Consultant – Radiation Oncology
MBBS- KLES Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum
DNB (Radiotherapy)
Total Experience: 8 years HCG, Vishwa Bharathi Cancer Hospital, Vikram Hospital, BGS Global, Apollo, Baptist hospital and Fortis hospitals
Areas of Special Interest
– Using PET CT for target delineation and planning for Head & Neck and Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy.
– GEC-ESTRO guideline-based Image-guided Brachytherapy for Gynaecological malignancies.
– Hypo-fractionated Radiation with precision Image Guidance with CBCT for carcinoma prostate.
– Frameless non-invasive linac-based Stereotactic Radiation to Benign Brain tumors like meningiomas; Vestibular Schwannomas, pituitary adenomas; functional tumors like Trigeminal Neuralgias, Glomus tumors & AV malformations.
– Radiation toxicity management and rehabilitation post-radiation.
– Organ preservation Chemo Radiation strategies in Bladder, Laryngeal/ Hypopharyngeal, and Anal canal cancers.
– Intra Operative Radiation treatment experience with Intrabeam – 600 for early breast cancers and for recurrent Glioblastoma multiforme lesions.
Key Achievements
– Has been one of the first few to use precision radiation oncology cutting edge techniques like Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for radiation treatment in Head & Neck, prostate malignancies, malignant brain tumors post-surgery, and medulloblastomas.
– Is specialized in treating prostate malignancies with curative intent Radiation incorporating VMAT and following hypo-fractionation techniques.
– Has been one of the first to use Stereotactic Radiation treatments – Linac-based frameless SRS, SRT, and SBRT.
– Has treated over 600 Head and Neck malignancies with definitive Chemoradiation with intensity-modulated (SIB-IMRT) RT for Nasopharyngeal/Laryngeal/ Hypopharyngeal cancers as a part of larynx preservation protocol.
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