Dr. Ashok Vaid

About
Honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri Award, Dr. Ashok Vaid has the unique distinction of carrying out the first 25 bone marrow transplants in any private sector hospital in North India. He has also conducted more than 40 international and national studies in clinical research and is known for organizing numerous seminars, workshops and conferences.

Unique Contribution
    Management of Malignant Germ Cell Tumours of Ovary.
    Synchronous oesophageal carcinoma with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, problems with management
    Prognostic factors in early stage Non-Small Lung Carcinoma
    New Hormonal Treatments in Breast Cancer
    Environmental Pollution and Lung Cancer. In: Clearing the Air Better Vehicles, Better Fuels
    Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder: case report and review of literature
    GCP in India-Practice or Not
    Spontaneous fracture and pulmonary embolization of a central venous catheter
    Flagellate hyperpigmentation from bleomycin
    Synchronous Cancer of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung (NSCLC) & Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
    Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as Myasthenia Gravis
    Thalidomide
    Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs)
    Hodgkin's Disease: Risk Stratification and Multidisciplinary Treatment
    Bone metastases from primary hepatocellular carcinoma simulating multiple myeloma
    Gastric carcinoma presenting as cutaneous metastases
    Nutritional Support in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
    Emergency Medicine
    Overview of Rectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer (Awareness Month)
    Primary Testicular Lymphoma: A Case Report
    Prognostic Factors in Lung Cancer
    Primary Renal Osteogenic Sarcoma: a rare entity
    Breast carcinoma with metastasis to the gallbladder: an unusual case report with a short review of literature
    Significant Impact of a Single Gallium (Ga67) Scintigraphy in the Management of Lymphomas.
    Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Bone Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate hyperpigmentation
    Clinical medicine: A practical manual for students and practitioners
    Primary Testicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma-A Review Article
    Isolated intraorbital metastasis in carcinoma breast
    Oral Talactoferrin extends survival in patients with refractory NSCLC in a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase-2 trial: C1-05
    Report of a case of pericardial mesothelioma with liver metastases responding well to pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy
    Pure choriocarcinoma of testis with rare gingival and skin metastases
    Feasibility and safety of autologous intracoronary stem cell transplantation in patients of non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
    Favourable impact of intensity-modulated radiation therapy on chronic dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer
    Diagnostic dilemma: non-gestational or gestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary
    Metastatic Signet-Ring Cell Gastric Carcinoma Masquerading as Breast Primary
    Haematologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Pleural Mesothelioma: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature
    Trastuzumab plus anastrozole versus anastrozole alone for the treatment of postmenopausal women with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive, hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer: results from the randomized phase III TANDEM study

• Management of primary and metastatic triple negative breast cancer: perceptions of oncologists from India

• Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study of single-agent oral talactoferrin in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer that progressed after chemotherapy

• Nilotinib as first line therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

• Importance of Screening in Various Cancers. Annual Seminar:

• Tobacco: Lung Cancer. Cancers we invite in our lives -Tobacco related cancers:

Fellowships and Memberships
    Indian Society of Medical & Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO)
    Founder, Member of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON)
    Breast Cancer Foundation of India - Life Member
    Indian Association of Gynaec Oncologists (IAGO) - Life Member
    Indian Medical Association (IMA) - Life Member
    Association of Physicians of India (API)
    Indian Association of Clinical Medicine (IACM) - Life Member
    American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
    European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
    European Hematology Association (EHA)
    Member Editorial Board - Current Trends in Asian Oncology
    Consultant Editor JK Science (Journal of Medical Education & Research) Jammu J&K (India)

Awards and Achievements
    Padma Shree award by the President of India for contribution to the field of medicine
    Senior Residency towards award of MD degree in Internal Medicine,
    Govt. Medical College, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
    Senior Resident, Dept. of Clinical Immunology, SGPGI, Lucknow, UP, India
    Senior Resident, Dept. of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
    Post MD Training Towards Award of DM Degree, Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, India
    Consultant -Medical Oncologist & Lecturer Dept. of Internal Medicine Govt. Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India
    Sr. Consultant & Coordinator, Dept. of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, India
    Head, Dept. of Medical Oncology, Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon, India
    Chairman - Division of Medical & Paediatric Oncology, Haematology & Bone Marrow / Stem Cell Transplant Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon