Dr. Swathi S. Prakash

OP Timing:

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – S.S. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Davangere (RGUHS)
• DNB (Internal Medicine) – Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad
• DM (Medical Oncology) – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College & Hospital (RGUHS)
• ESMO(European Society for Medical Oncology)

Areas of Interest:

• Breast & Gynaecologic Oncology
• Thoracic Oncology
• Hematology (Leukemia, MDS/MPN, Multiple Myeloma)
• Lymphomas

Career Objectives:

• Delivering evidence-based, personalized cancer care with a multidisciplinary approach
• Contribution to oncology research and development of innovative therapies
• Academic interest in training postgraduates and super-specialty residents

Professional Experience:

• Associate Consultant – Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta
• Senior Resident – Medical Oncology, St. John’s Hospital, Bengaluru
• Junior Resident – Cytecare Cancer Hospital

Skills:

• Bone marrow aspiration & biopsy
• Intrathecal chemotherapy
• Pleural and ascitic tap
• Understanding of histopathology and molecular diagnostics
• Multidisciplinary tumor board planning

Certifications:

• Basic Life Support Provider (AHA), 2022
• Basic Course in Biomedical Research – ICMR, 2024

Conference / CME Participation:

• Faculty – ASCO 2025 (Delivered talk on TRUST trial)
• COPE 2024 – Adyar Cancer Institute
• Aster Cancer Conclave 2024 – Bengaluru
• Myeloma Matters Symposium – Kidwai Cancer Hospital, 2024
• National Conference on Real World Evidence in Oncology – Vydehi Medical College, 2024
• APICON – 2020, Agra
• CIDSCON – 2018 & 2019
• APITCON – 2017 (Telangana)

Paper & Poster Presentations:

• Real world study — “Real-world evidence of response to neoadjuvant TCHP in HER2-positive breast cancer patients” presented at the National Conference on Real World Evidence in Oncology, Vydehi Medical College (August 2024)
• Poster on “Clinico-immunological profile, treatment strategies and response to treatment in lupus cohort from a tertiary care center in south India” at APICON 2020 (Agra)
• Case report — Basidiobolomycosis — CIDSCON 2018
• “Scrub typhus: an epidemiological study in a tertiary care center” — CIDSCON 2019

Publications:

• Clinico-immunological profile, treatment strategies and response to treatment in a lupus cohort from a tertiary care center in South India — JAPI Rheumatology, Jan 2020

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu