Doctors

Brief Profile:

A Padma Shri award-winning medic, Dr. Ashok Vaid, Chairman, Medical and Haemato Oncology, Cancer Institute at Medanta The Medicity, has authored many publications, research papers, and abstracts. He has been actively involved in organizing various seminars, workshops, and conferences across the country.

 Dr. Vaid has also conducted more than 40 international and national studies in clinical research. Having carried out the first 25 bone marrow transplants in any private sector hospital in North India, Dr. Ashok Vaid has carved a niche for himself as a pioneering medic in the field of bone marrow transplants.

Before taking up chairmanship at Medanta, he was the head of the department of medical oncology at Artemis Institute, a senior consultant and coordinator of medical oncology at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, a medical oncologist and lecturer at Government Medical College, Jammu.

He is the founder member of the Indian Cooperative Oncology Network, a life member of Breast Cancer Foundation of India, Indian Association of Gynaec Oncologists and Indian Medical Association.

He is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society for Medical Oncology and European Haematology Association. He has also been on the Editorial Board of ‘Current Trends in Asian Oncology’ and a consultant editor at JK Science.

Education and Training:

MBBS - Jammu University, 1984

MD - Internal Medicine - Jammu University, 1989

Senior Resident - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1990

DM - Oncology - The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU), 1993

Expertise:

Organ-Specific Cancer Treatment

Solid Tumours

Leukemias

Lymphomas

Experience:

Chairman*

Division of Medical & Paediatric Oncology, Haematology & Bone Marrow / Stem Cell Transplant

 Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, 2009

Head, Dept. of Medical Oncology,

Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon, India, 2007 – 2009

Senior Consultant & Coordinator, Dept. of Medical Oncology,

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi, India, 1997-2007

Consultant -Medical Oncologist & Lecturer Dept. of Internal Medicine

Govt. Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India, 1994-1997

Post MD Training Towards Award of DM Degree, Medical Oncology,

Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, India, 1991-1993

Senior Resident, Department of Medical Oncology,

All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, 1990-1991

Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology,

SGPGI, Lucknow, UP, India Jan - Apr 1990

Senior Residency towards award of MD degree in Internal Medicine,

Govt. Medical College, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India 1987-1989

Membership and Fellowship:

Member - Indian Society of Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Founder Member - Indian Cooperative Oncology Network

Life Member - Breast Cancer Foundation of India

Life Member - Indian Association of Gynec Oncologists

Life Member - Indian Medical Association

Member - Association of Physicians of India

Life Member - Indian Association of Clinical Medicine

Member - American Society of Clinical Oncology

Member - European Society for Medical Oncology

Member - European Hematology Association

Member - Editorial Board, Current Trends in Asian Oncology

Awards and  Achievements:

Carried Out The First 25 Bone Marrow Transplants

Padma Shri Award, 2009

Chikitsa Shiromani Award, 2007