Dr. S Ayyapan

About Doctor

Dr. S Ayappan is a senior consultant surgical oncologist with over 25 years of experience.

He was among the first surgeons in India to perform advanced cancer surgeries using keyhole surgery, such as laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in 2003, and laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection in 2004 as well.

He has many years of experience in treating complex cancers of the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and the colon and rectum.

Dr. Ayappan is a founding member of both the Chennai City Surgical Oncologists Society and the Tamil Nadu Association of Surgical Oncologists.

He also plays a crucial academic role as the coordinator of the surgical oncology department. 

Dr. S Ayyapan mentors and trains postgraduate students in cancer surgery, and he has successfully published several research papers in respected medical journals in India and abroad.

Medical Qualifications

• MS General Surgery from Madras Medical College.
• M.Ch. Surgical Oncology from Dr. Muthulakshmi College of Oncological Sciences.
• MBBS from Madras Medical College.

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• Worked as a Tutor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor at the Department of Surgical Oncology at The Cancer Institute.
• Senior Consultant, Department of Surgical Oncology at Apollo Cancer Centre.
• Coordinator for DNB at Apollo Cancer Centre.
• Director at Madras Cancer Care Foundation.
• Founder and Trustee of Cancer Research and Relief Trust.
• Founder and Trustee of the CanCare Foundation.

Career Highlights

• Dr. S Ayyapan has performed a live laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) during the Intestinal Colorectal Conference in Hyderabad.
• He demonstrated a live laparoscopic APR surgery at the Oncosurgery Conference.
• Conducted a live radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node removal at the National Gynecologic Oncology Conference successfully.

Research and Fellowships

• Fellowship: The Royal College of Surgeons.
• Fellowship: The International Medical Sciences Academy.
• Fellow of the Council of Independent Practitioners.
• Fellowship: The Association of Minimal Access Surgeons in India.
• Membership: The Association of Surgeons of India.
• Membership: Indian Association of Surgical Oncologists
• Membership: The Indian Medical Association
• Membership: Association of Colorectal Surgeons of India
• Membership: Indian Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies.
• Membership: The Society of Peritoneal Surface Oncology of India.

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr. S Ayyapan honored the best Doctor Awardee, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
• He presented a scientific paper, Chyle Leak Following Neck Dissections, Cancer Institute Experience at the Association of Surgeons of India Conference.
• Presented poster, A Reappraisal of Criteria for Limb Salvage Surgery for Limb Osteosarcoma, at ISO.
• He participated as Faculty in the National Update on Gynae Oncology and was invited as a Panelist for a CME programme on Gastric Cancer.
• Dr. Ayyapan, author, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Colon, published in the Indian Journal of Cancer.
• Co-author, Chyle Leak Following Neck Dissection, published in the Indian Journal of Cancer, December.