Dr. Debashri S
MBBS, MS, MRCS (Edin.)
Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Dr. Debashri S is an accomplished Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon currently practicing at Chennai Breast Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She specializes in the comprehensive management of breast diseases, integrating oncologic safety with aesthetic outcomes through advanced oncoplastic surgical techniques. Her clinical interests include breast conservation surgery, management of early and locally advanced breast cancers, oncoplastic reconstruction, and outcomes research in breast cancer surgery.
After completing her MBBS and MS (General Surgery) at Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Dr. Debashri pursued further surgical training in breast oncology. She holds an MCh in Principles of Oncoplasty from the University of East Anglia (UK), is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS), and a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS – Breast Surgery).
She began her association with Chennai Breast Centre in 2022 as a Fellow in Breast Surgery, gaining extensive exposure to complex breast cancer cases under leading experts in the field. Since January 2024, she has been serving as a Junior Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the same institution.
She has undertaken observerships and advanced courses in leading national and international centres, including:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA – Integrative Breast Oncology (2025), Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata – Observership in Breast Surgery (2025), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai – Observership in Breast Surgery (2023), ISOS and ABSI Oncoplasty Workshops – 2023–2025.
Dr. Debashri has several peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations to her credit in reputed journals such as The Breast and Breast Global Journal. She has received several awards for her research presentations, including the Betadine Young Surgeon Award (ABSICON 2024) and Best Oral Presentation (ABSICON 2025).
Publications
1. Laparoscopic hernia repair in Leicester General Hospital- a prospective audit of 94 patients.
Selvi Marappan et al. Ann Royal College of Surgeons of England.
1996:78:359-362
2. Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer in women with family history of breast cancer.
S. Radhakrishna. J. Fox
Gynecology forum.
3. Effectiveness of immediate preoperative injection of radiopharmaceutical and blue dye for sentinel node biopsy in patients with breast cancer.
J.M. Dixon, C. Mak, S. Radhakrishna, T. Kehoe, A.M. Millar, D. Wong, J.St.J. Thomas
European Journal of Cancer March 2009 (Vol. 45, Issue 5, Pages 795-799)
4. Images: Granular Cell Tumour of the Breast Mimics a Malignancy.
Ayub, Muhamed Faizal; Radhakrishna, Selvi; Chakravarthy, Ranjani.
Indian Journal of surgical Oncology. (2010) 1: 294-302.
5. Expression of matrix metalloproteinases in human breast cancer tissues.
C.S. Benson. S.D. Babu, S. Radhakrishna, N. Selvamurugan,B. Ravi Sankar
Disease markers 00: 2013 1-11 Doi 10.3222/DMA-130986
6. Grade Dependent Expression of Growth Factor Receptors and Signaling Molecules in Breast Cancer.
Chellakkan Selvanesan Benson, Somasundaram Dinesh Babu, Selvi Radhakrishna, Nagarajan Selvamurugan, Bhaskaran Ravi Sankar
Journal of Cancer Therapy, 2013, 4, 21-31
7. Needle core biopsy for breast lesions: An audit of 467 needle core biopsies.
Selvi Radhakrishna, Anugayathri Jawahar, Deepa Chegu
ISMPO: Oct-Dec 2013/vol34/issue4.
8. Clinical response to primary letrozole therapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer. Possible role for p53 as a biomarker
Veerabhadram Garimella1Tasadooq Hussain1Vijay Agarwal, Selvi Radhakrishna, John N. Fox, Peter J. Kneeshaw, Ervine D. Long, Tapan K. Mahapatra, Penelope L. McManus, Michael J. Lind, Philip J. Drew, Lynn Cawkwell
International Journal of Surgery (London, England) Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages 821–826 2014
9. Synchronous bilateral breast cancers
Naveen Padmanabhan, Annapurneswari Subramanyan, Selvi Radhakrishna
J Clin Diagn Res 2015 Sep 1;9(9):XC05-XC08. Epub 2015 Sep 1.
10. Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Involvement in Sentinel Node Positive patients.
Naveen Padmanabhan, Ann kurien, Md. Faizal, Selvi Radhakrishna
Indian J Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec; 6(4): 337–345
11. Outcomes of breast cancer management from an Urban specialist breast center in South India.
Mullapudi NA, Kirti KK, Padmanaban N, Nimmagadda R, Radhakrishna S.
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 2019 Jul;40(S 01):S102-8.
12. Role of magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer management.
Radhakrishna S, Agarwal S, Parikh PM, et al.
South Asian Journal of Cancer. 2018;7(2):69-71. doi:10.4103/sajc.sajc_104_18.
13. Cost-Effective breast cancer care in India.
Radhakrishna, Selvi.
International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research 5, no. 1 (2018): 1.1-2)
14. Treatment of elderly breast cancer patients in a breast center in India.
Reddy A, Mullapudi NA, Kabeer KK, Nimmagadda R, Radhakrishna S.
Indian Journal of Cancer. 2019 Jan 1;56(1):45-9.
15. A multi-institutional real world data study from India of 3453 non-metastatic breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery
Dinesh Chandra Doval, Selvi Radhakrishna, Ramesh B. V. Nimmagadda
Nature Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 5886.
16. Breast Surgeries in Select High-Risk Patients under Pec Block
Shankarraman, Debashri; Jegadish, B.; Reddy, Asha; Nandini, G.; Priya, Geetha;
Radhakrishna, Selvi
Breast Global Journal 2(1):p 16-20, January-March 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/bgj.bgj_15_24
17. Factors influencing outcomes following day-care mastectomies being performed for breast cancer in a single centre in south India
D. Shankarrama, J. Bhaskaran, N. Govindarajan,G. Sivaramalingam, S. Radhakrishna
Nature Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 5886.