Dr Shwetal Pawar (Associate Professor & In charge)
MBBS, DNB(Nuclear Medicine), MNAMS, MICNM.
Teaching experience: 14 years
Location: Ground floor of orthopaedic center, opposite Tata Memorial Hospital.

1. SPECT/CT Gamma Camera: one
2. Dual Head Gamma Camera: one
3. Radionuclide therapy ward (Ward no 44): special isolation rooms – two
4. PET/CT  (128 slice CT): one

Scans / procedures performed:

1. Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan,
2. I-131 Iodine scan with uptake,
3. Tc-99m DTPA renal scan,
4. Tc-99m EC scan,
5. Tc-99m DMSA scan,
6. Tc-99m MDP Bone scan,
7. Tc-99m MIBI Myocardial perfusion scan,
8. Cardiac PET scan for assessment of myocardial viability,
9. Tc-99m RBC labelled MUGA scan
10. Lymphoscintigraphy,
11. Tc-99m ECD Brain SPECT scan,
12. Tc-99m Salivary scan,
13. Tc-99m SC gastric emptying study (liquid and solid),
14. Milk/ GER scan,
15. Radionuclide MCU (DRCG),
16. Dacryoscintigraphy,
17. Tc-99m MIBI Parathyroid scan,
18. Scrotal /testicular scintigraphy
19. Meckels scan
20. Tc-99m RBC gastrointestinal bleed study
21. F-18 FDG PET/ CT scan,
22. F-18 Bone scan,
23. F-18 PSMA PET /CT
24. F-18 NODAGA PET/CT
25. F-18 DOPA PET/CT
26. Ga-67 citrate infection imaging

Any other newer radiopharmaceutical scans are performed as per the request and availability.
Radionuclide therapies offered under Ward 44:

1. Radioactive iodine therapy (I-131) for cancer thyroid,
2. I-131 MIBG therapy for neuroendocrine tumors,
3. Lu-177 labelled therapies for neuroendocrine tumors and cancer prostate
4. Radiation synovectomy

Numerous on Role of Nuclear Medicine on Epilepsy, haemophilia arthropathy, pediatric nephrourology, endocrinology etc.

1. Role of Fluoride bone scan on assessment of condylar hyperplasia,
2. F-18 FDG PET in evaluation of cortical dysplasia.
3. Role of FDG PET/CT in autoimmune encephalitis.
4. Role of F-18 DOPA in evaluation of Movement disorders.
5. Radiation synovectomy using Lu-177 HA.

Q. What is Nuclear Medicine about?
A. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic branch of medicine that uses gamma, Beta and rarely alpha radiation for diagnosis and therapy.
Q. How Safe is the radiation for diagnosis used in Nuclear Medicine?
A. The radioisotopes used for diagnosis in Nuclear Medicine have been approved by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and are short lived. They are injected in small amounts and do not cause harm to the patient.
Q. Is it safe to be used in children?
A. These radiopharmaceuticals doses are further adjusted according to the prescribed guidelines for children. There are no reports of them causing reaction or cancer.
Q. Can these investigations be used in very ill and compromised patients?
A. These medicines can be used in all the patients as per the indications. They are safe to be used in patients with kidney failure and heart failure.
Q. Do these investigations cause any adverse effect?
A. These radiopharmaceuticals are inert and do not cause hypersensitivity, allergic or renal impairment.
Q. Can we repeat these investigations?
A. These investigations are safe to be repeated after treatment to assess the response. The results are comparable.