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{{Short description|Indian robotic surgeon}}
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| alma_mater = [[University of Mysore]]<br> [[Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College]] <br> [[Gujarat Cancer Research Institute]] <br> [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|FRCS Edinburg UK]]
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'''Somashekhar SP''' is an Indian robotic [[surgeon]], author and chairman of Surgical Oncology Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manipal Hospitals Bengaluru Pledges For A 'Cancer Less Future' |url=https://www.apnnews.com/manipal-hospitals-bengaluru-pledges-for-a-cancer-less-future/ |website=APN News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In oncology the patients are afraid of the treatment more than the disease: Dr. Somashekhar S.P - ET HealthWorld |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/in-oncology-the-patients-are-afraid-of-the-treatment-more-than-the-disease-dr-somashekhar-s-p/52117760 |website=ETHealthworld.com |language=en}}</ref> He is the president of the association of Breast Surgeons of India<ref>{{cite web |title=PRESIDENT'S CORNER |url=http://www.absi.in/presidents-corner/ |website=ABSI |language=en}}</ref> and Editor in Chief of [[Springer Science+Business Media|IJGO Springer Indian Journal]] of Gynec Oncology<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/40944/editors |website=Springer |language=en}}</ref> and Council member of The association of surgeons of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=dr-somashekhar-s-p – The Association of Surgeons of India |url=https://asiindia.org/dr-somashekhar-s-p/ |website=ASI India}}</ref> He is also the Editor of Annals of Breast Diseases.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annals of Breast Diseases |url=http://www.breastdiseases.in/addresses.asp |website=Breastdiseases.in |date=2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Somashekhar SP started his career as a Consultant and Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncosurgery at [[Gujarat Cancer Research Institute]], Ahmedabad. Later, he joined Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre of [[Manipal Hospitals India|Manipal Hospitals]], Bangalore. Dr. Somashekhar has helped to implement IBM Watson for Oncology, an AI technology for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Somashekhar |first1=S.P. |last2=Sepúlveda |first2=M.-J. |last3=Puglielli |first3=S. |last4=Norden |first4=A.D. |last5=Shortliffe |first5=E.H. |last6=Rohit Kumar |first6=C. |last7=Rauthan |first7=A. |last8=Arun Kumar |first8=N. |last9=Patil |first9=P. |last10=Rhee |first10=K. |last11=Ramya |first11=Y. |title=Watson for Oncology and breast cancer treatment recommendations: agreement with an expert multidisciplinary tumor board |journal=Annals of Oncology |date=February 2018 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=418–423 |doi=10.1093/annonc/mdx781 |pmid=29324970 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fighting cancer with Watson |url=https://www.theweek.in/webworld/features/lifestyle/Watson-oncology-help-doctors-treat-cancer.html |website=theweek.in}}</ref>

Somashekhar SP is a teaching faculty for MS-General surgery PG students for [[Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences]] and for [[Diplomate of National Board]] (DNB) examinations Surgical Oncology training program. He is also the reviewer of various scientific journals such as the World Journal of Oncology,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Broach |first1=Robyn B. |last2=Geha |first2=Rula |last3=Englander |first3=Brian S. |last4=DeLaCruz |first4=Lucy |last5=Thrash |first5=Holly |last6=Brooks |first6=Ari D. |title=A cost-effective handheld breast scanner for use in low-resource environments: a validation study |journal=World Journal of Surgical Oncology |date=28 October 2016 |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=277 |doi=10.1186/s12957-016-1022-2 |pmid=27793162 |pmc=5084434 }}</ref> [[World Journal of Surgery]], European Journal of Surgical Oncology,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ali |first1=Shaziya Hassan |last2=Somashekhar |first2=S.P. |last3=Zaveri |first3=Shabber S. |last4=Rohit Kumar |first4=C. |title=P010. A Prospective Comparative Study Of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy With Indo-Cyanine Green (ICG) Florescence Technique versus Dual Dye Technique for Early Breast Cancer - Going Beyond the Horizon in India |journal=European Journal of Surgical Oncology |date=May 2019 |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=888 |doi=10.1016/j.ejso.2019.01.032 }}</ref> [[Annals of Oncology]], Indian Journal of Surgery,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raina |first1=Vinod |last2=Bhutani |first2=Manisha |last3=Bedi |first3=Rajeev |last4=Sharma |first4=Atul |last5=Deo |first5=SuryanarayanaV.S |last6=Shukla |first6=NootanK |last7=Mohanti |first7=BidhuKalyan |last8=Rath |first8=GouraK |title=Clinical features and prognostic factors of early breast cancer at a major cancer center in North India |journal=Indian Journal of Cancer |date=2005 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=40 |doi=10.4103/0019-509x.15099 |pmid=15805691 |url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/3e1530f15bf402bd4d5a9b0b8894c1ac857951da }}</ref> and Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/40944 |website=Springer |language=en}}</ref> to name a few.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Saxena |first1=Ajit |title=A Practical Approach to Robotic Surgery |url=https://books.google.com/?id=4c4nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=World+Journal+of+Oncology,+Somashekhar+S.P.#v=onepage&q=World%20Journal%20of%20Oncology%2C%20Somashekhar%20S.P.&f=false |publisher=JP Medical Ltd |language=en |date=31 May 2017|isbn=9789386261267 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Somashekhar |first1=S.P. |last2=Sepúlveda |first2=Martín-J. |last3=Shortliffe |first3=Edward H |last4=C |first4=Rohit Kumar |last5=Rauthan |first5=Amit |last6=Patil |first6=Poonam |last7=Yethadka |first7=Ramya |title=A prospective blinded study of 1000 cases analyzing the role of artificial intelligence: Watson for oncology and change in decision making of a Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (MDT) from a tertiary care cancer center. |journal=Journal of Clinical Oncology |date=20 May 2019 |volume=37 |issue=15_suppl |pages=6533 |doi=10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.6533 }}</ref>

==Honors and achievements==
*Initiated HIPEC program for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy in India.
*Performed earliest & popularized [[Sentinel lymph node biopsy]] procedure in India.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Somashekhar |first1=S. P. |last2=Zaveri Shabber |first2=S. |last3=Udupa Venkatesh |first3=K. |last4=Venkatachala |first4=K. |last5=Vasan Thirumalai |first5=M. M. |title=Sentinel lymphnode biopsy in early breast cancer using methylene blue dye and radioactive sulphur colloid — a single institution Indian experience |journal=The Indian Journal of Surgery |date=2008 |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=111–119 |doi=10.1007/s12262-008-0033-9 |pmid=23133037 |pmc=3452444 }}</ref>
*First in India to initiate Robotic Scarless Thyroidectomy programme & TORS<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakthrough for the first time in the history of cancer |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/mar/14/breakthrough-for-the-first-time-in-the-history-of-cancer-1950771.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nifjJEzwo5g&feature=youtu.be|Dr. Spmashekhar speech at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, USA]
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