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Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Oncology
Qualification/ Education
MBBS, MD(Radiation Oncology)
Experience
Currently serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Avinash HU has dedicated his career to advancing cancer care and medical education. His professional journey spans over 16 years, including foundational work at M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and a long-standing, 13-year tenure at St. John’s Medical College Hospital. Having risen through the ranks from Senior Resident to Professor and Head of Department, he brings a comprehensive perspective to clinical operations, patient-centric treatment planning, and academic excellence.
Areas of interest
Advanced technologies - Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), Electron Beam Therapy and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT), Adaptive Radiotherapy (ART)
Contouring, Target Delineation, Patient positioning
Brachytherapy – Image guided Brachytherapy (IGBT) in intracavitary, interstitial, intraluminal and surface mould techniques.
Special Procedures in Radiation Oncology – Total Body Irradiation (TBI), Craniospinal Irradiation (CSI), Radiotherapy under anesthesia and Total Skin Electron Radiotherapy (TSET).
Artificial Intelligence in Oncology
Field of Expertise
Gynaecologic Oncology, Genitourinary Oncology, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Thoracic Oncology, Head and Neck Oncology, Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Benign tumors and conditions for Radiotherapy, Hematological malignancies
Other formal training/certification
- Basic Course in Biomedical Research as Mandated by National Medical Commission in March 2022.
- XVI Revised Basic MET (Medical Education Training) workshop conducted by Department of Medical Education, St. John’s Medical College, February 2021.
- Certificate course in Essentials of Palliative Care: a formal training in Palliative medicine, January 2019.
- Health Research Methods & Evidence Based Medicine: one week course in Health Research Methods & Evidence Based Medicine, St John’s Medical College and Research Institute in collaboration with Faculty from Mc Master University, Canada, Nov 2015.
- AROI ESTRO Advanced technologies course, 2014.
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
- Internal Committee (Member),
- Campus Magazine – What’s Up? @ St. John’s! (Team Lead)
- Website committee (Member)
- Student executive committee (mentor)
- NABH (HICC for NABH Safe I till 2019, Clinical Audit committee member till 2024)
- NAAC (Criterion coordinator till 2024)
- Teleconsultation services (Initiation team in 2020).
Membership of professional associations/bodies
- Student Representative AROI Karnataka Chapter 2011 to 2013
- Membership in training ASTRO (American Society for Radiation Oncology) 2010 to 2013.
- Executive Member AROI Karnataka Chapter 2018 to 2020
- AROI (Association of Radiation Oncologists of India) Life Member since 2011
- Indian Medical Association (IMA) Life Member since 2013
- Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS) Life Member since 2018
- Bangalore Oncology Group (BOG) Life Member since 2025
- Association of Radiation Oncologists of Karnataka (AROK) - Life member
Awards and Recognitions
Recognised Postgraduate Guide for MD Radiation Oncology Students, 2023.
“Best Paper Award” 2nd Annual National Conference of Indian Brachytherapy Society, August 2012, Mysore. TITLE OF PAPER “Does point B really represent dose to Obturator nodes? A Dosimetric study’
“Travel Fellowship” was awarded at AROICON 2012 Kolkata, for the paper presentation; TITLE OF PAPER: “Acute Hematological Toxicities In 3DCRT versus IMRT In Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiation To Pelvis : A Prospective Dosimetric And Clinical Study”
“First Prize” in Group Research Presentation at one week course in Health Research Methods & Evidence Based Medicine, Nov 2015. St John’s Medical College and Research Institute in collaboration with Faculty from Mc Master University, Canada
No groups and associations specified.
