Invited Talks and Seminars

* Last Updated August 2024

• Invited Speaker on “Current Trends in Breast Cancer” at IMPACT 24, Ahmedabad on 9th June 2024
• Invited Speaker on “Recent Advances in Radiation Oncology” at CME Program organised by AOGS (Ahmedabad Obstertics and Gynecological Soceity) on 6th March 2024, Ahmedabad
• Invited Moderator on “Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer” at 18th SFO International Cancer Conference 2023 at Kathmandu, Nepal , 7th -9th December 2023
• Invited Speaker on “Flash Therapy: Are we ready for clinical use”, Judge in Best Paper Session for GC Pant Award at ICC 2023 at Mumbai on 2nd -5th November 2023
• Invited Speaker on “Immunotherapy in Oncology”for ICRO PRODVANCE 2023 at Rajkot, Gujarat
• Organising Secretary and moderator at 3rd Academic meet of Women Oncologists Group of Gujarat (WOGOG) on 28th October 2023 at Sadvichar Parivaar, Ahmedabad
• Debated on “Neoadjuvant CT and not CTRT is the best treatment for locally advanced lung cancer stage IIIA - Against”at CRABECON 2023, at Jammu on 7th October 2023
• Panelist in “Management of Early Breast Cancers” at 11th Annual Conference of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSICON) 2023 on 28th -30 July 2023
• Debated on “PORTEC scores over OLD TECH(niques) in the management of Endometrial Cancer - Against”at Max Cancer Congress 2023 at Delhi, 29-30 April 2023
• Spoke on Review Paper at 4th Genitourinary Year in Review (GUYIR) at Mumbai 29 April 2023
• Debated on “Deescalation Strategies in HPV Oropharyngeal cancers”, Moderated Panel on “Molecular Markers in Breast Cancer” at AROI Gujarat Chapter Annual Meet, Daman on 7-8 January 2023
• Moderated Panel on “Early Cervical Cancers” at 42nd AROICON, Delhi on 29 Nov-2 Dec 2022
• Moderated Panel on “Interesting head and neck cancer cases” at RO Symposium at HCG Conference, Ahmedabad on 3-4 Sept 2022
• Debated on “Is Dose De escalation strategy ready for optimal management of favourable HPV associated Oropharyngeal carcinoma” at 4th Annual Conference of Bihar Chapter on 13 14 August 2022
• Panelist at IASO AROI MP CG Meet 2022, Indore on 30-32 July 2022
• Spoke on Review Paper at ASCO Genitourinary Meet 2022 at Delhi on 7-8 May 2022
• Spoke as faculty on “Classification of HCC: looking beyond the TNM staging”at PROADVANCE 2022 at Chennai on 23-24 April 2022
• Organized Radiobiology Course at Sterling Hospitals, Sindhubhavan, Ahmedabad on 18 February 2023
• Organizing Secretary for Sterling Oncology Symposium 2022, Ahmedabad
• Secretary for 3 Day Virtual Patient Centric Symposium 30,31 October & 1 November 2020
• Moderator in Webinar on “Breast Health and Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment” on 16th October 2020
• Panelist in Webinar in 3rd Gujarat Breast Meet on 30th and 31st July 2020
• Panelist in Webinar on “Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Management” on 23 July 2020
• Panelist in Webinar in “Recurrent Glioblastoma Management” on 18th June 2020
• Course Director in Webinar on Current Trends in Prostate Cancer Management on 5th June 2020
• Course Director Webinar in on “Recent Trends in Carcinoma Breast Management” on 4th June 2020
• Panelist in Webinar on “Cancer Care During COVID 19 Pandemic” on 15th April 2020
• Panelist in Webinar on “Lung Cancer Management during COVID -19 Pandemic” on 21st April 2020
• Panelist in “Optimal Patient Selection in Proton Therapy” at Proton CME, Ahmedabad, 21st February 2020
• Panelist in “Metastatic Breast Cancer” at Cancer CI Conclave 2020, Hyderabad, 14th -16th February 2020
• Organizing Secretary and Quiz Master at 41st AROICON (National Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India), Ahmedabad, 28th November – 1st December 2019
• Judge for “Setting Up a New Radiotherapy Department” at 41st ICON, Ahmedabad, 13th – 15th September 2019
• Panelist at 41st ICON, Ahmedabad, 13th – 15th September 2019
• Moderator for Panel on “Gynecological Malignancies Shifting Focus to Prevention” at 5th CRABECON PUNJ, Jammu, 8th-9th September 2019
• Talk on “Management of Neck with Unknown Primary” at Prodvance Meeting Vizag, 17th-18th August 2019
• Debate against “Protons will make Photon Therapy Obsolete” at Max Cancer Congress, Delhi, 16th-17th August 2019
• Faculty at 32nd Indian College of Radiation Oncology (ICRO) Teaching Program on “Rationale and techniques of IMRT and organ (including cardiac) sparing approaches in breast cancer radiation therapy” at Kolkata on 27th and 28th July 2019
• Speaker on “Hazardous Attitudes: Physician Decision Making in Radiation Oncology” and Panelist at Best of ASTRO 2019, Kolkata, 29-30 June 2019
• Talk on “ Newer Arts in Radiation Oncology in Head and Neck Cancer” Patna, AROI Bihar Chapter, 15th-16th June 2019
• Moderator for “Management of Radiation Induced Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancers” at Optimizing Supportive Care in Oncology, Ahmedabad, 8th June 2019
• Panelist in “Management of Locally Advanced Rectum Cancers” at Rectal CME, Ahmedabad, 22nd May 2019
• Invited talk on “Management of Secondaries with Unknown Primary” at PROADVANCE, Pune, 13th -14th April 2019
• Invited Panelist in “Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer” at Uro- Onco Update, Ahmedabad, 30th March 2019
• Invited Panelist in Head and Neck Cancer Session at Apollo Cancer Conclave 2019, Chennai, 24th- 206h January 2019
• Invited talk on “Developing an Adaptive Radiotherapy Protocol in head and neck cancer” and Judge for Best Paper Session at YROC 2019 (Young Radiation Oncologists Conference) at Siliguri, West Bengal, 19th- 20th January 2019
• Invited talk on “SBRT in Recurrent Head and Neck tumors - Evidences”, Panelist in “Management of Head and Neck tumors”, and Judge for Posters at 3rd AROI Gujarat Chapter conference on 5th and 6th January 2019 at Rajkot, Gujarat, India
• Invited Panelist in “Management of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancers” and Judge for Dr G C Pant Award Presentation at 40th Annual Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India 29th November – 2nd December 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• Invited Chairperson and Judge for Debate on “Role of Radiotherapy versus Surgery in Locally advanced Prostate Cancer” at HCG UroOncology Symposium, 28th October 2018
• Invited Speaker on “Role of Adjuvant therapy in Oral Carcinoma” at GYAN CDE program on oral cancer, 7th – 9th September 2018
• Invited Panelist at1st Head and Neck Cancer Review 10th-12th August 2018 at Mumbai
• Invited Panelist at ORTHOCON 2018 at Ahmedabad on 4th-5th August 2018
• Invited Panelist on Breast Carcinoma Updates at Best of ASCO 2018, at New Delhi on 28th-29th July 2018 organized by AIIMS New Delhi
• Invited Speaker on “ICRU 50” and “ICRU 62” at ICRO (Indian College of Radiation Oncology) Teaching Program at SKIMS, Srinagar on 30th June and 1st July 2018
• Invited Panelist on “Breast Cancer Conclave 2018” at HCG Apex Hospital, Mumbai on 19th -20th May 2018
• Invited Moderator on “Modulated Radiotherapy in Postoperative head and neck carcinoma” at “Conference on Delineating Organs at Risk in Head and Neck Carcinoma” at HCG Apex Hospital, Mumbai on 7th April 2018
• Invited Panelist on “Management of Early Breast Cancer” at 2nd Gujarat Breast Meet, Ahmedabad on 10th -11th March 2018
• Moderator for conducting Panel on “Management of Toxicities of head and neck malignancies at 2nd GUJAROICON 2018 (AROI – Gujarat Chapter) conference, Ahmedabad on 24th February 2018
• Invited Panelist on “Management of Nodal Recurrence – infield and outfield in pelvic cancers” at YROC (Young Radiation Oncologists of India) 2018, New Delhi on 12th- 14th January 2018
