Specialties:

• Hematology and Oncology

Title:

• Professor of Clinical Medicine
• Chief, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases
• Co-Leader, Leukemia and Lymphoma Program
• Associate Director, Translational Research at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Background:

http://www.usc.edu/health/internal/divisions/hematology/

Education:

• M.D. (MBBS), Dehli University, Maulana Azad Medical College, 1988
• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Igor Roninson, 1993

Internships:

• Northwestern University Medical School, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1993

Residencies:

• Northwestern University Medical School, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994

Fellowships:

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington, Medical Oncology, 1994 - 1997
• University of Washington Department of Molecular Biotechnology, 1995 - 1998

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Medical Oncology

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society for Clinical Investigations
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Society of Hematology

Awards:

• Leukemia Lymphoma Society Translational Research Award, 2005 - 2008 & 2008 - 2011
• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Senior Research Award, 2005 - 2006
• American Society for Clinical Investigations, 2004
• Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Award, 1999 - 2000
• Howard Hughes Institutes New Faculty Start-Up Award. 1998 - 2001
• Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995 - 1998
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1990 - 1992
• Second Prize in Ophthalmology, 1986
• Gold Medal in Surgery, 1986
• Second Prize in Pathology, 1985
• Distinctions in Anatomy, Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 1984 - 1985
• Honors in First Professional M.B.B.S., 1984
• Pre-Medical University Merit Certificate (First Rank in the College), 1981
• National Talent Search Scholarship, 1981 - 1986

Languages:

• English
• Hindi