Dr. K. Kamalaksha Shenoy | A.J Hospital

Specialties

Oncology - Radiation

Qualifications

MD, DNB, DMRT, MBBS

Dr. K. Kamalaksha Shenoy

Oncology – Radiation Oncology
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Kannada

Primary & Additional Specialties

• Primary: Oncology

• Additional: Radiation Oncology

Services Provided

• Radiation Therapy

• Clinical Oncology

• Cancer Screening & Health Education

Descriptions of Services

• Diagnosing & staging of cancers

• Planning individualized cancer care and patient counselling

• Member of Tumor Board

• Follow-up and health advice for cancer patients

About the Doctor

• MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore

• DMRT, MD, DNB in Radiation Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

• Worked at Kasturba Medical College Mangalore as Assistant, Associate, Additional Professor, and Professor & Head

• Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology at AJ Hospital & Research Centre since 2013

• 32 years of experience in cancer management, individualized care, and patient counselling

Description of Department

• Comprehensive Radiation Oncology services as part of cancer management

• State-of-the-art triple energy linear accelerator (Photons & Electrons, FFF Photon beam)

• High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy system

• Teaching programs for MD Radiation Oncology PGs, BSc RT, MSc Medical Physics

• Regular cancer screening and awareness camps

Key Differentiators

• Advanced treatment modalities:

  • 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT)

  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

  • Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)

  • Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT – kV CBCT)

  • Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRS/SBRT)

  • Automated Active Breathing Coordinator system

• Special treatments:

  • Extra Corporeal Radiation Therapy for bone cancers

  • Gold seed fiducial-based IGRT for prostate cancers

  • Brachytherapy for cervical cancers

  • Surface moulds for skin & eyelid cancers

  • Interstitial intra-operative brachytherapy for sarcomas