Qualification:
Fellow in Brachytherapy, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
Special Skills:
BEGAN CAREER IN REGIONAL CANCER CENTER (RCC) AND TOOK ACTIVE PART IN CANCER AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION CAMPAIGN. AFTER POST-GRADUATION IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE FROM TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTER RESPECTIVELY, I WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPMENT OF RADIOTHERAPY FACILITIES IN RCC, FOR WHICH I WAS AWARDED A LETTER OF APPRECIATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTION. AFTER JOINING JASLOK HOSPITAL IN APRIL,1997, I SHOULDERED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SET-UP A MODERN, STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIATION ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT COMPRISING TELECOBALT, DUAL ENERGY DIGITAL LINEAR ACCELERATOR WITH MLC, THERAPY SIMULATOR, TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS, HDR BRACHYTHERAPY, R&V SYSTEM. X-KNIFE RADIOSURGERY PROGRAMME WAS ALSO COMMISSIONED FOR SRS & SRT. THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODERNIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE THEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I HAVE LONG EXPERIENCE OF CONVENTIONAL AS WELL AS CT-BASED PLANNING AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING 3D-CRT PROGRAMME AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOPING IMRT & IGRT FACILITY AT JASLOK HOSPITAL WITH COMMISSIONING OF ONCOR EXPRESSION LINEAR ACCELERATOR. TO BOLSTER ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS I DID A HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION COURSE FROM TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.