Experience

Present appointments:

  • Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Thakurpukur, Kolkata

Prior appointments:

  • Locum Consultant, Clinical Oncology Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire, UK

    Involved in comprehensive non-surgical management of Lung & Gynaecological Cancers, as part of Multidisciplinary team, at a very large NHS Trust

  • Locum Consultant, Clinical Oncology Worcester Royal Hospital, Worcestershire, UK

    Involved in comprehensive non-surgical management of Breast & Gynaecological Cancers, as part of Multidisciplinary team, at a large NHS Trust

  • Consultant Radiation Oncologist Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Howrah, West Bengal, India
    • Involved in site-specific Radiation Oncologic management of Breast , Lung, Head-Neck & Gynaecological Cancers, and Brain Tumors, as part of Multidisciplinary team
    • Involved in delivering a variety of advanced radiotherapy treatments, including IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SABR & image-guided HDR brachytherapy
    • Academic in-charge
    • Member Secretary of Institutional Ethics Committee
    • Teaching of DNB (Radiotherapy)
    • Teaching of Diploma in Radiotherapeutic Technology trainees

  • Locum Consultant, Clinical Oncology Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire, UK

    Involved in comprehensive non-surgical management of Lung Cancers & Brain Tumors, as part of Multidisciplinary team, in a very large NHS Trust

  • Consultant Radiation Oncologist Narayana Superspeciality Hospital / Westbank Hospital, Howrah, West Bengal, India
    • Involved in step-by-step setting up of the Radiation Oncology department of Westbank Hospital (known as Narayana Superspeciality Hospital after 2014)
    • Involved in Radiation Oncologic management of all solid tumor sites as part of Multidisciplinary team
    • Involved with delivering a variety of advanced radiotherapy treatments, including IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SABR [all commissioned] & image-guided HDR brachytherapy [commissioned]
    • Academic in-charge
    • Member Secretary of Institutional Ethics Committee
    • Teaching of DNB (Radiotherapy) trainees
    • Teaching of Diploma in Radiotherapeutic Technology trainees
    • Worked in close collaboration with colleagues at Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata to develop and deliver hypofractionated radiotherapy protocols in breast & prostate cancer for the first time in Eastern India

  • Full time Junior Radiotherapist (Junior Consultant in Radiotherapy) Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute Thakurpukur, Kolkata, India

  • Clinical Associate Department of Radiation Oncology Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute Mumbai, India

  • Registrar Department of Radiotherapy Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Kolkata

  • Senior Registrar Department of Radiation Oncology Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai , India

  • Senior Resident Department of Radiotherapy Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow , India

  • Junior Resident [Post Graduate Trainee] Department of Radiotherapy Medical College Hospital Kolkata , India

Areas of interest:

  • Image-guided radiotherapy
  • Altered fractionation
  • Stereotactic body radiotherapy in lung cancer
  • Brachytherapy in gynaecological cancer

Overseas Training:

  • Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK : Training in head-neck, lung and thyroid cancers.
  • University Hospital Brussels, Belgium : Training in Image Guided Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer

Leadership experience:

  • Secretary, Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (West Bengal Chapter) [Organisation of state-level and national level academic events of the Association and collaboration with other Specialist Associations ]

Awards & Fellowships:

  1. Travel Grant to attend Conference on Primary Management of Early Breast Cancer at St Gallen, Switzerland .
  2. AROI Travel Fellowship (Age Group 30-35 years).
  3. ESTRO Mobility Grant .
  4. Travel Grant to attend European Society of Medical Oncology-Asia Conference in Singapore .
  5. Travel Grant to attend European Society of Medical Oncology Preceptorship Course on Prostate Cancer in Singapore .