Dr. Nandini Govindarajan
MBBS., MD
Senior Consultant Pathologist
Dr. Nandini Govindarajan is a skilled and dedicated Diagnostic oncopathologist with a subspecialty focus on breast, bone, and soft tissue malignancies. She is trained at multiple prestigious institutions such as Kilpauk Medical College and Goschen Institute of Pathology, Madras Medical College. Her work experience of 13 years includes the oncology department of Government Royapettah hospital and Cancer institute Adyar . She has more than 15 years experience reporting Cytology, Histopathology, Bone marrow aspirates, Frozen sections and Immunohistochemistry.
Known for her patient-centric, quality-conscious, and evidence-based practice, she highly values timely, accurate, and precise reports to help her patients through difficult times. She cherishes academic contributions as much as her diagnostic work. She is a life member of many breast and BST specialty associations and the Indian Academy of pathologists. She has authored articles featured in various national journals of repute
Academic Qualifications
2006 – MBBS, Kilpauk Medical College
2011 – MD Pathology, Madras Medical College
Affiliations & Memberships
Member of Association of Breast Pathology, UK
Member of International Society of Breast Pathology
Life member of Indian Musculoskeletal Oncology Society
Founding member of Association of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathologists
Awards
Distinction in both Pathology and Surgery in MBBS. Distinction in MD
Got second certificate in the Gold medal examination held for Surgery in KMC
278th Rank in All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination, 2008
2024 professional certificate in hospital management from IIM Bengaluru
Won top prizes in pathology quizzes held in SRIHER, KMC and MMC with man of the match prize in Lung pathology conference in SRIHER in 2009
Publications
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
Rekhi B, Kattoor J, Jennifer A, Govindarajan N, Uppin S, Jambhekar NA, Jojo A, Chatterjee U, Banerjee D, Singh P. Grossing and reporting of a soft tissue tumor specimen in surgical pathology: Rationale, current evidence, and recommendations. Indian Journal of Cancer. 2021 Jan 1;58(1):17.
Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder: report of an uncommon histological variant and a review of the literature B.J. Sunil; A.S. Ramakrishnan; R. Palaniappan; N. Govindarajan. Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery; https://sljs.sljol.info/710/volume/34/issue/3
Ekambaram, Sathish & Muthukumaraswamy, Arul & Sivaraman, Vigneshwar & D G, Gokulesh & Vijayakumar Nandini. (2025). Spinal Extradural Angiolipoma: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery. 10.1055/s-0045-1802625.