Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
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Hero DMC Heart Institute
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Cancer Care Centre
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DMC&H International Patient Services
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Dayanand Medical College
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DMC&H College of Nursing
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Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
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Hero DMC Heart Institute
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Cancer Care Centre
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DMC&H International Patient Services
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Dayanand Medical College
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DMC&H College of Nursing
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DR. RITU AGGARWAL
Consultant
Radiation Oncology
MBBS, DNB(Radiation Oncology)
PMC-31653
About Doctor
Dr Ritu Aggarwal is an experienced and one of the best Radiation Oncologists in Ludhiana. She is associated with Cancer Care Centre as a – Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncologist.
After completing her MBBS from the prestigious Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla (1999), Dr Aggarwal pursued a one year compulsory Rotatory Internship from General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh. Later, she gained DNB (Radiation Oncology) from MD Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana in October 2005. Also, she earned a Diploma in Hospital Administration from Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad in 2013.
Prior to joining AOI, Dr Aggarwal worked as a Senior Medical Officer at the Department of Oncology at Fortis Hospital, Mohali from January 2006 to March 2007. Later, she joined Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana as a Senior Resident, from where she moved on to work as a at the Department of Radiation Oncology at MD Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana (November 2008 to May 2011) and Indus Super-specialty Hospital, Mohali (May 2011 to March 2013), respectively.
Recognized as the best radiation oncologist in Ludhiana, Dr Aggarwal was awarded Overseas Fellowship by the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India where she had undergone training for IMRT, IGRT, Tomotherapy, and CyberKnife. The Fellowship was completed at West Middlesex University Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London in 2010.
Apart from numerous recognitions, Dr Aggarwal has also been bestowed with the prestigious Naari Shakti Award by NGO Aadhar in October 2013 for her selfless contribution to the society. Also, she has been awarded ‘Chikitasak Samman’ by Dainik Jagran, Ludhiana in 2018.
Besides attending various national/international conferences and workshops, Dr Aggarwal has various publications and research papers to her credit. She is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) and Gynecology Oncology Association of India.
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Certifications
- Life Member of Association of Radiation Oncologist of India (LM-687)
- Life Member of Association of Gynecologic Oncologist of India (LM 568)
- Naari Shakti Award for contribution to society was awarded by NGO Aadhar in October 2013
- AROI – ESTRO course on Advanced Technologies in Radiation Oncology, held at New Delhi from October 14th to 18th, 2012
Publications
- Paper presented on the topic: Soft Tissue Sarcoma – Outcome after Wide Excision and Radiation Therapy at 10th North Zone Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India held at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi in Oct.2003.
- Erythropoeitin as supportive treatment in patients of carcinoma of cervix on chemoradiation at 10th North Zone Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India held at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi in Oct.2003.
- Paper published on the role of Amifostine as a radioprotector in Brachytherapy of Carcinoma cervix in AGOICON 2002.
- Paper published on the role of Recombinant Erythropoeitin in patients of Gynecological Tumors on radiotherapy in AGOICON 2002.
- Presented a poster on Body Mass Index and Carcinoma Breast at 31st Annual Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologist of India, held at Hyderabad from 26 – 29th November 2009.
- A dosimetric comparison of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy vs Rapid arc in gynecological malignancies :Dose beyond PTV, precisely 5Gy volume. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.
- Pattern of failure after adjuvant radiation therapy in oral cavity cancer patients: Data from tertiary care institute in North India. Journal: Current Problems in Cancer YMCN-D-23-00163
- Article published on Dosimetric study of hypofractionated adjuvant post mastectomy radiotherapy with and without bolus and assesment of acute toxicity of treatment : a sinle institution study .international Journal of Reseach in Medical Sciences.2021 Mar;9(3):765-773
- Paper published on Role of rapid arc -image guided radiotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis : A study from tertiary care centre in Punjab,India .JCRT_365_21_R2_OA
- Risk factors of Biochemical Failure in locally advanced carcinoma Prostate Treated with Definitive External Beam Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy :Experience From Tertiary Care Centre in North India .Cureus 13(8);E16895.dOI 10.7759/Cureus.16895
- Paper published in Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2022. 23(7), 2407-2413 on Analysis of Rapid arc based Radiation Therapy on Dosimetric Parameters in Cervical Cancer Patients with and without Bone Marrow Sparing .
Awards
- Awarded at Doctor’s award ceremony with Chikitasak Samman 2018 by Dainik Jagran at Ludhiana
- Awarded Overseas Fellowship by the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India, which was completed at West Middlesex University Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, London, U.K. in the month of September and October 2010 and underwent training for IMRT, IGRT, Tomotherapy, and CyberKnife
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