Expertise

Sanjay is dedicated to the professional development of current and future surgeons. He is an Associate Professor of the University of Sydney with the Royal Prince Alfred Academic Institute, a lead researcher with the Institute, and has goals of developing a culture of academia within the Breast Department. In 2013, Sanjay’s work on Hedgehog signalling, in collaboration with the Garvan Institute, won the Patron’s Prize at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for best scientific research.

He is also the current Chairman of Post-Fellowship Training for BreastSurgANZ, a role that involves training future breast surgeons in both Australia and New Zealand.

A significant milestone for Sanjay was being co-founder of the first Postgraduate Degree specific to breast surgery, the Master of Advanced Surgery (Breast Surgery) at the University of Sydney.

Sanjay is a committed researcher in breast cancer medicine and surgery and has presented at many national and international conferences. These include being asked to present at the San Antonio Breast Symposium, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the Cancer Institute in Bangkok (Thailand), as well as other guest presentations in Berlin (Germany), Singapore, Queenstown (New Zealand), Auckland (New Zealand) and across Australia.

In 2023, Sanjay was invited to join the Smith & Nephew’s Global SCC (Surgical Site Complication) Prevention Council Advisory Board which convened in London, England.

Associate Professor Sanjay Warrier is the immediate Past President of BreastSurgANZ, co-Chair of Post Fellowship Training, long-standing member of both the BreastSurgANZ Membership and Oncoplastic Committees, and sits on advisory committees with the NSW Ministry of Health and the Cancer Institute. He also sits on the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation committee and the Research Faculty at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse.

Sanjay is passionate about utilising novel techniques and innovative technologies to offer his patients the best options available. He was the first surgeon in Australia to utilise SPY technology for breast reconstruction surgery, and was the first surgeon in the Southern Hemisphere to perform robotic breast surgery. He was also an early adopter of volume replacement techniques for breast conserving surgery, and the first to utilise 3D printing for breast assessment and surgery planning.

Sanjay has also published many papers and co-authored articles in peer reviewed journals and magazines.

Select Scientific Publications

1. Ofri, Adam & Elstner, K & Mann, GB & Kumar, S & Warrier, Sanjay. (2023). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in non-metastatic breast cancer: The surgeon’s perspective. The Surgeon. 10.1016/j.surge.2023.04.001.

2. Ofri, Adam & Bhimani, Nazim & Warrier, Sanjay. (2023). An Australian-based nomogram predicting nodal positivity for breast cancer in older patients. The Surgeon. 10.1016/j.surge.2023.06.001.

3. Nguyen, Chu Luan & Zhou, Michael & Easwaralingam, Neshanth & Seah, Jue Li & Azimi, Farhad & Mak, Cindy & Pulitano, Carlo & Warrier, Sanjay. (2023). Novel Dual Tracer Indocyanine Green and Radioisotope Versus Gold Standard Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: The GREENORBLUE Trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 10.1245/s10434-023-13824-6.

4. Dayaratna N, Nguyen CL, Spillane A, Mak C, Warrier SK, Dusseldorp JR. (2023) Trends and variations in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction rates in Australia over 10 years. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Jan 18. doi: 10.1111/ans.18243. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36651629.

5. Lee KJ, Seah JL, O’Toole S, Warrier S (2023). Xanthogranulomatous inflammation and spindle cell proliferation in response to silicone breast implant leakage. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Jan 2;16(1):e252091. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252091.

6. Goltsman, D., Warrier, S., Mak, C., Spillane, A., & Ascherman, J. (2022). Association between body mass index and adverse surgical outcomes of implant-based breast reconstruction: a prospective cohort study of 5,545 breast reconstructions. Annals Of Breast Surgery, 6. doi:10.21037/abs-21-2.

7. Nguyen CL, Dayaratna N, Comerford AP, Tam SKM, Paredes SR, Easwaralingam N, Seah JL, Azimi F, Mak C, Pulitano C, Warrier SK (2022) Cost-effectiveness of indocyanine green angiography in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Sep;75(9):3014-3021. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.050.

8. Nguyen CL, Comerford AP, Dayaratna N, Lata T, Paredes SR, Easwaralingam N, Seah JL, Azimi F, Mak C, Pulitano C, Warrier SK. (2022) Trends in outcomes with adoption of indocyanine green angiography in postmastectomy reconstruction. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/ans.18241.

