Bio

Dr Pragna Sagar Rapole S is one of the well-known Consultant Radiation oncologists in India. She has been in the field of oncology for more than 7 years. She did her MBBS from Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh and Maharajah's Institute of Medical Sciences, Vizianagaram, March 2013. She also earned an MD specialization in Radiotherapy from Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, March 2017. 

Dr Pragna Sagar Rapole S is an expert head and neck oncologist. She offers a variety of treatments for oral, thyroid and nasal cavity infections. working She is currently working as a Radiology Oncologist at CARE Hospitals, HITEC City, Hyderabad.

Fields of Experience

• Head and neck oncologist with confident training in the Oral cavity, Thyroid, Nasal cavity, and Reconstructive surgery.
• Trained in micro-vascular skills for microvascular flap reconstruction.
• Hard-working and good personal skills.
• Team person and plays the part as per the role assigned.
• Multilinguistic with fluency in various Indian languages.

Research Presentations

• Assessment of psychological distress, quality of life and social functioning level of cancer patients attending palliative care unit at RCC, JIPMER K. Gunaseelan, R. Pragna Sagar, Aswin Joy, V. Parthasarathy -Presented as a poster at AROICON-2016, Bhubaneshwar [POSTER] Dosimetric comparison and feasibility of simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) in treatment of malignant gliomas using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) Pragna Sagar Rapole, Gunaseelan Karunanithi, Sathiya Prabhu, Ram Kumar, Vivekananda S - poster presentation at WFNOS-2017, Zurich, Switzerland - Neuro-Oncology, Volume 19, Issue suppl_3, 1 May 2017, Pages iii119, https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/nox036.459 [POSTER] Thalamic gliosarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated with simultaneous integrated boost: A case report – Shyama S. Prem, Pragna Sagar, Anupam Datta, V. Parthasarathy. CancerCIApolloCancerConclave-2017, Hyderabad. [POSTER] chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible: A rare case report – M. Mrutyunjayarao, Shyama Prem.

Education

• MD (Radiotherapy) - Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry (March 2017)
• MBBS - Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, AP Maharajah's Institute of Medical Sciences, Vizianagaram (March 2013)

Languages Known

Telugu, Hindi and English

Past Positions

• Fellow in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad (February 2019 – 2021)
• Registrar, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital, Hyderabad (July 2018 – February 2019)
• Assistant Professor - ENT, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad (June 2016 – March 2018)
• Senior Resident, ESI Model Hospital, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (August 2015 – June 2016)