The Division of Oncology was created in the Department of Surgery, KGMC (now KGMU), Lucknow in 1979 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Prof. NC Misra headed this unit for the next 17 years and under his leadership the Oncology Division established itself as a centre for excellence in academics, research, training and clinical service. It has over the years shouldered the major responsibility of providing tertiary care for cancer patients from Uttar Pradesh, the neighbouring states of India and Nepal. Prof. NC Misra was joined by Dr. Arun Chaturvedi as Lecturer in Oncology in January 1989. Subsequent additions to the Oncology Unit took place in 1995 when Dr ID Sharma, with his extensive experience of early detection of breast cancer, joined as Professor and Dr. Sanjeev Misra as Pool Officer. The Department of Surgical Oncology was created by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 3rd September 1998 with Prof. ID Sharma as the Head of Department. Prof Arun Chaturvedi took charge of Head of Department after the superannuation of Prof ID Sharma on 21st January 2009.

Dr Vijay Kumar joined the department as Assistant Professor on 23rd February 2009. Prof. Sanjeev Misra took charge of Head of Department on 16th November 2009 after the voluntary retirement of Prof. Arun Chaturvedi.Prof. Sanjeev Misra was appointed as Director, AIIMS Jodhpur in July 2012 and has been onlien/deputation on this post since then. Dr. Vijay Kumar was promoted to Associate Professor and Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava & Dr. Sameer Gupta joined as Assistant Professor in August 2013. Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava resigned from his post in December 2014. Dr. Naseem Akhtar joined as Assistant Professor in May 2015. In Dec 2015 Dr. Vijay Kumarwas promoted to Additional Professor and Dr. Sameer Gupta to Associate Professor. Prof. Arun Chaturvedi rejoined as Professor & Head of the Department from 11 Jan 2016. Dr. Shiv Rajan has joined as Assistant Professor on September 2017. Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. Naseem Akhtar were promoted on2 August 2018 to Professor and Associate Professor respectively. Dr. Sameer Gupta was promoted to Additional Professor on 19 October 2019.

* Prof. Sanjeev Misra took charge of Head of Department on 16th Nov. 2009 after the voluntary retirement of Prof. Arun Chaturvedi *Dr Vijay Kumar joined the department as Assistant Professor on 23rd February 2009. *Prof. Sanjeev Misra was appointed as Director, AIIMS Jodhpur in July 2012 and has been onlien/deputation on this post since then and Dr. Vijay Kumar was promoted to Associate Professor and Dr. Manoj Kumar Srivastava & Dr. Sameer Gupta joined as Assistant Professor in August 2013. *Dr. Manoj Srivastava resigned from his post in December 2014. *Dr. Naseem Akhtar joined as Assistant Professor in May 2015. In Dec 2015 *Dr. Vijay Kumarwas promoted to Additional Professor and Dr. Sameer Gupta to Associate Professor. * Prof. Arun Chaturvedi rejoined as Professor & Head of the Department from 11 Jan 2016. *Dr. Shiv Rajan has joined as Assistant Professor on September 2017. In July 2018, Dr. Vijay Kumar has been promoted to Professor and Dr. Naseem Akhtar to Associate Professor.

Activities:

The Department of Surgical Oncology is recognized by the Medical Council of India for the MCh Surgical Oncology training programme. Three seats are available on the basis of All India Entrance Examination. The Department's faculty has guided PhD's of several doctoral students

Facilities:

The Department of Surgical Oncology is presently situated in the newly constructed Shatabdi Phase I & II buildings. The 3rd floor of Shatabdi Phase building houses the administrative offices, consultant's rooms, Library, Seminar room, Records, General ward, and Day care Chemotherapy facility. The four modular operation theatres and postoperative wards are located on the 2nd floor of the Shatabdi Phase I building. The two building are connected by bridge on the 2nd floor.