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Dr Phanendra Kumar Gubbala

Gynec Oncology

MBBS, MRCOG Gynaecological Oncologist

20 years experience overall

100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai, Chennai

Specialities
Experience
  • Fellowship in Gynaecological Oncology at The Christie Cancer Hospital, Manchester.

Residency/ Fellowship

  • Obs-Gyn  and   Gyn Onc Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford Feb12- Mar17
  • Residency Obs-Gyn Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London Oct 10 – Feb 12    
  • Residency Gyn-Onc The Royal Marsden Hospital, London Oct 09 - Oct10
  • Residency Obs-Gyn Conquest Hospital, Hastings Oct 08 – Oct 09
  • Residency Obs-Gyn Ashford & St. Peters Hospital, Chertsey Jan 07 – Oct 08
Members ship
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist.
  • British Gyanecological Cancer Society.
  • British Medical Association. 
  • The British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.
  • Medical Defence Union.
Certifications

Presentations:

  • Unusual presentation of scar dehiscence in placenta praevia major with previous four caesarean sections. P GUBBALA, P Sinha. Presented at The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 8th International Scientific Meeting. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December 2009.
  • Monoamiotic twins -Time of delivery? P GUBBALA, P Sinha, J Zaidi. Presented at The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 8th International Scientific Meeting; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December 2009.
  • VBAC success and failure of spontaneous and induced labour. , P SINHA, M Mishra, P Gubbala. Presented at The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 8th International Scientific Meeting. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December 2009
  • Management and outcome of stage III and stage IV primary epithelial ovarian cancers a four years experience .GUBBALA P, Nobbenhuis MAE, Bridges JE, Ind TEJ, Shepherd JH, Barton DPJ at the BGCS in Glasgow in November 2010.
  • Cytoreductive surgery: Evidence to support a change in surgical philosophy in a single UK institution  GUBBALA P, Nobbenhuis MAE, Bridges JE, Ind TEJ, Shepherd JH, Barton DPJ – at ESGO 17th Annual meeting held in Milan in September 2011.
  • The effectiveness of vault smear and MRI in identifying recurrence following radical hysterectomy for early stage cervical cancer,  P Pathiraja, P GUBBALA, Barton DPJ – at  ESGO 17th Annual meeting  held in Milan in September 2011.
  • Is routine pre operative clinical staging for cervical cancer a waste of time and resources?, P Pathiraja, P GUBBALA, Barton DPJ. – at ESGO 17th Annual meeting to be held in Milan in September 2011.
  • Ovarian transposition-Functional outcomes P GUBBALA, P Pathiraja, Bridges JE, Ind TEJ Barton DPJ presented at The ESGE annual meeting held in London in September 2011.
  • Evaluation of surgical practice prior to implementing enhanced recovery program in gynaecology oncology.  Pathiraja P, Finnegan-Parsons D, GUBBALA  K, Tustian E, Bateman A, Haldar K, Kehoe S. at BGCS 2013. 
  • Frozen section in cervical cancer Is it really necessary? GUBBALA. K, P Pathiraja Laios. A, , Haldhar. K. Kehoe S at BGCS 2013.
  • Upfront laparoscopic surgery in 1B2 cervical cancer: surgical and survival outcomes F. Ferrari, G. Fachechi, K.GUBBALA, H. Soleymani Majd, R. Garruto Campanile and R. Tozzi. At 2015 SGO Annual meeting held in Chicago.
  • Optimal MRI interval for detection of asymptomatic recurrence in early cervical cancer by use of a mathematical model. A Laios, GUBBALA. K, P Pathiraja Laios. A, , Haldhar. K at ESGO held in Nice , France Oct 2015.
  • Diaphragmatic peritonectomy vs. full thickness resection with pleurectomy during Visceral-Peritoneal Debulking (VPD) in 100 consecutive patients with stage IIIC–IV ovarian cancer: A surgical-histological analysis in May 2016 at BGCS annual conference in Birmingham.
  • Diaphragmatic peritonectomy vs. full thickness resection with pleurectomy during Visceral-Peritoneal Debulking(VPD) in 100 consecutive patients with stage IIIC–IV ovarian
  • cancer: A surgical-histological analysis.Soleymani Majd H, Ferrari F, Manek S, GUBBALA K, Campanile RG, Hardern K, Tozzi R. OXFOG (Oxford Scientific Forum in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) May 2016
  • Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy does not increase the rate of complete resection and does not significantly reduce the morbidity of Visceral-Peritoneal Debulking (VPD) in patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer. Tozzi R, Giannice R, Cianci S, Tardino S, Campanile RG, GUBBALA K, Fachechi G, Ferrari F, Martinek I, Soleymani Majd H. OXFOG (Oxford Scientific Forum in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) May 2016
  • Ketonuria and HELLP syndrome     P GUBBALA, M Karoshi, and F Zakaria. BMJ Case Reports doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1087 (Published 26 March 2009)
