Dr . K.V. Sivasankar
MBBS, MD.

Radionuclide therapy & Nuclear Cardiology, PET/CT, SPECT-CT/gamma camera.

Currently the Consultant, Molecular Imaging & Radionuclide Therapy at Thangam Hospital, with prior experience at Nanjappa Lifecare Hospital, Shivamogga and as Senior Resident in Nuclear Medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi.

PET-CT imaging (FDG, PSMA, DOTANOC, FAPI, EXENDIN, F-DOPA), PET-CT guided biopsies, and therapeutic nuclear medicine including 131-I therapy, 177-Lu PRRT & PSMA, Alpha therapy, TARE, MIBG therapy, radiosynovectomy, and radionuclide patches for skin tumors. Proficient in Gamma Camera/SPECT studies like DTPA, DMSA, LLEC, HIDA scans, Parathyroid & Thyroid scintigraphy, MPI, V/Q scans, TRODAT, Meckel’s scan, RBC scintigraphy, and lymphoscintigraphy.

• MD – All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
• MBBS – Karpagam Faculty of medical sciences and research, Coimbatore.

• Senior Resident – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
• Radiation safety Officer -Level II – Atomic Energy Regulatory board, Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Mumbai

• Society of Nuclear Medicine(India)
• Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India
• Indian Thyroid society

• Kanankulam Velliangiri S, Ballal S, Prasad Yadhav M, Tripathi M, Satapathy S, Bal C. A long-term retrospective cohort-based risk-benefit analysis of augmenting total cumulative I-131 activity to 37GBq in differentiated thyroid cancer patients with skeletal metastases. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 14;18(11):e0294343. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0294343. PMID: 37963164; PMCID: PMC10645322.
• Dhukia SC, Asem Rangita, Sagar S, Jaleel J, Gupta P, Khan D, Velliangiri SK, Khangembam BC, Patel C, Kumar R. Normative data of liquid gastric emptying and small-bowel transit: a prospective cross-sectional study. Indian J Nucl Med. 2024 Mar-Apr;39(2):98-105. doi:10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_148_23.
• Khan D, Phulia A, Kumar S, Sarswat S, Velliangiri S, Sagar S. Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT for providing a targeted approach for etiology of PUO. Nucl Med Commun. 2024 May 17. doi:10.1097/MNM.0000000000001855. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38832445.
• MLV SK, Mittal R, Chauhan N, Kumar R, Velliangiri SS, Chattopadhyay A, Gamangatti S. Evaluation of the metabolic activity of the torn rotator cuff muscles by 18F-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET-computed tomography scan. Nucl Med Commun. 2024 Jun 14. doi:10.1097/MNM.0000000000001871.
• Sachani H, Tripathi M, Madhusudan KS, Semalti K, Shanker S, ArunRaj ST, Bal C. Thoracic extradural paraganglioma localized on 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Sep 1;46(9):e471-e472. doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003643. PMID: 33826566.