Suresh H. Advani

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Suresh H. Advani
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Dr Sudhakar Shinde, Dr. Mukesh Batra & Satya Brahma conferred the recognition to Dr. Advani
Alma mater Grant Medical College
Website Official website

Suresh Hariram Advani is an oncologist who pioneered hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in India. Struck by poliomyelitis at the age of 8 years, he studied at Grant Medical College, Mumbai (where he obtained the MBBS and MD degrees), following which he worked at Tata Memorial Centre for several years as a medical oncologist. [1] He consults at Sushrut Hospital & Research Centre. He gained experience in the field of bone marrow transplantation from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. [2]

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Early life and education

Advani was born on 1 August 1947 in Karachi, British India (now in Pakistan). His family, including his parents, three brothers and three sisters had to shift to India after the partition. His family first resided in Deolali, Nashik and later settled in Mumbai. His father had electrical business. [3]

After having been earlier rejected for his disability, Advani persuaded the authorities for an admission in Grant Medical College, Mumbai. He obtained his medicine degree from there in 1966. After training in internal medicine and haematology-oncology at the JJ Hospital, Grant Medical College in Mumbai, he undertook further training in oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. There he got to work with Nobel laureate Dr E Donnall Thomas, known as the father of bone-marrow transplantation in the USA.check his website www.drsureshadvani.in [4] [3]

Honours


Hospital Affiliations

Dr Suresh Advani consults patients at many reputed hospitals all across India and especially in Mumbai. Some of them are:

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References

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