Best oncologist in Chennai for Blood Cancer, Neurological Cancer, Muscoskeletal Sarcoma, Genitourinary Cancer

• Dr Rasmi is a children's cancer, blood disorders, and bone marrow transplant specialist. She did her M. B. B. S from Government Medical College Thrissur, Kerala. Following this, she did her 3-year residency in Pediatrics at Texas Tech University, Amarillo, the USA where she was also the Chief Resident. She went on to do a 3-year fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology from Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, USA. She did her training under the clinical mentorship of Dr Yousif Matloub, who is an Internationally recognized expert in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). She also did research under the guidance of Dr John Letterio, who is an eminent researcher in the field of cancer chemoprevention, in developing methods to enhance stem cell engraftment after a bone marrow transplant. During her training, she had ample exposure and gained expertise in various pediatric cancer diagnoses, benign blood disorders, stem cell transplantation and research trials. She also presented her research work at National conferences. Dr Rasmi's clinical interests include various malignancies in children including acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumors, bone cancers, kidney tumors, and neuroblastoma. She is also specialized in performing hematopoietic stem cell transplant for malignant conditions as well as benign blood disorders and immunodeficiencies.

Information

• HCG Hospital, MSR Centre Of Oncology, Bangalore ,Bangalore
• MSR Campus, Msr Nagar It Post, New Bel Road, Bangalore - 560054, Near MS Ramaiah Hospital

Education

• MBBS from Government Medical College Thrissur, 2006
• MD (Pediatrics) from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Fellowship in Hematology and Pediatric Oncology (FHPO) - UH Rainbow babies and Children's hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2015

Memberships

• American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• American Society of Hematology (ASH)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Awards and Recognitions

• Recipient of UH Rainbow Babies and ChildrenХs Hospital Fellowship Research Award Program (FRAP) - 2014
• Departmental award for Outstanding Medical Knowledge - 2012
• Departmental Award for Outstanding PICU resident - 2011
• Recipient of Travel Grant from 2010 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Program for Medical Students and Residents to participate in the ASN Renal Week - 2010
• Community Award for Outstanding First Year Resident Pediatrics - 2010
• Departmental Award for Outstanding Intern in Pediatrics - 2010

Experience

• HCG MSR Centre Of Oncology,Bangalore 2012 - 2015 Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Fellow at Case Western Reserve University/ UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital,Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Areas of interest

• Leukemia, Brain Cancer, Bone Sarcomas, Kidney Cancer, Neuroblastoma, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Blood Cancer, Lymphoma.