Dr. Aneesh Sugunan is a specialist in endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal) and breast surgeries (benign and malignant tumors). After completing his MBBS from Jubilee Mission Medical College and Hospital, Thrissur, he pursued an M.S. in General Surgery from Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pune. Driven by a passion for endocrine and breast surgeries, he completed his super speciality in M.Ch. Endocrine Surgery at the prestigious Madras Medical College, Chennai. He is among the few qualified endocrine surgeons in the state.

Education

• MBBS: Jubilee Mission Medical College and Hospital, Thrissur
• M.S. (General Surgery): Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pune
• M.Ch. Endocrine Surgery: Madras Medical College, Chennai

Areas of Interest & Field of Expertise

Endocrine

• Thyroidectomy for benign conditions like solitary thyroid nodule, multinodular goitre, Graves' disease, toxic MNG, recurrent thyroid nodules, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
• Thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer with central and lateral neck dissections.
• Surgery for retrosternal goitre by cervical, sternotomy, or thoracotomy approach.
• Minimal invasive thyroidectomy.
• Sutureless thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy.
• USG-guided FNAC, aspiration, and core biopsy of thyroid nodules.
• Thyroglossal cyst excision (Sistrunk procedure).
• Parathyroidectomy (focused, subtotal, or total) for primary, secondary, and tertiary hyperparathyroidism.
• Revision parathyroidectomy for recurrent/persistent hyperparathyroidism.
• Open and laparoscopic adrenalectomy for conditions like pheochromocytoma, Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism, adrenal hyperplasia, adrenal cysts, adrenal myelolipoma, and adrenocortical cancers.
• Surgery for pancreatic insulinoma, gastrinoma, and VIPoma.
• Surgical management of neuroendocrine tumors and MEN syndromes.

Breast

• Excision of benign breast lesions like fibroadenoma, phyllodes tumor, etc.
• Management of mastalgia and fibrocystic disease.
• Surgical treatment for duct ectasia (microdochectomy/Hadfield's procedure).
• Breast-conserving surgeries for breast cancer (breast oncoplastic surgery).
• Modified radical mastectomy (MRM).
• Palliative mastectomy for advanced breast cancers.
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection.
• USG-guided core biopsy and aspiration (cyst/abscess).