Biography:
MBBS and MD [Internal Medicine] Goa Medical College [1979-1988] under Bombay University. Medical Oncology Residency [1989-90] and Fellowship [1992-1994] at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Medical Oncology Faculty [Lecturer to Professor] at Tata Memorial Hospital, from 1994 to 2012. Principal Investigator in 35 Clinical Trials [Investigator initiated as well as Industry sponsored trials]. Executive Committee Member and Faculty at Australia and Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research.
Development (ACORD) Workshop since 2010 -2018:
- International Scientific Advisor to The Lancet Hematology 2020-2022. Guest Editor, “Lymphoma Outcomes from India” for Frontiers in Oncology 2021-2022
- Editor, Management of “Hematological Malignancies in the LICS” for Frontiers in Oncology 2022-2023. Published over 125 papers and 15 book chapters
- Current Interest: Management of Hematological cancers, special interest in Lymphoma Outcomes
- Founding member of the National Myeloma Group [IMAGe] 2017 onwards
- Principal Investigator of the Onco-collect Lymphoma Registry 2018 onwards
- Founding Member of the Immuno-Oncology Society of India 2019 to 2022
- Founding member of the Women for Oncology- India forum 2021 onwards
Recent Awards and Honours:
- Inspiring Oncologist, 2020 on Doctors day conclave, Economic Times
- Aparajita, Saluting womanhood 2021, 10th, Annual Awards of Sanmarg Publications
Title : Improving outcomes of curable lymphoma in resource constrained regions