Proton therapy in the treatment of oncology

Doctor of Medicine (M.D) in Radiotherapy and Oncology.

Areas of Expertise: Neuro Oncology

Professional Work:

• The Neuro Oncology group at TMH was developed by Dr. Jalali. It is hailed as the finest such unit in India and recognized throughout the world.
• Instrumental in establishing the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ISNO) in 2008. He served as its founding general secretary, then its President and now chairing its senior advisory council.
• A much sought-after speaker, he is widely regarded for his teaching and providing expert guidance to various national and international scientific meetings and professional societies.
• Famed for his commitment to charity and promoting equitable cancer care for patient populations in the developing world. He founded the ‘Brain Tumour Foundation of India’, an internationally recognized charity organization dedicated to the welfare of the patients with brain tumours and their families.

Publications & Awards:

• Has more than 300 peer review publications.
• His research publications include high-impact journals such as the Lancet, Lancet Oncology, JAMA Oncology and JCO to name a few.
• Has been instrumental in guiding treatment philosophies in the management of cancers.
• Awarded as the Best Oncologist Award by Medscape in 2014.
• Received the Top Radiation Oncologist Award for 3 consecutive years from 2014 onwards.

Dr. Jiří Kubeš is a talented radio-oncologist from the Czech Republic. He has been practicing radio-oncology for over 20 years and is very familiar with proton therapy and intraoperative radiotherapy. Dr. Kubesh is well known not only in the Czech Republic, but also abroad. He is currently the head of the department at the Proton Therapy Center in Prague.

Education:

Dr. Jiří Kubeš received his basic education and his MD from the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague.

Membership and publications:

During his career, Dr. Kubesh has already managed to write many articles published nationally and internationally. He is also a member of many prestigious medical associations.

Prof. Timmermann is a specialist in radiotherapy and radio-oncology.

Doctor’s Specialization:

Brain tumors: meningioma, astrocytoma, glioma, glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, acoustic neuroma, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngioma.
Tumors of bone and soft tissues (sarcomas) that are motionless during breathing: rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, chordoma.
Prostate cancer.
Progressive pelvic cancer with lymph drainage.
Progressive cancer in the ear, throat and nose: carcinomas of the paranasal sinuses, esthesioneuroblastomas, carcinomas of the salivary glands.
Tumors of the eye in adults and children.

Member organizations:

– German Cancer Society (DKG);
– International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP);
– Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG);
– German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO);
– German Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH).

Has more than 7 scientific publications.

Professional Work:

• Significantly contributed in establishing RapidArc, IGRT, SRS and SBRT programme at YCI.
• Instrumental in establishing and running Varian School for High Precision Radiotherapy (in collaboration with Varian Medical Systems), which has till date trained more than 220 radiation oncologists and physicists across the Indian subcontinent.
• Co-founded Optimus Oncology Pvt. Ltd. with five of his friends and colleagues, which will be running 3 oncology departments in rural Maharashtra.

Publications & Awards:

• More than 30 recent publications in high impact international journals. 
• Was in-charge of academics and tumor boards at YCI and 14 DNB students have completed their training under his direct supervision.
• Have been regular in various national and international meetings as an invited faculty.
  Among the several awards, in 2013, he has received American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) IDEA award for being among the most promising young oncologists for that year at their annual meeting in Chicago.
• Successfully organized a national level meeting of Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology at Hyderabad with more than 400 delegates. The meeting received rave reviews for academic format and content.
• Have been a part of a select ICMR panel consisting of around ten oncologists, who have formulated national guidelines on management of gastric cancers.

Areas of Expertise:

• Paediatric Cancers
• Thoracic Cancers
• Lymphomas
• Genito Urinary Cancers
• Bone and Soft Tissue