9. Nguyen, Chu Luan., Tam, Melanie., et al (2022). Patterns of ischaemia and reperfusion in nipple-sparing mastectomy reconstruction with indocyanine green angiography, Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.08.006

10. Ofri, Adam & Stuart, Kirsty et al (2022). Diagnosis and management of phyllodes tumours for the surgeon: An algorithm. The surgeon : Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland. 10.1016/j.surge.2022.01.004.

11. Nguyen, Chu Luan & Liu, Yi et al (2022). Utility of indocyanine green angiography in delaying breast reconstruction postmastectomy. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 10.1007/s00238-022-01944-3.

12. Ofri A, Bhimani N, Warrier S (2022) Older Breast Cancer: Not all T1 HR+ Breast Cancers are Equal. J Oncol Res Ther 7: 10127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29011/2574-710X.10127

13. Ofri A, Bhimani N, Warrier S (2022) Older Breast Cancer in Australia: Tumour Characteristics of Screened Versus Symptomatic Breast Cancers. J Oncol Res Ther 7: 10126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29011/2574-710X.10126

14. Warrier, Sanjay & Nguyen, Chu & Easwaralingam, Neshanth. (2021). Indocyanine green laser angiography demonstrating mastectomy flap tissue perfusion following nipple sparing mastectomy.. ASVIDE. 8. 103-103. 10.21037/asvide.2021.103.

15. Wu, Sunny & Al-Eryani, Ghamdan & Roden, Daniel & Junankar, Simon & Harvey, Kate & Andersson, Alma & Thennavan, Aatish & Wang, Chenfei & Torpy, James & Bartonicek, Nenad & Wang, Taopeng & Larsson, Ludvig & Kaczorowski, Dominik & Weisenfeld, Neil & Uytingco, Cedric & Chew, Jennifer & Bent, Zachary & Chan, Chia-Ling & Gnanasambandapillai, Vikkitharan & Swarbrick, Alexander. (2021). A single-cell and spatially resolved atlas of human breast cancers. Nature Genetics. 53. 1334-1347. 10.1038/s41588-021-00911-1.

16. Nguyen, Chu Luan & Barry, Nick & Lindsay, Andrew & Seah, Jue & Easwaralingam, Neshanth & Pulitano, Carlo & Warrier, Sanjay. (2021). Indocyanine green angiography in breast reconstruction surgery: A systematic review of cost-analysis studies. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 74. 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.08.013.

17. Warrier, Sanjay & Nguyen, Chu Luan & Easwaralingam, Neshanth. (2021). Acellular dermal matrices in breast reconstruction: a narrative review and institutional perspective. Annals of Breast Surgery. 5. 17-17. 10.21037/abs-20-68.

18. Goltsman, David & Bruce, Eleanor & Mak, Cindy & Spillane, Andrew & Warrier, Sanjay. (2021). The Issue of Late Stage Breast Cancer in Sydney, NSW. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 90. 10.1111/ans.16803.

19. Wu, Sunny & Roden, Daniel & Al-Eryani, Ghamdan & Bartonicek, Nenad & Harvey, Kate & Cazet, Aurélie & Chan, Chia-Ling & Junankar, Simon & Hui, Mun & Millar, Ewan & Beretov, Julia & Horvath, Lisa & Joshua, Anthony & Stricker, Phillip & Wilmott, James & Quek, Camelia & Long, Georgina & Scolyer, Richard & Yeung, Bertrand & Swarbrick, Alexander. (2021). Cryopreservation of human cancers conserves tumour heterogeneity for single-cell multi-omics analysis. Genome Medicine. 13. 10.1186/s13073-021-00885-z.

20. Goltsman, David & Warrier, Sanjay & Mak, Cindy & Ascherman, Jeffrey. (2020). Is Obesity Associated with Poorer Surgical Outcomes Among Women with Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer?. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 90. 10-22. 10.1111/ans.15833.

21. Wu, Sunny & Roden, Daniel & Wang, Chenfei & Holliday, Holly & Harvey, Kate & Cazet, Aurélie & Murphy, Kendelle & Pereira, Brooke & Al-Eryani, Ghamdan & Bartonicek, Nenad & Hou, Rui & Torpy, James & Junankar, Simon & Chan, Chia‐Ling & Lam, Chuan & Hui, Mun & Gluch, Laurence & Beith, Jane & Parker, Andrew & Swarbrick, Alexander. (2020). Stromal cell diversity associated with immune evasion in human triple‐negative breast cancer. The EMBO Journal. 10.15252/embj.2019104063.

