About Dr. Amee Patel
DESIGNATION : Superspeciality In Clinical Hematology
DEGREE : M.B.B.S, M.D. Pathology, DNB Superspeciality In Clinical Hematology
Experience
My interest in Hematology arose from my experience in this discipline while still a medical student and the fact that I have always loved working with a cancer patients made it a natural choice. I have also been fascinated with hematology which combines clinical and laboratory skills. I have been working as a DNB Super Speciality resident doctor in Hemato-Oncology and BMT unit of BLK Superspeciality hospital since last 3 years. During my tenure i have treated adult & pediatric patients having different types of benign & malignant hematological disorders including anemia, hemoglobinopathy, coagulation disorders, hemophilia, ITP, TTP, leukemia, lymphoma & multiple myeloma. I have performed bone marrow aspiration, systemic & intrathecal chemotherapy administration for leukemia & lymphoma, PICC line insertion, bone marrow stem cell harvest, peripheral blood stem cell infusion on various patients. I have also treated pediatric solid malignancy during my tenure. BLK Super-Speciality Hospital, Delhi has a dedicated 24 bedded Bone marrow transplant unit which is the largest unit in India, 12 bedded day care unit and separate hematology ward. In last 10 year this BMT unit has helped to cure over 1000 patients of leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia, aplastic anemia, inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, pediatric solid malignancy & connective tissue disorder by doing autologous or allogeneic (complete match & haploidentical) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. During my tenure, Hemato-Oncology & BMT unit has performed more than 400 stem cell transplants. I have also been involved in hospital CME meetings, Delhi hematology group CME meetings and nurse training programs for chemotherapy administration, PICC line insertion and oncology care.
Thesis - DNB Superspeciality
Impact of ABO incompatibility on patient outcome in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Conclusion: Our data of 123 patients who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation concluded that ABO incompatibility does not influence outcome of allogeneic HSCT in terms of neutrophil & platelet engraftment, development of acute GVHD, 100 day-overall survival & non-relapse mortality regardless of stem cell source. In ABO Major & bi-directional incompatible group with high pre-transplant IHA titers (> 1:32) had significant risk of developing PRCA.
Conferences Attended
Attended annual conference RGCON 2020, 7th – 9th February 2020, New Delhi.
Attended and participated in poster presentation in the 60th annual conference of the Indian society of Hematology and blood transfusion - HAEMATOCON 2019, November 07 – 11, 2019, New Delhi.
Attended and participated in the poster competition in INDUS BMT Highlights of 2018 Tandem in New Delhi on April 7th - April 8th 2018
Basic Hematology conference - Nair Medical college, Mumbai - December 2012.
3rd Basic hematology course - Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai - June 2013.
Awards
2nd Price - Poster competition “Allogeneic matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center” in `INDUS BMT Highlights of 2018 Tandem`, New Delhi on April 7th -April 8th 2018.
2nd ISHBT- National Hematology Quiz for Post Graduate students- Winner at Gujarat state level & Participants at national zonal level.
Publications
Manuscript submitted in Blood cell therapy/ The official journal of APBMT- A single center study on impact of ABO incompatibilty in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Myeloablative Versus Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimens for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant For Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfusion 2020.
Fine needle aspiration cytology of lymphnode in HIV positive patients and its corelation with CD4 count- National journal of medical research Volume 7 issue 4 Oct-Dec 2017.
Hematological changes in P. falciparum & P. vivax malaria” National journal of medical research Volume 3 issue 2 Apr- June 2013.
Clinico-epidemiological correlates of hospitalized H1N1 pneumonitis cases in a teaching hospital of western India during 2009- 2010 pandemic – National journal of medical research Volume 2 issue 2 Apr- June 2012.
