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Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati

Consultant Breast Specialist, Oncologist & Oncoplastic Surgeon

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

Brief profile:

Dr. Pragnya Chigurupati is one of the best and renowned breast oncologists and oncoplastic surgeons in Hyderabad, and currently associated with AIG Hospital. 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.

Her areas of expertise include:

  • 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

Education:

  • 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.

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