Dr. Asha Kapadia is a senior physician and medical oncologist based in Mumbai, with a distinguished career spanning internal medicine, oncology, hematology, immunology and pediatric oncology. She has served as Head of the Department of Medicine at P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, since 2004, where she has been actively involved in the management of Internal Medicine. She has also served as Head of Oncology, helping develop the oncology department into a comprehensive cancer-care service incorporating radiation, surgical and medical oncology.

Her professional career includes extensive clinical and research training in the United States. She served as an Assistant Attending Pediatric Oncologist, Hematologist and Immunologist at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York from 1978 to 1980, where she worked on protocols for cancer and immunodeficiency patients and taught fellows and residents. She also held research and fellowship positions at Memorial Hospital and the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute.

Her research interests have included immunoregulatory T lymphocytes in primary immunodeficiency disorders, herpes simplex infection and the complement system, leukocyte migration inhibitory factor, and the relationship between splenectomy, iron load and immunological changes in thalassemia. She also participated in bone marrow, fetal liver and thymus transplantation programmes and in the management of immunodeficiency diseases.

Her areas of clinical expertise include hematological malignancies, genitourinary malignancies with special interest in testicular, ovarian and prostate malignancies, sarcomas, gastrointestinal and colorectal tumours, pediatric malignancies and immunotherapy. She also has a special interest in autologous bone marrow transplantation, high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue.

Dr. Kapadia has contributed to academic medicine through publications and presentations concerning childhood cancer, primary immunodeficiency disorders, congenital neutropenia, bone marrow transplantation and leukocyte migration inhibitory factor. Her professional affiliations include the Indian Hematology Society, Indian Immunology Society, Indian Medical & Pediatric Oncology Society, Mumbai Oncology Society, International Society of Pediatric Oncology and Indian Menopause Society.

Educational Qualifications

The supplied material documents extensive postgraduate clinical, research and fellowship training in pediatrics, oncology, hematology and immunology,.

Fellowship & Areas of Interest

• Fellow in Pediatrics, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical School, New York — 1974–1976.
• Fellow in Hematology, New York Hospital, New York — 1977.
• Fellow in Immunology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York — 1976–1978.
• Research Fellow in Immunology, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York — 1976–1978.
• Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York — 1978–1980.
• Hematological malignancies.
• Genitourinary malignancies, including testicular, ovarian and prostate malignancies.
• Sarcomas.
• Autologous bone marrow transplantation, high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue.
• Gastrointestinal and colorectal tumours.
• Pediatric malignancies.
• Immunotherapy.

Research Contributions & Publications

• Multi-disciplinary therapeutic approach in childhood cancer — Third International Congress of Pediatric Surgeons, Mumbai, 1976.
• Immuno-regulatory T lymphocytes in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — XIVth International Congress of Pediatrics, New Delhi, 1977.
• Partial correction of neutrophil deficiency in congenital neutropenia following bone marrow transplantation — Experimental Hematology, 1977.
• Immuno-regulatory T lymphocytes in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders — Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1978.
• Leukocyte migration inhibitory factor (LMIF) production by human T cell subpopulation — Federation Proceedings, 1978.
• Research into immunoregulatory T lymphocytes, primary immunodeficiency disorders, herpes simplex infection, complement systems, thalassemia-related immunological changes and transplantation programmes.

Awards, Honours, and Recognitions

The supplied material states that Dr. Kapadia received the “Legends of Medical Oncology – Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology (ISMPO).

Specialization

• Medical Oncology
• Pediatric Oncology
• Hematology
• Immunology
• Hematological Malignancies
• Genitourinary Malignancies
• Sarcomas
• Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Tumours
• Pediatric Malignancies
• Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation
• High-Dose Chemotherapy and Stem-Cell Rescue
• Immunotherapy

• Head, Department of Medicine, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai — since 2004.
• Head, Oncology, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
• Consultant Medical & Pediatric Oncologist, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
• Consulting Physician in Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Sir H.N. Hospital and Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai — from 1980.
• Assistant Attending Pediatric Oncologist, Hematologist and Immunologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York — 1978–1980.
• Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York — 1978–1980.
• Research Fellow in Immunology, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York — 1976–1978.
• Fellow in Hematology, New York Hospital, New York — 1977.
• Chief Resident and Senior Resident, Pediatric Oncology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York — 1974–1976.
• Fellow in Pediatrics, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical School, New York — 1974–1976.
• Pediatric Resident, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York — 1972–1974.
• Pediatric House Surgeon / Rotating Intern, K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai — 1970–1971.
• Rotating Intern, The Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut — 1971–1972.