• Invited talk on “Adaptive Radiotherapy in Gynecological Cancers”, Quiz Master for Grand Oncology Quiz and Coordinator for Contouring Workshop on Thorax and Pelvic Malignancies at Indo UK Oncology Summit, Chennai on 15th-16th December 2017
• Invited Panelist at 2nd Indian Cancer Congress at Bangalore on 8th-12th November 2017
• Invited as Panelist at 1st IBCC (Indian Breast Cancer Conference) at Jaipur on 7th-8th October 2017
• Invited as Panelist at “Updates on Breast Cancer” at Sadvichar Parivar at Ahmedabad on 3rd September 2017
• Invited as Speaker on Landmark trails on Precision Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Carcinoma at 26th ICRO Teaching program on 5th-6th August 2017 at Pondicherry
• Invited as Examiner for Stereotactic Fellowship at Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur on 29th June 2017
• Invited as Speaker in “Role of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) in Spinal Tumors at CME in Update in Neurooncology at Sadvichar Parivar, Ahmedabad on 4th June 2017
• Speaker in Breast Cancer Session at Best of ASTRO 2017 at Vizag, India, 13th-14th May 2017
• Invited Panelist in “Role of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant treatment in locally advanced gastric cancer” at UGICON (Upper GI Cancer Surgery Conference and Workshop) 2017 at GCS Medical College, Ahmedabad 14th-16th April 2017
• Invited Speaker on “Evolution of interstitial brachytherapy in gynecological cancers” at Indian Brachytherapy Conference, West Bengal Chapter at Kolkata on 18th March 2017
• Invited Speaker on “Adjuvant Radiation therapy in head and neck cancers” at State CME of Dental Surgeons on Multidisciplinary Approach for management of oral cancer at Ahmedabad on 5th March 2017
• Chairperson in Session on Carcinoma of Lung at Cancer Conclave 2017 at Hyderabad, 2th -5th February 2017
• Invited as Speaker on “Towards Evidence - Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in Head and Neck Cancer” at 5th Young Radiation Oncologists of India (YROC) 2017 at Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, 28th-29th January 2017
• Chairperson in Session: Scientific Approach to stage III and IV Carcinoma of Breast at Joint International Conference (JIC 2017) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 7th-8th January 2017
• Invited Speaker on “Importance of screening for early detection” and “Role of Radiotherapy in Cancer” in CME for ESIS Doctors at GCS Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 5th-6th December 2016
• Judge in Best Paper Session for Young Radiation Oncologists Category, Judge for taking Fellowships under age group of 35 years, Judge for Poster session and Panelist in Head and Neck Cancers at 38th AROICON National conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India at Bhubaneswar, India in November 2016
• Invited Speaker on Endobronchial Brachytherapy at 6th Annual Conference of Indian Brachytherapy Society IBSCON 2016 at Chennai, 26th-28th August 2016
• Chairperson for Best Paper Session at 6th Annual Conference of Indian Brachytherapy Society IBSCON 2016 at Chennai, 26th-28th August 2016
• Panelist in “Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas” on 26th June 2016 at Sadhvichar Parivar in Ahmedabad
• Speaker on “Role of Palliative Radiotherapy in Oncology” for students enrolled in Palliative Course program at Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad on 5th May 2016
• Speaker on “Planning adjuvant radiotherapy in sinonasal tumors – how challenging?” @ Update on head & neck cancer 2016 - sinonasal , skull base tumours by FHNO Western regional course on 1st May 2016 @ Ahmedabad in Association with AOI
