ARAVIND KUMAR P 32, Block 2, Kavikuil Street, Ashok Nagar, Lawspet, Pondicherry, India - 605008 aravindpsi@gmail.com +919489957169 REGISTRATIONS Tamil Nadu Medical Council, Registration Number# 80497 02-March-2007 QUALIFICATIONS 2009-2012 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (JIPMER), PONDICHERRY, INDIA Doctor of Medicine (M.D) Radiotherapy 2001-2007 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (JIPMER), PONDICHERRY, INDIA Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 04/2012 Present JIPMER, INDIA, one of the five medical institutes of national importance and is designated center of medical excellence Senior Resident, full-time, unsupervised I work in the capacity of a Junior Specialist Physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology. I was appointed to this position on a provisional basis from 04/2012 06/2012 and on a permanent basis subsequently. RESPONSIBILITIES: My responsibilities are that of a Radiation and Clinical Oncologist. They include: Performing appropriate staging investigations, planning and monitoring radiation therapy, deciding chemotherapy schedules and administering chemotherapy and following up treated cases. Seeing patients at the outpatient clinic as well as consults. I see up to 40 patients per day and plan 20 new patients per week independently. 1
Participating in resident and technologist training. Providing palliative care for cancer patients. Making treatment policy decisions in interdepartmental tumour board meetings. Telemedicine treatment decisions and education for outreach clinics. PROCEDURES: I perform Brachytherapy applications for various sites independently. Radiation modalities at our institution include Conventional Radiotherapy, 3D-CRT, IMRT, IGRT, VMAT and Brachytherapy. I perform around 10 brachytherapy applications per week for various sites. 04/2009-05/2012 JIPMER, INDIA, one of the five medical institutes of national importance and is designated center of medical excellence Postgraduate Resident, full-time Supervisor: Dr. K.S. Reddy, Dean and Head of the Department, JIPMER I pursued my 3 year post graduate specialist training in Clinical oncology which is called Radiotherapy in India. The first year consisted of managing the ward, administration of chemotherapy in the ward, managing oncological emergencies, supportive care during radiotherapy and management of long term complications of radiotherapy, assisting in the outpatient clinics, observing and planning basic radiation cases such as palliative radiotherapy and cervical cancer etc. The second year consisted of Intermediate Simulator based Planning of almost all site-specific malignancies, performing brachytherapy supervised initially, but independently by middle of the year and seeing patients in outpatient clinics and managing daycare chemotherapy. The third year consisted of advanced radiotherapy planning with IMRT, VMAT and IGRT along with Brachytherapy. I was also a part of the Multidisciplinary Tumor Board meetings as an active participant. Independent outpatient services were assigned to me and management of daycare chemotherapy. 2
05/2008 12/2008 SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, PONDICHERRY, INDIA Medical Officer, full time My responsibilities included diagnosis and treatment of patients in the departments of Internal Medicine and Emergency services 12/2005-01/2007 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL RESEARCH (JIPMER), PONDICHERRY, INDIA Intern, full time with regular supervision One-year mandatory Compulsory Rotatory Internship Program prior to graduation from medical school. I worked in the capacity of a junior resident in the following departments: Internal Medicine - 2 months, General Surgery & Orthopaedics - 2 months, Ob/Gyn - 2 months, Community and Family Medicine - 3 months, Pediatrics & Neonatology - 1 month, ENT - 2 weeks, Ophthalmology - 2 weeks, Emergency Medicine - 2 weeks, Radiology - 2 weeks AWARDS 03/2009 Obtained 19 th rank in the JIPMER Post Graduate Entrance examination of approximately 7000 doctors competing for 150 Postgraduate Residency training posts each year 04/2006-05/2007 Passed First Class in the University Board Exams in the following subjects: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Ophthalmology, Community Medicine and General Surgery RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 06/2014 present JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, INDIA Co- Investigator Supervisor: Dr. Jagadesan P, M.D. 3
