Dr. K. R. Gopi

Consultant – Medical Oncology

Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre – Chennai

Qualification: MD, MRCP (Ireland), Medical Oncology (RCP)UK, Medical Oncology (European Board), DNB Medical Oncology

Brief Profile

Dr. K R Gopi is a Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist with training and several years of practice in India and United Kingdom. He has a clinical experience of more than 30 years in Medical Oncology and Palliative care.

Clinical Expertise

• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Colo rectal cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Lymphoma & Leukemias
• Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic cancers
• Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative disorders
• Management of Cancer in the frail and elderly
• Pain and Palliative care

Experience

• 2011 to date– Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Global Hospital, Chennai, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai
• 1995 – 2011 –NHS Hospitals, United Kingdom
• Senior registrar and later Consultant medical oncologist in U.K
• Peterborough NHS
• South Manchester University Hospital NHS
• Christie NHS Manchester
• Clatterbridge NHS Liverpool
• Western General Hospital Edinburgh
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
• Tayside NHS Dundee
• Weston General Hospital NHS
• Wexam Park Hospital NHS
• Aberdeen Royal Infirmary NHS
• 1987 – 1995 – Consultant Physician, India

Honors & Awards

• Involved in various Clinical Trials in U.K.
• Letrozole trial in Breast cancer.
• Sunitinib trial in soft tissue sarcoma.
• Imatinib trial in Chronic myeloid leukaemia.
• Trastuzumab HERA trial.
• Bevacizumab trial in Metastatic ovarian cancer.
• Bevacizumab trial in Metastatic colorectal cancer.
• Panitumumab trial in Metastatic colorectal cancer.
• Rituximab trial in DLBCL Lymphoma

Honours

Introduced sub cutaneous Morphine infusion in India. Treated several hundreds of patients with sub cutaneous Morphine in terminally ill patients.

Research & Publication

Publications

Presented in several National and International conferences in United Kingdom and India.

• Languages : English , Hindi, Tamil
• Gender : Male