Dr. Sai Vishnupriya Vittal

Dr. Sai Vishnupriya Vittal is one of the best endocrine Surgeons practising in Chennai. She is one of the most qualified and experienced doctors practising at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. She is the best person to Consultant for problems with the thyroid. She specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid and has done extensive research on the subject. Dr. Sai is the founding member of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India and an esteemed member of national and international organisations including the Association of Surgeons of India and the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

• Assistant Professor Department of Endocrine Surgery, Madras Medical College (November'15-Present)
• Consultant General and Endocrine Surgeon, Vittal’s Institute of Endocrine & Laparoscopic Surgery, Chennai (June'05-Present)
• Consultant Endocrine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals (April'19-Present)

• 1. Association of Surgeons of India
• 2. Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons
• 3. Association of Breast Surgeons of India (Founder Member)
• 4. Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons
• 5. Indian Society of Thyroid Surgeons

• - Clinical and Surgical Evaluation of Goitres The objective of this study was to evaluate prospectively, patients with goiters with regard to Clinical examination, ultrasound neck, Thyroid hormone profile, Thyroid antibodies, FNAC and histopathological report following surgery
• - FNAC of Thyroid is a safe, inexpensive minimally invasive and highly accurate test especially useful in the nodular disease of Thyroid. The success of FNAC is related to the skill of the aspirator and the expertise of cytopathologist.
• - Measurement of Thyroid Antibodies are useful in the diagnosis of Autoimmune Thyroid disorders especially Hashimoto Thyroiditis.
• - Solitary nodule of Thyroid was found to be more prone for malignancy when compared to multinodular goiter.
• - Papillary carcinoma is more common in iodine sufficient areas and the incidence of follicular carcinoma occurs more frequently in areas of iodine deficiency iodine. The Papillary / Follicular ratio correlates well with iodine status in the particular area
• - The occurrence of Thyroid malignancy in toxic goiters especially Graves disease must be noted
• - Hashimoto Thyroiditis is much more common in iodine sufficient areas than in iodine deficient areas and is much more common in South India.