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Dr. Tinu T. Lukose Calicut MBBS , MD (Nuclear Medicine), Calicut
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Dr. Tinu T. Lukose

Nuclear Medicine
MBBS , MD (Nuclear Medicine),

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Brief Profile

Dr. Tinu T. Lukose is an experienced and one of the best Nuclear Medicine specialists in Kozhikode. He is currently working as a Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician at the American Oncology Institute (AOI), Calicut.

Dr. Tinu has expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine applications. He has a special interest in diagnosing and treating Thyroid Cancer and Graves’ Disease using Radioactive Iodine Therapy. He is highly skilled in nuclear cardiology that includes expertise in cardiac imaging such as D-SPECT, Gated SPECT-MPI, and Gated PET-MPI. Dr. Tinu is also well-versed with the technique of scintigraphy of various organs using radiopharmaceuticals.

Recognized as one of the top Nuclear Medicine Physicians in Calicut, Dr Tinu is trained in performing PET/CT guided biopsy procedures and has extensive experience in diagnostic PET-CT imaging for various cancers, including prostate and brain tumors. He has successfully performed over 2000 PET/CT scans, so far.

An alumnus of the Government Medical College, Calicut, Dr. Tinu pursued his MD in Nuclear Medicine from the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. He is a qualified Radiation Safety Officer from the Radiological Physics and Advisory Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.

Over the years, Dr. Tinu, one of the best cancer doctors in Calicut, has been associated with some of the premier multi-specialty hospitals in the country. Besides participating and attending numerous seminars and workshops, Dr. Tinu has several publications to his credit.

Area of Expertise

  • PET-CT and SPECT-CT imaging
  • PET-CT in oncology
  • PSMA PET-CT for prostate cancer
  • Scanning and Radioactive Iodine Therapy for remnant and metastatic thyroid cancers, thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism
  • Radioactive iodine therapy for Graves’ disease
  • Nuclear Cardiology: SPECT MPI, Gated PET MPI
  • Scintigraphy of various organs for diagnosis, staging and monitoring cancer cells
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Scanning and interpretation of lung perfusion scans

Education

  • MBBS – Government Medical College, Calicut, University of Calicut, Kerala (2012)
  • MD (Nuclear Medicine) – Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (2019)
  • Radiation Safety Officer II – Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (2019)
  • Additional Training

  • Participated in quality control sessions of gamma cameras, PET/CT scanner and radiopharmaceuticals.

Experience

Has six years of experience working in some of the most reputed hospitals across the country.

Awards and Achievements

  • Best paper award during 52nd Annual Conference of Society of Nuclear Medicine India (SNMI), held at AIIMS Raipur (December 2020)
  • Special award for work in lung perfusion scintigraphy in post- COVID-19 patients.

Research and Publications

  • Dissertation/thesis titled: “Role of 13N-NH3 cardiac PET/CT in coronary evaluation of long-standing Type-2 diabetic patients”
  • “Metabolic bone superscan in carcinoma breast with occult Graves’ disease: Looking beyond skeletal metastases. Indian journal of nuclear medicine.” IJNM: the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India. 2018;33(2):145.
  • “Post total thyroidectomy elevated antithyroglobulin antibodies in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer-Residual disease or residual thyroiditis?” Society of Nuclear Medicine; 2019.
  • “Evaluation of coronary microvascular dysfunction in long-standing asymptomatic diabetic patients with 13N-NH3 cardiac PET.” Society of Nuclear Medicine; 2019.
  • “18F-FDG PET/CT in graft versus host disease-associated polymyositis.” Clinical nuclear medicine. 2020;45(2):e106-e7.
  • “Incidentally diagnosed EsophagoPulmonary Fistula on 18F-FDG PET/CT in a case of carcinoma esophagus: A life-threatening emergency.” Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2021.
  • “Orbital Plasmablastic Lymphoma: A rare variant of diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma staged and followed up by 18F-FDG PET/CT.” Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2021.
  • “Diffuse white adipose tissue 18F-FDG uptake-an unusual finding on 18F-FDG PET/CT.” Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2021.
  • “Lung perfusion SPECT/CT imaging in post-COVID-19 pneumonia: the spectrum of imaging findings.” Society of Nuclear Medicine; 2021.
  • “Lung perfusion scintigraphy in early post-COVID-19: A single centre retrospective study.” Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 2021.
  • “Incidental lung findings in a COVID-19 patient on 18F-FDG PET/CT done for preoperative evaluation of Marjolin’s ulcer-first report from Chhattisgarh.” World Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2021;20(3):319.

Presentations

  • Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) at Anaheim, California in June 2019.
  • Paper presentation at the 50th Annual Conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India, held at Chandigarh in November 2018.

Languages Known

  • Hindi
  • English
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