English

    Overview

  • Dr. Sanjay A Pai is the Best Surgical Pathologist in Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur, associated with Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur's Laboratory Medicine department. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and his MD in pathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  • He has been on the editorial board and a working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics since 1996 (including as acting editor in 2005). He has also been on the working committee of The National Medical Journal of India since 2000. He was on the editorial board of Current Science from 2017 to 2022 and was Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Cancer from 2017 to 2020. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

  • Dr. Pai has been a member of the IRB of two ICMR organisations (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore (2016 to 2019) and Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore (July 2009 to 2018) and Karunashraya Cancer Hospice (since 2010).

  • He has been chairman of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bangalore (2012-2019) and is currently still a member, of the Hindustan Unilever Independent Ethics Committee ( 2012-2018 ) and the NU Trust Hospital, Bangalore (member, 2007-2013, chairman, 2014-2016). He has also served on the scientific committee of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital (2013-2018) and was chairman, of IRB, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore (2006-2014).

  • In the past, he has served as a member of the IRBs of the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore (2004 to 2008) and the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (2010-2016).

  • Field of Expertise

  • Surgical pathology
  • Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Konkani
  • Awards & Achievements

  • Member of Government of Karnataka’s Goal 3 Committee on Sustainable Development Goal (2018- 2019)
  • Board of Directors, World Association of Medical Editors (July 2022 - June 2024)ETHICS COMMITTEES
  • Talks & Publications

  • Editor bias, AI in publishing, Prepublish uploads and Citations". AFMC IMPACT 2023. 27 September, 2023 A) Dissertation for M.D. (Pathology) (1991).
  • Bhatia P, Kulkarni JD, Pai SA. MCV is an unreliable screening parameter for the diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Natl Med J India, 2012, 25: 336-338.
  • Pai SA, Shivshanker S. Are surgeons spunkier than non-surgeons? Natl Med J India, 2013, 26: 24-25.
  • Naik MA, Pai SA. Epididymis-like tubules in renal hip dysplasia. Int J Surg Pathol 2017 May; 25(3):206-215.
  • Horton S, Sullivan R, Flanigan J, Fleming KA, Kuti MA, Looi LM, Pai SA, Lawler M. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30460-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4.
  • Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA. Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: a roadmap to solutions. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30459-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30459-8.
  • Horton S, Fleming KA, Kuti M, Looi LM, Pai SA, Sayed S, Wilson ML. The top 25 tests by volume and revenue. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy165.
  • Naik MA, Korlimarla A, Shetty ST, Fernandes AM, Pai SA. Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis – A clinicopathological study with 16s rRNA sequencing for detection of corynebacteria in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Int J Surg Pathol 2020, 28: 371-381.
  • [ Research letter ]. Pai SA, Bhaduri B, Chandrasekar S, Alladi PA, Caza T, Mahadevan A, Saiprasad TR, Walker P. Arcane apoptosis in appendicitis: clue to COVID-19 in children or coincidence? J Clin Pathol. 2022 Aug;75(8):575-576. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207936. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819343.
  • Ambekar A et al. Grossing and reporting of testicular tumor specimens: An evidence-based approach. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 7-12.
  • Pai SA. How to referee a paper- and save the world. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 110-114.
  • Midha D, Menon S, Josephine S, Kumar RM, Kaushal S, Pai SA, Ambekar A, Rao V, Bindhu MR, Patil S, Jagdale R, Soni S, Kulkarni B, Desai S, Sundaram S. Gross reporting of adult kidney tumour specimens: A comprehensive evidence-based review. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Oct-Dec;58(4):493-500. doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_354_21. PMID: 34975095.
  • Ahuja N, Rane SR, Pai SA. Lacunae in Laboratory Medicine Services and Pathology Education in Medical Schools in India. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0545-EP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35738003.
  • Pai SA, Mannan R. The nonneoplastic appendix. Am J Clin Pathol [ 2023, accepted].
  • Mendos A, Mathison BA, Pritt BS, Lamps LW, Pai SA. Intramural Ova of Enterobius vermicularis in the Appendix-An Egg-Topic Location! Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Jul 13:10668969211032455. doi: 10.1177/10668969211032455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34255564.
  • Mendos A, Pai SA. Typhoid appendicitis and 'the man from Istanbul'. Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21. PMID: 35818097.
  • Pai SA, Shenoy JV, Shafalika SB. Mullerian Tissue (Endomyometriosis) and Intratumoral Bone Marrow Emboli From Long Bone in a Mature Ovarian Teratoma-A Keatsian Reminiscence. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1319-1322. doi: 10.1177/10668969221137520. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471510.
  • Pai SA, Pai M. A universal manuscript for medical journals. Natl Med J India Jul-Aug 2019;32(4):254.
  • Pai SA, Sri Kantha S. CIA, Mossad, NKGB and Surete in Medical Research - the RAW truth. Natl Med J India 2019;32(5):311-312.
  • Pai SA, Naresh KN, Borges AM. Report of a Case With Clinical and Pathologic Features of Castleman Disease That Predates Castleman's Report by More Than 50 Years. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0205-HP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35286379.
  • Chris Zielinski, Margaret Winker, Rakesh Aggarwal, Lorraine Ferris, Markus Heinemann, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Jr, Sanjay Pai, Edsel Ing, Leslie Citrome.
  • Chatbots, ChatGPT, and Scholarly Manuscripts WAME - Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots about Scholarly Publications WAME statement, also published in Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Braz J Science Natl Med J India.

    Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Konkani
  • Overview

  • Dr. Sanjay A Pai is the Best Surgical Pathologist in Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur, associated with Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur's Laboratory Medicine department. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and his MD in pathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  • He has been on the editorial board and a working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics since 1996 (including as acting editor in 2005). He has also been on the working committee of The National Medical Journal of India since 2000. He was on the editorial board of Current Science from 2017 to 2022 and was Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Cancer from 2017 to 2020. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

  • Dr. Pai has been a member of the IRB of two ICMR organisations (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore (2016 to 2019) and Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore (July 2009 to 2018) and Karunashraya Cancer Hospice (since 2010).

  • He has been chairman of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bangalore (2012-2019) and is currently still a member, of the Hindustan Unilever Independent Ethics Committee ( 2012-2018 ) and the NU Trust Hospital, Bangalore (member, 2007-2013, chairman, 2014-2016). He has also served on the scientific committee of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital (2013-2018) and was chairman, of IRB, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore (2006-2014).

  • In the past, he has served as a member of the IRBs of the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore (2004 to 2008) and the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (2010-2016).

  • Field of Expertise

  • Surgical pathology
  • Awards & Achievements

  • Member of Government of Karnataka’s Goal 3 Committee on Sustainable Development Goal (2018- 2019)
  • Board of Directors, World Association of Medical Editors (July 2022 - June 2024)ETHICS COMMITTEES
  • Talks & Publications

