CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME

Dr. S. VASANTHAMALAI

DATE OF BIRTH

22.06.1959

AGE

58

SEX

Female

FATHER’S NAME

S. Selvarangan

NATIONALITY

Indian

PERMANENT ADDRESS

*/***, **.**********nan Street, Narayanapuram, Madurai,

Tamil Nadu – 625 014, India.

Mobile: +91-944*******

E-mail: ac45vh@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

DEGREE

YEAR OF PASSING

UNIVERSITY

B.Sc. (Chemistry)

1980

University of Madras, Chennai

M.B.B.S.

1986

University of Madras, Chennai

D.M.R.T.

1988

University of Madras, Chennai

M.D.(RT)

1995

Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

WORKING EXPERIENCE:-

Government Service:

Designation

Hospital

Period

From

To

Head & professor of Radiation Oncology

Madurai Medical College and Govt. Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.

2003

30.06.2017

(Retd. from service)

Head& Professor Radiation Oncology

Aringar Anna Memorial Cancer Centre, Kanchipuram.

2002

2003

Asst. Professor Radiation Oncology

Madurai Medical College & Govt. Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.

1996

2002

Asst. Professor of Radiation Oncology

Institute of obstetrics and gynaecology, Chennai.

1992

1996

Medical Officer

Primary Health Centre, Vellalore, Madurai.

1989

1992

In Private Hospital:

Designation

Hospital

Period

From

To

Visiting consultant of Radiation Oncology

Apollo specialty Hospital, Madurai.

2013

Till date

Visiting consultant of Radiation Oncology

Devaki Cancer Hospital Madurai.

2010

Till date

MY EXPOSURE IN GOVT. SERVICE:

Under my headship, my department Team – Comprised of 2 Assistant Professors of Radiation Oncology, 1 Asst. Professor of Tumor Pathology, 1 Medical Physicist cum Radiation Safety Officer, 6 Radiotherapy Technologists, 1 Social worker and a clerk worked with great dedication in the service of cancer patients.

In my 30 Years of service I have planned and treated nearly 45000 cancer patients at the average rate of 1500 cases/ year. Every day 5 to 10 new patients were treated and 100 were reviewed.

Conducted Weekly Tumor Board Meeting to take treatment decision on cancer patients.

Data of cancer patients who lived long after treatment were collected and they were all invited for the celebration of “Long survivors Day” every year organized jointly by dept of Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology & Surgical Oncology.

Teaching Experience :

a)Taken classes of Radiation Oncology for M.B.BS., M.DS., M.S., (GS)., M.S (orthopedics)., M.S (ENT)., M.S (OG)., DLO., D.G.O., D.Ortho., post graduate students.

b)Taken Training classes for students of Diploma in Radiotherapy Technology and acted as examiner.

Administrative Training Attended:

Undergone Administrative Training at Anna Institute of Management sponsored by Government of Tamil Nadu.

Examinership:

Acted as Examiner for MD Radiotherapy in KIDWAI Memorial Institution, Bangalore, Karnataka, 2010.

Cancer Awareness Programme:

a)Cancer awareness programme conducted for IMA Doctors.

b)Cancer awareness programme conducted for Faculties & students of Arts College, Employees of LIC and Bank and women self help groups of nearby villages.

c)Delivered a speech on cancer awareness in All India Radio, Madurai.

Accreditation work:

Appointed as Inspection committee member by Govt. of Tamil Nadu to assess & accreditate different private oncology centres, viz., Kauvery Medical Centre Tiruchirappalli, and ABC cancer centre Thiruchirappalli.

Best Practice:

ECD Register (Early Cancer Detection Register) was created and cancer screening for attendants and relatives of cancer patient were done to the tune of 70 – 100/ Year.

