Dr.K. Raghava Kashyap Nuclear Medicine Specialist in Visakhapatnam

Dr.K. Raghava Kashyap

Nuclear Medicine Specialist, Visakhapatnam

MBBS, MD

  • 15 Years Experience
  • 1 Hospital

About


  • Languages : English, Hindi, Telugu

Experience

Consultant Nuclear Medicine and PET, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Visakhapatnam September, 2014 -  Present

Consultant Nuclear Medicine and PET, American Oncology Institute and Citizens Hospital, Hyderabad January, 2013 -  September, 2014

Research Fellow, Petermac Cancer Center, Melbourne

Senior Fellow, PGIMER 2009 -  2012

Specialities

  • Nuclear Medicine

  • Molecular Oncology

  • Radio-Diagnosis

Expertise

  • PET/CT and Molecular Imaging
  • Radionuclide therapy
  • Peptide receptor therapy
  • Iodine therapy
  • Radioimmunotherapy
  • Conventional Nuclear Medicine 
  • Nuclear Nephro-urology
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Nuclear Thyroidology

Education

MBBS, PGIMER, Chandigarh

M.D, PGIMER, Chandigarh

Research fellowship, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Practice Information

Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Visakhapatnam

Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Visakhapatnam

1/7 MVP Colony, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh - 530017

Achievements & Contributions

  • Kashyap R, Ali MA, Nagaraju M, Muntimadugu B. 18F-Fluoride bone positron emission tomography demonstrating changes related to finger clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Indian J Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;29(2):120-1. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.130319.
  • Kashyap R, Jackson P, Hofman MS, Eu P, Beauregard JM, Zannino D, Hicks RJ. Rapid blood clearance and lack of long-term renal toxicity of (177)Lu-DOTATATE enables shortening of renoprotective amino acid infusion. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2013 Jul 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23864305.
  • Kashyap R, Lau E, George A, Seymour JF, Lade S, Hicks RJ, Hofman MS. High FDG activity in focal fat necrosis: a pitfall in interpretation of posttreatment PET/CT in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2013 May 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23653244.
  • Bhattacharya A, Kashyap R, Kochhar R, Sharma S, Kalra N, Mittal BR. Segmental Hepatic Concentration of 18F-FDG-Labeled Autologous Leukocytes Causing a "Pseudo-Lesion" on PET/CT in a Patient With Transient Hepatic Attenuation Difference. Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Kashyap R, Abrar ML, Bhattacharya A, Rohit MK, Mittal BR. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in a case of dextrocardia: Doing it "right".Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Oct;27(4):252-3. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.115398.
  • Santhosh S, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Jindal SK, Mittal BR. Role of F18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography in the management of Askin's tumor. Indian J Nucl Med 2013;28:180-2
  • Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Initial staging and treatment monitoring of right atrial sarcoma with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography . Indian J Nucl Med 2013;28:188-9
  • Kamaleshwaran KK, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Solitary sternal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT. Indian J Nucl Med. 2013 Jan;28(1):28-9. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.116810.
  • Kashyap R, Mittal BR, Bhattacharya A, Singh B. Unusual presentation of oesophageal carcinoma with adrenal metastasis. Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jul;27(3):181-2. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.112725. PubMed PMID: 23919072.
  • Mittal BR, Bhoil A, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Dutta U, Kochhar R. (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy and endoscopy in assessment of caustic-induced gastric mucosal injury. Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Mar;38(3):e146-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31826c0cda. PubMed PMID: 23357821.
  • Bhoil A, Mittal BR, Gayana S, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh N. Is 68Ga-DOTATATE the answer in lung carcinoid? : Case report and review of literature. Lung India. 2012 Oct;29(4):378-80. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.102839. PubMed PMID: 23243356; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3519028.
  • Agrawal K, Mittal BR, Bansal D, Varma N, Srinivasan R, Trehan A, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Marwaha RK. Role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in assessing bone marrow involvement in pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Nucl Med. 2013 Feb;27(2):146-51. doi: 10.1007/s12149-012-0665-5. Epub 2012 Nov 11. PubMed PMID:  23143537.
  • Gayana S, Bhattacharya A, Kashyap R, Sen RK, Mittal BR. (18)F-fluoride PET/CT in avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Jun;38(6):e265-6. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318266d036. PubMed PMID: 23143050.
  • Agrawal K, Mittal BR, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Varma S. FDG PET/CT in Detection of Metastatic Involvement of Heart and Treatment Monitoring in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. World J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;11(1):33-4. doi:10.4103/1450-1147.98746. PubMed PMID: 22942783; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3425230.
