Dr. Anitha Ramesh
Senior Consultant, Medical Oncologist
Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet
- 31+ yearsExperience
- Medical OncologySpecialty
- ChennaiCity
About Dr. Anitha Ramesh
- Dr. Anitha Ramesh is highly skilled and one of the best Medical Oncologists having 29+ years of experience in this field.
- She is adept in treating cancers by radiotherapy, targeted therapies like monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies, removing tumors etc.
- Her areas of expertise are Retinoblastoma, Breast and Cervical cancers etc.
- She was Recipient of the “Realistic Award for Women 2018” for contributions in the field of Medicine Oncology.
- She received the 2019 “Style Business Award” as a women entrepreneur.
- She was awarded the prestigious 'IDEA “fellowship for being a promising cancer researcher by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in 2005.
- She was awarded Scholarships funded by Commonwealth / Nottingham for MSc Oncology at Nottingham University, United Kingdom (2002 -2003) and International Society of Pediatric Oncology in 2001, Australia.
- She was also bestowed with European Society of Medical Oncology grants/travel fellowships in 2002 and 2004 for 2 consecutive years.
- She is also involved in Clinical Trials as Principal Investigator and physician for the Sanofi Aventis trial and as FDA audited Investigator.
- She was designated as a Special fellow at the International Outreach Program at St Jude's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA in 2004.
- She is a distinguished speaker in Oncology with more than 500 national and international presentations in different academic forums.
- She holds memberships of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).
- Dr. Anitha pursued MBBS (1992) from National Medical College, Calcutta University, MD Radiotherapy (1997) from Banaras Hindu University.
Education & qualifications
- MBBS, National Medical College, Calcutta University (1992)
- MD, Banaras Hindu University (1997)
- DM, The Tamilnadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, India (2000)
Work experience
- Senior Consultant, Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet
- Senior Consultant, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai (2010)
Cancers & conditions treated
- Ovarian Cancer
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Malignant Mesothelioma
- Metastatic Tumors
- Melanoma
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Fallopian Tube Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Oral Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
Key procedures & expertise
- Thyroidectomy
- Neck Dissection
- D2 Gastrectomy
- Radical Hysterectomy with Lymph Node Dissection
- Mastectomy
- Radiotherapy
- CyberKnife
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Hormone therapy
- IMRT
- HIPEC
