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Dr. CHINNA BABU. DRACHAM

Member in:

• Life Member, Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.
• Life Member, Indian Association of Pallative Care.
• ESMO Member 2018-2021.
• ASCO Member.

Education:

• Senior Residency (post M.D.) in Radiation Oncology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (August 2016 – August 2019).
• Junior Residency (M.D.) in Radiation Oncology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (July 2013 – June 2016)
• Compulsory Rotating Residential Internship in Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad (March 2011 – April 2012).
• M.B.B.S from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad (July 2006 – March 2011).

Awards & Achievements:

• College topper for Oncology for the year 2017.
• College topper for Oncology for the year 2018.
• Won 1st prize in 30th UPAROICON held in BHU, Varanasi – 2018.
• Certified in Pallative care of Oncological patients condcted in August 2018 at SRMSIMS.

Awards and Achievements:

• Certificate for participation and Poster Presentation on "Prospective assessment of Quality of life in ovarian cancer survivors" in Annual Inernational Conference & CME multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Inernatuional Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO) held in San Francisco, California, USA – 2019.
• Certificate for participation as Delegate at the "1st Portion therapy Educational Programme" Chennai – 2018.
• Certificate for participation in 2nd Indian Cancer Congress Conference and ICC-AROI-ICRO pre-conference workshop on "Clinical trails and and e-contouring" Bengaluru-2017.
• Certificate for participation and Poster presentation on " Platinum sensitive carcinoma ovary relapsed as pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade: A case report" in Workshop CME & annual meeting of Obstetrics and Gynaecological society of North India, Chandigarh-2018.
• Certificate for presenting in Proffered paper presentation in Urology and Best paper category in Annual National Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India, Lucknow-2015.
• AROI – TRAVEL Fellowship awards in November -2015.
• Certificate for participation and poster presentation on "Treatment Outcomes in Carcinoma Hypopharynx: An audit at a Regional Cancer Centre" in National Conference of the Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology (FHNO) India, Nagpur-2015.
• Certificate for passing in Research methodology & Biostatistics from PGIMER – 2013.
• Certificate for passing in Essential of Palliative Care, conducted by Indian Association of Palliative Care-2016.
• Certificate for participating in 17th ICRO PG teaching programme on Treatment of Lung Cancer, Kolkata-2014.
• Certificate for participating in ICRO – CME PG teaching programme on Oncology Imaging and Geriatric Oncology, Lucknow – 2015.
• Certificate for participating in 8th teaching programme on Clinical Radiobiology for Radiation oncologist, Shimla – 2015.
• Certificate for participating in CME on Advanced Radiotherapy techniques – Treatment planning & Delivery, Chandigarh – 2014.
• Certificate for participating in Workshop on Brachytherapy of Gastrointestinal Cancers, Chandirgarh-2015.
• Certificate for participating in CME on Controversies in clinical Oncology – 2015.
• Certificate for participating in CME on Breast Cancer Update, Ambala – 2015.

Articles under Review:

• "Dracham CB, Elangovan E, Madan R, Bhavani V, Transitional cell carcinoma of fallopian tube: A case report and literature review" BMJ case reports 2018.
• "Dracham CB, Kumar N, Kumar S, Yadav BS, Mavuduru R, Lal A, Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on organ preservation in muscle invasive bladder carcinoma" Arab Journal of Urology – 2018.
• "Dracham CB, Das CK, Elangovan E, Ariba Z, Primary board ligament adenocarcinoma : A case report and and literature review" BMJ Case Reports 2018.
• "Madan R, "Dracham CB, Elangovan E, Rai B, GY Srinivasa, Kumar D, Tula SK Ghoshal S, Evaluation of quality of of life in ovarian cancer survivors. Where do we stand?" Gynecologic Oncology 2019.
• "Kapoor R, GY Srinivasa, "Dracham CB, Expanding role of radiation in pancreatic tumors – a rare case report and a new horizon" International Journal of Non communicable Disease 2019.
• "Kapoor R, Dracham CB, GY Srinivasa, Khosla D, Madan R, Yadav BS, Kumar N, Onion AS. Dosimetric analysis of 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT) technique in postoperative patients with gastric carcinoma" Journal of Radiation Oncology 2019.

Teaching Experience work:

• Our residency program was unique in that, it was designed to provide hands on experience with various chemotherapeutic regimens along with balanced radiation oncology curriculum.
• Well versed in use of computer and audio visual aids. Proficient in the use of MS Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, MS excel, SPSS.
• Have done a certificate course on 'Research Methodology and Biostatistics' held in October 2013 in PGIMER, India.
• Have good skill in doing brachytherapy especially Intracavitory and interstitial methods.

