Senior Director & HOD
Radiation Oncology
Dr Anil Kumar Anand has over 30+ years of rich experience to his credit in the field of radiation oncology. He is an alumni of Dayanand Medical College Ludhiana from where he did is MBBS, followed by MD (Radiotherapy and Oncology) from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) Chandigarh. He has done specialised training in radiation therapy at the New York Hospital Medical Centre of Queens. He worked as Senior Registrar at the Middlesex hospital, Landon and did specialised training in Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancers from The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London.
Dr. Anand has joined FMRI, Gurugram from Max hospital, Saket where he was associated as Principal Director-Radiation Oncology since 2009. Previously he was associated with organizations like Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center, New Delhi and PGI Chandigarh.
Dr Anand has many scientific publications to his credit, the most recent being Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in recurrent head and neck cancers. He is a member of Indian Society of Oncology, American Society of Radiation Oncology and Association of Radiation Oncologist of India. He is also an Advisor of Scientific Bodies like (ICRO), WHO and other UN organisations. He is a member of Editorial board, Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.
Our group pioneered the technology of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in India while working at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute in New Delhi. Since then we have treated a large number of patients suffering from Head and Neck Cancers, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer and Genitourinary Cancers with IMRT and other advanced techniques like IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy).
IMRT has revolutionized the way radiation therapy is delivered leading to improvement in cure rates and marked reduction of radiation related side effects. It has led to better quality of life for cancer patients. Subsequently, we have introduced several other high end radiation techniques like Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Gating used for patients with various types of cancers.