  • Editor bias, AI in publishing, Prepublish uploads and Citations". AFMC IMPACT 2023. 27 September, 2023 A) Dissertation for M.D. (Pathology) (1991).
  • Bhatia P, Kulkarni JD, Pai SA. MCV is an unreliable screening parameter for the diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Natl Med J India, 2012, 25: 336-338.
  • Pai SA, Shivshanker S. Are surgeons spunkier than non-surgeons? Natl Med J India, 2013, 26: 24-25.
  • Naik MA, Pai SA. Epididymis-like tubules in renal hip dysplasia. Int J Surg Pathol 2017 May; 25(3):206-215.
  • Horton S, Sullivan R, Flanigan J, Fleming KA, Kuti MA, Looi LM, Pai SA, Lawler M. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30460-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4.
  • Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA. Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: a roadmap to solutions. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30459-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30459-8.
  • Horton S, Fleming KA, Kuti M, Looi LM, Pai SA, Sayed S, Wilson ML. The top 25 tests by volume and revenue. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy165.
  • Naik MA, Korlimarla A, Shetty ST, Fernandes AM, Pai SA. Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis – A clinicopathological study with 16s rRNA sequencing for detection of corynebacteria in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Int J Surg Pathol 2020, 28: 371-381.
  • [ Research letter ]. Pai SA, Bhaduri B, Chandrasekar S, Alladi PA, Caza T, Mahadevan A, Saiprasad TR, Walker P. Arcane apoptosis in appendicitis: clue to COVID-19 in children or coincidence? J Clin Pathol. 2022 Aug;75(8):575-576. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207936. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819343.
  • Ambekar A et al. Grossing and reporting of testicular tumor specimens: An evidence-based approach. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 7-12.
  • Pai SA. How to referee a paper- and save the world. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 110-114.
  • Midha D, Menon S, Josephine S, Kumar RM, Kaushal S, Pai SA, Ambekar A, Rao V, Bindhu MR, Patil S, Jagdale R, Soni S, Kulkarni B, Desai S, Sundaram S. Gross reporting of adult kidney tumour specimens: A comprehensive evidence-based review. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Oct-Dec;58(4):493-500. doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_354_21. PMID: 34975095.
  • Ahuja N, Rane SR, Pai SA. Lacunae in Laboratory Medicine Services and Pathology Education in Medical Schools in India. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0545-EP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35738003.
  • Pai SA, Mannan R. The nonneoplastic appendix. Am J Clin Pathol [ 2023, accepted].
  • Mendos A, Mathison BA, Pritt BS, Lamps LW, Pai SA. Intramural Ova of Enterobius vermicularis in the Appendix-An Egg-Topic Location! Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Jul 13:10668969211032455. doi: 10.1177/10668969211032455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34255564.
  • Mendos A, Pai SA. Typhoid appendicitis and 'the man from Istanbul'. Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21. PMID: 35818097.
  • Pai SA, Shenoy JV, Shafalika SB. Mullerian Tissue (Endomyometriosis) and Intratumoral Bone Marrow Emboli From Long Bone in a Mature Ovarian Teratoma-A Keatsian Reminiscence. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1319-1322. doi: 10.1177/10668969221137520. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471510.
  • Pai SA, Pai M. A universal manuscript for medical journals. Natl Med J India Jul-Aug 2019;32(4):254.
  • Pai SA, Sri Kantha S. CIA, Mossad, NKGB and Surete in Medical Research - the RAW truth. Natl Med J India 2019;32(5):311-312.
  • Pai SA, Naresh KN, Borges AM. Report of a Case With Clinical and Pathologic Features of Castleman Disease That Predates Castleman's Report by More Than 50 Years. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0205-HP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35286379.
  • Chris Zielinski, Margaret Winker, Rakesh Aggarwal, Lorraine Ferris, Markus Heinemann, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Jr, Sanjay Pai, Edsel Ing, Leslie Citrome.
  • Chatbots, ChatGPT, and Scholarly Manuscripts WAME - Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots about Scholarly Publications WAME statement, also published in Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Braz J Science Natl Med J India.

    Field of Expertise

  • Surgical pathology
  • Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Konkani
  • Awards & Achievements

  • Member of Government of Karnataka’s Goal 3 Committee on Sustainable Development Goal (2018- 2019)
  • Board of Directors, World Association of Medical Editors (July 2022 - June 2024)ETHICS COMMITTEES
  • Talks & Publications

