Overview

Dr. Kirankumar Sajjanshetty has substantial experience in Medical Oncology, Haematology (Malignant) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. He has experience in handling systemic chemotherapy and extensive use of targeted therapies.
 

Having delivered targeted therapies, Immuno-oncology drugs, palliative support, and pain management, over the last 8 years, he is one of the best hemato-oncologists in Bangalore.
 

He has completed his MBBS from Bangalore medical college and Research Institute and MD in Radiation Oncology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Following this, he has also pursued super specialization (DM) in Medical Oncology from Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, BJMC, Ahmedabad.

He has a special interest in patient education and counselling and preventive oncology. Earlier, Dr Kiran worked as an associate consultant at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. Later, he practiced in Siddaganga Hospital Tumkur as a consultant. Currently, he has joined Cancer Therapy India as a Medical and Haematology-Oncology consultant and is considered as the best oncologist in Bangalore.
 

Keen interests: Medical oncology, Targeted therapies, Immunotherapies, precision and personalized
oncology.

Qualifications

● Super speciality-post Doctorate- Medical Oncology, GCRI, BJMC, 2020
● M.D. Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 2017
● MBBS, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, 2013

Work Experience

● Working as a Medical and Haematology Oncology consultant, 2022
● Worked as a consultant at Siddaganga hospital, Tumkur, 2021
● Worked as an Associate consultant at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore, 2020.

Awards & Recognitions

● Winner of Zonal Round of prestigious Torrent Young Scholar Award TYSA (Medical Oncology), Mumbai, January 2018

● Poster: Clinical profile and outcomes of Metastatic Prostate cancer: A single centre experience. Zonal Round of prestigious Torrent Young Scholar Award-TYSA (Medical Oncology), Mumbai, 2018

● Winner [Second prize] in 2nd Indian Breast Cancer Conference (IBCC) quiz competition, held in Jaipur, October 2018.

● Poster: Role of TDM in metastatic Breast cancer. A case report. 2nd Annual Indian Breast Cancer Conference, Jaipur, October 2018

● Poster: CDK inhibitors in treatment of breast cancer. A case series from a tertiary care centre from western India. 2nd Annual Indian Breast Cancer Conference, Jaipur, October 2018

● Poster: Newer Drugs in treatment of Metastatic Breast carcinoma: A single centre experience from western India. 2nd Annual Indian Breast Cancer Conference, Jaipur, October 2018

● Winner of Quiz [First prize] - 5th Innovations in Oncology 28th April 2019. New Delhi.

● Winner of Quiz [First prize] - OncQrius 17 & 18th August 2019 - Max Debates conference New Delhi [Awarded attendance to Excellence in Oncology Care Conference - Dubai 16 & 17th October 2019 Intercontinental Festival City Dubai, UAE].

● Poster: Cancer Immunotherapy: A single centre experience from western India. 2nd World congress in Excellence in oncology care (EIOC), Dubai, UAE, October 2019.

● Interviewed on Doctors` day on National television for Republic TV 1st July 2020.

● Interviewed on behalf of COVID warriors in service for Govt. of Gujarat. 1st July 2020.

● Awarded certificate of` COVID warrior` for serving GCRI COVID hospital.

Publications

● Myeloid Sarcoma- Case Series and Literature review’. GCSMC J Med Sci Vol (IX) No (I) January-June
2020.

● Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in cancer therapy: An experience from a resource Poor and developing country. Annals of Oncology (2020) 31 (suppl_7)

 

Dissertation and thesis

● MD Thesis: Distress assessment and Quality of life in treatment naive lung cancer Patients attending to oncology OPD.

● DM Thesis: Clinical profile and treatment outcomes of Medulloblastoma.