Dr. Dharma Choudhary Bone Marrow Transplant Surgeon BLK Hospital, New Delhi

Profile Overview

Best Bone Marrow Transplant Surgeon - Dr. Dharma Choudhary at BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi. Currently associated as the Head of Hematology Department at BLK Hospital, Delhi India. He is a Sr. Consultant Hematologist & bone marrow transplant specialist in BLK Hospital in India. He is known for his successful career as a top BMT surgeon, Dr. Choudhary's expertise in Thalassemia Bone Marrow Transplant, Thalassemia Stem Cell Transplant. Dr. Dharma Choudhary is the pioneer in India for his work in Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant for Thalassemia Major and Aplastic Anemia during his period at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Delhi. Dr. Dharma Choudhary has made it to the list of top 10 Hematologists and Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist of this generation in India.

Known for his High success rates in Bone Marrow Transplant, Dr. Dharma Choudhary is a lifelong member of the Indian Society of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine. He is also popular among international patients from different corners of the world mostly from Afganistan, Iraq, Oman, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

Special Interests

• Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant
• Hemato-Oncology Graft Versus Host Disease

Professional Positions

• Sr. Consultant & Director in Bone Marrow Transplant Department at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, Presently working
• Consultant, Clinical Hematology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 2007
• Training, Leukemia/BMT program of British Columbia at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer Agency in Canada.
• Residency, Hematology, All India Institute of medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2003
• Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
• Christian Medical College, Vellore
• Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 1995
• MD Internal Medicine from S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 1997
• DM, Clinical Hematology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
• Fellowship BMT- Leukemia/ BMT program of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer Agency, Canada.

Membership

• Life Member, Indian Society of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine
• Delhi Medical Council
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Research and Publications

• Choudhary D, Sharma SK, Chadha R, Kharya G, Handoo A, Pavecha P, Gupta N. Gelatinous transformation of bone marrow following the use of dasatinib in a patient with philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Res Reports 2013; 2: 7–8.
• Choudhary D, Handoo A, Sharma SK, Gupta N, Dhamija G. Severe gastrointestinal mucositis after the high dose Melphalan therapy for multiple myeloma. World J Gastroenterol. 2013 February 7; 19(5):784-5.
• Choudhary D, Katewa S, Gupta N, Sharma SK, Pavecha P, Kharya G, Setia R, Handoo A. Treosulfan-thiotepa-fludarabine-based conditioning regimen for allogenic transplantation in patient with thalassemia major: a single center experience from north India. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 March; 19(3):492-5.
• Dharma R Choudhary, Anil Handoo, Monica Jain, Atul Bhasin. Flow Cytometry: A Rapid and Robust Adjuvant Technique for Pathological Diagnosis. Turk J Hematol 2012; 29: 82-84.
• Choudhary DR, Rangan A, Handoo A, Sinha S, Bhargava M. Secondary Myelofibrosis in a case of Aplastic Anaemia, a case report. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2009 June; 3:1587-1590.
• Pati HP, Naithani R, Panigrahi I, Choudhary DR, Saxena R, Kumar R, Choudhry VP, Mahapatra M. Effect of wheat grass therapy on transfusion requirement in thalassaemia major. Indian J Pediatr. 2009 February 10. {Epub ahead of print}
• Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, Naithani R, Mishra P, Kumar R, Saxena R. Intracranial hemorrhage in childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008 December 4. [Epub ahead of print]
• Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, Naithani R, Mishra P, Kumar R, Saxena R. Efficacy of Cyclosporine as a single agent therapy in chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Haematologica 2008 93: e61-e62
• Choudhary DR, Dixit A, Mishra P, Chatterjee T, Mahapatra M, Kannan M, Saxena R, Choudhry VP. Disseminated intravascular coagulation in acute leukemia at presentation and during induction therapy.
• Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2007 July; 13(3):292-8.
• Choudhary DR, Mishra P, Bhattacharya M, Kumar R, Mahapatra M. Granulocytic sarcoma of spine: an unusual initial presentation of acute myeloid leukemia. J Assoc Physicians India. 2006 November; 54:897.
• Choudhry DR, Kumar R, Mishra P, Sharma S, Mahapatra M, Chaterjee T, Dixit A, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Tuberculosis in acute leukemia: a clinico-hematological profile. Hematology 2006 October; 11(5): 335-40.
• Agarwal S, Choudhry VP, Saxena R, Pradhan M, Choudhary DR, Panigrahi I. Molecular characterization of thalassaemia intermedia in Indians. Haematologica. 2006 September; 91(9): 1279-80.
• Choudhary DR, Prem S, Kumar R, Seth T, Mahapatra M, Pillai L, Mishra P, Mehra NK, Narendra AM, Choudhry VP and Saxena R. Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, 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 March 6
• Choudhry VP, Kumar R, Choudhary Dharma R, Mahapatra M, Mishra P. Pregnancy while on Imatinib: Meningocele and fetal outcome. Ann Oncol. 2005 November 15;
• Choudhary DR, Dixit A, Chatterjee T, Naithani R, Mishra P, Mahapatra M, Srinivas MU, Pati HP, Tyagi S, Bhattacharya J, Saxena R, Dutta P, Choudhry VP and Kumar R. Primary Myelodysplastic syndrome in children- clinical, hematological and histomorphologic profile from a tertiary care center from India . Hematology. 2005 December; 10(6):495-9.
• Choudhary DR, Pati HP, P Mishra, Dixit A, Chatterjee T, Mahapatra M, Srinivas MU, Choudhry VP. Hb SE disease: a clinico-hematological profile. Ann Hematol. 2005 October; 84(10):667-70.
• Choudhary DR, Mahapatra M, P Mishra, Dixit A, Kumar R, Tyagi S, Chatterjee T, Choudhry VP, Sazawal S. Philadelphia-chromosome positive thrombocythemia in a child. Eur J Haematol. 2005 September; 75(3): 262-3.
• Choudhary DR, Chatterjee TC, Dixit A, Mahapatra M, P Mishra, Kabra M, Tyagi S, Choudhry VP and Saxena R. Hydroxyurea in thalassaemia intermedia -a promising therapy. Ann Hematol. 2005 July; 84(7): 441-6
• Choudhary DR, Chatterjee TC, Dixit A, Mahapatra M, P Mishra, Choudhry VP, Saxena R. Cyclosporine A in Myelodysplastic syndrome: a preliminary report. Ann Hematol. 2005 September; 84(9): 565-8.
• Chapters in Book
  • Dharma R Choudhary, Rajat Kumar, Renu Saxena, Manoranjan Mahapatra. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, an Indian Perspective. In Clinical Medicine, 2007; 324-333. Published by Jaypee Brothers.
  • DR Choudhary, VP Choudhry. Pathophysiology of Sickle cell disease. In Hemoglobinopathies, 2005; 277-2286. Published by Jaypee Brothers.
  • Dharma R Choudhary, VP Choudhry. Future in thalassemia. In Hemoglobinopathies, 2005; 249-255. Published by Jaypee Brothers