Dr. Mirza Athar Ali has more than 7 years of experience with expertise in Electronic medical records and great ability to deliver High Precision Radiotherapy treatment.

 Experience 

• Attended training program by Varian Medical Systems for High Energy Clinac, Standalone MLC and Portal Vision in November 2007 at ATRCTRI Bikaner, Rajasthan.
• Worked as a coordinator for a clinical trial “BC 0601” at Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Treatment & Research Institute (ATRCTRI), Bikaner: “To assess the efficacy of blood based gene expression test for breast cancer in Indian population in women with or without breast cancer in various geographical locations”.
• Thesis during post graduation (MD): “Estimation of LQ model parameter α/β and Biological Effective Dose (BED) for acute normal tissue reactions in Head and Neck malignancies treated by Conventional and Hyper-fractionated External Beam
• Radiotherapy”. Assisted chief physicist during post-graduation in the Commissioning, Quality Assurance (QA) and Eclipse Beam Data Acquisition for Varian Clinac – DHX in 2007 at Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Treatment & Research Institute (ATRCTRI), Bikaner, Rajasthan.
• Attended IMRT/IGRT/Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) training at University Medical Center, Manheim, Germany in November 2010.
• Attended Electronic Medical Record (EMR) paperless workflow training at University Medical Center, Manheim, Germany in November 2010.
• Attended Brain Lab RT users meet on SRS/SRT/SBRT at Hong Kong in March 2011. Attended Electronic Medical Record (EMR) paperless workflow training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh and Cancer Treatment Services Arizona (CTSA),
• Casa Granda, US from 31/03/2012 to 22/04/2012. Attended True Beam Clinical application training at American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad in 2012.
• Completed Professional Diploma in Clinical Research (PDCR) from Catalyst Clinical Services in 2012. Attended 1st Indian Cancer Congress at New Delhi in November 2013
• Participated in Calypso Training program at American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad from 03-12-2013 to 05-12-2013.

 Certifications  

Attended IMRT/IGRT/Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) training at University Medical Center, Manheim, Germany in 2010. Attended Electronic Medical Record (EMR) paperless workflow training at University Medical Center, Manheim, Germany in 2010. Attended Brain Lab RT users meet on SRS/SRT/SBRT at Hong Kong in 2011. Attended Electronic Medical Record (EMR) paperless workflow training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh and Cancer Treatment Services Arizona (CTSA), Casa Granda, US in 2012. Participated in Calypso Training program at American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad in 2013.

 Recognisation 

Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) Member Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) MembersKarnataka Medical Council Registration Rajasthan Medical Council Registration Andhra Pradesh Medical Council Registration

 Publications 

“5years survival study of cancer esophagus treated by neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy”. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, November 2009, Volume: 5, Supplement 2. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by EBRT in cancer larynx (stage II, III and IV), 5years survival study. Poster presentation: Oncocon 2009, Chennai. Retrospective analysis of cancer cervix (stage I B to IV A) treated by neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, 5years survival study.

Poster presentation: Oncocon 2009, Chennai. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) versus Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) in Pelvic Malignancies: A Dosimetric Analysis. Poster presentation at AROI annual meeting, Calcutta, 2012. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) versus Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) in Pelvic Malignancies: A Dosimetric Analysis. Poster presentation at ASTRO 2013 Annual Meeting, September 22-25 in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Performance evaluation of a Rapid Arc dynamic IMRT with flattening filter (FF) and flattening filter free (FFF) for high-risk prostate cancer based on statistical analysis of physical indices: National conference of AMPI at Kolkata, 2013. Analysis of Dosimetric characteristics and consistency of flattening filter free photon beams in true beam system:

National conference of AMPI at Kolkata, 2013. Comparative Dosimetric analysis of IMRT and VMAT (Rapid Arc), E-poster at ESTRO 33 (European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology), 4-8 April 2014, Vienna, Austria. 18F-Fluoride bone scan and positron emission tomography demonstrating changes related to finger clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2014;29:120-1.

Small field dosimetry and analysis of flattening filter free beams in true beam system: JCRT 2014. Study of Inter fraction movements of tongue during radiation therapy in cases of tongue malignancy using volumetric KV cone beam CT (CBCT) imaging: Poster at ASTRO (American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology) 14-17 September 2014, San Francisco, USA. “Metabolic signature” of the lesions on F18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography:

A clue to the underlying pathology: Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2014;29:193-4. Comparative Dosimetric analysis of IMRT and VMAT (RapidArc) in Brain, Head and Neck, Breast and Prostate malignancies. Accepted as Original Article in IJCTO in 2014. “Radiotherapy for large cutaneous angiosarcoma of face with RapidArc (VMAT)”. Case report. Accepted in IJCTO 2015.