Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

09/07/2026

Colore**al Cancer Clinic Apollo Proton Cancer Centre Apollo Hospitals

14/05/2026

Colore**al Cancer Awareness. Colore**al Cancer affects all age groups. There is a significant rise in incidence in India and the subcontinent. Get screened. Apollo Proton Cancer Centre Apollo Hospitals Assana Colore**al & Gut Wellness Clinic

21/04/2026

Extremely proud to share one of our latest publications on our work in Robotic Surgery for Re**al Cancer. This is a large series of 330 re**al cancers robotic surgery outcomes treated at our centre Apollo Proton Cancer Centre , Apollo Hospitals Chennai.
Putting patient care first.
Read the paper at: https://share.google/uXwKLDT5S5H2SudnC

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Dr Venkatesh Munikrishnan, Consultant Colore**al Surgeon

18/04/2026

17/04/2026

Deeply humbled and honoured to have received the Lifetime Achievement Award for services to Robotic Colore**al Surgery at the 3rd Global SSI Multi-Specialty Robotic Surgery Conference (SMRSC 2026), presented by the Hon'ble Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, New Delhi in the presence of Frederic Moll, Mylswamy Annadurai sanjay maheshwari Ash Tewari, MD and Dr Sudhir Srivastava, MD at at Bharat Mandapam

This recognition means a great deal — not just as a personal milestone, but as validation of what my incredible team at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre & Apollo Hospitals , Chennai have helped push the boundaries of robotic colore**al surgery to deliver better, safer outcomes for our patients.

From building one of India's largest series of robotic colore**al cancer surgeries, to establishing the telesurgery service chain, this journey has been driven by a single conviction — that surgical precision and patient-centred care are not trade-offs, they are one and the same.

I am grateful to my mentors Dr Prathap C.Reddy founder chairman Apollo Hospitals, Prof Steven D Wexner MD PhD(Hon) I. Emre Gorgun Manish Chand MD MBA PhD and colleagues Dr sudeepta kumar Swain Senthil Kumar Ganapathi

Thank you to the SMRSC organising committee, my patients who placed their trust in me, and my friends & family for their unwavering support.

The best is yet to come. 🙏

15/02/2026

The Apollo Proton Cancer Centre Apollo Hospitals Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Apollo International Colore**al Symposium is just around the corner. The world's leading Colore**al Surgeons join me as I chair the 6th edition of this hugely successful Colore**al Surgery Programme. please register at www.aicrs.in
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Apollo Hospital,Greams Rd

19/11/2025

Connecting the dots.
Steve Jobs once said: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.”
When I look back, the dots in my own professional journey - suddenly everything make sense:
General & Colore**al Surgery Training in NHS England Hospitals and earning my Memberships/Fellowships at the The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh — where the foundations were laid.
Returning to India in search of my purpose and setting up Chennai’s first dedicated Colore**al Clinic in 2010.
Meeting Dr Prathap C Reddy Chairman Apollo Hospitals in 2012 was life changing in many ways and subsequently joining Apollo Hospitals, Chennai to build a subspecialist colore**al service — a decision that gave me both scale and opportunity.
Embracing robotic colore**al surgery early 2016, dropping open and laparoscopic techniques, and committing fully to the platform.
Building the Apollo Re**al Cancer (ARC) Programme in 2024.
Performing close to 1,000 robotic colore**al procedures & building one of the largest colore**al teams/experiences in the subcontinent in 2025.
And now, performing Apollo’s first telesurgery for re**al cancer — India’s longest-distance robotic colore**al surgery procedure using the Made in India SS Innovations International, Inc. Mantra 3 surgical robot
At each step, I didn’t know how it would fit into the bigger picture.
But looking back, every leap of faith, every “dot” connects into a story — of creating access, pushing boundaries, and shaping the future of colore**al surgery in India. Solid postgrad training > Subspecialization > Adopting Robotics to Surgical Practice > Building Colore**al Surgery Teams > Building Colore**al Surgery Programmes > Pushing the boundaries with Telesurgery
At Apollo Hospitals we are well on our way to democratising surgical excellence and expertise in India and around the world. So excited for what we as a team will achieve in the future!
Apollo Proton Cancer Centre Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

17/11/2025

www.assanawellness.com

Assana Colore**al & Gut Wellness Clinic offers holistic care for patients with common colore**al problems such as Constipation, Piles or Haemorrhoids, A**l Fissures, A**l Fistula, Colore**al Cancer while also addressing the lifestyle challenges which predispose to these problems.

17/11/2025

Mastering Three Robotic Platforms for Re**al Cancer Surgery
One of the most interesting shifts in my practice at Apollo Hospitals over the last decade has been moving seamlessly across three different robotic platforms for re**al cancer surgery — the Intuitive da Vinci, Medtronic Robotic-Assisted Surgery Hugo RAS, and India’s own SS Innovations International, Inc. Mantra.

After completing 850+ robotic colore**al procedures, something becomes very clear.
If you build the right team with strong, generic robotic fundamentals — deep pelvic dissection, precise nerve preservation, clean mesore**al planes — the platform becomes a tool, not a barrier. Switching systems becomes second nature. The teamwork augments these transitions.

What each platform brings to the table:
*da Vinci*
Integrated platform
ICG for bowel perfusion
Robotic staplers ideal for ultra-low pelvic work
Outstanding precision for total mesore**al excision

*Hugo RAS*
Modular arms with flexible positioning
Open-console design that improves team communication
Medtronic portfolio of MIS instrumentation

*SSI Mantra*
India’s indigenous modular open system
Cost-efficient for large-scale adoption
Enables telesurgery, opening the door for equitable cancer care across India

Each system has its strengths. But the core principles of safe oncologic surgery remain the same.

Why multi-platform proficiency matters
It allows us at Apollo Hospitals to:
Choose the right system for the right patient
Build truly platform-generic robotic programmes
Train surgeons to be cost efficient, adaptable, thoughtful, and anatomy-driven
Expand advanced colore**al care across all Apollo units.
Most importantly, it helps us deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes, regardless of which platform is in the OR.

The Road Ahead:
With the rise of cost-efficient platforms like SS Innovations International, Inc. Mantra and the possibilities of telesurgery, India is on the brink of expanding access to complex re**al cancer surgery in a way

03/11/2025

Colonoscopy saves lives. get screened if you are 50 years/ above or if you have colore**al symptoms of re**al bleeding, change in bowel habit, anaemianor weight loss

get screened!.