Faculty Profile

Dr Prasanth Poolakkil

Assistant Professor
  • Qualification
    MBBS
    GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE THRISSUR - 2012

    DNB
    General Surgery from KIMS Thiruvananthapuram - 2017

    DrNB
    Surgical Oncology from Malabar Cancer Center, Thalassery - 2022

  • Area of Interest
    • Solid tumors of Breast
    • Abdomen
    • Thorax
    • Head and neck
    • Musculoskeletal sarcomas
    • Gynecologic cancers
    • Urologic cancers
  • Experience
    • Assistant Professor - Malabar Cancer Centre Kannur, Kerala - 12/2022- 10/2025
    • Senior Resident - Malabar Cancer Centre Kannur, Kerala - 09/2019- 09/2022
    • Provisional Lecturer - Government Medical College, Thrissur - 08/2019-08/2019
    • Senior Resident - PK Das Institute Of Medical Sciences, Vaniyamkulam, Kerala - 04/2018-08/2019
    • Junior Resident - Kerala Institute of Medical sciences. - 04/2015-04/2018
  • Awards / Achievements
    • Best Paper of the year award from CRST Journal - for the publication on Real-world data on the pattern of recurrence of colorectal cancer - CRST Journal - 2022
  • Publications
    • Poolakkil, P., Pareekkutty, N., Balasubramanian, S. et al. Feasibility and Outcomes of Salvage Therapy for Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer Patients Followed Up with a Low-Intensity Regime. Indian J Surg Oncol (2025).

      https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-025-02227-6 7.

    • Alappatt, J., Poolakkil, P., Pareekkutty, N. et al. Incidence and Predictive Factors of Pathological Complete Response in Rectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy. Indian J Surg Oncol (2025).

      https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-025-02393-7

    • Joseph, B. A., Pareekutty, N. M., Suresh, A. P., Poolakkil, P., Balasubramanian, S., Muttath, G., Nair, A. S., & Ratheesan, K. (2025). PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY VERSUS POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN RECTAL CANCER: REAL-WORLD OUTCOMES FROM A TERTIARY CANCER CENTRE. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 32(5), 128-136. https://doi.org/10.53555/15far004.
    • Poolakkil, Prasanth; Pareekutty, Nizamudheen M.; Balasubramanian, Satheesan; Nethrakare, Aravind; Anilkumar, Bindu. Real-world data on the pattern of recurrence of colorectal cancer at a tertiary cancer center in South India: A retrospective observational study. Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment 7(1):p 36-44, Jan–Mar 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/crst.crst_209_23
    • Poolakkil, P., Pareekutty, N. M., Balasubramanian, S., Nethrakare, A., & Anilkumar, B. (2024). Challenges in the management of foot and ankle sarcomas: A retrospective analysis in a tertiary cancer institute in South India. Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment, 7(3), 318–325.

      https://doi.org/10.4103/crst.crst_6_24

    • Poolakkil, Prasanth.;Neelakandan, Vijayan.; Khan, Firoz. (2023). Granulomatous Mastitis—a Close Mimicker of Carcinoma Breast: Our Experience. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 5. 10.1007/s42399-023-01578-x.
    • Prasanth Poolakkil, Sajith Babu Thavarool, Satheesan Balasubramanyam, & Kandathil Joseph Philip. "Dedifferentiation in thyroid cancer: an increasingly appreciated concept." International Surgery Journal, 8.2 (Feb 2021): 757-759.
    • Diversion colostomy in obstructed Rectal cancer with dilated colon: A Novel technique to avoid faecal spillage. Poolakkil Prasanth et al. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Volume 49, Issue 2, e139 - e140
  • International/ National Presentations
    • Ureteral resection in non urologic abdominal malignancies, experience from a tertiary cancer center- Oral Award presentation ISO-KAMOsH 2025 Held at Mangalore, 2025
    • Invited faculty for a session on : Artificial nutrition in oncology patients- Guidelines, techniques and device handling- Oncon-Nutritionists national conference 2025, 2025
    • Panelist in “Current role of secondary cytoreduction in recurrent carcinoma ovary” UGOCON 2024, 2024
    • Invited faculty for a session on :Introduction to breast cancer -Onco-habitare ‘24 held at MCC Thalassery, 2024
    • Feasibility and Outcomes of Salvage Therapy for Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer Patients Followed Up with a Low-Intensity Regime- 2024 IASO NATCON 2024., 2024
    • Panelist in “Rectal cancer- Leap towards precision”: IASO MIDCON 2024 Hubballi, 2024
    • Challenges In the Management of Foot and Ankle Sarcomas: Clinical Experience From A Tertiary Cancer Institute- IASO MIDCON 2024 Hubballi., 2024
    • A Retrospective Study On Pattern Of Recurrence After Curative Treatment For Colorectal Cancer- IASO NATCON 2021., 2021