  • Editor bias, AI in publishing, Prepublish uploads and Citations". AFMC IMPACT 2023. 27 September, 2023 A) Dissertation for M.D. (Pathology) (1991).
  • Bhatia P, Kulkarni JD, Pai SA. MCV is an unreliable screening parameter for the diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Natl Med J India, 2012, 25: 336-338.
  • Pai SA, Shivshanker S. Are surgeons spunkier than non-surgeons? Natl Med J India, 2013, 26: 24-25.
  • Naik MA, Pai SA. Epididymis-like tubules in renal hip dysplasia. Int J Surg Pathol 2017 May; 25(3):206-215.
  • Horton S, Sullivan R, Flanigan J, Fleming KA, Kuti MA, Looi LM, Pai SA, Lawler M. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30460-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4.
  • Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA. Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: a roadmap to solutions. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30459-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30459-8.
  • Horton S, Fleming KA, Kuti M, Looi LM, Pai SA, Sayed S, Wilson ML. The top 25 tests by volume and revenue. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy165.
  • Naik MA, Korlimarla A, Shetty ST, Fernandes AM, Pai SA. Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis – A clinicopathological study with 16s rRNA sequencing for detection of corynebacteria in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Int J Surg Pathol 2020, 28: 371-381.
  • [ Research letter ]. Pai SA, Bhaduri B, Chandrasekar S, Alladi PA, Caza T, Mahadevan A, Saiprasad TR, Walker P. Arcane apoptosis in appendicitis: clue to COVID-19 in children or coincidence? J Clin Pathol. 2022 Aug;75(8):575-576. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207936. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819343.
  • Ambekar A et al. Grossing and reporting of testicular tumor specimens: An evidence-based approach. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 7-12.
  • Pai SA. How to referee a paper- and save the world. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 110-114.
  • Midha D, Menon S, Josephine S, Kumar RM, Kaushal S, Pai SA, Ambekar A, Rao V, Bindhu MR, Patil S, Jagdale R, Soni S, Kulkarni B, Desai S, Sundaram S. Gross reporting of adult kidney tumour specimens: A comprehensive evidence-based review. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Oct-Dec;58(4):493-500. doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_354_21. PMID: 34975095.
  • Ahuja N, Rane SR, Pai SA. Lacunae in Laboratory Medicine Services and Pathology Education in Medical Schools in India. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0545-EP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35738003.
  • Pai SA, Mannan R. The nonneoplastic appendix. Am J Clin Pathol [ 2023, accepted].
  • Mendos A, Mathison BA, Pritt BS, Lamps LW, Pai SA. Intramural Ova of Enterobius vermicularis in the Appendix-An Egg-Topic Location! Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Jul 13:10668969211032455. doi: 10.1177/10668969211032455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34255564.
  • Mendos A, Pai SA. Typhoid appendicitis and 'the man from Istanbul'. Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21. PMID: 35818097.
  • Pai SA, Shenoy JV, Shafalika SB. Mullerian Tissue (Endomyometriosis) and Intratumoral Bone Marrow Emboli From Long Bone in a Mature Ovarian Teratoma-A Keatsian Reminiscence. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1319-1322. doi: 10.1177/10668969221137520. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471510.
  • Pai SA, Pai M. A universal manuscript for medical journals. Natl Med J India Jul-Aug 2019;32(4):254.
  • Pai SA, Sri Kantha S. CIA, Mossad, NKGB and Surete in Medical Research - the RAW truth. Natl Med J India 2019;32(5):311-312.
  • Pai SA, Naresh KN, Borges AM. Report of a Case With Clinical and Pathologic Features of Castleman Disease That Predates Castleman's Report by More Than 50 Years. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0205-HP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35286379.
  • Chris Zielinski, Margaret Winker, Rakesh Aggarwal, Lorraine Ferris, Markus Heinemann, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Jr, Sanjay Pai, Edsel Ing, Leslie Citrome.
  • Chatbots, ChatGPT, and Scholarly Manuscripts WAME - Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots about Scholarly Publications WAME statement, also published in Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Braz J Science Natl Med J India.
  • Overview

  • Dr. Sanjay A Pai is the Best Surgical Pathologist in Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur, associated with Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur's Laboratory Medicine department. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and his MD in pathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  • He has been on the editorial board and a working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics since 1996 (including as acting editor in 2005). He has also been on the working committee of The National Medical Journal of India since 2000. He was on the editorial board of Current Science from 2017 to 2022 and was Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Cancer from 2017 to 2020. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

  • Dr. Pai has been a member of the IRB of two ICMR organisations (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore (2016 to 2019) and Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore (July 2009 to 2018) and Karunashraya Cancer Hospice (since 2010).

