1988 - Bachelor of Medicine& Bachelor of Surgery, Madurai Kamaraj University, India

1993 - Doctor of Medicine (Pediatrics), Gujarat University, India

1996 - Subspeciality Doctorate in Medicine (Oncology), Gujarat University, India

Research Experience:

1999 Sept. to date:
CO-INVESTIGATOR IN MULTICENTRIC, MULTINATIONAL PHASE II -
TRIAL ON HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA WITH
TWO STUDY DRUG CHEMOTHERAPY.

2003 Jan to date:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN OBSERVATIONAL PMS STUDY
ON STUDY DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER,
BREAST CANCER & MULTIPLE MYELOMA.

2003 Aug to date:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN OPEN LABELED
OBSERVATIONAL PMS STUDY USING STUDY DRUG IN
PATIENTS OF INOPERABLE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA.

2003 Oct to date:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN PHASE II MULTINATIONAL , MULTI-CENTRIC TRIAL ON
STUDY DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER WHO HAVE HAD PRIOR CHEMOTHERAPY.

2003 Oct to date:
CO- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN PHASE III
MULTICENTERED DOUBLE BLIND COMPARITIVE
RANDOMISED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY
AND SAFETY OF TWO DRUG AGENT IN THE TREATMENT OF
INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS AND CANDIDEMIA.

Papers published :

Recognition and management of childhood acute lymphoblastic
Leukemia in peripheral hospitals.
Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics. VOL.5 NO 4 OCT-DEC 1997: 323

Amifostine, for drug review.
IND. J. MED. &PED. ONCOL 1995, VOL.16: 68-69

Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.
IND. J. MED. & PED.ONCOL. 1995, VOL. 16: 93-98

Priapism in a child with pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma, a case report and
Review of literature.
IND. J. MED. & PED. ONCOL. 1995, VOL.16: 188-191

Invited guest lectures in international conferences:

First SIOP workshop for trainers in Pediatric Oncology,
Bombay, Mar. 1997 selected as one of the national trainers.

Presented a paper on Stem Cell in Children in a developing country
Combined Annual Meet of SIOP & ASPH/O,
Transplants Montreal, Canada, Sep. 1999.

Invited as an young investigator in
Young Investigators Meeting, 2000, Indianapolis, USA
– Global Lilly Young Investigators Meet (GLYIM).

Invited speaker on European Society of Medical Oncology,
Expanding Horizons Programme - Bombay, Feb. 2003.

Cord blood Transplantation Coauthor – On Eurocord
Abstract American Society of Hematology, Annual Meeting, Orlando 2001.

Speciality interests:
· More focus on paediatric oncology
· Expand my bone marrow transplantations unit
· More international trials
· Cord blood transplant
· Stem cell therapy