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Popularity
of PET-CT depends on its pricing and indigenisation
Dr Atul Marwah is currently working as chief of department
of nuclear medicine and Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. A post-graduate in nuclear medicine
from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New
Delhi, Dr Marwah holds the distinction of being one of the
two doctors in the country to have secured a Diplomate Certification
Board of Nuclear Cardiology (US). He has also received advanced
training in PET-CT from Miami, Florida, US. He brought laurels
to the country, on being awarded the Young Investigator
Award in the year 2000. In an interview with Shardul Nautiyal,
Dr Marwah points out that the modality of PET-CT needs to
be popularised aggressively among the medical fraternity and
masses to expedite its growth.
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