CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Professor in Medical Radiation Physics and Radiation Safety Officer


                

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Medical Radiation Physics and Radiation Safety

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Manipal Academy of Higher Education 2006
Dip.R.P. Radiological Physics Mumbai University 1991
MSc Nuclear Physics Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam 1988

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
KMC Mangalore Professor 22-09-2015 - Till date
KMC Mangalore Associate Professor 04/04/2011 - 21-09-2015
KMC Mangalore Selection Grade Lecturer 29/04/2003 - 30/03/2011
KMC Mangalore Senior Gr. Lecturer 05/02/2000 - 28/04/2003
KMC Mangalore Lecturer 01/02/1993 - 04/02/2000
KMC Manipal Lecturer 16/01/1992 - 31/01/1993

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Medical Radiation Physics

Area of Expertise

3DCRT, IMRT, HDR Brachytherapy treatment Planning

Area of Research

Invivo Dosimetry , Quality Assurance

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

1.      Working as Radiological Safety Officer of KMCH, Attavar since (1992) & Ambedkar Circle (Since 2004).

2.      Internal Quality Auditor of KMC Hospitals for ISO 9000:2001 since 2004 & EMS (ISO 14001:2004)

3.      Written a book on “Radiation Safety Manual” for KMCH (AT&AC) during 2010.

4.      Awarded as “Meritorious Radiological Safety Officer” by Indian Association for Radiation Protection during the year 2012.

5.      Course Coordinator for BSc (MRT) degree (Mangalore campus) from Manipal University during 2013-2018.

6.      Conducted One National Conference of AMPI in the year 2012, Two CME’s (2012, 2010) & Three symposiums on Medical Physics & Radiation Safety (2010, 2002).

7.      Elected and working as National Secretary for Association of Medical Physicists of India [2011-13 & 2013-15]

8.      Pre Ph.D Examiner (for Medical Radiation Physics) & Member Ph.D Registration Committee to Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore since 2011.

9.      PhD Guide:  Recognized PhD Guide under Manipal University since Sept’2014.

10.  PhD .Guide: In the field of Medical Physics under Manipal Academy of Higher Education since Mar’2015.

11.  Organizing Secretary – National level Refresher Course on “Medical Physics & Radiation Safety” held in April 2019.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Awarded “Meritorious Radiological Safety Officer” by Indian Association for Radiation Protection during the year 2012.
  • Organized One National Conference of AMPI in the year 2012, Two CME’s (2012, 2010) on Safety, Quality and accuracy in Radiotherapy & two symposiums on Medical Physics & Radiation Safety (2010, 2002).
  • Elected and working as National Secretary for Association of Medical Physicists of India since 2011.
  • Pre Ph.D Examiner (for Medical Radiation Physics) & Member Ph.D Registration Committee to Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore since 2011.

Clinical implementation of brass mesh bolus for chest wall postmastectomy radiotherapy and fi lm dosimetry for surface dose estimates.

Lobo D Banerjee S Saxena PU Ravichandran R Srinivas C Putha SK

J Can Res Ther 2018---Article accepted for publication and in press. (10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1034_17)

In vivo dose estimations through transit signal measured with thimble chamber positioned along the central axis at electronic portal imaging device level in medical linear accelerator in carcinoma of the middle-third esophagus patients undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy.

Kumar PS Banerjee S Arun Kumar ES Srinivas C Vadhiraja BM Saxena PU

J Can Res Ther 2018;14:300-7. https://doi.org /10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_278_17.

On-line estimations of delivered radiation doses in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy treatments of carcinoma uterine cervix patients in linear accelerator.

Putha, S. Saxena, P. Banerjee, S. Srinivas, C. Vadhiraja, B Ravichandran, R.

Journal of Medical Physics, 41(4), 224. https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.195186

Quality assurance of simultaneous treatment of two targets in pelvic region planned with single isocenter using three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) technique.

Putha, S. Srinivas, C. Manjunath, V.

International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology, 3(3), 3315. https://doi.org/10.14319/ijcto.33.15

Standardization of mean lethal dose (LD50/30) of X-rays using linear accelerator (LINIAC) in albino wistar rat model based on survival analysis studies and hematological parameters.

Srinivas, C. Kumar, A. Rai, R. Kini, J. Kumarchandra, R

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 6(5), 1215–1219.

Radiation Protection Survey around C-arm Unit

Dr Vijaya Kumar Reddy

Quality Assurance of Aluminium based tissue compensator

Dr Pradyumna Reddy

PhD Thesis: “Validation of dose delivery accuracy in 3DCRT techniques & Quality Assurance of Treatment Planning System for Heterogeneity correction.”

Mr.Putha Suman Kumar

Quality Assurance of CT Based Aluminium Tissue Compensator

Dr. Pradyumna Reddy

PG Student Thesis

Radiation Protection Survey around C-arm Unit

Dr.Vijayananda Reddy

PG Student Thesis