Dr.Santhoshkumar  Bandegudda is a passionate academic and researcher. He worked as a senior resident in surgeryar at  DM WIMS, wayanad and and Malabar merdical college Calicut. He has also worked as registrar at the Basavatarakam Indo American cancer hospital and research institute , Hyderabad a Premier institue in minimal invasive cancer  surgery. he was also  Assistant professor of Surgical oncology at Ramaiah Medical college and  He has multiple publications in reputed national and international  journals. He regularly presents at national & international conferences and mentors the next generation of oncologists.