22. Lam, Danny & Warrier, Sanjay & Ahmadi, Nariman & Leslie, Scott & Rindani, Rahul. (2020). Value of Indocyanine Green Angiography to Guide Wound Management and Prevent Necrosis in a Robotic Surgical Procedure. Journal of Endourology Case Reports. 10.1089/cren.2019.0149.

23. Chen, J., Warrier, S., Mak, C., Spillane, A., Mann, G.B., Lim, E. et al. (2019) Window of opportunity treatment in breast cancer. ANZ Journal of Surgery. doi:10.1111/ans.15487
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24. Andrew J. Spillane, Kathy L. Flitcroft, Sanjay Warrier, Annette G. Katerlaris, (2019). Evaluation of a structured clinical program and formal coursework in breast surgeon training in Australia and New Zealand, European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Volume 45, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1821-1826, ISSN 0748-7983, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2019.05.014.

25. Maryam Massaeli, Elizabeth Robbins, Sanjay Warrier (2019). Metaplastic carcinoma with mesenchymal differentiation (Matrix-producing metaplastic carcinoma of the breast). Journal of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Volume 51, Supplement 1, Pages S150-S151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2018.09.013

26. Tapia, Grace & Ying, Victoria & Di Re, Angelina & Stellin, Anna & Cai, Tommy & Warrier, Sanjay. (2019). Predicting non‐sentinel lymph node metastasis in Australian breast cancer patients: are the nomograms still useful in the post Z0011 era?. ANZ Journal of Surgery, Volume 89, Issue 6, Pages 1433-1445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.15173

27. Goltsman, David & Yong Cheong, Ju & Posner, Atara & Abraham, Earl & Azimi, Farhad & Warrier, Sanjay. (2018). The Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Salvaging Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction. 10.1007/15695_2018_123.

28. Symonds, J.G. & Grant, A & Newman, A & Mirto, R & Warrier, Sanjay. (2018). PO10 Management outcomes in lactational breast abscesses: 10-year tertiary centre review. The Breast. 38. 195-196.

29. Posner, A., Azimi, F., Goltsman, D., Warrier, S. (2017). Practice changing cases using ICG technology in breast reconstruction. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res. DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000432

30. Brennan, M., Flitcroft, K., Warrier, S., Snook, K., Spillane, A. (2016). Immediate expander/implant breast reconstruction followed by post-mastectomy radiotherapy for breast cancer: Aesthetic, surgical, satisfaction and quality of life outcomes in women with high-risk breast cancer. The Breast, 30, 59-65.

31. Cheong, JY., Goltsman, D., Warrier, S. (2016). A New Method of Salvaging Breast Reconstruction After Breast Implant Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Instillation. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 40 (5).

32. Ang, SC., Tapia, G., Davidson, EJ., Kahramangil, B., Mak, C., Carmalt, HL., Warrier, S. (2016). Positive Anterior Margins in Breast Conserving Surgery: Does it Matter? A Systemic Review of the Literature. The Breast, 27, 105-108.

33. Warrier, S., Tapia, G., Goltsman, D., Beith, J. (2015). An update in breast cancer screening and management. Womens health, 12(2), 229-239

34. Warrier, S., Hwang, S., Gibbings, K., Carmalt, H., O’Toole, S. (2015). Phyllodes tumour with heterologous sarcomatous differentiation: Case series with literature review. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 11, 91-94

35. Warrier S, Hwang S, Koh CE, Shepherd H, Mak C, Carmalt H, Solomon M (2015). Preservation or division of the intercostobrachial nerve in axillary dissection for breast cancer. Meta-analysis of Randomised controlled trials. Abstract P2-18-06. Cancer Research 73(24 supplement).

36. Beckers, R., Selinger, C., Vilain, R., Madore, J., Wilmott, J., Harvey, K., Holliday, A., Cooper, C., Robbins, E., Gillett, D., Kennedy, C., Gluch, L., Carmalt, H., Warrier, S., Gee, H., Chan, C., McLean, A., Walker, E., McNeil, C., Beith, J., Scolyer, R., O’Toole, S., et al. (2016). Programmed death ligand 1 expression in triple-negative breast cancer is associated with tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes and improved outcome. Histopathology, 69(1), 25-34.