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Shweta Bansal

Dr. Shweta Bansal

Head - Paediatric Haemato Oncology and Paediatric BMT
Department
Medical Oncology
Sub-Speciality
Paediatric Haemato-Oncology & BMT
Qualification

M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (Paediatrics)

Contact details
Shweta.Bansal@rfhospital.org
Fellowship
  • PHO - BMT Fellowship (NUH, Singapore), ECMO (European Certified Medical Oncologist), Clinical Research Fellowship in Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, IOP Fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Hospital
  • Professional Diploma: P.D.C.R. (Professional Diploma in Clinical Research), Professional certification in principles and practice of CART cell and Gene therapy (Singapore)
Experience

20 years

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About Us:

Dr. Bansal graduated from Government Medical College, Mumbai and received her DNB (Paediatrics) degree from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi. She is a renowned Consultant Paediatric Haemato-Oncologist.

She did her specialist training at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and then at Tata Memorial Hospital, India followed by bone marrow transplant training at National University Hospital, Singapore. She also received IOP fellowship from St. Jude Children`s Hospital, USA. She has worked as an advisor for BMT services followed by an honorary consultant in LTMGH Sion Hospital in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.

She has been nominated as the best haematologist by India Today Survey 2021 and Outlook Health Survey for TOP Doctors 2022.

Positions held:

  • Treasurer/Joint Treasurer Executive member: Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Chapter of IAP (2014–2018 and 2021–Present).
  • Editor in Chief: South Asian Journal of Cancer, PubMed Indexed (2014–2016).
  • Executive member: Marrow Donor Registry of India (2010–Present).
  • Editor: Newsletter, Marrow Donor Registry of India (2010–2011).
  • National Advisory Board Member, Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology (2019–present).
  • Asian Childhood Cancer Alliance member.
  • Viva Asia BMT Member.
  • Ethics Committee member of NIIH.
  • Core committee member of the Asian Society of Histiocytic Disorders.

Teaching experience:

  • D.N.B. coordinator from Paediatrics/HOD for family medicine/thesis guide (2016–2019).
  • MUHS P.G. teacher – for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology fellowship (2019).

Awards/Felicitations/Achievements:

  • She has bagged several best paper awards at national and international conferences
  • Was invited as guest editor for the CML edition of IJMPO journal which presented 8000 patients of CML from all over India
  • Has been instrumental in establishing the BMT units at both private and Public (LTMGH Sion) hospitals, and both are running the transplants services successfully
  • Performed the first immunologically advanced bone marrow transplant CD45 RA depleted in India with success and one of the first few paediatric oncologists to start immunotherapy for paediatric cancer patients in India (Anti GD2 therapy for neuroblastoma)
  • Felicitated by the Society of Oncology, Patna in 2010 for work in the field of Paediatric Oncology

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplants: She was among a few transplant physicians in India who have done immunologically advanced bone marrow transplants like CD45 RA depleted. She has vast experience in the transplants of patients with thalassemia, Diamond–Blackfan anaemia, aplastic anaemia, inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, and leukaemia. She has also worked tremendously in bleeding disorders, hemoglobinopathies like thalassemia, sickle cell disease, ITP, and primary immunodeficiency.
  • Neuroblastoma Treatment: She is one of the few doctors in India to have successfully used and has experience in using anti-GD2 therapy for patients with neuroblastoma. She has also performed haploidentical transplant in relapsed refractory neuroblastoma.
  • Leukemia Treatment: She treats all kinds of paediatric leukaemia. She has excellent results in childhood leukaemia. She received the best paper award at the St. Jude Viva conference in Singapore in 2010 for eliminating cranial radiation from the Childhood Leukemia protocol and showing excellent results by treating it with chemotherapy alone. She also received the prestigious Fellowship award at SIOP Berlin 2008 for presenting an oral paper on the role of metronomic therapy in Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia.
  • Treatment of solid tumours like Wilms, sarcomas, hepatoblastoma, and other conditions like Langerhans cell histiocytosis and rare paediatric tumours.
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