Dr. Dharma Chaudhary

Dr. Dharma R. Chaudhary

Director & Sr. Consultant
Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant

Dr. Chaudhury is the Director - Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation. Having being trained in various international institutions, he carries with himself an extensive experience of doing more than 500 Bone Marrow Transplants independently.

Experience

  • Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
  • Christian Medical College, Vellore
  • Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
  • All India Institute of medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Leukemia/BMT program of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer Agency, Canada.
  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
  • Pioneer of varPost graduate teacher/examious universities/board (Pune, Nagpur and NBE, SGPGI, Lucknow, DY Patil Medical College, Pune), MCI recognized Post graduate teaching experience- More then 19 years.

Membership

  • Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (Life Member)
  • Dr. Choudhary did his graduation (MBBS) and post graduation in Internal Medicine from Dr. SN Medical College, Jodhpur. After post graduation he did his residency in Hematology at CMC Vellore and at SGPIMS Lucknow. He completed his DM in Clinical hematology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He also did Bone Marrow Transplant fellowship training at Vancouver General Hospital in Leukemia/BMT program of British Columbia. Then was consultant Clinical Hematology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital where he started Allogeneic BMT for Thalassaemia Major and Aplastic anemia.

Other Achivement/ Fellowships

  • Graduate from Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 1997
  • Post Graduation Graduate from Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 2001
  • All India Institute of medical Sciences, New Delhi (DM Clinical Hematology)
  • Leukemia/BMT program of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer Agency, Canada. (Fellowship Bone Marrow Transplantation)

Special Interests

Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant, Autologous Bone Marrow, Hemato-Oncology.

Research and Publications

  • Rangan A, Choudhary DR, Sinha S, Handoo A, Bhargava M. Secondary Myelofibrosis in a case of Aplastic Anaemia, a case report. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online] 2009 June [cited: 2009 June 1]; 3:1587-1590.
  • Choudhary DR, Naithani R, Panigrahi I, Kumar R, Mahapatra M, Pati HP, Saxena R, Choudhry VP . Effect of wheat grass therapy on transfusion requirement in thalassaemia major. Indian J Pediatr.2009 Feb 10. {Epub ahead of print}
  • Choudhary DR, Naithani R, Mahapatra M, Kumar R, Mishra P, Saxena R. Intracranial hemorrhage in childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Choudhary DR, Naithani R, Mahapatra M, Kumar R, Mishra P, Saxena R. Efficacy of Cyclosporine as a single agent therapy in chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Haematologica 2008 93: e61-e62
  • Dixit A, Chatterjee T, Mishra P, Kannan M, Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Disseminated intravascular coagulation in acute leukemia at presentation and during induction therapy.
  • ClinApplThrombHemost. 2007 Jul; 13(3):292-8.
  • Choudhary DR, Bhattacharya M, Mishra P, Mahapatra M, Kumar R. Granulocytic sarcoma of spine: an unusual initial presentation of acute myeloid leukemia. J Assoc Physicians India. 2006 Nov; 54:897.
  • Mishra P, Kumar R, Mahapatra M, Sharma S, Dixit A, Chaterjee T, Choudhry DR, Saxena R, Choudhry VP. Tuberculosis in acute leukemia: a clinico-hematological profile. Hematology 2006 Oct; 11(5): 335-40.
  • Panigrahi I, Agarwal S, Pradhan M, Choudhary DR, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Molecular characterization of thalassaemiaintermedia in Indians. Haematologica. 2006 Sep; 91(9): 1279-80.
  • Kumar R, Prem S, Mahapatra M, Seth T, Chowdhary DR, Mishra P, Pillai L, Narendra AM, Mehra NK, Saxena R and Choudhry VP. Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide and horse antithymocyte globulin conditioning regimen for allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation performed in non-HEPA filter rooms for multiply transfused patients with severe aplastic anemia.
  • Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 Mar 6
  • Choudhary Dharma R, Mishra P, Kumar R, Mahapatra M, Choudhry VP. Pregnancy while on Imatinib: Meningocele and fetal outcome. Ann Oncol. 2005 Nov 15;
  • Chatterjee T, Dixit A, Mishra P, Naithani R, Srinivas MU, Mahapatra M, Tyagi S, Pati HP, Dutta P, Bhattacharya J, Choudhary DR, Kumar R, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Primary Myelodysplastic syndrome in children- clinical, hematological and histomorphologic profile from a tertiary care center from India . Hematology. 2005 Dec; 10(6):495-9.
  • P Mishra, Pati HP, Chatterjee T, Dixit A, Choudhary DR, Srinivas MU, Mahapatra M, Choudhry VP. Hb SE disease: a clinico-hematological profile. Ann Hematol. 2005 Oct; 84(10):667-70.
  • Dixit A, Chatterjee TC, P Mishra, Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, Tyagi S, Kabra M, Saxena R, Choudhry VP. Hydroxyurea in thalassaemiaintermedia -a promising therapy. Ann Hematol. 2005 Jul; 84(7): 441-6
  • P Mishra, Mahapatra M, Kumar R, Dixit A Chatterjee T, Tyagi S, Choudhary DR, Sazawal S, Choudhry VP. Philadelphia-chromosome positive thrombocythemia in a child. Eur J Haematol. 2005 Sep; 75(3): 262-3.
  • Dixit A, Chatterjee TC, P Mishra, Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, Saxena R, Choudhry VP. Cyclosporine A in Myelodysplastic syndrome: a preliminary report. Ann Hematol. 2005 Sep; 84(9): 565-8.
  • Chapters in Book
  • 1.Rajat Kumar, Dharma R Choudhary, ManoranjanMahapatra, RenuSaxena. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, An Indian Perspective. In Clinical Medicine, 2007 ; 324-333. Published by Jaypee Brothers.
  • 2.Dharma R Choudhary, VP Choudhry. Future in thalassemia. In Hemoglobinopathies, 2005; 249-255. Published by Jaypee Brothers.
  • 3.VPChoudhry, DR Choudhary. Pathophysiology of Sickle cell disease. In Hemoglobinopathies, 2005; 277-2286. Published by Jaypee Brothers