Dr. Ravi Joshi

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Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – BLDEA’s Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, RGUHS Bengaluru
• MD (Pediatrics) – Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru
• FNB – Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru
• Primary Aerospace Medicine Course – Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) Bengaluru
• Intensive Infection Control Course – St. Jude Global Academy, USA
• EBMT Certification – Bone Marrow Transplant & Cellular Therapy Physician

Areas of Expertise:

• Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Haploidentical & Matched Unrelated Transplants
• CAR-T Cell and Other Cellular Therapy Specialist
• Hematologic Malignancies & Solid Tumors like Pediatric brain tumors, Neuroblastoma, Wilms Tumor, Hepatoblastoma, Retinoblastoma 
• Pediatric Leukemia - ALL, AML, CML, JMML & Lymphoma Management
• Infection Prevention & Critical Care in Immunocompromised Children

 Professional Experience:

• Consultant – Pediatric Hematology Oncology & BMT (Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Bengaluru)
• Consultant – Hematology & Pediatric Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road
• Fellowship – Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Narayana Health City
• Senior Resident – Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai
• Medical Officer – Indian Air Force (Short service commissioned officer, 5 years)
• Experienced in neonatal and pediatric resuscitation

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy Experience:

• Extensive experience of over 1000  Pediatric Allogeneic BMT, including haploidentical HSCT with TCR Alpha beta depletion, Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide & matched-unrelated donor transplants 
• Co-Investigator for CAR-T trials (Varnimcabtagene Autoleucel)
• Skilled in transplant protocols, immune reconstitution & post-transplant complications

 Key Achievements:

• Experience of more than 1000 Allogeneic Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplants
• Established BMT & Pediatric Oncology services in prior institutions
• Actively involved in infection control committees and JCI/NABH compliance
• Distinguished service in the prestigious Indian Air Force 

Research, Publications & Presentations:

1. Oral presentation on Treosulfan, Thiotepa, and Fludarabine-based reduced toxicity conditioning regimens in children with Thalassemia Major in Prestigious European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2025, Florence, Italy.
2. Oral presentation on “Haploidentical stem cell transplantation in children with TCR α/β, CD 19 and CD45 RA depletion “at the First International Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Meet at Mumbai 2018
3. Oral presentation on “Reporting first series of Haploidentical stem cell transplantation with TCR α/β and CD45 RA depletion “ in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference (PHOCON ) 2018, Bangalore.
4. Poster presentation on “USE OF TERLIPRESSIN INFUSION IN MANAGEMENT OF VENO OCCLUSIVE DISEASE OF LIVER IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING HSCT “in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference (PHOCON) 2018, Bangalore.
5. Poster presentation on “Haploidentical stem cell transplantation in children with TCR α/β and CD 19 depletion “ in the Transplantation and cellular therapy meeting of ASBMT and CIBMTR 2019 of iNDUS BMT at Chennai.
6. EBMT 2018 poster titled “Pediatric stem cell transplantation in India – A report from the Indian Pediatric Hematology–Oncology group.
7. EBMT 2018 poster titled “ Outcome of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplants in pediatric acute leukemia – a single center experience from India”.
8. ‘‘Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation In Lysosomal Storage Disorders: A Single Centre Experience in India’’ in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference (PHOCON) 2019, Varanasi, India.
9. Poster presentation in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference (PHOCON) 2018, Bangalore, titled “Myeloablative chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as consolidation treatment for pediatric malignancies – A single institute experience “.
10. Poster presentation in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference (PHOCON) 2018, Bangalore, titled “ High dose chemotherapy followed by tandem autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric patients with malignant brain tumors – A single institute experience“.
11. Poster presentation at the Transplantation and cellular therapy meeting of ASBMT and CIBMTR 2019 of iNDUS BMT meet held at Chennai, India, titled “Bacterial bloodstream infection in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplants in a tertiary care hospital”.
12. Poster presentation at the 53rd. Asia Pacific Pediatric Association conference at Hyderabad, titled “A study of factors affecting newborn weight loss in initial 72 hours of life,” Dr Ravi Joshi, Dr B M John, Dr Vandana Negi, Department of Pediatrics, Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore.
13. Original article published in Journal of Clinical Neonatology, Joshi R, John BM, Negi V. Pattern of weight loss in breastfed neonates in the initial 72 h of life. J Clin Neonatol 2017; 6: 85-9.

Memberships:

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
• Pediatric Hematology Oncology Chapter of IAP
• European Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
• International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)
• Indian Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation (ISBMT)
• National CAR-T Clinical Network (NCCN)
• Indian Association for Cell & Gene Therapy (IACGT)

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, and Hindi