
Pathology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Programme Director
NHG Health Pathology Residency Programme
Programme Director
NHG Health Pathology Residency Programme
Dr Manish M Bundele is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Pathology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. He graduated from the Nagpur University, India in 1998, pursued postgraduate training in MD Pathology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of UK since 2012 and completed Certificate of Higher Cervical Cytology Training. He was awarded the prestigious Ministry of Health Scholarship for fellowship training and underwent a 6-month Head and Neck pathology training at UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, USA in 2016 under the tutelage of Professor Raja Seethala. He practices general Histopathology with a subspecialty interest in Head and Neck Pathology. He participates in postgraduate teaching and does collaborative research with UPMC in head and neck & endocrine/ related molecular pathology.
Dr Manish believes in keeping abreast with the latest evidence-based medicine and is committed to furthering the understanding of diseases through clinical audit and research. He has contributed to this through multiple international peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, presentations at both local and overseas conferences, and co-authoring of book chapter/s. His book chapters include his work world renowned Head and Neck Pathologist Prof Justin Bishop as the Editor and multiple head and neck topic authors on pathologyoutlines.com with other world-renowned editors. He is also reviewer of multiple international pathology journals for head and neck subspecialty such as International Journal of Surgical Pathology, Histopathology, Cancer Cytopathology, Diagnostic Cytopathology, Journal for Clinical Pathology and Diagnostic Pathology. He is also examiner for FRCPath examinations conducted by Royal College of Pathologists, UK.
Dr Manish is also passionate about teaching and nurturing the next generation of doctors. He currently serves as an Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Nanyang Technological University).
Appointments
- Dr Manish is currently the Programme Director of NHG pathology residency programme. https://www.nhgeducation.nhg.com.sg/nhgresidency/programmes/postgraduate-year-1-and-residency-programmes/pathology/contact-details
- Dr Manish has previously served as Pathology Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) member and clinical core faculty member (CCFM) of NHG pathology residency programme.
- Dr Manish is a member of International association of pathologists (IAP) – Singapore division, USCAP (united states and Canadian academy of pathology) and NASHNP (North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology).
- Dr Manish is also an invited speaker for Head and Neck Pathology session at International association of pathologists (IAP) Singapore division conferences.
Awards
-Best poster award at AHNS (American head and neck Society Meeting) 2019 & HNS Randal Weber, MD Award for Quality, Safety and Value in Head and Neck Oncology for a project on early tongue SCC, in collaboration with UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA.
-NHG Teaching Excellence Award for Senior Doctor 2025.
Publications
---Pubmed link- bundele manish - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)
---Google scholar link- Manish M Bundele - Google Scholar
---Publons- Bundele, Manish - Web of Science Core Collection
--- Manish Mahadeorao Bundele (0000-0002-3333-1565) - My ORCID
Publications
1. Chapter Title - Suspicious for malignanacy
2. Chapter Title - Benign Epithelial Tumors of Sinonasal Tract.
3. Omental venous malformation: a rare cause of spontaneous haemoperitoneum
4. Middle-aged Lady With Extensive Omental Caking, Peritoneal Nodules, and Pelvic Masses.
5. A rapidly enlarging left medial orbital lesion
6. Cribriform morular thyroid carcinoma: a recently reclassified entity.
7. Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features and the risk of malignancy in thyroid cytology: Data from Singapore
8. Routine intraoperative frozen section adds little value to the management of thyroid nodules with Bethesda III cytology
9. Oncocytic papillary cystadenoma in the paranasal sinuses presenting with high fluorodeoxyglucose uptake.
10. Risk stratification of parotid neoplasms based on intraoperative frozen section and preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology.
11. Lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the larynx: an extremely rare tumour in a patient of Chinese descent.
12. Gastric Outlet Obstruction From Gastric Amyloidosis Caused by Multiple Myeloma.
13. Trends in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers in Singapore.
14. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma associated with sudden stridor arising from thyroid mucormycosis and concomitant bacterial infection.
15. Insights into the molecular pathogenesis of ocular tuberculosis.
16. Photo Quiz: A 55-Year-Old-Man with Rectal Bleeding and a Rectal Mass.
17. Answer to May 2020 Photo Quiz.
18. Ectopic sphenoid sinus pituitary adenoma masquerading as metastatic head and neck cancer.
19. Two cases of cutaneous eruptions due to CoVID-19 infection in Singapore: new insights into the spectrum of clinical presentation and histopathology.
20. Mucoacinar Carcinoma: A Rare Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 Aug 1;45(8):1028-1037.

