Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan

About Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan

Dr. Bhaskar Viswanathan is a well?recognized Radiation Oncologist with more than 28 years of professional experience. He focuses on precision-based individualized radiation treatments for Cervical, Head & Neck, and Prostate cancers. He is skilled in multimodality-guided intracavitary and Interstitial Brachytherapy and High Precision Adaptive Radiotherapy treatment. He is also experienced in Intraoperative MRI-guided Brachytherapy procedures. Dr. Viswanathan has a deep knowledge of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) breast cancer treatment. He offers hypo-fractionated radiation schedules for converting Palliative care to Radical. His educational qualifications include an MBBS from National Coll., Bengaluru, an MD from Kidwai Memorial Inst. of Oncology, 1997, and a 1-year Clinical Fellowship Program at Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada. He performed a one-year Clinical Research project at Tata Memorial Hosp. in Mumbai in 1998. He completed short academic courses in Genetic Engineering and Human Molecular Genetics at the Indian Inst. of Science, along with research lab advanced training at IVRI Bengaluru. In 2017, Dr. Viswanathan participated in an orientation program on Hyperthermia techniques in Breast and Cervical cancers at Erasmus MC Netherlands. He is the inventor of Robotic Image Guided Brachytherapy for treating Hepatic tumors, with phase 1 trials pending. He played a key role in establishing a Nanoparticle research lab with a 60 Lakh funded project, focusing on formulating Iron oxide and Gadolinium nanoparticles for cancer treatment. Dr. Viswanathan is a part of the PRSG committee of the Department of IT, BT, and Electronics (DEITY) of the Government of India, providing cancer expertise for research audits in Cancer nanotechnology research at IIT, Mumbai. He is fluent in English and Hindi.

Education

MBBS, National Coll., Bengaluru MD, Kidwai Memorial Inst. of Oncology, 1997 Clinical Fellowship Program at Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada

Training & Certificates

One Year Clinical Research Project, Tata Memorial Hosp. in Mumbai, 1998 One Year Clinical Fellowship Program, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada advanced training in Genetic engineering and human molecular Genetics at Indian Inst. of Science and Research Lab, IVRI Bengaluru

Past Experience

Professor, Vydehi Inst. of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, 2022 Clinical Research Associate, McMaster Univ. Canada, 2008 Principal Research Scientist, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, 2008 Assistant Professor, Kidwai Memorial Inst. of Oncology, 2006 Clinical Research Associate, Tata Memorial Centre, 1998

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