  • Harisankar CN, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Fluoro-deoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Pattern in a Patient with Linitis Plastica of the Stomach Caused by Primary Signet Cell Adenocarcinoma. World J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;11(1):26-7. doi: 10.4103/1450-1147.98743. PubMed PMID: 22942780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3425226.
  • Harisankar CN, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singhi S. (18)F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography in Multifocal Pyomyositis. World J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;11(1):22-3. doi: 10.4103/1450-1147.98741. PubMed PMID: 22942778; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3425224.
  • Raja S, Singh B, Rohit MK, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Comparison of nitrate augmented Tc-99m tetrofosmin gated SPECT imaging with FDG PET imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Dec;19(6):1176-81. doi: 10.1007/s12350-012-9607-9. Epub 2012 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 22872319.
  • Chakraborty D, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Manohar K, Bhattacharya A, Bhansali A. Radioiodine treatment in McCune-Albright syndrome with hyperthyroidism. Indian J  Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jul;16(4):654-6. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.98035. PubMed PMID: 22837937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3401777.
  • Manohar K, Mittal BR, Bhattacharya A, Kashyap R, Aggarwal MM, Mandal AK. A rare case of malignant urinary bladder paraganglioma with distant metastases demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Jun;37(6):e148-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318238f71a. PubMed PMID: 22614213.
  • Manohar K, Mittal BR, Senthil R, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh G. Clinical utility of F-18 FDG PET/CT in recurrent breast carcinoma. Nucl Med Commun. 2012 Jun;33(6):591-6. doi: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283516716. PubMed PMID: 22334135.
  • Manohar K, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Kakkar N, Mete UK. F-18 fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in a rare case of penile leiomyosarcoma. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2011;1:58. doi:10.4103/2156-7514.90955. Epub 2011 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 22267993; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3261598.
  • Senthil R, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Synovial sarcoma with isolated bone metastases, demonstrated by (99m)Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy and (18)F-FDG PET/CT. Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;27(1):64-5. doi:10.4103/0972-3919.108896. PubMed PMID: 23599607; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC3628271.
  • Harisankar CN, Mittal BR, Bhattacharya A, Kashyap R, Bhansali A. Iodine-131 meta-iodobezylguanidine single photon emission computed tomography/computerized tomography in diagnosis of neuro-endocrine tumors. Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;27(1):55-8. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.108877. PubMed PMID: 23599604; PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC3628268.
  • Kuruva M, Mittal BR, Abrar ML, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A. Multivariate analysis of various factors affecting background liver and mediastinal standardized uptake values. Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;27(1):20-3. doi:10.4103/0972-3919.108835. PubMed PMID: 23599593; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC3628256.
  • Senthil R, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Radotra BD, Bhansali A. ¹⁸F FDG PET/CT demonstration of IVC and right atrial involvement in adrenocortical carcinoma. Jpn J Radiol. 2012 Apr;30(3):281-3. doi: 10.1007/s11604-011-0037-4. Epub 2011 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 22180188.
  • Kuruva M, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Marwaha RK. Bilateral retinoblastoma presenting as metastases to forearm bones four years after the initial treatment. Indian J Nucl Med. 2011 Apr;26(2):115-6. doi:10.4103/0972-3919.90268. PubMed PMID: 22174523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3237215.
  • Kashyap R, Mittal BR, Sunil HV, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Mukherjee KK, Gupta SK. Tc99m-ECD brain SPECT in patients with Moyamoya disease: A reflection of cerebral perfusion status at tissue level in the disease process. Indian J Nucl Med. 2011 Apr;26(2):82-5. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.90257. PubMed PMID: 22174512; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3237223.
  • Kashyap R, Rai Mittal B, Manohar K, Balasubramanian Harisankar CN, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Malhotra P, Varma S. Extranodal manifestations of lymphoma on [¹⁸F]FDG-PET/CT: a pictorial essay. Cancer Imaging. 2011 Nov 26;11:166-74. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2011.0023. Review. PubMed PMID: 22123338.
  • Mittal BR, Santhosh S, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Bahl A. Ventricular ejection fraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy calculated by gated blood pool SPET processing software: correlation with multigated acquisition and first pass radionuclide ventriculography. Hell J Nucl Med. 2011 Sep-Dec;14(3):234-8. PubMed PMID: 22087441.
  • Agrawal K, Bhattacharya A, Singh SK, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Mittal BR. Polycystic kidney disease: renal cyst infection detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Dec;36(12):1122-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31821a2bcb. PubMed PMID:22064087.
  • Kashyap R, Mittal BR, Kumari S, Bhattacharya A, Singh B. Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Masquerading as Para-aortic Lymphadenopathy on F-18 FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Carcinoma Cervix. World J Nucl Med. 2011 Jan;10(1):23-4. doi: 10.4103/1450-1147.82113. PubMed PMID: 22034580; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3198043.
  • Chakraborty D, Mittal BR, Kamaleshwaran KK, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Kumar S. Urinary bladder carcinoma associated with Paget's disease of skull: Imaging findings on Tc99m-MDP bone scintigraphy, F18-Fluoride PET/CT and F18-FDG PET/CT. Indian J Nucl Med. 2011 Jan;26(1):42-3. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.84614. PubMed PMID: 21969781; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3180723.
  • Santhosh S, Mittal BR, Shankar P, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Das A, Bhansali A. (18)F-FDG PET/CT in bilateral primary adrenal T-cell lymphoma. Hell J Nucl Med. 2011 May-Aug;14(2):166-7. PubMed PMID: 21761021.
  • Mittal BR, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Singh G. The role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in initial staging of patients with locally advanced breast carcinoma with an emphasis on M staging. Hell J Nucl Med. 2011 May-Aug;14(2):135-9. PubMed PMID: 21761015.
  • Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mathew JL, Parmar M, Mittal BR. A (99m)Tc-DTPA ventilation study in monitoring the effect of budesonide in asthmatic children. Hell J Nucl Med. 2011 May-Aug;14(2):121-5. PubMed PMID: 21761012.
  • Mittal BR, Senthil R, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Kapoor R, Gupta R. 18F-FDG PET-CT in evaluation of postoperative colorectal cancer patients with rising CEA level. Nucl Med Commun. 2011 Sep;32(9):789-93. doi:10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283477dd7. PubMed PMID: 21760561.
  • Mittal BR, Manohar K, Malhotra P, Das R, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Varma N, Varma S. Can fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography avoid negative iliac crest biopsies in evaluation of marrow involvement by lymphoma at time of initial staging? Leuk Lymphoma. 2011 Nov;52(11):2111-6. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2011.593273. Epub 2011 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 21745169.
  • Santhosh S, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B. Symmetric increased skeletal muscular uptake of F-18 fluoro-deoxyglucose: A clue for the diagnosis of Graves' disease. Indian J Nucl Med. 2011 Jul;26(3):155-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.104000. PubMed PMID: 23326069; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3543583.
  • Kashyap R, Mittal BR, Bhattacharya A, Manojkumar R, Singh S. Exercise myocardial perfusion imaging to evaluate inducible ischaemia in children with Kawasaki disease. Nucl Med Commun. 2011 Feb;32(2):137-41. doi:10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283411c67. PubMed PMID: 21127446.
  • Manohar K, Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B. Renal cell carcinoma presenting as isolated thyroid metastasis 13 years after radical nephrectomy, detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Oct;35(10):818-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181ef0b05. PubMed PMID: 20838298.
  • Karuppuswamy Kamaleshwaran K, Chakraborty D, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Mittal BR. Incidental detection of pseudodiverticulum of sigmoid colon on (18)F-FDG-PET/CT in a patient with lymphoma. Hell J Nucl Med. 2010 May-Aug;13(2):171-2. PubMed PMID: 20808994.
  • Kashyap R, Balasubramanian Harisankar CN, Parmar M, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Mittal BR. Incidental detection of skeletal metastases from thyroid cancer during myocardial perfusion imaging. Hell J Nucl Med. 2010 May-Aug;13(2):169-70. PubMed PMID: 20808993.
  • Manohar K, Bhattacharya A, Kashyap R, Kamaleshwaran KK, Mittal BR. Concurrent sublingual thyroid and thyroglossal cyst with functioning thyroid tissue in the absence of an orthotopic thyroid gland. Jpn J Radiol. 2010 Aug;28(7):552-4. doi: 10.1007/s11604-010-0467-4. Epub 2010 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 20799023.
  • Singh B, Sunil HV, Sharma S, Prasad V, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR, Taneja A, Rai R, Goni VG, Aggarwal S, Gill SS, Bhatnagar A, Singh AK. Efficacy of indigenously developed single vial kit preparation of 99mTc-ciprofloxacin in the detection of bacterial infection: an Indian experience. Nucl Med Commun. 2008 Dec;29(12):1123-9. doi: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328318b369. PubMed PMID: 18987535.
  • Mittal BR, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Singh B, Radotra BD, Narasimha Rao KL. Meckel's diverticulum in infants and children; technetium-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy and clinical findings. Hell J Nucl Med. 2008 Jan-Apr;11(1):26-9. PubMed PMID: 18392223.
  • He earned the prestigious Endeavor Research Fellowship Award from the Australian Government to support his academic efforts, competing against a pool of international candidates for the award
  • Silver Medal During MD Nuclear Medicine at PGIMER
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine India
  • Indian College of Nuclear Medicine
  • European Association of Nuclear Medicine
  • Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India
  • World Association of  Radiopharmaceutical and Molecular Therapy
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