• National Faculty for Indian College of Radiation Oncology (ICRO) program at Bikaner on 16-17th April 2016
• Chairperson in session on “Sharing Experience by young oncologists” at IBS Brachytherapy Workshop at Apollo CBCC Cancer Care Ahmedabad, 5th-6th March 2016
• Conducted Panel on “Is brachytherapy a dying art in modern radiotherapy” at IBS Brachytherapy Workshop at Apollo CBCC Cancer Care Ahmedabad, 5th-6th March 2016
• Panelist in Role of Radiation in Early Breast Cancer at GBM 2016, The Gujarat Breast Meet held under ABSI West Zone at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 20th-21st February 2016
• Panelist in Management in Oral Cancers at 6th International Translational Cancer Research Conference at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 4th-7th February, 2016
• Conducted Panel on Challenging Breast Cancer Cases at RAJAROICON 2015 State Chapter of Rajasthan under AROI, Udaipur 19th-20th December AROICON 2015
• Judge for Neil Joseph Fellowship for post graduate students at 37th AROICON National conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India at Lucknow, India in November 2015
• Speaker on Brachytherapy in Anal Canal tumors in IBSCON 2015, 5th National Annual Conference of Indian Brachytherapy Society at Kolkata, India, 28th-30th August 2015
• Panelist in LUNG CANCER CONFLUENCE in Ahmedabad, India on 23rd May 2015
• Invited Panelist at 11th Annual Scientific Symposium at Joint International Conference (JIC) 2015 in Ahmedabad, India 23rd -25th January 2015
• Invited Panelist in CME Meeting on 17th January 2015 –“Role of targeted therapies in Cancer Management” in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
• Judge in Geriatric Oncology Presentation Session in 30th ICON (Indian Cooperative Oncology Network) on 4th, 5th and 6th April 2014 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Panelist in Session on Gynecological tumors in AROICON MP, CG, Gujarat Chapter 2014 on 1st and 2nd March 2014 at Raipur, Chattisgarh
• Invited Speaker on “Frame Based Intra Cranial Radio surgery in Management of CNS Tumors” at Hotel St Laurn, Ahmedabad organized by Gujarat Society of Neuro Oncology on 14th July 2012
• Invited Panelist in CME Meeting on 21st January 2012 – “Management of Non small cell carcinoma of lung” at Pride Hotel, Ahmedabad
• Invited Panelist in Best of ASCO Annual Meeting 2011 on 15th-17th July 2011 at Pune, India on session “Head & Neck Cancers – Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy”
• Invited Speaker on GCRI Experience – “Role of Biomab in Head and Neck tumors” at Orchid Central Hotel, Mumbai organized by Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India on 14th May 2011
• Speaker in PromOTE ENT - an initiative of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON) Program on “Radiation therapy - Important tool in curing head and neck cancers” at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on 5th December 2010
• Panelist in a Symposium on “Thyroid Tumors and Salivary Gland Tumors” at 3rd National Annual Conference, Gujarat Society of Head and Neck Oncology at Mount Abu, India in February 2010
• Invited Speaker on “Plan Evaluation & Geographical Miss” in 2nd Annual Conference, Gujarat Society of Head and Neck Oncology at Rajkot, Gujarat, India on 3rd and 4th January 2009
• Conducted a session on “Demonstration of Conformal therapy in Carcinoma Breast” in Indian College of Radiation Oncology (ICRO)/ Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) Teaching Course on “Management of Carcinoma Breast” on 18th and 19th October, 2008 at Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
• Invited Speaker on “Role of Concurrent Chemo Radiation using Temozolamide in Brain Tumors” in a Brain tumors CME on 25th May 2008 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India