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Oral Pathologist & Cancer Researcher | 200+ Publications | H-index 32 | Peer Reviewer & Manuscript Consultant

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I am a Professor and Independent Research Consultant with 25+ years of experience in Oral Pathology, Translational Cancer Research, and AI-integrated Computational Histopathology. Research & Publications I have authored 200+ peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS and PubMed (H-index: 32 | i10-index: 86 | Citations: 3,663), contributed chapters to Springer Nature textbooks including Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Oral Oncology, and presented research at IEEE Biomedical AI conferences globally. Core Research Areas Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) | Oral Epithelial Dysplasia | Immunohistochemistry | Molecular Biomarkers | Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) | AI in Histopathology | Odontogenic Tumors | Tumor Budding & Invasion Patterns Patents & Funded Research Holder of 2 awarded Indian Patents in diagnostic automation and tissue science. Recipient of competitive research grants including SERB POWER Grant, VGST Research Grant, and VGST KFIST Grant for AI-based diagnostic and oral cancer biomarker research. Peer Review & Manuscript Consulting Services Pre-submission review: novelty, methodology, results and discussion alignment Post-submission rebuttal and reviewer response editing Journal targeting and suitability assessment MeSH alignment, ethics compliance, and language refinement Reference standardization (Vancouver, APA) Formal peer reviewer for World Journal of Dentistry and Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice with 25 years of SCOPUS/PubMed research experience. PhD Supervision Guided 3 completed and 1 ongoing PhD dissertations. Established Immunohistochemistry laboratory and AI-integrated histopathology workflow. Availability: 20 hours/week | India & Global clients welcome

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Dentistry
• ☆ Oral Pathology
• ☆ Dental Research
• ☆ Dental Surgery
• ☆ Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Peer Review

Services

• Research

Research User Research

Work Experience

Professor

M.S. Ramaiah university of applied sciences

April 2001 - Present

Education

MDS

Bapuji Dental college and Hospital Davangere, karnataka

March 1996 - March 2000

Certifications

• master of dental surgery

  Rajeev Gandhi University of Health Sciences

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Divya Biligere Shivanna, Roopa S. Rao, Tushar Patil, Lichingngamba Tensubam, Sowmya Gujjar Vishnu Rao, Ashok Lingappa (2026). Opportunistic Screening of Osteoporosis from Dental Panoramic Radiographs Using Deep Learning .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stefano Petti, Roopa Shamsundar Rao, Pallavi Deshmukh, Sowmya Gujjar Vishnu Rao, Ashok Lingappa, Krishna Sireesha Sundaragiri, Chandni Shekhawat, Tejavathi Nagaraj, Surendra Lakshminarayana, Saman Warnakulasuriya (2025). Severity of Betel Quid Use Disorders (BUD) Among Adult Indian Betel Quid Chewers . Oral Diseases.

Samahit Mohanty, Divya B. Shivanna, Roopa S. Rao, Madhusudan Astekar, Chetana Chandrashekar, Raghu Radhakrishnan, Shylaja Sanjeevareddygari, Vijayalakshmi Kotrashetti, Prashant Kumar (2023). Development of Automated Risk Stratification for Sporadic Odontogenic Keratocyst Whole Slide Images with an Attention-Based Image Sequence Analyzer . Diagnostics.

Samahit Mohanty, Divya B. Shivanna, Roopa S. Rao, Madhusudan Astekar, Chetana Chandrashekar, Raghu Radhakrishnan, Shylaja Sanjeevareddygari, Vijayalakshmi Kotrashetti, Prashant Kumar (2023). Development of Automated Risk Stratification for Sporadic Odontogenic Keratocyst Whole Slide Images with an Attention-Based Image Sequence Analyzer . Diagnostics.