Dr. Ashok Mohan Shenoy

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Oral Cancers, laryngeal cancers, Thyroid cancers, Cranial base tumors Parotid tumors, Eye & Ear & Nose tumors, Reconstructive plastic surgery, Laryngeal Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Oral Surgery, Laser surgery, Robotic Transoral surgery (TORS), Reconstructive Surgery ( Regional Flaps), Voice Restorative Surgery

PROCEDURES PERFORMED:

Voice box surgical procedures , thyroid and parotid surgery, Laser Microsurgery, Cranial Base surgery, Oral Cancer surgery including complex reconstruction

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• MBBS: 1979. First Class from Armed Forces MedicalCollege, Pune University, India.
• MS: in Otolaryngology & H & N Surgery, 1981. Gold Medallist from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi India. Gold Medalist.
• FRCS: 2000. Honorary, from Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK.
• UICC: (International Union Against Cancer): 1990. Fellow: From he University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
• REVERSE UICC VISITING PROFESSORSHIP –Hospital das Clinic as University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 1996. POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HEALTH &HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT: 2005. Hospital & Health Management from Indira Gandhi Open University Delhi.

TRAINING

• July 1988: Dept. of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Host : TuGui Yi (one week)
• July 1990: Dept. of H/ N Surgery, Training in Head & Neck Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Host : Prof G B Snow (1 week)
• Sept 1990 : HNO Klinik , Training in Skull Base Surgery, University of Zurich, Switzerland Host : Prof U. Fisch ( 2 months)
• Aug 1991: Dept. of ENT - H/ N Surgery, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Host : Prof G B Snow (5 days)
• Sept 1991 : Dept. of H/N Surgery , Training in Head & Neck Oncology, Institute Curie, Paris, France Host : Prof J Brugere (2 weeks)
• Oct. 1991 : Dept. of H/ N Surgery , Training in Head & Neck Oncology, Institute Gustav Roussy, Paris France Host : Prof G Schwabe (2 weeks)
• July 1993: Dept. of H/ N Oncology , Training in Laser Surgery , Universitat Gottingen , Germany Host : Prof W Steiner ( 5 days)
• Aug 1993: Dept. of ENT - H/ N Surgery, Training in Skull Base Surgery, MedinzinischeHoschschule Hannover, Germany Host Prof P Lenarz.
• Feb 2006 Formal Training in Microvascular Flaps at Amrita Microvascular Training Program, AIMS Kochi, India (5 days).
• Nov 2015 : 5th Severance Head & Neck Surgery Dissection Course : Robotic Head & Neck Surgery at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea under Prof Koh and Prof Choi.
• Nov 2015 : Robotic surgery for Head & Neck Cancers , Hangyan University Hospital , Seoul , S Korea under Prof Kwung Tae (One week).

• Kamani Charity Trust prize for the year 1984 for the Best Post-graduate student by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, N. Delhi.
• Amaseur Travel Fellowship for the year 1984 by the Association of Otolaryngologist of India
• ICRETT Fellowship for the year 1990 by the Union InternationaleContre Le Cancer, Geneva for Training in Skull Base Surgery at University of Zurich, Switzerland.
• Midland Institute Fellowship at The British Academic Congress in Otolaryngology & H/N Surgery, Dublin, Ireland, 1991
• Ratan Tata Travel Fellowship to attend American Head & Neck Society meeting at Toronto, Canada 1996
• ICRETT Fellowship for the year 1998 by the UICC, Genève, as a Visiting Professor for a collaborative project evaluating the Functional Efficacy of Near total laryngectomy at the Dept. of H/N Surgery at Hospital Das Clinics, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Hony. FRCS from the Royal College of Edinburgh, UK in the year 2000 for Professional Excellence and dedicated care of Head & Neck Cancer patients.
• Dr. Abhirlal Mukherjee Oration Sept 2000 West Bengal State AOI Conference, Kolkata, India.
• Foundation Oration: Changing Paradigms in H/N Oncology: Its impact on H/N Ca Management in India, 9th FHNO meeting, Oct 2009 Cochin, India.
• DR.JO.V.DESA Oration Nov 2011 Maharashtra State ENT Conference , Nagpur India " Changing Trends in management of Advanced Laryngeal Cancers"
• Dr. C Das Oration: Management of advanced Laryngeal cancer-from organ preservation to disease control with function restoration Oct 2015: 28th NEBAOICON, Nagaland State, India.