New Venture:

a)Took a proactive role as Head & Professor of Radiation Oncology in establishing a Regional Cancer Centre at Madurai, with a plan outlay of 15 crores allotted by Govt. of Tamil Nadu. This centre is going to be declared open shortly after completing the final procedures.

b) Procured & installed COBALT 60 External Beam Radiation Therapy Machine in 2000 at Govt., Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL JOURNALS

1.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Indigenously developed inexpensive homogeneous and heterogeneous human equivalent thorax phantom for comparison of dosimetry with TLD and TPS measurements in radiation therapy of thoracic region. Association of Radiation Oncologist of India Tamilnadu & Pondy chapter (AROI TN & PY Ch) Communiqué, 2008; 1(1): 11-20.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCE

1.S.Senthilkumar, S. Karthik, S.Vasanthamalai. Experience with the in-house radiotherapy Machines gantry couch anti-collision device. 1st-4th September 2013. 50th International conference on Medical Physics (ICMP) at Brighton, UK. Medical physics international journal, 2013; 1(2): 296.

2.S.Senthilkumar, P.Mohan, S.Karthik, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and study of anti-collision device for external beam radiotherapy machines. (1-3) November 2012, 33rd National Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. (Page No. 137-138). (Selected in Best Paper Poster Session).

3.S.Senthilkumar, P.Mohan, S.Karthik, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and study of anti-collision device for external beam radiotherapy machines. (18-19) August 2012. XVII Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicist of India (AMPICON -2012 TN & PY Chapter) at Apollo Hospitals, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. (Page No. 83).

4.S.Senthilkumar, P.Poongodi, Mayakannan, G.Dheva Shantha Kumari, S.Vasanthamalai. Development of inhomogeneity slab phantom and dosimetry comparisons using MOSFET, Radiochromic film and 3D TPS for external beam radiation therapy. (4-6) May 2012, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Management of common of common cancers (Oncology 2012). Kovalam, Kerala. (Page No.21).

5.S.Senthilkumar, C.Saravanan, S.Vasanthamalai. Phantom dosimetric study of nondivergent aluminum tissue compensator using ion chamber and X-O mat film. (16-19) November 2011, International AMPI conference at CMC, Vellore, India. (Page No.74) .

6.S.Senthilkumar, S.Rangasamy, V.Jegatheeswaran, S.Vasanthamalai. Dosimetry and experimental analysis of irregular field treatment using conventional X-ray machine. (16-19) November 2011, International AMPI conference at CMC, Vellore, India. (Page No.75).

7.S.Senthilkumar, S.S.Suresh Babu, P.Anand, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and study of indigenously developed computer digital image based automatic continuous inter and intra-fraction patient movement monitoring and controlling device. (25-28) November 2010. 32nd Annual Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologist of India (AROICON -2010) at Patna, Bihar, India. (Page No.57,58) (Best Paper Award and Gold Medal).

8.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Development of automatic patient movement detecting device using micro switch controlled circuit for external beam radiation treatment. (18-21) November 2010, International AMPI conference at Lucknow. (Page No. 64 ).

9.S.Senthilkumar, S.S.Suresh Babu, P.Anand, S.Vasanthamalai. Fabrication of in-house web-camera based automatic continuous patient movement monitoring device for EBRT. (18-21) November 2010, International AMPI conference at Lucknow. (Selected in Best Paper Section) (Page No. 35 ).

10.S.Senthilkumar, A. Kumar, S.S.Suresh Babu, S.Vasanthamalai. Calibration of head scatter factor for teletherapy machine using locally developed mini phantoms, water phantom and acrylic phantom. (18-21) November 2010, International AMPI conference at Lucknow. (Page No. 69).

11.S.S.Suresh Babu, S.Senthilkumar, V. Ramesh, S.Vasanthamalai. Dependence of field size and depth for open and wedged fields in various phantoms. (18-21) November 2010, International AMPI conference at Lucknow. (Page No. 70).

12.S.Senthilkumar, S.S.Suresh Babu, P.Anand, S.Vasanthamalai. Fabrication and preliminary clinical experience with digital image based automatic continuous patient movement monitoring and controlling device. (8th & 9th) October 2010. 25th AROI State Annual Conference at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. (Page No: 53).

13.S.Senthilkumar, S.S.Suresh Babu, P.Anand, S.Vasanthamalai. Design of indigenous software for detecting and controlling the cancer patient movement automatically during the radiation therapy. (21-22) August 2010. XVI Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicist of India (AMPICON -2010 TN & PY Chapter) at G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. (Page No. 63-64). (Best Paper Award).

