Dr. Aashish Gambhir

MBBS, DRM, DNB

Consultant Nuclear Medicine

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Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi, India

About

Dr Aashish Gambhir is a MBBS graduate from prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College (LNJP and GB Pant Hospital), and did his Post-Graduation (DRM, gold medalist) in Nuclear Medicine from renowned Institute in Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) Delhi and DNB Nuclear Medicine from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He has worked in many institutes in Delhi NCR as a nuclear medicine physician consultant and AERB certified radiation safety officer. He has presented his research work in oncology in various national and international forums. He has published many research papers in both national and International peer reviewed journals. In addition he is the recipient of Dr N. Ramdas Thyroidology Award and Best poster award at the 46th annual conference of Society of Nuclear Medicine-India (SNMI), Kolkata.

Specialized Areas

PET MRI in Onco-Diagnosis
NeuroPET and Nuclear Cardiology
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine and PET CT using multiple RPs such as FDG, DOTANOC, PSMA, Choline, Methionine, FET, DOPA, 68Ga-DOTA-Exendin-4 and 18O-Labelled H20.
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine / RN therapies including Iodine therapy, PRRT and PRLT.
Benign and malignant Thyroid disorders
Animal PET and SPECT, animal studies and preclinical research

Educational Background

MBBS (2007 – 2012), MAMC, New Delhi
DRM (2013 – 2015), INMAS, New Delhi
RSO II and RSO III (NM Therapy), AERB
DNB (Nuclear Medicine, 2016 – 2018), Apollo Chennai

Experience

2015-2016 : Senior Resident-cum-Research coordinator for PET/MRI, in PET SUITE, Department of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi-110076
2016-2018: Senior Resident (academic), Secondary DNB resident, Department of Nuclear medicine and PET-CT, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
2018-2019: Consultant and Head, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, House of Diagnostics (HOD), Faridabad, Haryana.
2019-2021: Consultant and Head, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Yashoda Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Ghaziabad, UP
2021-2023: Consultant, Nuclear Medicine Division, Narula Diagnostics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT and Theranostics, Rohtak, Haryana.
2023-2024: Consultant, Ganesh Diagnostics and Imaging Centre, Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT and Theranostics, Rohini Delhi 110085
Currently, Consultant, Nuclear Medicine Department, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi, India.

Professional Journey

Achievements

Established Nuclear medicine services in Yashoda Hospital Ghaziabad and Narula Diagnostics Rohtak and Gurugram.
Senior resident and Research Coordinator for South East Asia’s first PET/MRI at the PET SUITE, Department of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.
Radiological Safety Officer II (Nuclear Medicine) Certificate by RPAD, BARC, 2017
DRM Gold Medal in 2015

Awards

S.K Majumdar Memorial Trust DRM award for best outgoing DRM student 2015 at INMAS New Delhi.
Dr N. Ramdas Thyroidology Award 2014-2015 at the 46th annual conference of SNMI, Kolkata
Best poster award 2014-2015 at the 46th annual conference of SNMI, Kolkata

Publication

Gambhir A, James VM, Kumar A, Jaimini A, Mondal A. Bilateral Crossed “Unfused” Renal Ectopia. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Oct;40(10):805-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000896.
Jena A, Taneja S, Gambhir A, Mishra AK, Dʼsouza MM, Verma SM, et al. Glioma Recurrence Versus Radiation Necrosis: Single-Session Multiparametric Approach Using Simultaneous O-(2-18F-Fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine PET/MRI. Clin Nucl Med. 2016 May;41(5):e228-36. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001152.
Sogani SK, Jena A, Taneja S, Gambhir A, Mishra AK, D’Souza MM, Verma SM, Hazari PP, Negi P, Jadhav GK. Potential for differentiation of glioma recurrence from radionecrosis using integrated 18F-fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine (FET) positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging: A prospective evaluation. Neurol India. 2017 Mar-Apr;65(2):293-301. doi: 10.4103/neuroindia.NI_101_16.
Jena A, Renjen PN, Taneja S, Gambhir A, Negi P. Integrated (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography magnetic resonance imaging ((18)F-FDG PET/MRI), a multimodality approach for comprehensive evaluation of dementia patients: A pictorial essay. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2015 Oct-Dec;25(4):342-52. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.169449.
Jena A, Taneja S, Gambhir A, Renjen PN. Integrated PET/MRI imaging of semantic dementia. Neurol India. 2016 Jul-Aug;64(4):826-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.185365.
Gambhir A, Muthukrishnan I, Amalachandran J, Kalal S, Jain A, Khare A, Simon S (2016). 13-Cis-retinoic acid therapy in combination with recombinant human thyrotropin for treatment of dedifferentiated thyroid cancer: a pilot study. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Online), 15(suppl1), S28-S29.
Jain AS, Simon S, Muthukrishnan I, Gambhir A, Patil S. Pericardial Synovial Sarcoma Followed Up With Contrast-Enhanced PET-CT.Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Apr;42(4):315-318. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001574.
Gambhir A, Elangovan I, Simon S, Jain A. Postrenal Transplant Allograft “Page Kidney” Identified and Salvaged using 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid Renogram and Single-photon Emission-computed Tomography. Indian journal of nuclear medicine. 2018 Apr-Jun;33(2):161-164. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_155_17.
Gambhir A, Jain A, Elangovan I, Simon S. Baseline Pancreatic Beta cell imaging post pancreatic transplantation using whole body 68Ga-DOTA Exendin-4 PET/CT: A spectrum of two cases of diabetes mellitus. Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Apr;44(4):292-294. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002461.
Gambhir A. Pancreatic transplant associated tuberculosis diagnosed and followed up on whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Indian J Transplant 2019;13:46-9
Gambhir A. Utility of MDP Bone Scan in Following Up Patients with Sapho Syndrome. Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Apr-Jun;35(2):187-188. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_199_19. Epub 2020 Mar 12. PMID: 32351283; PMCID: PMC7182324.
Gupta A, Gambhir A. PET CT Brain for the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia -Indian Case Reports. The Open Neurology Journal. 2020;14:68-73. Doi: 10.2174/1874205X02014010068.