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Clinically Useful

Victor EKPO

Only 15% into the course, I already find it very clinically useful, not just for Brachytherapy but also for External Beam Radiotherapy. This has significantly improved my clinical practice with CT/MRI imaging. Highly recommend it for Medical Physi...

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Only 15% into the course, I already find it very clinically useful, not just for Brachytherapy but also for External Beam Radiotherapy. This has significantly improved my clinical practice with CT/MRI imaging. Highly recommend it for Medical Physicists and Oncologists!

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ELAME Emmanuel Franck

Thanks for this great initiative. Very interesting.

Thanks for this great initiative. Very interesting.

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History of brachytherapy

Susan Kahumburu

Very informative

Very informative

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AORTIC Course on CT Guided Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer

Evalyne Obeya

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Historically,  Brachytherapy achieved 75-95% local control  in early and 30-65% in advanced cervical tumours. 

With MRI guided Brachytherapy, local control in EMBRACE 1 study was 98% for stage IB1 to 90% for stage IV. Morbidity was favourable.

CT guided Brachytherapy is a low-cost alternative to MRI. 

This course helps with implementation of CT guided Brachytherapy.


  • Target Audience

    Radiation oncologists • Medical physicists • Radiation therapy technologists

  • Format

    Online pre-recorded Lectures • Videos • Demonstrations • Links to Resources

  • Timing

    Open 6 months! Learn when it suits you.

  • Course Director

    Susan Citonje Msadabwe-Chikuni, Zambia

  • Course Program Committee

    Musa Ali-Gombe, Nigeria ● Nwamaka Lasebikan, Nigeria ● Surbhi Grover, Botswana-U Penn

  • Faculty

    Primoz Petric, Christian Kirisits, Umesh Mahantshetty, Ina MJ Schulz, Taran P Hellebust, Susan Citonje Msadabwe, Sheynaz Bassa, Nazia Fakie, Sushil Beriwal, Li Tee Tan, Jacob Lindegaard, Max Schmid, Monica Serban, Nicole Nesvacil, Peter Hoskin, Michael Baumgartl, Alina Sturdza, Christian Wulff, Elena Riggenbach (List subject to further changes)

