Dr. Ankur Pruthi

Professional Journey

Achievements

• Radiological Safety Officer (Nuclear Medicine) (RSO Level II) certified by AERB, India in 2012
• Certified “Hospital Radio-pharmacist” by Board of radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), India in 2008
• Certified “Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (FEBNM)” in Hamburg, Germany in 2015
• Completed 1st Post Graduate Certificate course in “Paediatric Nuclear Medicine” conducted by FMRI, Gurgaon and GOSH, London
• Certificate in Research Methodology (CRM) by PHFI, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
• “Fellowship” by Singapore Nuclear Medicine Society during Annual conference “Singapore Nuclear Medicine Update 2017” to be held in August 2017
• Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (MNAMS) in 2018
• Fellowship awarded by Asian Nuclear Medicine Board (FANMB) during annual conference held in Shanghai, China in May 2019
• Faculty in many oncology and Nuclear Medicine conferences

Awards

• “Best oral Presentation (clinical)” at the SNMI annual conference held at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India in November 2010.
• “Best Poster presentation” in Indian Cancer Congress 2013 held in New Delhi.
• Awarded “International Travel Grant” by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for attending International conference on Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (ICRT), Vietnam in 2010.
• Oral and poster presentations in many conferences like Nuclear Medicine Update, Singapore; EANM, Germany; ICRT, Vietnam; ICC, BREASTCON & THYROCON.
• Participated in all major conferences in Nuclear medicine and Oncology conducted by RGCI and other institutions·

Publication

• Pruthi A, Asopa R, Rajan M, Basu S. Quantitative analysis of SPECT imaging parameters in patients with resting perfusion defects on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Indian J Nucl Med. 2010; 25:135-138.
• Pruthi A, Basu S, Ramani SK, Arya S. Bilateral symmetrical adrenal hypermetabolism on FDG PET in paraneoplastic Cushing syndrome in breast carcinoma: correlation with contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Clin Nucl Med. 2010; 35: 960-961.
• Pruthi A, Chauhan VV, Rao SA, Choudhury PS. Incidentally detected arterial thrombosis in (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate skeletal scintigraphy: an atypical observation. Clin Nucl Med. 2014; 39:190-192.
• Gupta M, Choudhary P, Jain A, Pruthi A. Solitary spinal epidural metastasis from lung carcinoma. Indian J Nucl Med. 2014; 29:38-39
• Doval DC, Azam S, Mehta A, Pruthi A, Batra U, Choudhury KD, Kumar K. A report of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the gallbladder treated with palliative deocetaxel and gemcitabine chemotherapy. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Dec; 45 Suppl 1:270-4
• Pruthi A, Choudhury PS, Gupta M, Taywade S. Does the intensity of diffuse thyroid gland uptake on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan predict the severity of hypothyroidism? Correlation between maximal standardized uptake value and serum thyroid stimulating hormone levels. Indian J Nucl Med. 2015 Jan-Mar;30(1):16-20
• Pruthi A, Pankaj P, Verma R, Jain A, Belho ES, Mahajan H. Ga-68 DOTANOC PET/CT imaging in detection of primary site in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumours of unknown origin and its impact on clinical decision making: experience from a tertiary care centre in India. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2016 Jun;7(3):449-61
• Sharma S, Pruthi A. The diagnostic significance of breast incidentalomas detected on whole-body fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Asian J Oncol 2015; 1: 92-96
• Gupta N, Pruthi A, Verma R, Manocha A. An unusual case of hyperparathyroidism, presenting as multiple skeletal lesions. World J Nucl Med. 2020 Jan 17;19(2):149-151
• Seniaray N, Verma R, Khanna S, Belho E, Pruthi A, Mahajan H. Localization and restaging of carcinoma prostate by 68Gallium prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography computed tomography in patients with biochemical recurrence. Indian J Urol. 2020 Jul-Sep;36(3):191-199.
• Gupta N, Pruthi A, Kumar S, Verma R, Belho ES. Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva – A Rare Genetic Disorder and the Role of Technetium-99m Methylene Diphosphonate Bone Scan. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Jul-Sep;34(3):209-212.
• Pruthi A, Kirtani P, Joshi P, Kaur N. Tiger Man Sign-F-18 FDG PET CT Scan Pattern in Muscular and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: A Case Report and Literature Survey. Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Jul-Sep;35(3):232-234.
• Pruthi A, Singh H, Rawath Y, Kaur N. Clinical Significance of Retrograde Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein Opacification during Contrast Enhanced Tri-Phasic CT Abdomen Acquired as Part of F-18 FDG PET CT Scan – Learning Point For Nuclear Medicine Physicians: A Case Report and Literature Survey. Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Jul-Sep;35(3):229-231
• Baidya A, Sachdeva CG, Bhatia P, Pruthi A, Joshi S. Serum galactomannan in histoplasmosis in HIV. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2022; 43: 181-183.