14.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and Study of In-House Ultrasound Based Automatic Patient Movement Monitoring Device for Teletherapy Treatment. (18-22) July 2010, American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM), 52nd Annual at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Medical Physics, Vol.37, No.6, June 2010 (Page No: 3168).

15.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and study of ultrasound based automatic patient movement monitoring device in teletherapy treatment. (26-29) November 2009, 31st Annual Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROICON-2009) at Apollo Cancer Institute, Hydrabed, India. (Selected in Best Paper Section).

16.S.Senthilkumar, S.Soundharya, T.Sundaram, S.Vasanthamalai. Design and study of head and neck bee’s wax human tissue equivalent phantom for invivo dosimetry and compared with 3D TPS. (22-25) November 2009, 30th Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPICON-2009) at MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer Centre, Hydrabed, India. (Page No: 106).

17.S.Senthilkumar, B.Uthya, S.Ashokkumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Development of indegenious universal wedge filters using different density material and RFA radiation profiles compared with imported universal wedge filters. (22-25) November 2009, 30th Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPICON-2009) at MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer Centre, Hydrabed, India. (Page No: 106-107).

18.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Investigation of the cancer patients movements during radiation treatment-using a low cost indigenously developed electromechanical sensor device. (3-4) October 2009, 24th AROI State Annual Conference at Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. (Page No: 23).

19.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Measuring non respiratory motion in cancer patients undergoing external beam radiation treatment-using a low cost ultra sound sensor device. (19-20) September 2009. XV Annual conference of Association of Medical Physics of India, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry chapter (AMPI TN & PY CON-2009) at Billroth Hospitals LTD, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. (Page No: 90-91).

20.S.Senthilkumar, B.Uthya, S.Soundharya, S.Ashokkumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Fabrication of low cost universal wedge filters using different density material. (23-26) April 2009. International conference on multidisciplinary management of common cancers (ONCOLOGY 2009) at Kottayam Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. (Page No: 49) (Best Paper Award).

21.S.Senthilkumar, K.G. Megaladevi, S.Vasanthamalai. Partial wedge field dosimetry verification for cancer bladder and intact breast external beam treatment planning. (23-26) April 2009. International conference on multidisciplinary management of common cancers (ONCOLOGY 2009) at Kottayam Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. (Page No: 47).

22.S.Senthilkumar, S.Soundharya, B.Uthya, T.Sundaram, S.Vasanthamalai. Head and neck low cost human tissue equivalent phantom construction for invivo dosimetry. (23-26) April 2009. International conference on multidisciplinary management of common cancers (ONCOLOGY 2009) at Kottayam Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. (Page No: 48).

23.S.Senthilkumar, R.Vinothraj, S.Vasanthamalai. Fabrication of ultrasonic based automatic patient movement detecting device in teletherapy treatment. (23-26) April 2009. International conference on multidisciplinary management of common cancers (ONCOLOGY 2009) at Kottayam Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India. (Page No: 32).

24.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Experience with the indigenously developed an inexpensive automatic patient movement sensor device. (11-13) February 2009. International Conference on Medical Physics, Radiation Protction & Radiobiology (ICMPRPR 2K9) at SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, India. (Page No: 44-45).

25.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Fabrication of in-house mini phantom, water phantom and acrylic phantom for basic parameter measurements of wedged high - energy photon beam. (11-13) February 2009. International Conference on Medical Physics, Radiation Protction & Radiobiology (ICMPRPR 2K9) at SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, India. (Page No: 50-51).

26.S.Senthilkumar, T.Natarajan, K.Maheswaran, K.G.Megaladevi, S.Vasanthamalai. Build up and depth dose characteristics for angulated clinical photon beam using water phantom, acrylic phantom and mini phantom. (11-13) February 2009. International Conference on Medical Physics, Radiation Protction & Radiobiology (ICMPRPR-2K9) at SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, India. (Page No: 52-53).

27.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Performance of the indigenously fabricated patient movement monitoring device in radiotherapy treatment. (4-5) October 2008, 23rd AROI State Annual Conference, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. (Page No: 59-62). (Best Paper Award).

