• MBBS, Pt. Ravi Shanker University, Raipur, C.G. India, 1999
• MD, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 2003
• DM, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 2010

Speciality Interest

• Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
• Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant (Matched Sibling Donor Stem Cell Transplant)
• Haplo Identical Stem Cell Transplant
• Matched Unrelated Stem Cell Transplant
• Aplastic Anemia
• Thalassemia Treatment
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Leukemia (AML/ ALL/ CML/CLL)
• Lymphoma (Hodgkin and NonHodgkin)
• Multiple Myeloma

• Experience of 17+ years, more than 1000 bone marrow transplants
• Senior Consultant, Department of Hematology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
• Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, CMC Vellore

Awards

• Successfully Conducted Autologous, Allogeneic (MSD, MUD, Haplo)
• University Gold Medal in MD Pathology 2003, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Research Papers & Publications

• Longterm outcome following splenectomy for chronic and persistent immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adults and children
• Factors influencing adherence to imatinib in Indian chronic myeloid leukemia patients: a crosssectional study
• Vraf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B (BRAF) mutations in hairy cell leukaemia
• The use of a fludarabinebased conditioning regimen in patients with severe aplastic anemiaa retrospective analysis from three Indian centers
• Two novel missense mutations in iron transport protein transferrin causing hypochromic microcytic anaemia and haemosiderosis: molecular characterization and structural implications
• Outcome of treatment with a low cost protocol in adults with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a tertiary care center in India
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization patterns of BCR/ABL1 fusion in chronic myelogenous leukemia at diagnosis
• Molecular basis of WiskottAldrich syndrome in patients from India
• Carbonyl reductase 1 expression influences daunorubicin metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia