Dr. Vijay Kumar Kontham

MBBS, DNB (Radiation Oncology) (Radiation Oncology)

Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Pain and Palliative Care Physician

Languages:
English, Hindi, Telugu

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Location:
Malakpet

Dr. Vijay Kumar Kontham, a resident of Telangana, completed all his basic education in and around Warangal and Hyderabad. He pursued his higher studies across multiple cities in India and worked in premium institutions like Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and Apollo Hospitals, Kolkata. He can communicate in multiple languages like Telugu, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, and Malayalam. His hard-working nature and patient interaction with patients make him stand out in the oncology community. He is one of the highly skilled Radiation Oncologists in India.

• He is competent in the management of malignant and benign tumours with Radiotherapy, Concurrent Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, and Hormonal therapy with more than 9 years of professional experience.
• He is a self-motivated, dynamic person with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Educational Qualifications

• DNB (Radiation Oncology), Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata. He has done extensive research work on the scope and uses of RapidArc (VMAT) technique in head and neck cancers
• Senior Registrar, Department of Radiation Oncology at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, where he learned and practised the latest techniques in Radiotherapy like SRS, SBRT, IMRT, RapidArc, etc
• Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai (HBNI). During his tenure at TMH, Mumbai, he worked in Bone, Soft Tissue, Lymphoma, and Paediatric Oncology, Gastro-Intestinal Oncology, and Gynaecological Oncology Clinics. He developed a special breathing technique of DEBH (Deep Expiratory Breath Holding) as standard of care with Pancreatic SBRT
• Fellowship in Pain and Palliative Care Management from the Indian Academy of Palliative Care in 2016 at Medical College, Kolkata
• 2018-2022: Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology, Apple Cancer Institute (Apple Saraswati Multispeciality Hospital), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, a NABH Accredited Multi-Speciality Hospital. He has done extensive work on the Brain and Spine Stereotaxy Programme and Prostate SBRT and has been a part of more than 150 cases of SRS/SRT/SBRT

Services offered

• Radiotherapy for all Solid Tumours
• IMRT, IGRT, RapidArc, SRS, FSRT, SBRT
• DIBH, DEBH, Gating, Adaptive Radiotherapy, and Carotid Sparing Radiotherapy
• PCI, TSET, TBI, TMI in Leukemias
• Intracavitary Brachytherapy
• Pain and Palliative Care
• Nutrition Counselling
• Lifestyle Modification Counselling

Special Interest and Expertise

• SRS of Benign Brain Lesions
• SBRT Prostate and SBRT Pancreas
• Head and Neck Malignancies with Organ Preservation Techniques
• Inoperable Gallbladder Cancers
• Bladder Preservation in Carcinoma Urinary Bladder