  • Monoamniotic twin pregnancy – A case report and review of literature. P GUBBALA, P Sinha, J Zaidi, L De-silva . The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2010 Volume 13 Number 1
  • Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy - A Review, The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics™. P Sinha, P GUBBALA, P Kyle. The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2010 Volume 13 Number.1
  • Outcomes of ovarian transposition - A systematic review and meta-analysis.  GUBBALA  K,  Laios A ,  Gallos I , Pathiraja P , Haldar K  , Ind  T Ovarian Res. 2014 Jun 25;7:69. doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-7-69. EeCollection 2014.
  • Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy does not increase the rate of complete resection and does not significantly reduce the morbidity of visceral-peritoneal debulking (VPD) in patients with Stage III-IV Ovarian Cancer , R Tozzi, S Cianci; S Tardino; R Garruto Campanile; K GUBBALA; G Fachechi; F  Ferrari; I Martinek; H  Majd. . Gynecologic Oncology 05/2015; 138(2).
  • Latest developments and techniques in Gynaecological oncology surgery. Hooman Soleymani Majd • Federico Ferrari • Kumar GUBBALA • Riccardo Garruto Campanile • Roberto Tozzi. Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology 06/2015; 27(4).
  • Upfront laparoscopic surgery in Ib2 cervical cancer: Surgical and survival outcomes. F. Ferrari • G. Fachechi • K. GUBBALA • H. Soleymani majd • R. Garruto Campanile • R. Tozzi Gynecologic Oncology 04/2015; 137
  • Diaphragmatic peritonectomy vs. full thickness resection with pleurectomy during Visceral-Peritoneal Debulking (VPD) in 100 consecutive patients with stage IIIC–IV ovarian cancer: A surgical-histological analysis Hooman Soleymani majda, Federico Ferraria, Sanjiv Manekb, Kumar GUBBALA, Riccardo Garruto Campanile, Kieran Hardern, Roberto Tozzia, Gynecologic oncology. 2015 Dec 12. 
  • Routine intra-operative frozen section examination to minimize bimodal treatment in early stage cervical cancer GUBBALA K, Laios A, Pathiraja P, Haldhar. K, Kehoe S: Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2016 Jul;26(6):1148-53. 
  • Interval Laparoscopic En-Bloc Resection of the Pelvis (L-EnBRP) in patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer: Description of the technique and surgical outcomes. Tozzi R, GUBBALA K, Majd HS, Campanile RG Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Sep; 142(3):477-83. 
  • Porta hepatis peritonectomy and hepato-celiac lymphadenectomy in patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer: Diagnostic pathway, surgical technique and outcomes. Tozzi R, Traill Z, Garruto Campanile R, Ferrari F, Soleymani Majd H, Nieuwstad J, Hardern K, GUBBALA K. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Oct; 143(1):35-9
  • Optimal MRI interval for detection of asymptomatic recurrence in surgically treated early cervical cancer by use of a mathematical model. Laios A, GUBBALA K, Lampe R, Tolis A. Hippokratia. 2016 Jan-Mar; 20(1):4-8.
  • En-bloc resection of the pelvis (EnBRP) in patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian cancer: A 10 steps standardised technique. Surgical and survival outcomes of primary vs. interval surgery.Tozzi R, Hardern K, GUBBALA K, Garruto Campanile R, Soleymani Majd H. Gynecol Oncol. 2017 Jan 7
  • Results from Survey to Assess Current Trends in Surgical Practice in the Management of Women with Early Stage Cervical Cancer within the BGCS Community with an Emphasis on Routine Frozen Section Examination.
  • GUBBALA K, Laios A, Madhuri TK, Pathiraja P, Haldar K, Kehoe S.
  • Int J Surg Oncol. 2017;2017:2962450. doi: 10.1155/2017/2962450. Epub 2017 Jul 17

Research:

  • A retrospective study in the management and outcome of stage III and stage IV primary epithelial tumors of the ovary at The Royal Marsden Hospital. This was presented at The British Gynaecological cancer society meeting in Glasgow in November 2010 – Presented as Poster in BGCS and ESGO.
  • Completed systematic review on transposition of ovaries in the management of Gynecological malignancies – Published
  • A retrospective study to evaluate and compare the benefit of vaginal cytology and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the recognition of recurrent disease in patients who had radical hysterectomy and node dissection for early stage cervical cancer at The Royal Marsden Hospital during the period 2000 to 2008 for early stage cervical cancer (Stage 1a1-1b2) -  presented as poster in ESGO
  • Effectiveness of frozen section of pelvic nodes in the treatment of early stage cervical cancer with Radical Hysterectomy. –Published in IJGC
  • Resection of the peritoneum, lymph nodes and tumor at the porta hepatis in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer- Incidence and surgical outcomes- Published in Gynecological Oncology.
Services
Languages spoken

English

Gender

male

Apollo Proton Cancer Centre

100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600113