Profile:

• I have been working in one of the best equipped radiation oncology departments in India with strong focus on academics and research. Our department is equipped with Varian Trilogy, four Varian Accelerators, three of which are IMRT capable with Millennium 40 MLC and on board imaging system and one Varian Trilogy with Arc therapy (VMAT) and two Theratron 780c cobalt teletherapy machines. We have Ir 192 microselectron HDR machine and Bebig HDR Co60 machine.
• I have participated in the planning and execution of various advanced radio-therapeutic techniques like 3DCRT, IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SBRT and total body irradiation in addiction to conventional irradiation techniques.
• We have an in house 16 slice CT simulator and a 4D CT Simulator in Varian Trilogy with wide bore CT along with three Eclipse and one Advantage Sim workstations for external beam planning. Brachytherapy planning is done on Oncentra Master plan TPS.
• In addition there is an Elekha Gamma Knife (Perfection) for intracranial stereotaxy with integrated treatment planning system. The department has local area network connectivity with the institute's 4D PET-CT and the radiology department is used for acquisition of MRI on a 1.5 Tesla and a 3 Tesla MRI machine.
• I have planned and executed the treatment using IMRT in various sites like Cervix, Head & Neck, Rectum, Pancreas, Anal canal, Brain tumors. With the availability of PET-CT, in our institution, I have also been planning patients with PET-CT for head and neck cancers.
• I believe my training has given me a holistic perspective in the management of the patients with cancer with special emphasis on radiation therapy.

Published articles

• Dracham CB, Gupta S, Das CK, Elangovan A, Platinum sensitive carcinoma of ovary relapsed as pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade BMJ Case Rep 2019. Mar 22;12(3) pii: e228268, doi : 10.1136 /bcr -2018-228268. PubMed PMID 30904894.
• Kumar N, Hanumanthappa N, Miriyala R, Vyas S, Salunke P, Oinam AS, Yadav BS. Madan R. Dracham CB, Kapoor R, Hurdles in radiation planning for glioblastoma. Can delayed – contrast enhanced computed tomography be a potential solution? Asia Pac J Clin Oncol 2019 Jan 30. Doi 10.1111/ajco 13111. (Epub ahead of print) Pub Med PMID : 30698349.
• Bahl A, Elangovan A, Dracham CB, Kaur S, Oinam AS, Trivedi G, Verma R, Panda NK, Ghoshal S, Analysis of volumetric and dosimetric changes in mid treatment CT scan in carcinoma nasopharynx : implications for adaptive radiotherapy. Journal of experimental therapeutitcs & oncology 2019 Jan 1:13 (1)
• Dracham CB, Elangovan A, Madan R,Gupta N, Primary extragonadal seminoma arising from the pelvis: A case report. African Journal of Urology 2018. Dec. 1;24(4) : 282 -6
• Dracham CB, Maharaj R, Rai B, Elangovan A, Bhattacharya T, Ghoshal S, Toxicity and clinical outcomes with definitive three dimensional conformal radiotheerapy (3DCRT) and concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy in locally advanced cervical carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2018 Nov 17. Doi 10.1093/jjco/hyy 164,(Epub ahead of print) PubMed PMID : 30452664
• Elangovan A, Bhal A, Patel FD, Dracham CB, Rai B, Trivedi G, 262P is bone marrow sparing intensity modulated radiotherapy better than 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in reducing haematotlogical toxicities during pelvic irradiation in locally advanced carcinoma cervix?, A prospective study, Annals of Oncology 2018 Nov 1;29 (suppl _9) : mdy 436-010.
• Dracham CB, Shankar A, Madan R, Radiation induced secondary malignancies: a review article. Radiat Oncol J, 2018 Jun ; 36 (2) : 85-94, doi: 10.3857 / roj.2018.00290. Epub 2018 Jun 29. PubMed PMID : 29983028; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6074073.
• Miriyala R, Bansal A, Dracham CB, Thakur P, Ghoshal S, Diagnostic delay in oncology : Is there a need for increasing cancer awareness among primary care physicians of developing countries? Ind J Soc Prev Rehab Onc 2018;2 (1) : 1-8.
• Shankar A, Dracham CB, Ghoshal S, Grover S, Prevalence of depression and anxiety disorder in cancer patients, An institutional experience. Indian J Cancer 2016, 53:432-4.