Dr Bala graduated from National University of Singapore with Dean’s List and was conferred the prestigious Wong Poi Kwong Gold Medal for excellence in Clinical Medicine. He then went on to complete his training in Radiation Oncology with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and was awarded the C.E. Eddy medal for being the most outstanding candidate (in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore). \n \nDr Bala has completed fellowship at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia. In addition, he was awarded a competitive funded fellowship by University of Ottawa in 2015. He has received formal training in stereotactic radiotherapy, completing a fellowship at The Ottawa Hospital Cyberknife Centre, which is one of the busiest Cyberknife Centres in North America. He has developed a keen interest in neuro-oncology, hematological and gastrointestinal cancers, and serves as the hematology sub-site lead in his department\n \nHis research interests include the application of stereotactic radiosurgery and its interaction with the immune and vascular systems. He has won several competitive grants and is currently conducting a prospective clinical trial in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for spinal metastases.Education : MBBS(Singapore), GDFM(NUS), FRANZCR (Australia), Master of Clinical Investigation (NUS), Stereotactic fellowship (University of Ottawa)