Course curriculum

    1. Disclaimers, Conditions, and Conflicts of Interest

    1. Course Overview & Introduction. Primoz Petric

    1. Pre-Course Survey (takes approximately 5 minutes)

    2. INSTRUCTION

    3. Pre-course Quiz

    1. Epidemiology with emphasis on Africa. Sheynaz Bassa

    2. Pathology of cervical cancer. Santosh Menon

    3. Anatomy of female pelvis. Nazia Fakie

    4. Choice of imaging modality at Diagnosis / EBRT from perspective of radiation oncologist. Primoz Petric

    5. Normal imaging findings at Diagnosis/EBRT from perspective of radiation oncologist. Primoz Petric

    1. Imaging findings: PRIMARY TUMOUR at Dg/EBRT from perspective of radiation oncologist. Primoz Petric

    2. Imaging findings: NODAL METASTASES at Dg/EBRT from perspective of radiation oncologist. Primoz Petric

    1. Lymphatic drainage and Selection of nodal volumes. Lavanya Gurram

    2. EBRT Contouring part I: Initial primary tumour GTV-T & High risk CTV-T. Primoz Petric

    3. EBRT Contouring part II: Low-risk CTV-T and ITV-T. Primoz Petric

    4. EBRT Contouring part III: Nodal GTV-N, CTV-N, and ITV-N for metastatic nodes. Primoz Petric

    5. EBRT Contouring part IV: Elective nodal CTV-E. Primoz Petric

    6. Contouring of paraaortic nodal areas. Lavanya G & Umesh M

Contents at a glance

  • Free
  • 121 lessons
  • 29 hours of video content

Susan Citonje Msadabwe-Chikuni

Course Director

Dr. Msadabwe is a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at the Cancer Diseases Hospital, the only radiation therapy facility in Zambia. She is also the Senior Medical Superintendent of the hospital directing the administrative and clinical affairs of the hospital having previously served as the Head of Clinical Care, coordinating the clinical, research and training operations at the hospital. She is the National Director of the specialist training program in Clinical and Radiation Oncology overseeing the specialization of medical Doctors into clinical and Radiation oncologists in Zambia. She also serves as the vice chairperson of the Zambia National Cancer Control Team working and part of the core team that developed the 2016-2021 and 2022-2026 Zambia National Cancer Control Strategic plans. She is a member of the African Cancer Coalition and Allied Against Cancer and serves as Chair for the NCCN Harmonized Guidelines for Sub-Saharan Africa for Gynecologic cancer. She is the current patron of the Education and Training committee for the largest African Cancer Organisation (AORTIC) having served as Co-Chair from 2019 to 2023. She is also the current President of the Clinical and Radiation Oncology Society of Zambia. Her research and Clinical interests are in Gynae cancer and leads the Gynae Onc team including EBRT and Brachytherapy at the hospital and successfully transitioned from 2D to 3D and interstitial in HDR brachytherapy

Nazia Fakie

Dr Nazia Fakie is a Clinical Oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at a teritiary academic institute, Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Fakie has a special interest in Gynaecological malignancies and has been the consultant in charge of the Gynae Cancer portfolio since 2017. This includes doing all the gynae brachytherapy.

Sheynaz Bassa

Dr Sheynaz Bassa is the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Steve Biko Academic hospital, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research interest is on cervical cancer: HIV related cancer, molecular characterisation of HIV related cervical cancer and cost effective strategies in the treatment of cervical cancer in resource constrained countries.

Surbhi Grover

Dr. Surbhi Grover is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of Global Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania, Oncology Lead Botswana-UPenn Partnership, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Botswana. She is interested in addressing the growing global cancer burden by focusing on public health endeavors and cost-effective clinical initiatives to improve access to care and outcomes of care in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since 2011, Dr. Grover has been working with the Botswana-UPENN partnership, strengthening the oncology program in Botswana. She moved full-time to Botswana in 2014. In her current role, she is seeing cancer patients at the public hospital, conducting research and teaching. She led the implementation of a U54 NIH-funded study focused on cervical cancer and she is involved with mentoring several junior investigators at the University of Botswana through the mentoring core of U54. She has also completed an NIH-funded pilot prospective study studying the impact of HIV on cervical cancer. She has led the development of the first gynecological cancers, multi-disciplinary tumor board, to streamline patient treatment and follow-up care in the country. She currently has a K08 with Dr. Robertson as her mentor looking at HPV viral load as a biomarker for treatment response and recurrence in locally advanced cervical cancer in Botswana, and a U01 focusing on timely treatment adoption for women with cervical cancer presenting to care at the gynecological multidisciplinary clinic in Botswana.

Rakiya Saidu

Dr. Rakiya Saidu is a dedicated research scientist with over 10 years of experience in clinical obstetrics, gynaecology, and epidemiology. She is currently a Senior Clinical Research Officer at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Saidu's expertise spans grant writing, protocol development, research implementation, data analysis, and dissemination of findings through publications and conferences. She is skilled in statistical software, AI, and machine learning, and is committed to adhering and upholding ethics in research practices. Previously, Dr. Saidu worked as a lecturer and consultant in Nigeria. She holds a PhD in Gynaecology from the University of Cape Town, an MPH from the University of Liverpool, and a fellowship from the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. With numerous awards, publications, and conference presentations to her credit, Dr. Saidu is a highly accomplished researcher dedicated to advancing women's health through her work. Her strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills enable her to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders to drive impactful research projects.