  • He has been chairman of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bangalore (2012-2019) and is currently still a member, of the Hindustan Unilever Independent Ethics Committee ( 2012-2018 ) and the NU Trust Hospital, Bangalore (member, 2007-2013, chairman, 2014-2016). He has also served on the scientific committee of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital (2013-2018) and was chairman, of IRB, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore (2006-2014).

  • In the past, he has served as a member of the IRBs of the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore (2004 to 2008) and the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (2010-2016).

    Awards & Achievements

  • Member of Government of Karnataka’s Goal 3 Committee on Sustainable Development Goal (2018- 2019)
  • Board of Directors, World Association of Medical Editors (July 2022 - June 2024)ETHICS COMMITTEES
  • Field of Expertise

  • Surgical pathology
  • Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Konkani
  • Talks & Publications

  • Editor bias, AI in publishing, Prepublish uploads and Citations". AFMC IMPACT 2023. 27 September, 2023 A) Dissertation for M.D. (Pathology) (1991).
  • Bhatia P, Kulkarni JD, Pai SA. MCV is an unreliable screening parameter for the diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Natl Med J India, 2012, 25: 336-338.
  • Pai SA, Shivshanker S. Are surgeons spunkier than non-surgeons? Natl Med J India, 2013, 26: 24-25.
  • Naik MA, Pai SA. Epididymis-like tubules in renal hip dysplasia. Int J Surg Pathol 2017 May; 25(3):206-215.
  • Horton S, Sullivan R, Flanigan J, Fleming KA, Kuti MA, Looi LM, Pai SA, Lawler M. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30460-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4.
  • Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA. Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: a roadmap to solutions. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30459-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30459-8.
  • Horton S, Fleming KA, Kuti M, Looi LM, Pai SA, Sayed S, Wilson ML. The top 25 tests by volume and revenue. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy165.
  • Naik MA, Korlimarla A, Shetty ST, Fernandes AM, Pai SA. Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis – A clinicopathological study with 16s rRNA sequencing for detection of corynebacteria in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Int J Surg Pathol 2020, 28: 371-381.
  • [ Research letter ]. Pai SA, Bhaduri B, Chandrasekar S, Alladi PA, Caza T, Mahadevan A, Saiprasad TR, Walker P. Arcane apoptosis in appendicitis: clue to COVID-19 in children or coincidence? J Clin Pathol. 2022 Aug;75(8):575-576. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207936. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819343.
  • Ambekar A et al. Grossing and reporting of testicular tumor specimens: An evidence-based approach. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 7-12.
  • Pai SA. How to referee a paper- and save the world. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 110-114.
  • Midha D, Menon S, Josephine S, Kumar RM, Kaushal S, Pai SA, Ambekar A, Rao V, Bindhu MR, Patil S, Jagdale R, Soni S, Kulkarni B, Desai S, Sundaram S. Gross reporting of adult kidney tumour specimens: A comprehensive evidence-based review. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Oct-Dec;58(4):493-500. doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_354_21. PMID: 34975095.
  • Ahuja N, Rane SR, Pai SA. Lacunae in Laboratory Medicine Services and Pathology Education in Medical Schools in India. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0545-EP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35738003.
  • Pai SA, Mannan R. The nonneoplastic appendix. Am J Clin Pathol [ 2023, accepted].
  • Mendos A, Mathison BA, Pritt BS, Lamps LW, Pai SA. Intramural Ova of Enterobius vermicularis in the Appendix-An Egg-Topic Location! Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Jul 13:10668969211032455. doi: 10.1177/10668969211032455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34255564.
  • Mendos A, Pai SA. Typhoid appendicitis and 'the man from Istanbul'. Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21. PMID: 35818097.
  • Pai SA, Shenoy JV, Shafalika SB. Mullerian Tissue (Endomyometriosis) and Intratumoral Bone Marrow Emboli From Long Bone in a Mature Ovarian Teratoma-A Keatsian Reminiscence. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1319-1322. doi: 10.1177/10668969221137520. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471510.
  • Pai SA, Pai M. A universal manuscript for medical journals. Natl Med J India Jul-Aug 2019;32(4):254.
  • Pai SA, Sri Kantha S. CIA, Mossad, NKGB and Surete in Medical Research - the RAW truth. Natl Med J India 2019;32(5):311-312.
  • Pai SA, Naresh KN, Borges AM. Report of a Case With Clinical and Pathologic Features of Castleman Disease That Predates Castleman's Report by More Than 50 Years. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0205-HP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35286379.
  • Chris Zielinski, Margaret Winker, Rakesh Aggarwal, Lorraine Ferris, Markus Heinemann, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Jr, Sanjay Pai, Edsel Ing, Leslie Citrome.
  • Chatbots, ChatGPT, and Scholarly Manuscripts WAME - Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots about Scholarly Publications WAME statement, also published in Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Braz J Science Natl Med J India.
  • Overview

