Dr. Neema Bhat

Overview

Dr. Neema Bhat received excellent honors and a Gold Medal in Physiology from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar. She received her postgraduate degree from Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, in the United States. She then went on to Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to complete her Super specialty Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation.
Dr. Neema Bhat has a total of 8+ years of medical experience, including 6 years of dedicated Hematology and Oncology experience. She is well-versed in autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation in benign and malignant hematological conditions, aplastic anemia, immunodeficiency disorders, and pediatric solid tumors. She has conducted over 75 allogeneic transplants and over 30 autologous transplants and is presently the director of one of the country’s major Thalassemia transplant programs.

Work Experience

• Dr. Neema has offered her expertise in the following positions, making up her experience-
  • Consultant Haematologist, BMT Physician and Paediatric Oncology – Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore – 12/2020 – present.
  • Program Director and HOD, BMT Unit – Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain Hospital- Sankalp India Foundation, Bangalore – 12/2020 – present.
  • Consultant Haematologist, BMT Physician and Paediatric Oncology – BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Bangalore – 09/2018 – 11/2020.
  • Clinical Haematologist, Bone marrow transplant physician with Sankalp India
  • Foundation, Peopletree Hospitals, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore – 03/2018 – 09/2018.

   

Education

Dr. Neema Bhat completed her MBBS from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, in 2008. She has done MD – Paediatrics from Cooper University Hospital, New Jersey, in 2014. After that, she completed her fellowship in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology from Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 2017, where she won first place at the annual resident and fellow research day for both her oral presentation and best abstract.

Honors & Awards

• Over 15 publication in National and International journals
• Presentations in international forums and conferences

Area of Expertise

Dr. Neema Bhat has undergone extensive training at Penn State Health, Pennsylvania, the United States of America in the diagnosis and management of complicated Hematological and Pediatric Oncologic conditions including:
Leukemias
• Acute and Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• JMML
• Infant Leukemias
• Paediatric Leukemias
Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Autologous Transplantation
Allogeneic Transplantation
• Matched sibling
• Matched related donor
• Matched unrelated donor
• Cord blood transplantation
Hematology
• Anemia
• Leukopenia
• Thrombocytopenia
• ITP
• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
• Hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell anemia and thalassemia)
• Bleeding disorders
• Blood clotting disorders
• Multiple Myeloma
• Aplastic anemia
• Bone marrow failure syndromes
Pediatric Oncology
• Bone tumors (Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s Sarcoma)
• Brain tumors
• Neuroblastoma
• Wilm’s tumor
• Retinoblastoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Germ cell tumors