AboutResearch SupportCurrentExternal Grants: 1. Evaluation of Melphalan+Bortezomib (Velcade) as a conditioning regimen for Autologous and Allogeneic stem cell transplants in Multiple Myeloma after cytoreductive therapy - Principal Investigator : Jyotishankar Raychaudhuri; Co-Principal Investigators : Dr. Melissa Alsina, Dr. Jose L. Ochoa-Bayona Open for accrual. Investigator initiated. Supported by Millennium Pharmaceuticals. ( Presently conducted and published by Taiga Nishihori et al.)
Teaching Experience1. University Courses: Jan 2002 :Grand Rounds: SUNY Stony Brook - Mitochondrial Mechanisms in Apoptosis and Drug Resistance.
Aug 2005 :Michigan State University - Recent Advances in Multiple Myeloma.
2. Other Courses and National Symposia Jan 2003 - Jun 2006 :Lectures on various topics of Hematology/Oncology at Metropolitan Hospital and Lincoln Hospital, New York.
Feb 2007 :Moffitt BMT Grand Rounds: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Indications for Stem Cell Transplant.
May 2007 :Moffitt BMT Grand Rounds: Cancer Stem Cells - Therapeutic Implications.
Jan 2009 :Moffitt BMT Grand Rounds: Making the case for Allogeneic Transplants in Multiple Myeloma
Nov 2013 :Haematocon(Indian Society for Haematology & Blood Transfusion) Invited Faculty : Allogeneic Transplants in the Elderly population
Feb 2014 :Apollo Kolkata Myeloma Conference: Allogeneic Transplant in Multiple Myeloma- Sailing Against the Wind
3. Teaching and Training Experience: Jan 2003 - Dec 2003 :Teaching of residents and medical students of New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital, New York.
Apr 2004 - Jun 2006 :Teaching of residents and medical students of Cornell University Medical Center, New York.
Jul 2006 - June 2009 :Teaching residents, fellows and physician assistants at Moffitt Cancer Center and USF College of Medicine
Fellowships and Memberships American Society of Hematology
American Society of Blood &
Marrow Transplant American College of Physicians
Resident in Radiology and Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Resident in Internal Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Resident in Pathology at King Edward Memorial Hospital Bombay, India (affiliated with Bombay University)
Resident in Internal Medicine, Lincoln Hospital (affiliated with New York Medical College)
Fellow in Internal Medicine, Lincoln Hospital (affiliated with New York Medical College)
Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, Winthrop University Hospital Mineola (affiliated with SUNY at Stony Brook)
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Yuri Lazebnik's laboratory, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York