  • Dr. Sanjay A Pai is the Best Surgical Pathologist in Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur, associated with Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur's Laboratory Medicine department. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and his MD in pathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  • He has been on the editorial board and a working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics since 1996 (including as acting editor in 2005). He has also been on the working committee of The National Medical Journal of India since 2000. He was on the editorial board of Current Science from 2017 to 2022 and was Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Cancer from 2017 to 2020. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

  • Dr. Pai has been a member of the IRB of two ICMR organisations (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore (2016 to 2019) and Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore (July 2009 to 2018) and Karunashraya Cancer Hospice (since 2010).

  • He has been chairman of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bangalore (2012-2019) and is currently still a member, of the Hindustan Unilever Independent Ethics Committee ( 2012-2018 ) and the NU Trust Hospital, Bangalore (member, 2007-2013, chairman, 2014-2016). He has also served on the scientific committee of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital (2013-2018) and was chairman, of IRB, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore (2006-2014).

  • In the past, he has served as a member of the IRBs of the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore (2004 to 2008) and the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (2010-2016).

    Talks & Publications

  • Editor bias, AI in publishing, Prepublish uploads and Citations". AFMC IMPACT 2023. 27 September, 2023 A) Dissertation for M.D. (Pathology) (1991).
  • Bhatia P, Kulkarni JD, Pai SA. MCV is an unreliable screening parameter for the diagnosis of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Natl Med J India, 2012, 25: 336-338.
  • Pai SA, Shivshanker S. Are surgeons spunkier than non-surgeons? Natl Med J India, 2013, 26: 24-25.
  • Naik MA, Pai SA. Epididymis-like tubules in renal hip dysplasia. Int J Surg Pathol 2017 May; 25(3):206-215.
  • Horton S, Sullivan R, Flanigan J, Fleming KA, Kuti MA, Looi LM, Pai SA, Lawler M. Delivering modern, high-quality, affordable pathology and laboratory medicine to low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30460-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30460-4.
  • Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA. Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: a roadmap to solutions. Lancet. 2018 Mar 14. pii: S0140-6736(18)30459-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30459-8.
  • Horton S, Fleming KA, Kuti M, Looi LM, Pai SA, Sayed S, Wilson ML. The top 25 tests by volume and revenue. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy165.
  • Naik MA, Korlimarla A, Shetty ST, Fernandes AM, Pai SA. Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis – A clinicopathological study with 16s rRNA sequencing for detection of corynebacteria in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Int J Surg Pathol 2020, 28: 371-381.
  • [ Research letter ]. Pai SA, Bhaduri B, Chandrasekar S, Alladi PA, Caza T, Mahadevan A, Saiprasad TR, Walker P. Arcane apoptosis in appendicitis: clue to COVID-19 in children or coincidence? J Clin Pathol. 2022 Aug;75(8):575-576. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207936. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34819343.
  • Ambekar A et al. Grossing and reporting of testicular tumor specimens: An evidence-based approach. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 7-12.
  • Pai SA. How to referee a paper- and save the world. Indian J Cancer 2020, 57: 110-114.
  • Midha D, Menon S, Josephine S, Kumar RM, Kaushal S, Pai SA, Ambekar A, Rao V, Bindhu MR, Patil S, Jagdale R, Soni S, Kulkarni B, Desai S, Sundaram S. Gross reporting of adult kidney tumour specimens: A comprehensive evidence-based review. Indian J Cancer. 2021 Oct-Dec;58(4):493-500. doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_354_21. PMID: 34975095.
  • Ahuja N, Rane SR, Pai SA. Lacunae in Laboratory Medicine Services and Pathology Education in Medical Schools in India. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0545-EP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35738003.
  • Pai SA, Mannan R. The nonneoplastic appendix. Am J Clin Pathol [ 2023, accepted].
  • Mendos A, Mathison BA, Pritt BS, Lamps LW, Pai SA. Intramural Ova of Enterobius vermicularis in the Appendix-An Egg-Topic Location! Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Jul 13:10668969211032455. doi: 10.1177/10668969211032455. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34255564.
  • Mendos A, Pai SA. Typhoid appendicitis and 'the man from Istanbul'. Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21. PMID: 35818097.
  • Pai SA, Shenoy JV, Shafalika SB. Mullerian Tissue (Endomyometriosis) and Intratumoral Bone Marrow Emboli From Long Bone in a Mature Ovarian Teratoma-A Keatsian Reminiscence. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct;31(7):1319-1322. doi: 10.1177/10668969221137520. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471510.
  • Pai SA, Pai M. A universal manuscript for medical journals. Natl Med J India Jul-Aug 2019;32(4):254.
  • Pai SA, Sri Kantha S. CIA, Mossad, NKGB and Surete in Medical Research - the RAW truth. Natl Med J India 2019;32(5):311-312.
  • Pai SA, Naresh KN, Borges AM. Report of a Case With Clinical and Pathologic Features of Castleman Disease That Predates Castleman's Report by More Than 50 Years. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0205-HP. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35286379.
  • Chris Zielinski, Margaret Winker, Rakesh Aggarwal, Lorraine Ferris, Markus Heinemann, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Jr, Sanjay Pai, Edsel Ing, Leslie Citrome.
  • Chatbots, ChatGPT, and Scholarly Manuscripts WAME - Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots about Scholarly Publications WAME statement, also published in Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Braz J Science Natl Med J India.
  • Overview

  • Dr. Sanjay A Pai is the Best Surgical Pathologist in Bangalore, Yeshwanthpur, associated with Manipal Hospitals Yeshwanthpur's Laboratory Medicine department. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and his MD in pathology from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. He has a postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

  • He has been on the editorial board and a working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics since 1996 (including as acting editor in 2005). He has also been on the working committee of The National Medical Journal of India since 2000. He was on the editorial board of Current Science from 2017 to 2022 and was Executive Editor of the Indian Journal of Cancer from 2017 to 2020. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

  • Dr. Pai has been a member of the IRB of two ICMR organisations (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bangalore (2016 to 2019) and Regional Occupational Health Centre, Bangalore (July 2009 to 2018) and Karunashraya Cancer Hospice (since 2010).

  • He has been chairman of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Bangalore (2012-2019) and is currently still a member, of the Hindustan Unilever Independent Ethics Committee ( 2012-2018 ) and the NU Trust Hospital, Bangalore (member, 2007-2013, chairman, 2014-2016). He has also served on the scientific committee of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital (2013-2018) and was chairman, of IRB, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore (2006-2014).

  • In the past, he has served as a member of the IRBs of the Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore (2004 to 2008) and the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore (2010-2016).

  • Field of Expertise

  • Surgical pathology
  • Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Konkani
  • Awards & Achievements

  • Member of Government of Karnataka’s Goal 3 Committee on Sustainable Development Goal (2018- 2019)
  • Board of Directors, World Association of Medical Editors (July 2022 - June 2024)ETHICS COMMITTEES