Dr. Prashant S Patil

Dr Prashant S Patil is a nuclear medicine physician in Nashik with 10 years of experience, currently practising as Consultant at Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital (A Unit of Manipal Hospitals), Dwarka Circle.

He specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine including PET-CT, SPECT-CT, radionuclide therapy for thyroid cancer, neuroendocrine tumours and prostate cancer, with over 15,000 PET-CT scans performed.

Dr Patil completed advanced training at RMC Radiation Medicine Centre BARC Mumbai, P D Hinduja National Hospital and AIIMS Delhi, and has previously worked at KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical College Mumbai, Nuclear Healthcare Thane and HCG Manavata Cancer Centre Nashik.

Area of Expertise

Nuclear Oncology and PET-CT Imaging

Dr Patil performs advanced PET-CT imaging for cancer diagnosis, staging and treatment response assessment using a range of radioactive tracers tailored to the type of cancer being evaluated.

Conditions Evaluated:

• Various cancers requiring staging
• Neuroendocrine tumours
• Prostate cancer
• Thyroid cancer
• Recurrent and metastatic cancers

Procedures Performed:

• F18-FDG PET-CT
• Ga-68 DOTANOC and DOTATATE PET-CT
• Ga-68 PSMA PET-CT
• F18-PSMA PET-CT
• F18-NaF and F18-FLT PET-CT

Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine

Dr Prashant Patil administers targeted radionuclide therapies that deliver radiation directly to cancer cells, offering treatment for thyroid cancer, neuroendocrine tumours and prostate cancer with minimal impact on surrounding healthy tissue.

Conditions Treated:

• Thyroid cancer
• Neuroendocrine tumours
• Metastatic prostate cancer
• Bone metastases
• MIBG avid tumours

Procedures Performed:

• I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer
• I-131 MIBG therapy for neuroendocrine tumours
• Lu-177 DOTATATE therapy (PRRT)
• Lu-177 PSMA therapy for prostate cancer
• Sm-153 and Lu-EDTMP for bone metastases

Nuclear Cardiology

Dr Patil performs nuclear cardiology studies to evaluate heart muscle function, blood flow and myocardial viability in patients with known or suspected cardiac disease.

Conditions Evaluated:

• Coronary artery disease
• Myocardial ischaemia
• Heart failure
• Myocardial viability assessment
• Cardiac risk evaluation

Procedures Performed:

• Myocardial perfusion imaging
• SPECT-CT cardiac studies
• Stress myocardial perfusion scan
• Rest and stress cardiac imaging
• Cardiac function evaluation

Nuclear Neurology

Dr Prashant S Patil performs nuclear medicine brain imaging studies to support diagnosis of neurological and neurodegenerative conditions using functional imaging techniques.

Conditions Evaluated:

• Dementia
• Parkinson's disease
• Epilepsy
• Brain tumour evaluation
• Neurological conditions requiring functional imaging

Procedures Performed:

• Brain PET-CT
• SPECT brain imaging
• Neurology focused nuclear imaging
• Functional brain evaluation
• Brain perfusion studies

SPECT-CT Imaging

Dr Patil performs SPECT-CT studies for a range of clinical indications including bone disease, infection and organ function evaluation, providing functional and anatomical information in a single scan.

Conditions Evaluated:

• Bone metastases
• Skeletal infections
• Thyroid disorders
• Renal function disorders
• Organ specific disease evaluation

Procedures Performed:

• Whole body bone scan
• SPECT-CT for organ evaluation
• Renal scintigraphy
• Thyroid scintigraphy
• Infection and inflammation imaging

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Rural Medical College, Loni
• DRM Nuclear Medicine
• DNB Nuclear Medicine, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• RSO, Radiation Safety Officer
• Advanced training at RMC Radiation Medicine Centre, BARC, Mumbai
• Advanced training at P D Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai
• Advanced training at AIIMS, Delhi

Clinical Experience and Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital (A Unit of Manipal Hospitals), Dwarka Circle, Nashik

Previous Associations

• KEM Hospital and Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai
• Nuclear Healthcare, Thane
• HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik

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