Dr. Pooja Khullar

Brief profile

Dr Pooja Khullar is trained from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi. She has 11 years experience in superior advanced radiotherapy skill like IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, SRT, SRS, 3D Brachytherapy and Respiratory Gating. She has special interest in Breast cancer, Gynecological cancer, Brain tumor and Pediatric cancer. She has more than 20 nationaland international paper to her credit.She has worked on various machine M6 cyberknife, True Beam, Versa HD, Infinity, Synergy, Artist, Primus and HDR Brachytherapy

Fields of Expertise

• Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
• Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
• Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT), SRS
• Gating Technique
• 3D Brachytherapy

Professional Memberships& Certifications

• Association of Radiation Onocologist of India (AROI)
• European society of Medical Oncology(ESMO)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Awarded by best oral presentation in RGCON, Delhi in 2010.
• ESMO preceptorship programme on Immunotherapy of cancer, from the essentials of tumourimmunonolgy to clinical application, 30 Sep to 1 Oct 2016, Amsterdam, Netherland.
• ESMO preceptorship programme on Colorectal cancer, multidisciplinary management, standard of care and future perspectives, 6-7 July 2016,Prague, Czech Republic
• ESMO preceptorship programme on Gastric cancer, multidisciplinary management, standard of care, therapeutic target and future perspectives, 13-14 nov 2015, Singapore
• ESMO preceptorship programme on Immunotherapy of cancer, from the essentials of tumourimmunonolgy to clinical application, 18-19 nov2015, Zurich, Switzerland
• ESMO preceptorship programme on Non small cell lung cancer, 15-16 dec 2015, Singapore.
• Travel grant in AACR-KCA Joint Conference on Precision Medicine in Solid Tumoursin15-17 Nov 2018, Seoul, South Korea.
• Travel grant inAdvanced breast cancer fourth ESO-ESMO International Consensus Conference (ABC4) 2-4 Nov 2017, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Travel grant in 3rd ESO-ESMO Breast Cancer in Young Women International Conference (BCY3) 10-12 Nov 2016, Lugano, Switzerland
• Travel grant in ESMO preceptorship programme on Immunotherapy of cancer, from the essentials of tumourimmunonolgy to clinical application, 30 Sep to 1 Oct 2016, Amsterdam, Netherland.
• Travel grant in ESMO preceptorship programme on Colorectal cancer, 6-7 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Travel grant in ESMO Translational research unit fellowship, 4-7 April 2016, Naples, Italy.
• Travel grant in ESMO preceptorship programme on Non small cell lung cancer, 15-16 dec 2015, Singapore.
• Travel grant in ESMO preceptorship programme on Immunotherapy of cancer, from the essentials of tumourimmunonolgy to clinical application, 18-19 nov 2015, Zurich, Switzerland
• Travel grant in ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2015,20-21 Nov 2015, Laussane, Switzerland).
• Travel grant in ESMO preceptorship programme on Gastric cancer, multidisciplinary management, standard of care, therapeutic target and future perspectives, 13-14 Nov 2015, Singapore

Publications

• An in silico comparative dosimetric study of post-mastectomy loco-regionalirradiation using intensity irradiation vs 3-dimensional conventional radiotherapy.  Pooja Khullar, Charu Garg, Sujit Nath Sinha, Inderjit Kaur, Niloy Ranjan Datta. Med Dosim Jan 2018,https://doi.org/10.106/j.meddos.2017.12.001.
• A quantitative comparison of gross tumour volume delineated on (18 F), FDG PET-CT scan and CECT scan in head and neck cancer. Venkada MG, Rawat S, Khullar P. Indian J Nucl Med.2012 Apr; 27 (2): 95-100
• Comparative Dosimeteric Evaluation of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy versus Conventional Radiotherapy in Postoperative Radiotherapy of Cancer Breast. P Khullar, N R Datta., G       Venkadamanickam., C Garg.,  S Sinha.  J Nucl Med RadiatTher 2014,5:4.
• Resurrection of whole liver radiotherapy. S. Choudhary,S. Mitra, P.Khullar,U.Saxena,J Egyptian Nat Cancer Inst,2017, dx.doi.org/10.1016/jnci.2017.01.001.
• Brain Abscess Mimicking Brain Metastasis in Breast Cancer.P. Khullar, NR Datta, I.K.Wahi, S.Kataria. J Egyptian Nat Cancer Inst, 2015, (dx.doi.org/10.1016/jnci.2015.11.001).

Abstracts

• Inflammatory breast cancer :Pooja Khullar, Anil Thakwani, Kundan S Chufal. The Breast 2017, Volume 36, supplement 1, Page S 575.

• Feasibility study of concurrent chemo radiotherapy with six fraction a week radiation in locally advanced head and neck cancer. Neeraj Dhingra, Kundan S Chufal,  AnilThakwani, Pooja Khullar,Sunny  Jain. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. Volume 12, Supplement 1, Nov 2016.

• Patterns of relapse in young  breast cancer patients:. P. Khullar, A.Thakwani. The Breast 2016; Volume 29 :Supplement 1, page S16-17.

• Profile of lung cancer:  Single centre experience. Pooja Khullar. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. http//dxdoi.org/10.1016/j.tho.2016.11.2004.

• Prognostic role of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio in solid tumar: A single center study. P.Khullar. Annals of Oncology 2015; Volume 26: Supplement 8, page5-14.

• Comparative Analysis of Treatment Outcome Between HDRVs LDR Brachytherapy in Carcinoma Cervix Patients Done at A Tertiary Care Center. S.Jain, I.Bashir, A.Thakwani, A.Bhatnagar, P. Khullar,, K.Chufal. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics(Volume 11; Supplement 1: Nov 2015)

• Prospective study evaluating dosimetric correlation between dysphagia and doses to organs at risk for radiation inducedswallowing dysfunction (SWOARs) in head and neck cancerpatients receiving Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT).I.Bashir, S.Jain, A.Thakwani, A.Bhatnagar, P. Khullar,, K.Chufal. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics(Volume 11; Supplement 1: Nov 2015).

• Dosimetric correlation of rectal dose and rectal distension in cervical cancer patients undergoing brachytherapy.I.Bashir, K.Chufal, A.Thakwani, A.Bhatnagar, S.Jain, P. Khullar, . Radiotherapy and Oncology 2015; 115 (S1):S371-372.

• Is IMRT superior to 3D-CRT for post-mastectomy loco-regional irradiation? An in silico comparative planning study P. Khullar, S. Sinha, C. Garg, N. R. Datta. Radiotherapy and Oncology 2014; Volume 111, Supplement 1, page S2.

• Is IMRT Still Better Than Rapid Arc In Gynaecological Malignancies ?  U.Saxena, S.Mitra, M.K.Sharma, M.Mishra, P.Khullar,H. Shrivastava. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics(Volume 8; Supplement 1: Nov 2012).

• Comparative Dosimeteric Evaluation of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy versus Conventional Radiotherapy in Postoperative Radiotherapy of Cancer Breast P.Khullar, S.Sinha, G.Yadav, M.Pal, S.S. Solanki, G. Venkadamanickam, C.Garg, P.S Negi, N. R. Datta.

• Evaluation of inter-fraction set up variations using Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) during post mastectomy radiotherapy.S.S Solanki, M. Pal, G. Venkadamanickam, P. Khullar, S. Sinha, , N. R. Datta. (Poster presentation RGCON, New Delhi 2010.

Posts held in past

• Senior Resident  -  Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre. Delhi
• Junior Consultant-   Batra hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
• Attending Consultant-  Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon.
• Associate Consultant –Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, Delhi.
• Consultant-Sarvodaya Hospital and Research Centre, Faridabad.(Established and Started a Department of Radiation Oncology with Elekta Versa HD ).

Languages spoken

Hindi, English, Punjabi