Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid

Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid
Chairman

Oncology
MBBS, M,D, D.M.
35 years of experience
Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon

Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid

Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid
Chairman

Medical and Haemato Oncology
DM, MD, MBBS
35 years of experience
Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon

About

Carried out the first 25 bone marrow transplants

 Conducted more than 40 international and national studies in clinical research

 Known for organizing numerous seminars, workshops and conferences.

Dr. Ashok K. Vaid, is a distinguished and certified Medical Oncologist who has had the unique distinction of starting one of the largest Stem Cell Transplant programs in the private sector in north India. Dr Vaid currently serves as Chairman, Medical Oncology and Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant at the Medanta Cancer Institute, Gurugram, India. He brings over 30 years of clinical expertise with special interest in Cancer Genomics, Immunotherapy Guidance and Precision Onco-therapeutics, in addition to Dendritic Cell Therapy, and Stem Cell Transplant. He was awarded his Doctor of Medicine (DM)degree in Medical Oncology from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles, and has been actively involved in clinical research and has participated in over 50 international and national studies as Principal Investigator. Dr. Vaid is also post graduate teacher registered with National Board of Examinations and is on the panel of university examiners for super-specialty course of Medical Oncology. He was conferred the prestigious “Padma Shri” Award by the President of India, in the year 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine.

List of Treatments
  • Bells Palsy Treatment
  • Blood Clot Brain Surgery
  • Cerebral Angioplasty
  • Cranioplasty
  • Craniotomy
  • Cyberknife Treatment
  • Epilepsy Treatment
  • Gliomas
  • Meningioma
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Hydrocephalus Treatment
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Brain Tumor
  • VP Shunting
  • Neurosurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors Treatment
  • Neuro rehab
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Pituitary Tumor Treatment
  • Post Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Scoliosis Spine Surgery
  • Skin Cancer Treatment
  • Slip Disc Treatment
  • Spina Bifida Treatment
  • VP Shunt
  • Anal Cancer
  • Breast Biopsy
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Chemotherapy
  • Colon Cancer
  • Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Kidney Cancer Treatment
  • Lutetium Therapy
  • Metastatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pet Scan
  • Psma Therapy
  • Sarcoma
  • Tace For Cancer
  • Vaginal Cancer Treatment
  • Whipple Surgery
  • Spine Tumour Surgery
  • Gallbladder Cancer
  • HIPEC
  • Hodgkin Disease
  • Immunotherapy
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Oral Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Liver Cancer
  • Breast Cancer-Surgical
  • Wilms Tumor
  • Breast Cancer
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Heart Transplant
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Liver Transplant
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Gastric Bypass
  • GIST Treatment
  • Gall Bladder
  • Aplastic Anemia
  • Aml Treatment
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Thalassemia Treatment
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Leukemia
  • Liver Transplant
  • Multiple Myeloma Treatment
  • Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
  • Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Awards & Accomplishments
  • Padma Shri Award, 2009
  • Chikitsa Shiromani Award, 2007
Memberships & Certifications
  • Member of Indian Society of Medical & Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO)
  • Founder Member of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON)
  • Life Member of Breast Cancer Foundation of India
  • Life Member of Indian Association of Gynaec Oncologists (IAGO)
  • Life Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)
  • Member of Association of Physicians of India (API)
  • Life Member of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine (IACM) 
  • Member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Member of European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
  • Member of European Hematology Association (EHA)
  • Member of Editorial Board of Current Trends in Asian Oncology
  • Consultant Editor at JK Science (Journal of Medical Education & Research).
Publications

Indian J Cancer :   Management of Malignant Germ Cell Tumours of Ovary, 1992

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Indian J Cancer :   Synchronous oesophageal carcinoma with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, problems with management, 1996

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Ind J Med & Ped Oncol :   Prognostic factors in early stage Non-Small Lung Carcinoma, 1999

IJCP’s Medinews :   New Hormonal Treatments in Breast Cancer, 2000

Fuels Published by Teri, Delhi. Pg 19-23 :   Environmental Pollution and Lung Cancer. In: Clearing the Air Better Vehicles, Better, 2000

Tropical Gastroenterol. Jul-Sep;22(3):170-1 :   Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder: case report and review of literature, 2001

Medicine Update Vol.12,194:1337 :   GCP in India-Practice or Not, 2002

The Journal of Vascular Access. 4:158-159 :   Spontaneous fracture and pulmonary embolization of a central venous catheter, 2003

