Dr. Nawaz Usman

Associate Professor

Department of Surgical Oncology

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Assistant Professor

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Surgical Onclogy

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MBBS
MS General Surgery
MCh Surgical Oncology Tata memorial hospital, Mumbai 31/07/2017

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
KMC, Manipal Assistant Professor Oct 2018- present

"Association of global gene expression and circulating mRNA profiling with pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced Esophageal cancer"

1. To evaluate the association of global gene expression and mRNA profiling with pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced Esophageal cancer.

2. To assess the survival outcomes in different molecular signatures.

3. To retrieve the demographical, epidemiological and clinical data of esophageal cancer patients who undergo chemo-radiotherapy followed by surgery in tertiary care teaching hospital.

Principal investigator: Dr Naveena AN Kumar Co-investigator: Dr Nawaz Usman, Dr. Mahadev Rao, Dr Krishna Sharan, Dr Karthik S Udupa, Dr Shiran Shetty, Dr Keshava Rajan

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Oncology – general principles Systemic oncology (GI, Head and neck, Urooncology, gynec oncology, Breast, thoracic oncology)

Area of Expertise

GI, Head and neck, Urooncology, gynec oncology, Breast

Area of Research

GI oncology, head and neck oncology