Nwamaka Lasebikan

Dr Nwamaka Lasebikan is a clinical and radiation oncologist and clinical investigator in Radiation and Clinical Oncology at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria. Dr. Lasebikan completed her medical degree at University of Nigeria Nsukka and went on to pursue her residency at University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria and is rounding up her Masters programme in Clinical epidemiology at the Instituite of Public Health University of Nigeria Nsukka. She is a fellow of the National Postgraduate medical college of Nigeria and an associate fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. She is the current Director of Oncology at UNTH and Chair of the African Cancer and Research ECHO. Dr Lasebikan is the National President of ARCON- Association of Radiation and Clinical Oncologist of Nigeria, a member of AORTIC Research Committee and the Co-chair for AORTIC Implementation science special interest group . In the course of her career, she has performed high level clinical and research activities and is currently the National coordinator of a tripartite collaborative effort of research mentoring for Nigerian residents in clinical and radiation oncology. She is a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships amongst which is the African Cancer Leadership Institute by AORTIC and is an IAEA fellow. Her research focus is on female malignancies- breast/cervical cancer, GI malignancies, implementation science, health systems strengthening and global oncology

Primoz Petric

I am the founder of BrachyTerra. I am senior consultant at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, and Honorary Associate Professor at the Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Since 2009 I have been a member of Faculty at the ESTRO course on Gynaecological malignancies. I also teach or have taught at several other gynae oncology courses, including the IAEA courses and at workshops, organised by the Medical University of Vienna and Aarhus University Hospital in cooperation with the Industry. I am member of Gynaecological GEC ESTRO Working Group and collaborate(d) in multi-institutional EMBRACE and retro-EMBRACE study protocols. I was consultant to the ICRU 89 Report, authored or co-authored many scientific manuscripts, book chapters, and international guidelines on cervical cancer brachytherapy, and made contributions to conference proceedings. I gave numerous lectures and presentations at national and international scientific conferences

Umesh Mahantshetty

I am Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Visakhapatnam and was formerly working at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai India, where I led the GYN Radiation Oncology group. After completion of MD and Residency at Tata Memorial Hospital, I completed fellowships in brachytherapy and newer imaging at Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam NL and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. I coauthored several international guidelines for Vulvar and Cervical Cancer. I was consultant to the ICRU 89 Report on GYN Brachytherapy and Senior Editor of various International and National Journals. I have been the Secretary of Indian Brachytherapy Society and part of Executive Committees of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India and GYN Oncologists of India since many years. I delivered numerous lectures at various national and international scientific forums and am a member of faculty at ESTRO School for GYN Radiation Oncology, Advanced Technologies courses, IAEA training Activities and is Director of AROI – ESTRO Course in India. I have approximately 200 publications in peer reviewed journals and book chapters. I was involved in some practice-changing research. In January 2021, I was labelled “world expert” by Expertscape for being in the top 0.1% scholars in the field of Uterine Neoplasms in the past decade.

Christian Kirisits

I am the lead Brachytherapy Physicist at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Assoc. Professor at the Medical University of Vienna. I am co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and also made numerous contributions to conference proceedings, as a book editor and as invited speaker at major international conferences. I performed various functions, including chairman of the European Brachytherapy GEC ESTRO Committee and member of Faculty at the ESTRO Teaching Course on Gynaecological malignancies and several other periodic and non-periodic teaching courses and workshops. I was a Coordinator of the Committee for the ICRU 89 report on Gynecological Brachytherapy and am currently one of the Coordinators of the EMBRACE I and II clinical trials.

Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz

Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz graduated in Biology at the University of Bochum, Germany in 1983. After medical study she received her MD from the same University in 1989 and completed her PhD in 1990. She is staff radiation oncologist at UMCU in The Netherlands. Concerning clinical interest she specialized in external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy for gynecologic primary tumors and nodal disease. With respect to technical developments she was leading physician during the implementations of MRI guided brachytherapy and of MR Linac at UMCU. From April 2020 to May 2022 she was chair of GEC-ESTRO

Taran P Hellebust

Taran Paulsen Hellebust is a medical physicist that has been involved in GEC ESTRO gyn network since the start in 2005 and are participating in many of the activities that are run in this framework. She was part of the faculty of ESTRO gyn course until 2018. At the moment she is head of the Section for Research and Development (Department of Medical Physics) at Oslo University Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo.

