Dr. Sapna Nangia
Director - Department of Radiation Oncology (Head Neck & Breast)
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Dr Sapna Nangia is a highly proficient clinical and radiation oncologist with versatile experience spanning cancer management, application of precise radiation techniques, research, academics, public education, and awareness. She has 27 years experience. she has been associated with some of the most reputed institutes like Apollo Cancer Centre, Fortis Hospitals’ International Oncology Centre, and the Army Medical Corps, to name a few. She has been trained for Proton therapy by observerships at Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Maryland Proton Treatment Centre, Baltimore, and Procure Proton Therapy Centre, New Jersey. She has also visited the City of Hope, Duarte, Los Angeles as an observer for Tomotherapy and Total Marrow Irradiation. With a special interest in precision radiotherapy techniques, Dr Nangia was one of the early adopters of IMRT in India from 2002-2003.
Areas of Expertise
- Breast Cancers
- Head and Neck Cancers
- Precision Radiotherapy
- Proton Beam Therapy
Education & Training
- Graduation from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, in 1985
- MD Radiotherapy at Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow, in 1994.
Professional Work
- Director – Department of Radiation Oncology (Head Neck & Breast)– Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai
- Unit head Radiation Oncology Department at Apollo Cancer Centre, New Delhi.
- Faculty medical education programs on precision radiation techniques
- Advisor to Global Cancer Concern India, NGO
- Observer Montefiore Einstein Centre for Cancer Care, New York, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, Moores Cancer Centre, San Diego, and recently, at Miami Cancer Institute, Miami.
- Army Medical Corps – Indian Army
