Radiation Oncologist Dr Dillip Kumar Parida takes charge as Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Meanwhile, he is also a visiting Scientist at the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka Japan. Dr Parida has trained in conformal radiation modalities at the University of Mannheim, Germany and visited Wollongong University, Australia to work on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Oncology.

He contributed to the establishment of a Regional Cancer Center at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, a Govt. of India Tertiary Care Institute. Apart from establishing the population Based Cancer Registry for the state of Meghalaya, he is also a Member of the High Power Committee formed by PMO to study background radiation in the East Khasi Hill District, Meghalaya

Moreover, he has worked as PI for North Eastern States in the Verbal Autopsy Project and the data was published in NEJM 2008 “Tobacco-related death in India,” following which central govt. was forced to ban smoking in public places.

He developed a new Treatment Protocol for treating Mycosis Fungoides, a cutaneous malignancy which was published in International Journals; Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 2009 & Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy Journal 2014.

Dr Parida was awarded Gold Medal Oration award from Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati.

Also read- AIIMS Bhubaneswar 4th Convocation Ceremony Held, 40 Gold Medals Awarded To Meritorious Students