). He has had additional training in Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. In addition, he is a keen researcher and has published many scientific papers in International peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has presented his work in National and International conferences, and has been awarded many grants and prizes for the same.

He is a member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), and the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES).
  • Languages : English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada

Experience

Resident, Stanley Medical College Hospital, Chennai June, 2010 -  June, 2013

Senior Resident, Chief Resident, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow July, 2013 -  July, 2016

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Consultant Endocrine & Breast Surgeon, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru November, 2016 -  Present

Specialities

  • Endocrine Surgery

  • Breast Surgery

  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

  • Laboratory Medicine

  • Laparoscopic Surgery

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

  • Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)

Procedures

  • Abdominal Surgery

  • Abscess Incision and Drainage

  • ACTH (Cosyntropin) Stimulation Test

  • Adrenal Surgery

  • Adrenalectomy
  • More

Conditions

  • Abdominal Cancer

  • Adrenal Gland Cancer

  • Adrenal Gland Diseases

  • Adrenal Tumor

  • Breast Abscess
  • More

Expertise

Dr Sendhil Rajan, MS, MCh is a specialist in thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, and breast disorders and is the only doctor in Bangalore possessing a MCh degree in Endocrine Surgery. Special services include minimally invasive surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands (Including Scarless neck surgery/Trans-axillary thyroidectomy and Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy), contemporary management of thyroid cancer, oncoplastic procedures for breast cancer and modern treatment for benign breast diseases, management of rare endocrine tumors such as medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, adreno-cortical cancer, MEN syndromes, etc.

Education

MBBS, 2009, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru, India

MS (General Surgery), 2013, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India

MCh (Endocrine Surgery), 2016, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India

Practice Information

St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore

St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore

Sarjapur Road, 1st Block, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560034

TUE, THU

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

WED

09:00 AM - 12:15 PM & 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Achievements & Contributions

  • Sabaretnam M, Reddy AC, Rajan S, Chekavar A, Verma AK. Parathyroid surgery can be safely performed in a community hospital by experienced parathyroid surgeons: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Surg. 2016 Jun 16. pii: S1743-9191(16)30169-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.06.011.
  • Agarwal G, Rajan S, Gambhir S, Lal P, Krishnani N, Kheruka S. A Comparative Validation of Primary Surgical versus Post-neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Stage III Breast Cancers. World J Surg. 2016 Jul;40(7):1583-9. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3222-2.
  • Rajan S, Zaidi G, Agarwal G, Mishra A, Agarwal A, Mishra SK, Bhatia E. Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Indian Patients with MEN2-Associated Pheochromocytoma and Comparison of Clinico-Pathological Attributes with Apparently Sporadic Adrenal Pheochromocytoma. World J Surg. 2016 Mar;40(3):690-6. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3255-6.
  • Agarwal G, Gambhir S, Lal P, Rajan S, Krishnani N, Mishra A, Sabaretnam M, Agarwal A, Chand G, Verma AK, Mishra SK, Kumari N, Agrawal V, Kheruka SC. Sentinel lymph node biopsy after NACT: Results of a validation study in large/locally advanced breast cancer patients. Cancer Res February 15, 2016 76:P3-01-06; doi:10.1158/1538-7445.SABCS15-P3-01-06
  • Rajan S, Kumar C. Letter to the editor regarding association of vascular invasion with mortality in follicular thyroid carcinoma. Head Neck. 2016 Jan;38(1):158. doi: 10.1002/hed.24209.
  • Rajan S, Agarwal G. What's in a Name?: Providing Clarity in the Definition of Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. World J Surg. 2015 Nov;39(11):2841. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3152-z.
  • Runner-up, Best Paper Award, ABSICON-2016, the 5th National Conference of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), Bengaluru, India, July 2016
  • Best Poster Award, ASICON-2015, the 75th National Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Gurgaon, India, December 2015
  • AJ Bensam Best Poster Award,  IAESCON-2015, the 16th National Conference of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES), Mumbai, India, October 2015
  • BSI (Breast Surgery International) Travel Grant, to attend the World Congress of Surgery (WCS) - 2015, the 46th  International Conference of International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2015
  • All India Winner, National Surgical Quiz (NSQ) 2012, at ASICON-2012, the 73rd Annual conference of the Association Of Surgeons Of India, Kolkata, India, December 2012
  • ‘Low-cost In-house prepared radiopharmaceutical provides similar accuracy of Sentinel Lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer patients as one using commercially marketed radiopharmaceutical: Results of a prospective randomized trial’, presented at ABSICON-2016, the 5th National Conference of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), Bengaluru, India, July 2016 (was awarded the 2nd Best Paper Award)
  • ‘Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of use of In-House Prepared Low-Cost Radiopharmaceutical versus Commercial Radiopharmaceutical for Sentinel Node Biopsy (SLNB) in patients with Early Stage Invasive Breast Cancer’, presented at ASICON-2015, the 75th National Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Gurgaon, December 2015 (was awarded the Best Poster Award)
  • ‘Left Ventricular Mass and Left Ventricular Mass Index changes in Pheochromocytoma patients undergoing curative surgery: Results from a Prospective Case-Control Study, presented at ASICON-2015, the 75th National Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Gurgaon, December 2015
  • ‘MEN2-associated Pheochromocytoma in Indian Patients & comparison with Sporadic Pheochromocytoma’, presented at IAESCON-2015, the 16th National Conference of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES), Mumbai, October 2015 (was awarded the AJ Bensam Best Poster Award)
  • ‘Genetic Profile of Indian Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Patients: Results from a Prospective Cohort’, presented at IAESCON-2015, the 16th National Conference of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES), Mumbai, October 2015
  • ‘Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Large Operable/ Locally Advanced Breast Cancers in Post-Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy Surgery versus Primary Surgery: Results of a Comparative Validation Study’, presented at World Congress of Surgery (WCS) - 2015, the 46th  International Conference of International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2015
  • ‘Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Indian patients with MEN2-associated Pheochromocytoma and Comparison of Clinico-Pathological Attributes with Sporadic Adrenal Pheochromocytoma’, presented at World Congress of Surgery (WCS) - 2015, the 46th International Conference of International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2015
  • ‘Primary Surgical versus Post-Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Large Operable/ Locally Advanced Breast Cancers: A Comparative Validation Study’, presented at ABSICON-2015, the 4th National Conference of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), Indore, India, June 2015
  • ’Changing Profiles of Breast Cancer Patients over Two-And-A-Half Decades at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India’, presented at ABSICON-2015, the 4th National Conference of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), Indore, India, June 2015
  • ‘25 years of breast cancer at a tertiary care hospital in India: Changing trends’ presented at Advances in Breast Cancer, the 1st Annual Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI) West Zone Breast Course & Joint Multidisciplinary Symposium, Goa, India, October 2014
  • ‘A prospective Sentinel Lymph Node Validation Study using Low-cost dyes: methylene blue and Tc99m-Antimony colloid’ presented at the 2nd  SGPGI Breast Course, Lucknow, India, February 2014
  • ‘Epidermoid cyst of round ligament masquerading as an inguinal hernia’, presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), Kolkata, India, December 2013
  • Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
  • Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES)
  • Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI)
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