• Senior Consultant H&N Surgeon Apollo Cancer Institutes & Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore.
• Medical Director & Head :Dept of Surgical Oncology inclHea& Neck Surgery, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna Bihar 15 Jan 2020-9 Aug 2021
• Prof HOD : Head & Neck Surgery, Director(Addl charge) at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India: Oct 1986 till Jan 2018
• SENIOR RESIDENCY: MAMC & LNJPN Hospital, Delhi: From Jan 1985 to Oct 1986
• JUNIOR RESIDENCY: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.: From July 1981 to June 1984 Leading to award of MS in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Scientific Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals: 80 approx

• Chapter on Tumors of the Oropharynx in Textbook of Topical Surgery Ed: RefaatKamel& John Lumley Westminster Pub Ltd, 2004.

Acron Publishers

• Chapter on Pediatric Cholesteatoma, 1985.

Book

• Primer for Head & Neck Trainee (in press).

Reviewer

• International Journal of Oral Oncology.
• Indian Journal of Otolaryngology-Head/Neck Surgery.
• Archives of Otolaryngology-Head/Neck Surgery (JAMA Publication).

Trainer

• Fellowship program of the Foundation for Head & neck Oncology.

Post Graduate Teaching

• Professor for MCh Course H&N (MCI)and H&N Fellowship Courses (RGUHS)
• MCH Examiner: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,kochi and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• THESIS Guide: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
• 1999: MD: Radiotherapy; Dr. Naveen: Accelerated Fractionation with Concomitant Boost Radiotherapy in Oropharyngeal Malignancies
• 2000: PhD: Speech & Hearing: Dr. Premalatha: Articulatory and Resonatory Deviations in Glossectomees and Mandibulectomees.
• 2002: MD: Radiotherapy; Dr. Rajesh: Concurrent Chemo radiation with Cisplatin in Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Malignancies
• CO-ORDINATOR Fellowship Program of the Foundation for Head & Neck Oncology since 2002

Clinical Research as Principal Investigator / Co-PI

• Evaluation of Effect of plant extract – Guduchi (TinosporaChordifolia) in management of advance head and neck cancers – concluded 1988 with publication of internal report. Phase 1 study.
• Multicentric International Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Chemotherapy with or without Panitumumab in patients with metastatic and/or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head & neck. July 2007. Closed.
• BEST Trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of Human Monoclonal Antibody – a Randomised clinical trial - concluded in 2006 Phase 3 study
• Explant culture of tumor cells and testing of molecular profile with respect to sensitivity to commonly used chemotherapeutics as well as antibodies – ongoing project with Mitra Biotech.
• Predicting clinical response to anticancer drugs using an ex vivo platform that captures tumor heterogeneity.

Position Held

• Member Secretary: KCDF, KMIO Sep 2008-Aug 2009
• Member Secretary: Dharamshala Committee, KMIO Sep 2008-Aug 2009
• Founder Trustee & Member of SuvarnaArogya Suraksha Trust, Govt. of Karnataka (Dept. of Health & Family Welfare) since 2007
• Coordinator: Skull Base Surgical Programme since July 1993.
• Chief Coordinator: Laryngectomee Club of India.
• Chief Coordinator: Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology & National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Psycho-oncology Project since 1993.
• Chief Investigator: Randomised trial on Organ Preservation Vs Organ Ablative Treatment Strategies in T2/T3
• N+ Piriform sinus cancers: A project sponsored by the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research.
• Governing Council Member – Institute of Speech & Hearing, Bangalore.
• Member –Medical Ethics Committee: Institution Ethics Review Board at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology since 2015
• Governing Council Member of Asian Society of Head & Neck Oncology
• Founder Life Member: Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery ( IAOHNS)
• Assessor for Super Specialityprogrammes, Medical Council of India. 2016

Organisation of several CMEs / workshops /conferences atKidwai Memorial Inst. of Oncology /Bangalore related to Head & Neck Oncology

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Foundation for Head & Neck Oncology
• Association of Otolaryngologists India
• Skull Base SOCIETY OF India
• American H&N Society
• Indianassociation of Surgical Oncology
• Indian Society of Oncology