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Dr. Shivashankara Swamy M S

MBBS, MD MEDICINE (GOLD MEDALIST), MRCP (Edinburgh), DrNB (MEDICAL ONCOLOGY), ECMO


Consultant- Medical Oncology

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RGCIRC, Rohini, Delhi - 110 085

About

Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center, From June 2020. I have experience in the management of cancer patients from diagnosis to treatment and palliative care. It involves utilizing appropriate diagnostic tests such as tumor markers, immunohistochemistry, and molecular studies for an accurate diagnosis. Treatment involves administration of chemotherapy, targeted therapy, metronomic therapy, and Immunotherapy. Also experienced in Stem cell transplant and cellular therapies.

Specialized Areas

  • Molecular Oncology
  • Personalized medicine
  • Immuno-oncology

Educational Background

  • MRCP (Edinburgh), University of Edinburgh (2024)
  • MBBS from BMCRI (Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute) Karnataka (July 2005 to March 2011)
  • MD (Medicine) from PGIMER, RML Hospital, New Delhi. (June 2012 to May 2015)
  • DNB Medical Oncology from Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi (April 2017 to March 2020)
  • ECMO (European Certified Medical Oncologist)

Experience

  • Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology, RGCIRC, Delhi: 2020 – till date
  • Journal reviewer training at Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric oncology, 2020
  • Reviewer course at Publons
  • Virtual Mentorship Programme at ASCO, 2020
  • Clinical Trialist course for young oncologists
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, AIMS, Bellur Karnataka: 2016- 2017
  • Senior Resident- Department of Medicine – RML Hospital, 2015 – 2016.
  • Junior Resident – RML Hospital, 2012 – 2015

Professional Journey

Achievements

  • Talk on “Ideal first-line strategy in EGFR mutated metastatic Lung Cancer” at Lung Cancer Update, Delhi chapter, October 2020
  • Paper presentation on “Outcomes and prognostic factors in localized soft tissue sarcoma: Prospective observational study” at ESMO Congress September 2020
  • Oral Presentation “cyclophosphamide followed by intravenous busulfan (CY-BU) As myeloablative conditioning: impact on veno-occlusive disease (VOD) and Transplant outcomes, a single centre experience” at EBMT Highlights APAC 2018, India.
  • Best of SABCS, India chapter 2020 at Mumbai, India
  • Indian Myeloma Congress, 2020 at Hyderabad, India
  • Best of SABCS, India Chapter 2019 at Delhi, India
  • Indian Myeloma Congress, 2018 at Delhi, India

Awards

  • Gold medallist for being a university topper in MD medicine.
  • First Prize in case Presentation at C4 – Challenging Case Capsules in Cancer, 2019 organized Max Institute of Cancer Care New Delhi
  • First Prize in Adrenaline Rush Quiz 2019 organized by Max Institute of Cancer Care New Delhi
  • 2nd Prize in Best of SABCS Delhi chapter quiz

Clinical Research

  • MD Thesis – Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in hypothyroid population and its clinical profile and effect of L-thyroxine on prolactin levels.
  • DNB Thesis – A study of Clinico-epidemiological Profile, Histopathology and outcome of Soft Tissue sarcoma: at a Tertiary Care Centre Sub investigator
  • FLAURA 2: Osimertinib with or without Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC
  • BREAKWATER (C4221015): Randomized phase 3 study of encorafenib (enco) + cetuximab (cetux) ± chemotherapy for first line (1L) treatment (tx) of BRAF V600E-mutant (BRAFV600E) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
    Ongoing trial at institution as primary investigator
  • Role of metronomic therapy in metastatic or recurrent Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  • Prevalence and implication of DYPD mutation in rectal cancer patients
  • Prevalence and risk factors for 5FU related cardiotoxicity in colorectal cancer patients