Limited pelvic radiotherapy in post-operative uterine carcinoma
Hadrian Noel Alexander, Avinash H Udayashankara, Silpa Johnson, Nirmala Srikantia, John Michael Raj Trends in radiation therapy administration at a pediatric cancer center in South India
Sakshi Garg, Sandeep Muzumder, Hadrian Noel Alexander F, Avinash H. Udayashankara, Nirmala Srikantia, John Michael Raj Predictive Factors for Esophageal Stricture Following Definitive Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Carcinoma
Swathi R Krishna, Sandeep Muzumder, Silpa Johnson, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H U , Santu Ghosh, Rajesh Majumder Evolving role of radiation therapy in paediatric cancer
Sakshi Garg, Sandeep Muzumder, S. Nirmala, H.U. Avinash Sepsis surveillance in patients with head-and-neck cancer undergoing chemo-radiation
Ajay Babu, Hadrian Noel Alexander F, Sandeep Muzumder, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H Udayashankar Radiation induced brachial plexopathy in head and neck cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy and correlation with disease characteristics and dosimetric parameters
F Hadrian Noel Alexander, Nirmala Srikantia, Sandeep Muzumder, Avinash H Udayashankara, Mg John Sebastian, Deepu C Tom, R P Kathiressan, John Michael Raj Aloe vera Alters Periostin Expression, Abolishes EMT Phenotype, and Sensitises Cells to Radiation in Conjunction With Atorvastatin in Cervical Cancer
P. Thomas, S. Sahoo, S. Mahajan, D.L. Hiremath, A.H. Udayashankara, S. Srivastava Definitive radiotherapy with nodal boost for radiologically positive nodes in carcinoma cervix – A retrospective cohort study
Alexander, F Hadrian Noel; Udayashankara, Avinash H.; Nirmala, S; Sebastian, M G John; Muzumder, Sandeep; Raju, Jayalekshmi; Tripathy, Arkaja; Ghosh, Santu A comparison of conventional and accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy in definitive chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study
Arkaja Tripathy, Sandeep Muzumder, Nirmala Srikantia, Ajay Babu, Mg John Sebastian, Avinash H Udayashankar, Ganesha Dev Vashishta, John Michael Raj RhoC in association with TET2/WDR5 regulates cancer stem cells by epigenetically modifying the expression of pluripotency genes
Pavana Thomas, Sweta Srivastava, Avinash H Udayashankara, Samyuktha Damodaran, Lokendra Yadav, Boby Mathew, Srinag Bangalore Suresh, Amit Kumar Mandal, Nirmala Srikantia Volumetric image guidance for intravaginal brachytherapy: A dosimetric and clinical study
Avinash H Udayashankara, Nirmala Srikantia, Sandeep Muzumder, Suparna H Chandramouli, John M Raj , Mazhar H Shariff Late toxicities in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy
Sandeep Muzumder, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H Udayashankar, Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje, M G John Sebastian, John Michael Raj Optimal time management on linear accelerator: A logical model to reduce patient waiting time
Avinash H Udayashankar, Shibina Noorjahan, Nirmala Srikantia, Ravindra Babu Kamunuri, Niranjan Immanuel, Sandeep Muzumder, S H Chandramouli, Mazhar H Shariff Compliance, toxicity and efficacy in weekly versus 3-weekly cisplatin concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced head and neck cancer
Sandeep Muzumder, Nirmala Srikantia , Ganesha Dev Vashishta , Avinash H. Udayashankar , John Michael Raj , M. G. John Sebastian and Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje Burden of acute toxicities in head-and-neck radiation therapy: A single-institutional experience
Sandeep Muzumder, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H Udayashankar, Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje, M G John Sebastian Early Competing Deaths in Locally Advanced Head-and-Neck Cancer
Sandeep Muzumder, S Nirmala , HU Avinash , Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje , MG John Sebastian , John Michael Raj Analgesic and Opioid Use in Pain Associated with Head-and-Neck Radiation Therapy
Sandeep Muzumder, S Nirmala, H U Avinash, Mg John Sebastian, Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje Immobilization versus no immobilization for pelvic external beam radiotherapy
Avinash H Udayashankar, Shibina Noorjahan, Nirmala Srikantia, K Ravindra Babu, Sandeep Muzumder Optimal technique of radiotherapy for carcinoma cervix in developing countries: Dosimetric and logistic comparison
T R Arul Ponni , H U Avinash, S Nirmala, M G Janaki , A S Kirthi Koushik Implication of Bifurcation of Abdominal Aorta for Radiotherapy Planning for Cervical Cancers.
Ponni TR, Avinash HU, Janaki MG, Koushik AS, Somashekar MK A prospective dosimetric and clinical comparison of acute hematological toxicities in three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy in carcinoma cervix
H U Avinash, T R Arul Ponni, M G Janaki, A S Kirthi Koushik, S Mohan Kumar Principles of radiation oncology: a beams eye view for a surgeon
A S Kirthi Koushik, K Harish, H U Avinash RhoC regulates radioresistance via crosstalk of ROCK2 with the DNA repair machinery in cervical cancer
Pranatharthi A, Thomas P, Udayashankar AH, Bhavani C, Suresh SB, Krishna S, Thatte J, Srikantia N, Ross No Others Contributions details available.