Raviteja Miriyala

I am currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (a unit of Tata Memorial Centre), Visakhapatnam, India. After completing my residency in Radiation Oncology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India (2012 to 2018) and a short-term rotation in California Protons Cancer Therapy Centre (San Diego, CA), I joined as an Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2018. Subsequently, I moved on to the newly established Radiation Oncology facility at Tata Memorial Centre in Visakhapatnam, in 2019. I handle a disease-specific practice with Gynaecological Cancers as my primary area of interest, in addition to Thoracic and Gastrointestinal malignancies. I am particularly interested in Gynaecological Brachytherapy, with special focus on MR and CT/TRUS based IGABT. I am actively involved in protocol development for the upcoming international multicentre CT-EMBRACE registration study. I enjoy teaching as much as I enjoy practising Radiation Oncology. I have been associated with AROI-ESTRO Gyn teaching course and AFRONET as a guest faculty, and with Stanford-NCG India EqUIP (Quality Improvement Initiative) as a mentor for the regional QI Hub.

Elena Riggenbach

Dr. Elena Riggenbach is a Consultant at the department of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Since 2021 she is in the executive committee of the Scientific Association of Swiss Radiation Oncology and an active member of ESTRO. She has set up and organized educational national contouring workshops and helped co-author several peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and the GEC-ESTRO handbook on gynecological brachytherapy. Her clinical practice and research focus is brachytherapy for gynecological and head and neck cancers, intraoperative radiotherapy and sarcoma.

Martina Frei

Martina Frei studied medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and graduatet 2014. She completed her residency as an anaesthesiologist in various hospitals in Switzerland. During this time, she also gained experience in intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, general surgery and internal medicine. She has been working as an anaesthesiologist at the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at Inselspital Bern since April 2023. As part of her work, she performs anaesthesia during brachytherapy for patients with cervical cancer. She also works as an emergency physician for Rega (air ambulance).

Sushil Beriwal

Dr. Beriwal Sushil Beriwal MD, MBA, FASTRO,FABS Dr. Beriwal is a leading radiation oncologist. He is VP, medical affairs with Varian medical system and academic chief at AHN , Pittsburgh . He specializes in breast, prostate and gynecological cancer including IMRT,IGRT,SBRT and image based brachytherapy. He is a Fellow of both the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the American Brachytherapy Society. He has published over 325 peer-reviewed articles and has authored many books, book chapters, and review articles spanning his 20 year career in radiation oncology, Dr. Beriwal has received numerous awards and leadership appointments as a physician, teacher, and researcher.

Nicole Eder-Nesvacil

Nicole Eder-Nesvacil, DSc, Associate Professor at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Radiation Oncology. Since 2016 member of the faculty at the ESTRO course on advance brachytherapy physics, since 2019 member of the faculty at the ESTRO course on gynaecological malignancies. Member of the Gyn GEC ESTRO Working Group, the EMBRACE Study Group and the EMBRACE study office. Her main research interest is image-guided adaptive brachytherapy with MRI, CT and ultrasound, and evidence-based decision support.

Jacob Christian Lindegaard

Jacob Christian Lindegaard (1959), consultant, MD, DMSc, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital (AUH), Denmark. Educated at Aarhus University. Preclinical research with professor Jens Overgaard. Past president of GEC-ESTRO. Since 2005 responsible for image guided adaptive brachytherapy at AUH.

Alina Sturdza

I trained in Radiation Oncologist at the University of Toronto, understanding early on that gynaecological oncology is my favourite specialty, strongly influenced by my mentor - Prof Gillian Thomas, and by the multidisciplinary approach of this specialty. In 2008 I started a fellowship in gynaecological radiation oncology at the Medical University of Vienna, through a grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional studies are the backbone for new and better treatments. I am the PI of the RetroEMBRACE study (12 institutions), local PI for EMBRACE I/II (24/44 centres) and co-investigator in the development of new gynaecological brachytherapy applicators (Vienna II, Venezia). Currently I focus on gynaecological cancers in the elderly and together with colleagues from the Austrian Society of Gynecologic Oncology participate in Portec 4a, MK-3475-A18 and in many institutional studies. I am a passionate teacher, especially on radiotherapy in cervical cancer. One of my other projects is the refreshment of brachytherapy training, a joint project with ESTRO/GEC ESTRO and the American Society of Brachytherapy. Being involved with the WHO ‘Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer’ I strongly advocate HPV vaccinations in Austria and my mother country, Romania. I have also been fortunate to be part of the team developing the ESGO/ESTRO/ESP guidelines for endometrial cancer and the DEGRO guidelines for cervical cancer.

