Dr. Ashwatha Narayana, MD

Dr. Ashwatha Narayana practices at Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Hospital. Dr. Narayana is a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology; the American Board of Radiology; the American Society of Clinical Oncology; the Society of Neuro-Oncology; the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology; the Indian College of Radiation Oncology; the Association of Radiation Oncologist of India; and the Indo-American Cancer Association. He has also been involved in a variety of community and humanitarian projects that include conducting prostate cancer and breast cancer screening programs and helping improve quality and access to cancer therapy in developing countries in South East Asia, as part of American Society of clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Heath Volunteer Overseas (HVO).As part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital, Dr. Narayana works with the multidisciplinary team to enhance existing services that include Intra-operative radiation therapy …(IORT), high dose rate brachytherapy, (HDR), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and Gamma Knife (GK) programs. He has brought skin brachytherapy to Northern Westchester Hospital, which offers patients a shorter course of treatment that can be completed in five to six visits over two weeks with local control and excellent cosmetic results. Dr. Narayana has led institutional teams to set-up brachytherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery programs, and oncology workshops in Russia, India and Nepal.His most recent project at Northern Westchester Hospital is Space OAR therapy for metastatic prostate cancer, which offers pain relief and excellent quality-of-life outcomes. Dr. Narayana has published more than 80 peer reviewed original articles and 15 book chapters and has given over 120 lectures as an invited speaker around the world. He has won numerous awards and honors including membership in The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in Central Nervous System Panel. He serves as an associate editor for the journal of clinical research and therapeutics as well as medical physics and is a reviewer for many oncology journals, including Journal of clinical oncology, Cancer research, Red journal and Neurosurgery.