Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 11: Taking the words of doctors to every nook and corner of the country, 92.7 BIG FM and SMVD Naryana Super Speciality Hospital, Katra started a new virtual show ‘All is well’ in which every Saturday renowned doctors spreads awareness to the folks of the country.
In this talk show, Head of Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Dr. Suparno Chakrabarti featured online who threw light on blood cancer awareness as September is also known as blood cancer awareness month. He threadbare discussed about the deadly disease and spreaded awareness to the netizens. The show was hosted by famous RJ of Jammu RJ Rahul .
Dr. Suparno Chakrabarti is the Head of the Dept for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Hematology at Dharamshila Narayana Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India. He initiated the first Haploidentical BMT program in India and along with Dr Sarita Jaiswal has developed this as a sustained alternate donor program with over 125 Haploidentical transplants in the past 7 years. They have innovated newer methods of carrying out haploidentical BMT in patients with advanced leukemia as well as aplastic anemia with excellent results. His key area of research is Transplant immunology in relation to Haploidentical BMT.
Dr Chakrabarti trained in Internal Medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh in India. Subsequently, he spent 12 years in the UK, initially as a research fellow and subsequently as a consultant in the field of BMT. During this period, he played a substantial role in developing Campath-1H based T cell depletion and reduced intensity conditioning. The bulk of his research also focussed on post-transplant virus infections and immune reconstitution. He has over 100 publications to his credit.
He has established a world-class BMT centre in the country and runs a charitable organisation for children with blood diseases.
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