About:
Dr Karanam Ashok Kumar is one of the top Haemato-Oncologist & BMT Specialist in India. He has over 10 years of experience in Haemato Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant.
He is working as a Consultant -Haemato Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant with Citizens Specialty Hospital, Hyderabad. Dr Ashok's extensive academic journey encompasses valuable knowledge and exposure to the Haemato Oncology and BMT specialty department. He completed his MBBS from Sri Venkateshwara Medical College (NTR University of Health Sciences) followed by DNB (Medicine) and DM from Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences. Dr Ashok has also worked at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences as a consultant - Haemoto Oncology in the dedicated haematology day unit which consisted of 15 beds.
Qualifications:
- Post Doctoral Fellowship - Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplantation, CMC, Vellore - 2019
- DM - Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences - 2016
- DNB (Medicine) - Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences - 2012
- MBBS - Sri Venkateshwara Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences - 2004
Areas of Expertise:
- Haemato-oncology (Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Amyloidosis) Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Stem Cell Transplantation (Autologous, Allogeneic, Haploidentical)
- Stem cell transplantation for various benign disorders like Thalassaemia, Sickle cell anemia, Aplastic anemia.
Publications:
- Management of Hemato-Oncology children during covid-19 crisis Dr Ranjit Kumar C.S, Dr Raghu K Sukumaran, Dr Anil Aribandi, Dr Ashok Kumar K, Dr Arun Kumar Lingulta, Dr Krishnamani K V. International Journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 11 No. SPL1 (2002): Volume 11 SPL1(COVID-19)
- Management metastatic renal cell carcinoma challenges, pitfalls, and outcomes in the real world- kumar KA, Sadashivudu G, Krishnamani K V, Linga VG, Maddali LS, Digumarti RR. India J Med Paediatric Oncol 2016;37:260-4
- Philadephia chromosome-postitive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: 8 years experience from a tertiary care center in india-Danthala M, Gundeti S, Maddali LS, Pillai A, Puligundla KC, Adusumilli RP. Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: 8 years' experience from a tertiary care center in india. South Asian J Cancer 2016;5:176-8
- Thiopurine methyltransferase polymorphisms in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,
Linga VG, Patchva DB, Mallavarapu KM, Tulasi V, Kalpathi KI, Pillai A, Gundeti S, Rajappa SJ, Digumarti R. India Jurnal of Medical and Paediatrci Oncology Oct-Dec 2014, Vol 35, Issue 4
- Fanconi syndrome following honeybee stings a case report rapur ram, Gudithi Swarnalatha, Karanam Kumar Ashok, Hasaagrahara Radhakrishna Madhuri, Kaligotal Venkata Dakshinamurty Int Urol Nephrol (2012) 44:315-318
- Generic Imatinib in chronic myeoid Leukemia: survival of the cheapest-Danthala M, Gundeti S, Kuruva SP, Puligundla KC, Adusumilli P, Karanam AP, Bala S, Konatam ML, Maddali LS, Digumarti RR, Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leku 2017 May10
