Dr. Amit Kumar works as an Associate Director in Medical and Hemato Oncology at Jay Prabha Medanta Super Speciality Hospital in Patna. He received his MBBS from PMCH in Patna and his MD (General Medicine) from the Institute of Medic al Scienc es , BHU in Varanasi. He obtained DNB (Medical Oncology) and DM (Medical Oncology) degrees from Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. He also earned an MRCP SCE (Medical Oncology) and is an European Certified Medical Oncologist. He is an expert in chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and bone marrow/stem cell transplantation. He has also been awarded the Gold Medal in MD (General Medicine).
He practices both solid malignancies (Head and Neck, Lung, Breast, GI, GU, Gynaecological cancers and bone and soft tissue sarcomas) and haematolymphoid malignancies ( leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma). His special interest is in Geriatric Oncology and Rare tumours diagnosis and management.
I am member of the following professional societies:
1. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Alexandria, VA.
2. European Society of Medical Oncology,
3. Indian Society of Medical and Pediatric Oncology,
4. Indian Medical Association (IMA), New Delhi, India.