Dr. K. Karuna Kumar is a clinical consultant endowed with Clinical and Academic experience encompassing Hematology, Hematooncology & bone marrow transplantation. Adept at both allogeneic & autologous transplant using bone marrow & peripheral blood stem cells for various benign & malignant conditions, he works deftly during emergency situations with utmost care and responsibility. His expertise and services provided are Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia, Aplastic Anemia, platelet disorders, bleeding and thrombotic disorders & immune deficiency disorders & malignant disorders such as Leukemia, Lymphoma & Multiple myelomas.

 Qualifications  

MD: Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad DNB Clinical Hematology: Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore

 Experience  

Senior Registrar - Narayana Health, Bangalore Senior Registrar - Clinical Hematology in CMC, Vellore

 Special Interest  

Anemias, thalassemia, aplastic anemia, MyeloDysplastic Syndrome (MDS), bleeding & clotting disorders Blood cancers - leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, CML, myeloproliferative disorders Blood and bone marrow transplantation - autologus & allogenic

 Research & Publications 

• Haploidentical stem cell transplantation with TCR alpha/beta and CD19 depletion in a case of unstable hemoglobin disease. Karuna Kumar K, Badiger S, Damodar S, Bhat S. Transplantation 2018 Feb;102(2):e45- e46
• Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: An Uncommon Clinical Syndrome. Waseem Iqbal, Karuna Kumar, Ngangbam Sonamani , Shobha Badiger , Tadele Hailu , Sunil Bhat, International Journal of Medical Pediatrics and Oncology, January-March,2016;2(1): 27-32
• Diagnostic utility in open or closed nuclear membrane. Ganesh RN, Prayaga AK, Chandrasekhar B, Karuna kumar K, Radhika K Acta Cytol. 2010 Sep-Oct;54 (5 Suppl):10 63-5
• Contributed to a chapter on ‘Acute Lymphoid Leukaemia Risk stratification’ in Indian Pediatric Hematology-Oncology textbook (Accepted and Under publication)