Areas of Specialization:

Radiation oncology, head and neck cancer, thorax, and genitourinary malignancy

Dr. Ashwini Gopal is a consultant radiation oncologist with a particular focus on head and neck, thorax, and genitourinary malignancies. She completed a Diploma in Radiotherapy Training at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology in Bangalore. She joined Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in the year 2014, as a postgraduate DNB resident in the department of radiation oncology. After completing her postgraduate in 2016, she has been working at Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. She attended an ESMO preceptorship in head and neck oncology, in Hong Kong in April 2019. She is currently undergoing UK based clinical oncology training from many hospitals like Leeds, RMH, and North Middlesex hospitals of London and is aiming for FRCR Clinical Oncology. At BIACHRI, Dr. Ashwini is treating head and neck, thorax and genitourinary malignancy and related research.

Memberships:
She is a member of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI), ESMO, and RCR.

Presentations:

1. Comparison between static and dynamic intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) planning: single institution retrospective analysis.
Poster Presented in AROICON 2016, Bhubaneswar, India.
2. Survival and patterns of failure in oral cancers: single institution retrospective study
Poster Presented in AROICON 2016, Bhubaneswar, India
3. Comparison between static and dynamic intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) planning: An update
E poster in Indian Cancer congress 2017, Bangalore, India.
4. Comparison of palliative radiation- single fraction vs multiple fractions in bone metastasis: single institution retrospective analysis
Poster presentation in Indian cancer congress 2017, Bangalore, India.
5. Ashwini Gopal, Deleep Kumar Gudipudi: A case of squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity treated with radical radiation in a patient with Fanconi anemia. J Case Rep Images Oncology 2017; 3:69–72.

6. Ashwini Gopal: Timing of replanning in head and neck cancers on radiation by IMRT and its significance in tumour volume and critical structure volume and dose. J. Evid. Based Med. Healthc Jan. 15, 2018; / Vol. 5/Issue 3/ 2349-2570

7. Ashwini G ,G Rajeev, Deleep Kumar G: A Retrospective analysis of Fractionation Schedules, and Re-irradiation in Tertiary Cancer Centre. International journal of contemporary medical research February 2018/ volume 5 /issue 2/B1-B3

8. Sukrutha Boggula, Ashwini Gopal, Suneetha Mulinti and Alluri Krishnam Raju: A comparative analysis of acute toxicities in hypofractionated radiotherapy versus conventional radiotherapy in early-stage breast cancer after breast conservation surgery. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences(Vol. 7, Issue 30)

9. Akkineni Naga Prasanthi, Ashwini Gopal, Sukrutha Boggula, Heena Kauser, Vallurupalli Sudhakar Kumar, Deleep Kumar Gudipudi, & Alluri Krishnam Raju. Quality of Life in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Different Radiotherapy Techniques after Definitive Chemo Radiotherapy – A Real-World Data Study with Indian Patients. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, 11(10), 824–828.