Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan
Head - Radiation Oncology
24+ years of experience
Amrita Hospital, Faridabad
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About Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan
- Bhaskar Viswanathan currently holds the position of Professor and Head of the Radiation Oncology department at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Faridabad, Haryana.
- He attended Frank Anthony Public School for his schooling and National College in Bengaluru for college.
- In 1997, he completed his MD training at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
- In 1998, he conducted a one-year Clinical research project at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.
- From 1999 to 2006, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, accumulating eight years of service.
- During this period, he pursued short academic courses in Genetic engineering and Human Molecular Genetics at the Indian Institute of Science and received lab training at IVRI Bengaluru.
- In 2008, he joined Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Bengaluru as an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology.
- He was later promoted to the position of Professor and continued to work at Vydehi Institute until 2022, accumulating a total of 14 years at the institution.
- Bhaskar Viswanathan’s significant contributions include inventing Robotic image-guided brachytherapy for the treatment of Hepatic tumors, with phase 1 trials in progress.
- He was instrumental in setting up a Nanoparticle research lab, with a project funded with 60 lakh rupees, where he worked on formulating Iron oxide (30nm) and Gadolinium nanoparticles for their induction hyperthermia potential in cancer treatment.
- Additionally, he served as a cancer expert on the PRSG committee of the Department of IT, BT, and Electronics (DEITY) in the Government of India, overseeing research audit in Cancer nanotechnology research at IIT, Mumbai.
- Bhaskar Viswanathan has made significant and diverse contributions to the fields of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Nanotechnology throughout his career.
Qualification & Training of Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan
- MBBS
Frank Anthony Public School and attended National College in Bengaluru - MD
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, 1997 - One Year Clinical Research Project
Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, 1998 - One Year Clinical Fellowship Program
Jurivinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada.
Areas of Clinical interests
- Precision based individualized radiation treatments in Cervical, Head & Neck and Prostate cancers.
- Multimodality Image Guided Intracavitary and Interstitial Brachytherapy.
- Intra-operative MRI guided Brachytherapy procedures.
- High Precision Adaptive Radiotherapy treatment.
- DIBH breast cancers treatment.
- Image Guided Robotic Brachytherapy procedures.
- Hypo-fractionated Radiation schedules for conversion of Palliative care to Radical.
Awards:
- Best paper award-Role of Iron oxide and gadolinium nanoparticles as radiosensitizers in Cancer treatment-Indian Cancer Society conference, Bengaluru, 2018.
- Best paper award-Development of novel radiation sensitizer-magnetic hyperthermia nanoparticles for diagnostic (MRI) imaging and treatment of cancer-6 th world congress on nanomedical sciences-ISNSCON-2018, New Delhi, 7-10 January 2019.
List of Treatments
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Anal Cancer Treatment
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Bladder Cancer Treatment
- Blood Cancer
- Blood Clot Brain Surgery
- Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
- Bone Cancer Treatment
- Bone Marrow Cancer
- Bowel Cancer Treatment
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Treatment
- Colon Cancer Treatment
- Head and Neck Tumor / Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Management
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
- Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
- Adaptive radiation therapy (ART)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
- Colon Cancer
- Cancer Treatment.
- Radiation Therapy
- Ablation therapy
- Brachytherapy
- Proton Therapy
- Linear accelerator therapy
- Truebeam radiation therapy
- Novalis radiation therapy
- Radiosurgery (CyberKnife | Gamma Knife)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Liver Cancer Treatment
- Cervical Cancer Treatment
- Stomach Cancer Treatment
- Oral Cancer Treatment
- Lung Cancer Treatment
- Astrocytoma Treatment
- Anal Cancer Treatment
- Osteosarcoma Treatment
- Germ Cell Tumor (GCT) Treatment
- Salivary Gland Cancer Treatment
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