Dr. Sukesh Manthri is a medical oncologist at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Houma, a partnership with Terrebonne General Health System. He received his medical degree from the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences in India. He completed a clinical research fellowship as chief medical oncology fellow at Cleveland Clinic Florida followed by an internal medicine residency at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, IL. He completed his hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Dr. Manthri was a medical oncology fellow at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN. He is board-certified in medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and board-certified in internal medicine, hospice, and palliative medicine. In 2020, Dr. Manthri received the Dr. Thomas G. Ronald Award for Excellence in the Care of the Cancer Patient.