28.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Fabrication of continuous patient movement monitoring device for radiotherapy treatments. (26-29) November 2008, International conference on Medical Physics, 29th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) ICMP-2008 at Bhabha Atomic Research centre, Mumbai, India. (Page No: 27).

29.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. Fabrication of in-house homogeneous and inhomogeneous phantom for radiotherapy lung treatment dosimetry compared with 3D-TPS (26-29) November 2008, International conference on Medical Physics, 29th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) ICMP-2008 at Bhabha Atomic Research centre, Mumbai, India. (Page No: 106).

30.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, V.Ramakrishnan. A technique of Quantitatively monitoring non respiratory movement of patients during external beam radiotherapy,(7-9) February 2008, International conference on Noval Technique in Clinical Oncology & Radiation Physics (CORPCON 2008), at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. (Page No: 90-91).

31.S.Senthilkumar, J.Surendran, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Measurements of scatter correction factors for different cobalt-60 and dual energy LINAC with MLC machines using indigenously developed mini phantoms, water phantom and acrylic phantom, (2-4) November 2007, International conference on Medical Physics, 28th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2007 at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu&Kashmir, India. (Page No: 23-25).

32.S.Senthilkumar, K.Kathiresan, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Measurements of basic beam parameters for different cobalt-60 machines and LINAC using different tissue equivalent phantoms, (2-4) November 2007, International conference on Medical Physics, 28th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2007 at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. (Page No: 23).

33.S.Senthilkumar, N.Ponnusamy, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh, V.Ramakrishnan. Development of indigenously fabricated continuous patient movement monitoring instrument and iso beam checking test tool for radiotherapy machine, (11-12) August 2007, XIII Annual conference on Medical Physics and Radiation Safety (AMPI TN&PY CON- 2007) at Govt. Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, RCC, Kancheepuram, India. (Page No: 38-41).

34.S.Senthilkumar, EH Annex, N.Sivagami Sundari, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Calibration of beam data parameters using indigenously developed mini phantom values compared with ESTRO mini phantom values (9-12) November 2007, International conference on Medical Physics, 27th A, Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2006 at Hemalatha Hospital and Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India. (Page No: 167-168).

35.S.Senthilkumar, N.Sivagami Sundari, EH Annex, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Partial wedge field dosimetry for indigenously developed mini phantom and water phantom (9-12) November 2007, International conference on Medical Physics, 27th A, Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2006 at Hemalatha Hospital and Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India. (Page No: 166-167).

36.S.Senthilkumar, S. Tamilselvan, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Tissue inhomogenity correction dosimetry for indigenously developed homogeneous and inhomogenous thorax human phantom using TLD and 3D TPS (9-12) November 2007, International conference on Medical Physics, 27th A, Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2006 at Hemalatha Hospital and Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India. (Page No: 127-128).

37.S.Senthilkumar, EH Annex, N.Sivagami Sundari, S.Vasanthamalai, J.Jebasingh. Methods for basic beam data acquisition offered by water phantom and indigenously fabricated mini PMMA and bees wax phantom, (23-24) September 2006, XII Annual conference on Medical Physics and Radiation safety ACMPRS-2006 at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India. (Page No: 39-41).

38.S.Senthilkumar, J.Stephen Enoke, R.Fenedit Jesurajan, S.Ashokkumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Analysis of central axis depth dose using film dosimetry, 0.6cc Ion chamber, Water phantom and Acrylic phantom values compared with BJR-25 data, (10-12) November 2005, International conference on Medical Physics, 26th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) AMPICON-2005 at Barnard Institute of Radiology & Oncology, Govt, General Hospital & MMC, Chennai, India. (Page No: 307-309).

39.S.Senthilkumar, R.Fenedit Jesurajan, J.Stephen Enoke, S.Ashokkumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Wedge field method for ideal geometric matching of two adjacent fields and dose verification using 3D TPS, Ion chamber and Film dosimetry, Mathematical calculation and manual isodose chart method, (10-12) November 2005, 26th Annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India(AMPI) AMPICON-2005 at Barnard Institute of Radiology & Oncology, Govt, General Hospital & MMC, Chennai, India. (Page No : 292-294 ).

