Dr S Ram Kumar

About

I am Consultant Clinical Oncologist specialising in Head and Neck cancer & Skull Base Tumours since 2009 in Southampton & London. My fellowship training in high precision radiotherapy (IMRT & Stereotactic Radiotherapy) was at Royal Marsden Hospital and Fellowships in Intra-operative Radiotherapy at M D Anderson Cancer Centre, Texas, MGH, Boston, USA and Heidelberg Hospital, Germany. I have completed six International Training Fellowships in Proton Beam therapy(PBT) & Carbon Ion Therapy in USA and Europe and have over 10- years’ experience in Proton Beam therapy in Head & neck cancer, skull base tumours and GI cancers and as co-chair for GI cancer educational committee for PTCOG assisted in the International consensus guidelines for PBT in rectal cancers. My interests in IMRT and Proton beam therapy for Head & Neck cancer includes Nasopharyngeal cancers, sino-nasal cancers, oropharyngeal cancer, salivary gland tumours, sarcomas in head & neck and re-irradiation for complex recurrent cancers. I have extensive experience with IMRT, Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) & Proton Beam Therapy for skull base tumours including chordomas, meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, pineal tumours and recurrent skull base tumours. I am a Principal investigator and in the Trial Management Group for several radiotherapy and PBT clinical trials (ToRPEDO & PROTIS) in UK and Consultant advisor to University of Hong Kong for photo biomodulation clinical trials. I have keen interest in postgraduate medical education and was Training Programme Director in Wessex, RCR College tutor, National e-Proton Therapy Steering Group member and held several roles in Royal College of Radiologists including Speciality Training Board, Faculty Board & FRCR Examination Board and as Final FRCR examiner. My other leadership roles included Senate Member for NHS England, Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group(CRG) Member, Thames Valley & Wessex Radiotherapy ODN Clinical Lead, Chair of Wessex Strategic Clinical Network for Head & neck cancer, clinical expert for National Institute for Health & Care Excellence(NICE), Specialist Advisor for Care Quality Commission & external clinical Advisor for Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman.