WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

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My area of academic pursuit is the treatment of hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. I serve as the principal investigator on several institutional clinical trials looking at strategies to improve the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome and acute leukemia. I am the institutional principal investigator for the national Cancer and Leukemia Group-B (CALGB) trials in hematologic malignancy and stem cell transplantation at Washington University, and I serve on the Core Transplant Committee of the CALGB and the guidelines committees of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

As the principal investigator of the Multiple Myeloma Tissue Banking initiative, I am collaborating with basic scientists in our division and the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center (GSC), one of the two largest genome sequencing centers in the world, to identify key genetic events involved in the pathogenesis of the disease and to define novel targets for drug development in multiple myeloma. I also serve on the Project Review and Steering Committees of the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC), an organization comprising 13 leading academic centers in the United States conducting and co-ordinating research efforts in genomics, target validation and clinical trials in multiple myeloma.

Education

1989	MBBS, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Post-graduate Training

1990	Rotating Internship, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan & G.B. Pant Hospitals, New Delhi, India
1992-1993	Senior House Officer, Halifax General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK
1993-1996	Residency, Internal Medicine, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
1996-1999	Fellowship, Medical Oncology/Hematology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1999-2000	Fellowship, Bone Marrow Transplantation//Malignant Hematology/Stem Cell Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Academic Positions

2000-2004	Instructor of Medicine, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2001-2004	Staff Physician, Section of Hematology/Oncology, John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
2004-2007	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2007-present	Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Administrative & Academic Committees

2002-2004	Performance Improvement Committee, John Cochran VA Medical Center
2002-2005	Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee, Siteman Cancer Center
2004-2005	Transfusion Committee, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
2005-2006	MDS Treatment Resource Center, NMCR
	Fellow’s Protocol Committee
2006-present	CALGB Transplant Committee
2006-present	Missouri State Transplant Advisory Committee
2006-present	NCCN Guidelines Committee
2006-present	Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium Project Review Committee
2006	Abstract Review Committee and Moderator, American Society of Hematology

Professional Societies

	American Society of Clinical Oncology
	American Society of Hematology
	St. Louis Society of Clinical Oncology
	American Association for the Advancement of Science

Board Certification

1991	PLAB, General Medical Council, UK
1992	MRCP-I, Royal College of Physicians, UK
1996	Internal medicine
1999	Oncology
2000	Hematology

Honors & Awards

1998	AACR/ASCO Scholarship: Methods in Clinical Cancer Research (Third Annual Workshop)
1999	Amgen Hematology Oncology Fellowship Award

Updated: March 20, 2008