40.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai, A.Jaya. X-ray dose measurement in human tissue equivalent wax phantom study for conventional X-ray, conventional CT and spiral CT using CaSo4 : Dy TLD powder, (9-11) September 2005, International conference on Emerging Trends in Radiation Oncology – ETROC 2005 at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India. (Page No: 35–36).

41.S.Senthilkumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Dosimetric verification of TLD, Ionization chamber and Film dosimetry for fabricated tissue compensator in telecobalt treatment, (9-11) September 2005, International conference on Emerging Trends in Radiation Oncology – ETROC 2005 at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India. (Page No:36-37) (Selected in Best Paper Session).

42.S.Senthilkumar, G.Prabavathi, L.Rama, S.S.Pandian, S.Shanmugakumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Patient surface and organ dose comparison during pelvis exposure in conventional X-ray, 3rd Generation CT and Spiral CT using CaSo4 : Dy TLD powder, (28-31) October 2004, International conference on Medical Physics-ICMP 2004 at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, India. (Page No:170).

43.S.Senthilkumar, G.Prabavathi, S.Ashokkumar, L.Rama, S.Shanmugakumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Dosimetric verification of 3D-TPS and TLD values for Ca.Breast using human tissue equivalent phantom for SSD, SAD and half beam block techniques, (28-31) October 2004, International conference on Medical Physics-ICMP 2004 at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, India. (Page No:140).

44.S.Senthilkumar, L.Rama, G.Prabavathi, S.Shanmugakumar, S.Vasanthamalai. Dosimetric verification of TLD, ionization chamber and film dosimetry of fabricated tissue compensator in telecobalt treatment, (26-27) September 2004, XI Annual conference on Medical Physics & Radiation Safety (Tamil Nadu & Pondy Chapter) at Shanmuga Hospital & Salem Cancer Institute, Salem, India.

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP

Attended more than 30 conference and workshops.

INVITED TALKS

Delivered more than 25 talks on cancer diagnosis and treatment.

GUEST LECTURERS

Guest lecturers delivered in,

1.Association of surgeon’s of India

2.Association of ENT surgeon’s of India

ORATION TALKS

Oration talks delivered in,

1.Association of Radiation Oncologist of India

2.Association of Medical Physicists of India

SEMINARS ORGANISED

Organised and chaired a State Level seminar on Medical Radiological Safety - 2KX” during 1 & 2nd May, 2010, Around 250 Medical Physicist, Radiologist, Radiation Oncologists, Cardiologist, Bio-Medical Engineers, Radiographers, Radiation Technologist and Medical Physics Students from various Government/ Private Medical Colleges and Hospitals participated in the seminar.

EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH CANCER TREATMENT MACHINES

I was entrusted with the responsibility of treating cancer patients using the following Machines through Govt. Hospital and Private Cancer Hospitals.

1.Theratronics –780, Theratronics PHOENIX, Gammarex,

2.LINAC – Varian 2300, Electa synergy, Siemense

3.Selectron LDR.

4.Micro Selectron MDR.

5.Micro Selectron HDR.

6.Cs-137 manual after loading.

7.Treatment Planning Simulator.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

Life Member in Association of Radiation Oncologists of India since 1992. (LM 609)

Indian Medical Association(IMA) ( Life member)

FAMILY BACKGROUND

I am the eldest daughter to my father Mr.S.Selvarangan and mother Mrs.S.Janaki. My father worked as Deputy Manager of Food Corporation of India. I am native of Chennai city. I am living with my husband Dr.A.Padmanabhan, Retired Principal of Yadava College, Madurai.

I am blessed with a daughter Mrs.P.Dhivya, M.E (Ph.D.,) and son Dr.P.Karthik Narayan, MBBS.

By Gods grace I enjoy good health and able to work actively.

If I’m given an opportunity to serve in your organization I would be a great boon for you.

I hereby declare that all the statements made in the Bio-data are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

PLACE : Madurai. DR.S.VASANTHAMALAI

DATE : 04.07.2017.

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