Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan
Cancer Care

Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan

Head, Radiation Oncology; Professor & Head of Radiation Oncology department

Amrita Hospital• Faridabad

25+ years of experience
Radiation Oncology
MBBS, MD, Clinical Research Project, Clinical Fellowship Program

About the doctor

Dr. Viswanathan completed schooling at Frank Anthony Public School and college at National College in Bengaluru. Following MD training at Kidwai Memorial Institute in 1997, he completed clinical research at Tata Memorial Hospital in 1998. He served as Assistant Professor at Kidwai from 1999-2006 (8 years), during which he pursued academic courses in genetic engineering and molecular genetics at Indian Institute of Science.

He completed a fellowship in Canada, then joined Vydehi Institute (2008-2022, 14 years), progressing to Professor. He pursued hyperthermia technique training in Netherlands (2017). Notable achievements include inventing robotic image-guided brachytherapy for hepatic tumors and establishing nanoparticle research labs for cancer treatment applications.

Area of expertise

Precision-based individualized radiation treatments (cervical, head & neck, prostate cancers)Multimodality image-guided intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapyIntra-operative MRI-guided brachytherapyHigh precision adaptive radiotherapyDIBH breast cancer treatmentImage-guided robotic brachytherapyHypo-fractionated radiation schedules for palliative-to-radical conversion

Qualifications

MBBS

National College, Bengaluru

MD (Radiation Oncology)

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, 1997

Clinical Research Project

Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 1998

Clinical Fellowship Program

Jurivinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada

Professional Journey

  1. Amrita Hospital — Head, Professor & Head of Radiation Oncology
  2. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology — MD training (1997)
  3. Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai — clinical research (1998)
  4. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology — Assistant Professor (1999-2006)
  5. Jurivinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada — fellowship
  6. Vydehi Institute — progressing to Professor (2008-2022)

Awards & achievements

  • Best paper award (2018) - Role of Iron oxide and gadolinium nanoparticles as radiosensitizers in Cancer treatment, Indian Cancer Society conference, Bengaluru
  • Best paper award (2019) - Development of novel radiation sensitizer-magnetic hyperthermia nanoparticles, 6th World Congress on Nanomedical Sciences (ISNSCON-2018), New Delhi

Book a Free Consultation

Specialists

Related Doctors

Dr. M. Suneetha

Dr. M. Suneetha

Cancer Care

Yashoda Hospitals · Hitec City, Hyderabad

DR. PRASAD E

DR. PRASAD E

Cancer Care

Apollo Proton Cancer Centre · Chennai

Dr. Rohit Nayyar

Dr. Rohit Nayyar

Cancer Care

Max Super Speciality Hospital · Saket, New Delhi

Dr Harsh Dua

Dr Harsh Dua

Cancer Care

Indraprastha Apollo Hospital · Sarita Vihar, New Delhi

Trusted Medical Centres

Related Hospitals

Resources

Related Blogs