Dr. Sai Vishnupriya Vittal

Dr. Sai Vishnupriya Vittal is one of the best endocrine surgeons in Chennai with over two decades of experience in the field. Her area of expertise includes endocrine and breast surgery, thyroidectomy, excision of benign breast diseases, mastectomy, parathyroidectomy, and adrenalectomy. She also specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders and has done extensive research on the subject.

Dr. Sai is the founding member of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India and has served as the Honorary Treasurer of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. The doctor’s philosophy in her own words is, ‘I am only an instrument in the Almighty’s Hands. I will do the best I can for patient care'. She is known for her cheerful personality, friendliness, and extremely supportive nature. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and doing animal welfare and rescue work.

• 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)

• - The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University Gold Medal in MCh Endocrine Surgery
• - G. G Chatterjee Travelling Fellowship by Association of Surgeons of India
• - Travelling Fellowship for Junior Surgeons by Tamilnadu & Pondicherry Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India

• 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.

• - Endocrine and Breast Surgery
• - Thyroidectomy
• - Excision Benign Breast Diseases
• - Mastectomy
• - Parathyroidectomy
• - Adrenalectomy