Qualifications:

• MS (General Surgery) MRCS (The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh), HBNI Fellow in Breast oncology (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai), RSUH Fellowship in Breast Oncoplasty, UK, Masters in breast Oncoplastic surgery- University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
• Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati completed her MBBS from the prestigious Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai in the year 2012, and MS – General Surgery from the same college in the year 2015.
• During this period, Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati became a member of the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK. (MRCS) and acquired international standards in surgical skills. Due to her passion towards research and evolving medicine, she pursued the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) Breast Oncology Fellowship at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 2018.
• Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati received the UHNM Breast Oncoplasty Fellowship, from Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, the following year. Masters of breast surgery

Professional Synopsis:

Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati is one of the best and renowned breast oncologists and oncoplastic surgeons in Hyderabad, and currently associated with AIG. Her goal is to bring awareness about breast cancer amongst women in India, and to introduce the concept on Oncoplasty. She wishes to provide women with breast cancer, an option for breast conservation with reconstructive surgery.

Areas Of Interest/ Expertise:

• Benign breast diseases
• Malignancies of the breast – Conservation Surgery, Mastectomy with/without reconstruction
• Reconstructive procedures, breast augmentation and reduction (mammoplasty) procedures, implant-based breast reconstructions, and other cosmetic procedures, such as fat grafting and nipple reconstruction.
• Autologous reconstruction – Latissimus Dorsi flap reconstruction
• Lymphedema of the arm and breast
• Corrective procedures of previously operated breasts
• Diagnostic procedures

Publications:

• Chigurupati, Pragnya, Vishnukumar Venkatesan, Manuneethimaran Thiyagarajan, A. Vikram, and Kaundinya Kiran. “Sacrococcygeal Chordoma Presenting as a Retro Rectal Tumor.” International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 5, no. 10 (August 12, 2014): 714–16.
• Title: Lipoma Like Liposarcoma :Authors: Dr.Pragnya Chigurupati, Dr.Manuneethimaran Thiyagarajan, Dr.Rubina Singh, Dr. Shalinee Rao, Prof.A.Vikram -Paper Index 12.2014- 6449193
• A case series of Bowel Evisceration- its management-Journal of medical science and clinical research-JMSCR Vol.||03||Issue||06||Page 6254- 6259||June Dr.Pragnya Chigurupati,Dr.ManuneethimaranThiyagarajan, Dr.Naveen Alexander, Dr.VishnukumarVenkatesan, Dr.Rubina Singh, Prof.A.Vikram Department of General Surgery
• A Rare case of Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor and its surgical management- Dr Mauneethimaran Thiyagarajan, Dr Pragnya Chigurupati, Dr Rubina Singh-JMSCR- Volume||2||Issue||11||Page 3031- 3036||November-2014
• A Rare giant gynecomastia and an abnormal 46XY 15ps+ karyotype in a 15 year old boy-a case report- Dr Manuneethimaran Thiyagarajan, Dr Pragnya Chigurupati, Dr Balaji Singh-Edorium J Surg 2014: 1:10-13
• Retrospective audit and literature review of Internal Mammary Lymph Node Dissection in the management of breast cancer (manuscript in process of publication)