Originally from India, Dr. Anand Kuruvilla moved to the United States in 1982. After completing his undergraduate medical training in India, he attended Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and the Royal Berkshire Hospital in England for specialized post-graduate training in Radiation Oncology. Upon arrival in the United States, he spent another four years studying Radiation Oncology as a resident at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and served as Chief Resident there in his final year.

After obtaining Radiation Oncology Board Certification in 1986, he practiced as a physician partner at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, California, until his move to Florida in 1991 to join the Florida Radiation Oncology Group. In 1999, Dr Kuruvilla also achieved Board Certification in Palliative and Hospice Medicine. In 2000, he was awarded Fellowship in the American College of Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Kuruvilla has a special interest in genitourinary cancers. He helped pioneer the use of radioactive seed implants for treatments of prostate cancer in North Florida. He established the Ultrasound guided seed implant program at Putnam Community Medical Ctr., Palatka, Jacksonville’s Baptist Medical Ctr., Memorial Medical Ctr., Orange Park Medical Ctr., St Augustine’s Flagler Hospital and most recently at Lake City Medical Ctr., Lake City. Today competent FROG physicians with local urologists have made seed implants the most sought after therapeutic option for Prostate Cancer in North Florida.

Dr. Kuruvilla is currently the Director of the Cancer Center of Putnam. He has served as Chief of Staff of Putnam Community Medical Center, and is a member of the Palatka Rotary Club, the Putnam & Duval County Medical Societies, Florida Medical Association, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American College of Radiology and the American College of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Kuruvilla also actively cares for his patients in Haven Hospice in Putnam County and the Lake City, Live Oak area. Being dual-boarded in both Radiation Oncology and Hospice and Palliative medicine helps him take exceptional compassionate care of his patients requiring palliation. Anand is an active volunteer and board member with the local American Cancer Society , having chaired the Community Outreach program for screening and early cancer detection, and has also held positions in the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Kuruvilla and his wife Sheila have a daughter. “Sheila is a formidable tennis player,” he says. His daughter, Shai, has begun her medical studies in the Caribbean. When not at work, “Dr K,” as his patients and staff call him, can be found struggling on the fairways and greens of the area's golf courses or exploring northeast Florida’s waterways with his digital camera.