Working as a co-investigator in an ongoing study on the Effect of Radiation treatment on the Quality of Life in palliative setting 08/2009 08/2011 JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, INDIA Principal Investigator Supervisor: Dr. K.S. Reddy, M.D. Worked on my postgraduate dissertation which is a mandatory requirement for award of the M.D. degree. My research topic was Study of radiation induced DNA damage in patients with oral cavity cancer on radiotherapy using comet assay on peripheral blood lymphocytes. PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts 10/2014 Parthasarathy Vedasoundaram, Aravind Kumar Prasanna, Reddy KS, Gangothri Selvarajan, Mourougan Sinnatamby, Seenisamy Ramapandian, Saravanan Kandasamy. Role of high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy in early and locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa. Springerplus. 2014 Oct 9; 3:590. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-590.eCollection2014.) 10/2012 P. Aravind Kumar, S. Nandakumar, M Asif, V.Parthasarathy, K. S. Reddy, Ramachandra Rao, S. Vivekanandam. Comet assay to study the effect of radiotherapy on the DNA of peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with oral cancers. JIPMER Journal of Oncology. 2012 Oct; 1(1); 27-34. 10/2012 Asif M, Reddy KS, Kumar AP, Vivekanandam S, Vijayaprabhu N. Dosimetric Comparison of Tandem and Ovoid versus Tandem and Ring applicators for brachytherapy of cancer cervix. JIPMER Journal of Oncology. 2012 Oct; 1(1): 20-26. 4
CPD Organized and attended regional Semiannual Continuing Medical Education meets on the following topics: Colorectal Cancer Breast Cancer Urological Malignancies Head and Neck Cancer Gynaecologic Malignancies Palliative Care CONFERENCES 2009-2012 Attended four regional level annual conferences Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India TNPY Chapter; Chennai, India. AUDIT 04/2011 07/2014 DEPARTMENT OF RADIOTHERAPY, JIPMER, INDIA Member, Clinical Audit Committee Weekly audit of Radiotherapy charts to ensure Quality Control in delivery of Radiation and appropriate Patient Care. TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE 04/2010 Present DEPARTMENT OF RADIOTHERAPY, JIPMER, INDIA Responsible for Junior Specialty Registrar teaching I take classes in anatomy, pathology, cancer biology, radiobiology and relevant clinical oncology applications for four hours each week. Radiotherapy technologist training I train the technologists in basic oncology and therapeutic principles of site-specific malignancies for two hours each week. 5
Procedures Performed Central Venous Catheter Placement, Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy, USG guided FNAC and Biopsy, Cervical Biopsy, Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Carcinoma Cervix, Interstitial Brachytherapy for Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, Soft tissue Sarcoma, Penile Cancer and Cervical Cancer, Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Esophageal Cancer, Superficial Mold Brachytherapy for Skin cancer and Early stage Oral Cavity Cancer, Extra Corporeal Irradiation for Osteosarcoma MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE 06/ 2007-12/2007 COMMUNITY CARE CENTER (NGO), PONDICHERRY, INDIA Physician Organizing camps- Truck Points - for screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in truck drivers Organizing advertising campaigns to spread public awareness Health education and counseling VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 05/2009 - Present RURAL CANCER CONTROL CAMP, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, KARAIKAL, INDIA. Oncologist This is a part of an initiative to bring specialist health care to rural and underserved areas of the country. I have been a part of quarterly camps to rural areas to examine and treat cancer cases and refer them for additional treatment to tertiary care centers if needed. Cancer prevention and Health Education activities are also conducted during these camps. 06/ 2007-12/2007 COMMUNITY CARE CENTER (NGO), PONDICHERRY, INDIA Physician, part time Palliative and supportive care for patients with end stage AIDS Counseling of HIV infected patients Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in truck drivers Sex education and contraceptive devices 6
LANGUAGES, INTERESTS AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Native: Tamil Fluent: English Beginner: Hindi Interests: Travelling, Motorcycling, Physics and Indian Philosophy, Foreign Language Films, Indian and Western Classical Music, Audiophile grade Acoustic Equipment evaluation Obtained a rank of 10 in the JIPMER MBBS Common Entrance Test for selection to Medical School among 10,000 candidates Obtained 3 rd rank in the UNESCO National Level General Knowledge Test held annually with participation from schools all over India 7