Cancer care
Dr. Sandeep Nayak
Chairman – Oncology & Executive Director – Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery
- Practises at
- KIMS-MACS, Bengaluru
- Experience, per the profile
- Over 26 years of medical experience, with 15 years in Minimal Access Surgical Oncology
- Role
- Heads the department
KIMS’s profile for Dr. Sandeep Nayak is a structured clinical sheet — qualifications, expertise and appointments — rather than a prose overview. We have not written one. What follows is everything the sheet holds.
Field of expertise
- Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgical Oncology
- Thyroid, oral, breast, colon, rectum, esophageal, and stomach cancer
- Cancer prevention programs and awareness initiatives
- Advanced techniques in rectal cancer (ISR), Robotic breast surgery, and robotic head and neck surgery
- RABIT: Robotic Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflated Thyroidectomy for thyroid tumors
- RIA (Robotic Infraclavicular Approach) for robotic surgery in the neck
- MIND: Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection; RIA-MIND robotic approach
- VEIL: Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy for groin nodes
- TARGET IORT: One-time intra-operative radiation therapy for breast cancer
- Rectal cancer sphincter sparing surgery (LAR and ISR)
- Colon cancer surgery with D3 lymph node dissection
Fellowships and memberships
- Life member of the Association of Surgeons of India. No. FL 15694
- Life member of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology. No. N0016
- Candidate member of the Society of Surgical Oncology
- Life Member of the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India. No. 5317
Awards and achievements
- 'Prof. K. Shanmuga Sundaram Endowment Oration' (2024) on New Frontiers in Minimal Access Cancer Surgery
- Millennium Gold Medal Award (2023) – Surgical Society of Bangalore ASICC
- K. Subhramanyam Robotic Innovation Award (2023) – For RABIT, by Vattikuti Foundation, USA
- K. Subhramanyam Robotic Innovation Award (2022) – For RIA-MIND, by Vattikuti Foundation, USA
Qualifications
- MBBS – KMC- Mangalore, Manipal University
- MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
- DNB (General Surgery) – National Board of Examinations, India
- MNAMS (General Surgery) – National Academy of Medical Sciences
- DNB (Surgical Oncology) – National Board of Examinations, India
- Fellowship in Laparoscopic & Robotic Onco-Surgery
Languages spoken
- Kannada
- English
- Hindi
- Konkani
- Malayalam
- Bengali
This profile lists Bengali, so a Bangladeshi patient can expect to be understood without an interpreter in the room.
Published work and volumes
- Authored more than 25 research papers in indexed journals, per the profile
- Performed more than 10,200 cancer surgeries, averaging 4 surgeries per working day, per the profile
Where the sheet lists individual citations, we publish the figure it states rather than an edited selection of them.
Source: Consultant profile sheets supplied to us by KIMS Hospitals, read on 7 August 2026.
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