Dr. Manjunath N. M. L. is a Surgical Oncology Consultant with more than two decades of training and practice across some of India's leading cancer surgery programs. He operates across head and neck, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, breast, soft tissue, urogenital, and thoracic oncology.

His academic credentials include an MBBS, an MS (General Surgery), and an MCh (Surgical Oncology), all obtained from highly reputable medical institutes. He completed his MCh in Surgical Oncology from the IRCH, AIIMS, New Delhi.

During his training at AIIMS, Dr. Manjunath was involved in approximately 1,600 major oncological procedures as a first assistant or as an independent surgeon under supervision. He also holds certifications in both FMAS and DMAS (minimally invasive and robotic surgery) from the World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurugram, where he was the topper of his batch.

Before HCG, he held consultant and academic positions at Narayana Health (Mysore), HCG Panda Cancer Hospital (Cuttack), and Manipal Hospitals (Bangalore).

Academic Contributions

• Former Associate Professor, Hi-Tech Medical College, Bhubaneswar (2017-2019)

• Attended several national- and international-level conferences.

Awards and Honors

• Gold Medal, Ophthalmology, JSS Medical College Convocation (2003)

• 1st Rank, AIIMS MCh Surgical Oncology Entrance Examination

• Topper, WALS-ICRS FMAS and DMAS Program, World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurugram (2022)

• DST-supported clinical observer, Dragstedt Service (Surgical Oncology), University of Chicago Medicine, USA (2014)