Bhavana Rai

Bhavana is a Professor in Radiation Oncology at the Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Tertiary Cancer Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. Her areas of interest include treating gynecological cancers and palliative care. She has been actively involved in gynecological cancer research and is a collaborator with various national and international research projects including the EMBRACE studies.

Peter Hoskin

Peter Hoskin trained in clinical oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital London and has been consultant in clinical oncology at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood UK since 1992. He is Professor in Clinical Oncology in the University of Manchester and honorary consultant in clinical oncology at the Christie Hospital, Manchester and University College Hospital, London. In the MCRC he leads the Radiotherapy Related Research Group (RRR) and personal research interests focus on radiosensitisation, biomarkers, radiotherapy quality assurance, palliative radiotherapy, and brachytherapy. He is a member of the GEC ESTRO committee and past member of the ESTRO Board. In the UK chairs the Fellowship Examination Board and the Academic Committee for the Royal College of Radiologists. He has published extensively and was Editor of Clinical Oncology for 15 years. He is now Clinical Editor for Radiotherapy and Oncology and sits on several journal editorial boards.

Monica Serban

Monica Serban is working at Department of Oncology, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University in Montreal General Hospital, Radiation Oncology Division at Canada. Monica Serban international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. Monica Serban research interests reflect in wide range of publications in various national and international journals. Her research and clinical interests include MR-guided brachytherapy optimization of technique and applicators, mixed modality, photon and electron treatment , planning, deformable image registration, morbidity, & risk factors in cervical cancer patients treated with radiation therapy, automated knowledge based treatment planning, ...

Maximilian Paul Schmid

Maximilian Paul Schmid, radiation oncologist and head of brachytherapy at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna, part of the coordinating team of the EMBRACE studies

Lavanya Gurram

POSITION TITLE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY, TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Mumbai, India. M.B.B.S 2007 MEDICINE MYSORE MEDICAL COLLEGE, INDIA. M.D 2012 RADIATION ONCOLOGY KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY, INDIA. SENIOR RESIDENT at TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, MUMBAI, INDIA, from 01.08.2012-31.07.2015. JUNIOR CONSULTANT MAZUMDAR SHAW MEDICAL CENTER, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, BANGALORE, INDIA 21.09.2015-07.01.2017. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, MUMBAI, INDIA 01.02.2017-31.01.2021. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR at TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, MUMBAI, INDIA 01.02.2021-Present. Honours and awards: o 2nd prize winner of Quiz at ICRO Teaching Programme (AROI), Varanasi 2011. o Completed Certificate course in Palliative care by IAPC, 2011. o 3rd Prize winner for best paper presentation at Indian Cancer Congress, Delhi 2013. o 1st Prize winner for best poster presentation at Cancer CI, Hyderabad 2015. o ICMR grant for conducting a prospective study in HIV positive cervical cancer. 39 Scientific publications. Principal investigator in 5 studies. Co-mentored several MD dissertations. Reviewer for several journals. Speaker at >30 conferences.

Arun S. Oinam

Dr. Arun S. Oinam, Associate Professor (Medical Physics), Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, PGIMER, Chandigarh, got his post MSc. Diploma in Radiological Physics from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai University, India after getting MSc degree in Physics from Manipur University. He joined as a Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiotherapy, PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2000 and completed Ph.D (Physics) from GNDU, Amritsar, on the thesis entitled as “Dosimetric and Radiobiological Evaluation of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans”. He was also a fellow of VSRP of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Centre (TIFR), Mumbai. He is presently working as a faculty of Medical Physics in Radiotherapy Department, PGIMER, Chandigarh as an Assistant Professor. He got the best paper awards of oral presentation in Medical Physics Conference-AMPICON-2008, Mumbai and North Zone AROI Conference-NZAROICON-2007, Chandigarh.

