AIIMS New Delhi · 6th Semester MBBS

Vangipuram
Harshil Sai

Oncology researcher. Narrative medicine writer. Medical student.

Medicine is not merely a science of precision — it is an act of translation, where biology meets biography, and healing begins in understanding before intervention.

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Vangipuram Harshil Sai
MBBS · AIIMS, New Delhi · Expected 2028
27Published
14Letters
11Conf. Pres.
15+Journals
ESMO Member ASCO 2026 NEET AIR 38 Peer Reviewer · JCO Lancet Oncology
About

Science and story,
held in the same hand

I am a sixth-semester MBBS student at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi — India's foremost medical institution — where I ranked 38th nationally in the NEET-UG 2023 entrance examination.

I grew up in a family shaped by oncology. My father is a Radiation Oncologist and Radiosurgeon; my mother a Medical Oncologist. Cancer medicine was never abstract to me — it was the texture of dinner conversations, the weight of cases that followed my parents home, the quiet language of a discipline that demands both precision and humanity.

At AIIMS, I have developed a dual identity: clinical researcher in radiation oncology, neuro-oncology, and medical ethics — with 27 published peer-reviewed works across journals including The Lancet Oncology, JACC, Neurology, and Academic Medicine — and a narrative medicine writer whose essays explore what evidence alone cannot capture.

I approach every case not as data to decode but as a narrative to understand. My goal is to become a clinician who sees the molecular and the moral with equal clarity.

Family in medicine
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Dr. Shankar Vangipuram
Radiation Oncologist & Radiosurgeon
Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai
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Dr. Haritha C
Medical Oncologist
Apollo Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

"I've come to see medicine not merely as a science of precision but as an act of translation — where biology meets biography."

— Professional Statement
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NEET-UG 2023 — All India Rank 38 among 2.3 million candidates
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EAMCET 2023 — 2nd Rank, Andhra Pradesh
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Peer Reviewer, JCO Global Oncology
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Featured on ASCO's Cancer Stories Podcast, hosted by Mikkael Sekeres
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Student leader, PULSE & SYNAPSE — AIIMS flagship events
Research & Publications

27 peer-reviewed works
across 15+ journals

Essay
Between the lines: an oncology diary no one assigned
The Lancet Oncology
October 2025
Narrative
Whispers After the Cure: Reflections on Marriage and Malignancy in India
JCO Global Oncology
May 2025
Essay
An Unpaced Conversation
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
February 2026
Narrative
When Brain Mourns Itself
Neurology
April 2026
Essay
From Rush to Ritual: Restoring the Sacred in Daily Care
Annals of Family Medicine
March 2026
Research
Harmonizing Science and Law: Refining Psychosurgery Frameworks under MHCA 2017 with Global Insights
Neurology India
March 2026
Narrative
My Relationship with DNR Orders
Journal of Palliative Medicine
February 2026
Essay
Google v Dr Real: Is it unethical to dismiss patients who self-diagnose?
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
October 2025
Research
From Classrooms to Communities: The Cancer Olympiad Story
JCO Global Oncology
March 2026
Narrative Medicine

Writing at the edge
of science and story

Essays, reflections, and clinical diaries published in leading medical journals — where evidence meets the human experience of illness.

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Podcast feature · JCO Art of Oncology
Whispers After the Cure: Reflections on Marriage and Malignancy in India
Cancer Stories Podcast · September 2025 · Host: Mikkael Sekeres
▶ Listen on ASCO Journals
Conferences

Presenting across
global oncology forums

12 conference presentations in 2026, including two oral presentations at ASTRO — as a sixth-semester medical student.

ASCO 2026 📍 Chicago, IL 1 Poster
Turning silence into rhythm: Outcomes of a school-based Cancer Olympiad in India — J Clin Oncol 44, 9016 (2026)
ASTRO 2026 📍 Boston, MA 2 Oral 9 Posters
Oral: Weather-Triggered Pain Flares After Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Oral: Ultra-Early Pain Relief After Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Classical Trigeminal Neuralgia: Prognostic Significance and Mechanistic Implications
DTI-Based Trigeminal Response Index Predicts 5-Year Radiosurgery Durability
Temporal Dose Structuring Guided by Ion-Channel Recovery Dynamics in Trigeminal Neuralgia Radiosurgery
Marriage-Related Stigma in Young Female Cancer Survivors in India
Closing the Screening Gap: A Survivor-Led Model for Early Oral Cancer Detection in Rural India
SEEG-Guided Functional Radiosurgery for MRI-Negative Dominant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Radiosurgery for Deep Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type IIb in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Beyond BNI: Development and Validation of a Domain-Based Neuromodulation Score for TN Radiosurgery
Mechanism-Based Recurrence Phenotyping After Trigeminal Radiosurgery
Vascular Phenotype–Guided Radiosurgery for TN with Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia
Affiliations & Distinctions

Member of the global
oncology community

ASCO
American Society of Clinical Oncology
ESMO
European Society of Medical Oncology
ASTRO
American Society for Radiation Oncology
SNO
Society for Neuro-Oncology
RSNA
Radiological Society of North America
38
NEET-UG All India Rank
Among 2.3 million candidates, 2023
2nd
EAMCET Andhra Pradesh
State rank, 2023 entrance examination
JCO
Peer Reviewer
JCO Global Oncology — student peer reviewer
Contact

Open to collaboration,
invitations & conversation

Whether you're a researcher, editor, fellow student, or patient advocate — I'd love to hear from you.