Publication

  • Shivashankara, Banerjee J, Mehrotra R, Wildes TM. Improving care for older adults with hematological malignancies in India: Conquering the challenge. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023 Jul;14(6):101536. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101536. Epub 2023 May 30. PMID: 37258397
  • Shivarudraiah SS, Goyal S, Basu D, Pathak A, Jain A.How ctDNA changing the landscape of management of colorectal cancers. Indian Cancer Awareness J 2022;1:33-40.DOI: 10.25259/ICAJ_11_2022
  • Shivarudraiah SM, Patel A, Singh S.Acute severe gastroparesis (mega-stomach), an unusual complication of autologous stem cell transplant: A case report,November 2022, 10.4103/crst.crst_115_21
  • Shivashankara Mathighatta Shivarudraiah, Sundaram Viswanath, Suresh Pandalanghat, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Prospective Observational Real-World Data, Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Vol. 42 No. 4/2021. DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0041-1731856, ISSN 0971-585;
  • Outcomes and prognostic factors in localized soft tissue sarcoma: Prospective observational study, September 2020, Annals of Oncology 31:S989. DOI:10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1888
  • Real-world experience of treatment and outcome in ALK-rearranged metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study from India. Current problems in cancer.2020 www.sciencedirect.com
  • Fulvestrant: Do not forget the history and opportunities for cost-saving from real-world data. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2020;3:663 (PDF) CancerResStatTreat33663-6164147-17072. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344361031_CancerResStatTreat33663-6164147-170721_1
  • Correlations of Programmed death-ligand 1Expression with gene Expression and Clinicopathological parameters in Indian patients with non-small cell Lung cancer.www.lungindia.com
  • Genomic architecture of gallbladder cancer: Results of a first prospective study, May 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(15_suppl):e16628-e16628, 2020 DOI:10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e16628
  • Pharmacogenomics, January 2020, Indian journal of medical and pediatric oncology 41(4):550. DOI:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_61_20
  • Shivashankara, Banerjee J, Mehrotra R, Wildes TM. Improving care for older adults with hematological malignancies in India: Conquering the challenge. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023 Jul;14(6):101536. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101536. Epub 2023 May 30. PMID: 37258397
  • Shivarudraiah SS, Goyal S, Basu D, Pathak A, Jain A.How ctDNA changing the landscape of management of colorectal cancers. Indian Cancer Awareness J 2022;1:33-40.DOI: 10.25259/ICAJ_11_2022
  • Shivarudraiah SM, Patel A, Singh S.Acute severe gastroparesis (mega-stomach), an unusual complication of autologous stem cell transplant: A case report,November 2022, 10.4103/crst.crst_115_21
  • Shivashankara Mathighatta Shivarudraiah, Sundaram Viswanath, Suresh Pandalanghat, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Prospective Observational Real-World Data, Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Vol. 42 No. 4/2021. DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0041-1731856, ISSN 0971-585.
  • M.S. Shivashankara, S. Viswanath, S. Pandalanghat, Outcomes and prognostic factors in localized soft tissue sarcoma: Prospective observational study, September 2020, Annals of Oncology 31:S989. DOI:10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1888
  • Amol Patel, Ullas Batra, Kuruswamy, Thurai Prasad, Shivashankara MS,Real-world experience of treatment and outcome in ALK-rearranged metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study from India. Current problems in cancer.2020 www.sciencedirect.com
  • Patel, Amol; Shivashankara, M. S, Fulvestrant: Do not forget the history and opportunities for cost saving from real-world data. Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment 3(3):p 663, Jul–Sep 2020. | DOI: 10.4103/CRST.CRST_256_20
  • Kumar M, Guleria B, Swamy S, Soni S. Correlation of programmed death-ligand 1 expression with gene expression and clinicopathological parameters in Indian patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung India. 2020 Mar-Apr;37(2):145-150. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_488_19. PMID: 32108600; PMCID: PMC7065552.
  • Amol Patel, H P Singh, Suresh Pandalanghat, Manish Kumar, Bhupesh Guleria, and Shivashankara Swamy Mathighatta Shivarudraiah. Genomic architecture of gallbladder cancer: Results of a first prospective study, May 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(15_suppl):e16628-e16628, 2020 DOI:10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e16628
  • Shivashankara MS, Pharmacogenomics, January 2020, Indian journal of medical and pediatric oncology 41(4):550. DOI:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_61_20

Membership

  • American society of Clinical Oncology
  • European society of medical oncology
  • Member of NAMS (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES) Task Force on Hepatic Cell Carcinoma (HCC)
  • Member of NAMS (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES) Taskforce on breast cancer.
  • Member of NAMS (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES) Taskforce on Oral cancer.
  • Member of NAMS (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES) Taskforce on Cervical cancer.
  • Member of National Lung Cancer guidelines development committee, MOHFW representative
  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
  • Indian society of medical and pediatric oncology

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