Faculty of Medical Sciences > Surgical Oncology > Alumni
The Division of Oncology was created in the Department of Surgery, KGMC (now
KGMU), Lucknow in 1979 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Prof. NC Misra headed
this unit for the next 17 years and under his leadership the Oncology Division
established itself as a centre for excellence in academics, research, training and
clinical service. It has over the years shouldered the major responsibility of providing
tertiary care for cancer patients from Uttar Pradesh, the neighbouring states of India
and Nepal. Prof. NC Misra was joined by Dr. Arun Chaturvedi as Lecturer in Oncology
in January 1989. Subsequent additions to the Oncology Unit took place in 1995 when
Dr ID Sharma, with his extensive experience of early detection of breast cancer,
joined as Professor and Dr. Sanjeev Misra as Pool Officer. The Department of Surgical
Oncology was created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 3rd September 1998
with Prof. ID Sharma as the Head of Department. Prof Arun Chaturvedi took charge of
Head of Department after the superannuation of Prof ID Sharma on 21st January
2009.
Dr Vijay Kumar joined the department as Assistant Professor on 23rd February 2009.
Prof. Sanjeev Misra took charge of Head of Department on 16th November 2009 after
the voluntary retirement of Prof. Arun Chaturvedi.Prof. Sanjeev Misra was appointed
as Director, AIIMS Jodhpur in July 2012 and has been onlien/deputation on this post
since then. Dr. Vijay Kumar was promoted to Associate Professor and Dr. Manoj
Kumar Srivastava & Dr. Sameer Gupta joined as an Assistant Professor in August
2013. Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava resigned from his post in December 2014. Dr.
Naseem Akhtar joined as an Assistant Professor in May 2015. In Dec 2015 Dr. Vijay
Kumarwas promoted to Additional Professor and Dr. Sameer Gupta to Associate
Professor. Prof. Arun Chaturvedi rejoined as Professor & Head of the Department from
11 Jan 2016. Dr. Shiv Rajan has joined as Assistant Professor on September 2017. Dr.
Vijay Kumar and Dr. Naseem Akhtar were promoted on 2 August 2018 to Professor
and Associate Professor respectively. Dr. Sameer Gupta was promoted to Additional
Professor on 19 October 2019. Dr. Naseem Akhtar was promoted to Additional
Professor on 8th Jan 2021. Dr. Puneet Prakash has joined as Assistant Professor on
11th January 2021. Dr. Shiv Rajan was promoted to Associate Professor on
27.11.2021 Prof. Arun Chaturvedi retired on 17.09.2021. Prof. Vijay Kumar took
charge of H.O.D. on 17.09.2021 Prof. Arun Chaturvedi re-joined as Professor
(Contrectual) on 28 May 2022.
Activities:
The Department of Surgical Oncology is recognized by the Medical Council of
India for the MCh Surgical Oncology training programme. Three seats are
available on the basis of All India Entrance Examination..
The Department's faculty has guided PhD of several doctoral students
Facilities:
The Department of Surgical Oncology is presently situated in the newly constructed
Shatabdi Phase I & II buildings. The 3rd floor of Shatabdi Phase II building houses the
administrative offices, consultant's rooms, Research rooms, Library, Seminar room,
Records, General ward, and Day care Chemotherapy facility. The four modular
operation theatres and postoperative wards are located on the 2nd floor of the
Shatabdi Phase I building. The two building are connected by bridge on the 2nd floor.