Santosh Menon

PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY AND URO ONCOLOGY DISEASE MANANGEMENT GROUP. PRESENT AFFILIATION: DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY TATA MEMORIAL CENTRE MUMBAI. TOTAL EXPERIENCE: 19 YEARS. AREAS OF INTEREST: ONCOPATHOLOGY • URO ONCOPATHOLOGY • GYNAEC ONCOPATHOLOGY • IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:EDITORIAL BOARD OF WHO CLASSIFICATION OF MALE GU TUMORS 2021, 5 TH SERIES, LYON , WHO • SECRETARY, SOCIETY OF GU PATHOLOGISTS OF INDIA • SECRETARY , UROLOGIC CANCER FOUNDATION • EXTERNAL REVIEWER FOR ESGO ESTRO ESP DOCUMENT ON CERVICAL CANCER MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES • EXTERNAL REVIEWER FOR QUALITY INDICATORS OF CERVICAL CANCER SURG ERY ( ESGO ESTRO ESP DOCUMENT) • EXTERNAL REVIEWER OF ESGO ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA SURGERY QUALITY INDICATORS. • NOMINATED MEMBER, GENITOURINARY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY, USA • MORE THAN 75 PUBLICATIONS • EX SUB EDITOR INDIAN J OF CANCER • REVIEWER OF SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS INCLUDING HUMAN PATHO LOGY, BMJ CASE REPORTS, JOURNAL OF OVARIAN RESEARCH, INDIAN J OF UROLOGY, IJMR

Sree Lakshmi KK

K K Sreelakshmi is a Medical Physicist with five years of clinical experience, currently working at the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Visakhapatnam. She completed her Masters in Physics from the University of Delhi and received her training in Radiological Physics from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. She is particularly interested in Brachytherapy and is involved in its routine work in the department. In addition, she has a keen interest in dosimetry and enjoys teaching physics concepts to students and is passionate about physics pedagogy.

Harjot Kaur Bajwa

Dr Harjot Kaur Bajwa is a Consultant Radiation oncologist and Brachytherapy specialist working at American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad, India. After her residency training, she completed her Fellowship in Interstitial Brachytherapy at UCSF, USA. Apart from being awarded the AROI- American Brachytherapy Society fellowship, she was also a brachytherapy visiting scholar at Washington University, St Louis, USA. She has received numerous meritorious Awards at national conferences including best oral paper (IBSCON 2015), GC Pant Young Oncologist Award (AROICON 2017) and innovative brachytherapy video award (IBS workshop 2015). Dr Harjot is also an executive committee member of the IBS. She has numerous publications on brachytherapy and is a speaker for various topics related to brachytherapy at national and international meetings. She has been working in implementing advanced brachytherapy services at her institute

Kuppusamy Thayalan

DOB: 25.06.1954. M.Sc., Dip.R.P, M.Phil., P.hD. Education /Training: Annamalai University, BARC/Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai & Wayne state University, Detroit, USA- under Prof CG Orton. Former Professor, Barnard Institute of Radiology & Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital & Madras Medical college, Chennai Former head, Medical Physics Division: Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai Field of interest: Brachytherapy, & Radiation Protection. Publications: 37, Chairs: 45, Presentations: 76, & Invited talks:171. Credit: Author of books: 10, Chapter: 1, & Fellowship: 5 Referee in Journals, Adjuvant faculty/ Member in Universities, & Subject expert/Consultant Honorary positions: President, Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS). Founder & President: Radiologic Physics Foundation.

Shveta Sharma

Course Assistant

Dr Shveta Sharma is working as Secretariat Coordinator at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (HBCH&RC), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. She had completed Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS) from Nehru Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Delhi University, Delhi in 2006. She had also completed Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management from National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi in 2013. She was previously working as consulting doctor in private sector and also at NTPC Hospital. She is presently coordinating the academic and training activities at HBCH&RC.