User:Dr Rakesh Jalali

Dr Rakesh Jalali is providing clinical and administrative leadership to India’s first proton therapy facility and a state-of-the art comprehensive cancer centre Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC) attached to it, with the mandate of providing cancer care of the highest level and at the same time, generating quality data with due scientific rigour.

Prior to joining APCC, Dr Jalali was associated with the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai as Professor & Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist for 18 very rewarding and eventful years.

Dr. Jalali is recognized as a key global opinion leader particularly for high-precision radiotherapy techniques especially proton therapy, enhancing quality of life for cancer patients and developing appropriate research models. It is to his credit and foresight that the ‘Neuro Oncology’ Group at TMH, which he developed, is hailed as the finest such unit in India and recognized throughout the world.

He was also instrumental in establishing the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology (ISNO) in 2008 serving as its founding general secretary, then its President and now chairing its senior advisory council.

Dr Jalali has been presented with the “Award for Excellence in Quality of Life Research” of the Annual Scientific meetings of the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO) 2007 and 2012 at the SNO meeting at Dallas and Washington, D.C, respectively. He has also been awarded for “Excellence in Pediatric Clinical Research” of the 19th Annual Scientific meeting of the Society of Neuro Oncology (SNO) 2014.

Dr. Jalali’s numerous research publications including in high-impact journals such as the Lancet, Lancet Oncology, JAMA Oncology have been helpful in guiding treatment philosophies in the management of cancers.

A much sought-after speaker, he is widely regarded for his teaching and providing expert guidance to various national and international scientific meetings and professional societies.

Dr Jalali is also known for his commitment to charity and promoting equitable cancer care for patient populations in the developing world. He has been running for decades the ‘Brain Tumour Foundation of India’, an internationally recognized charity dedicated to the welfare of the patients with brain tumours and their families, as well as conducting ‘Patient support group’ meetings for women’s cancers.