Click here for Publications LinkIndian J Dermatol Venerol Leprol 70:46-47 :   Flagellate hyperpigmentation from bleomycin, 2004

Indian J Dermatol Venerol Leprol 70:46-47 :   Synchronous Cancer of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung (NSCLC) & Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, 2004

JIACM :   Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as Myasthenia Gravis, 2004

JIACM :   Thalidomide, Physician’s Digest Disease Management, 2004

Indian Journal of Medical & Paediatric Oncology (JMPO), Vol.26 No.1, March, 2005 (Review-II) :   Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs), 2005

JK Science (Journal of Medical Education & Research) Vol.7 No.2, April-June 2005: p63-66 :   Hodgkin’s Disease: Risk Stratification and Multidisciplinary Treatment, 2005

Click here for Publications LinkHepatobiliary Pancreat Dis. Int. Vol.4,No.2, May 15,2005:308-10 :   Bone metastases from primary hepatocellular carcinoma simulating multiple myeloma, 2005

Click here for Publications LinkIndian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2005 May-Jun;71(3):208-9 :   Gastric carcinoma presenting as cutaneous metastases, 2005

Indian Journal of Clinical Practice, July 2005, Vol.16, No.2 :   Nutritional Support in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, 2005

Click here for Publications LinkDelhi State Chapter :   Emergency Medicine Association of Physicians of India, 2005

Colorectal Cancer (Awareness Month) :   Overview of Rectal Cancer, 2006

Haema 2006; 9(2):286-289 :   Primary Testicular Lymphoma: A Case Report, 2006

Click here for Publications LinkThe Oncology Knowledge Bank Lung Cancer, Vol.1, 2006. ISBN: 81-7525-703-2 :   Prognostic Factors in Lung Cancer, 2006

Hongkong Journal of Nephrology 2006;8(2) :   Primary Renal Osteogenic Sarcoma: a rare entity, 2006

Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2006 May; 5(2):305-7. Review. PMID:16698597 :   Breast carcinoma with metastasis to the gallbladder: an unusual case report with a short review of literature, 2006

Click here for Publications LinkUICC World Cancer Congress, Medimond International Proceedings, Washington, D.C. (USA) :   Significant Impact of a Single Gallium (Ga67) Scintigraphy in the Management of Lymphomas, 2006

World Journal of Gastroenterology :   Spinal Cord Compression Secondary to Bone Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2006

Click here for Publications LinkJIMSA Oct-Dec.2006 Vol.19, no.4 (Case Report) :   Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate hyperpigmentation, 2006

Click here for Publications LinkIndian association of clinical medicine. p343-348: Chapter 37. Jaypee Brothers Publication :   Clinical medicine: A practical manual for students and practitioners, 2007

Sao Paulo Medical Journal 2007; 125(5):286-288. PMID: 18094896 :   Primary Testicular Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma-A Review Article, 2007

Journal of Association of Physicians of India 2007 

June; Vol55:451-452 :   Isolated intraorbital metastasis in carcinoma breast, 2007

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placebo-controlled, phase-2 trial: C1-05, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Volume 2 - Issue 8 - p S360 :   Oral Talactoferrin extends survival in patients with refractory NSCLC in a randomized, 2007

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Journal of Thoracic Oncology; Volume 2, Number 8 :   Report of a case of pericardial mesothelioma with liver metastases responding well to pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy, 2007

Singapore Med J 2007; 48(3) : e77 :   Pure choriocarcinoma of testis with rare gingival and skin metastases, 2007

Indian Heart J 2007 Nov-Dec; 59(6):511-4 :   Feasibility and safety of autologous intracoronary stem cell transplantation in patients of non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, 2007

Br J Radiol. 2008, Nov;81(971): 865-71 :   Favourable impact of intensity-modulated radiation therapy on chronic dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer, 2008

J Assoc Physicians India. 2008 Dec;56:1001-2 :   Diagnostic dilemma: non-gestational or gestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary, 2008

Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2009; 3(1): 21–25 :   Metastatic Signet-Ring Cell Gastric Carcinoma Masquerading as Breast Primary, 2009

The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences :   Haematologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Pleural Mesothelioma: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature, 2009

J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 20;27(33):5529-37. Epub :   Trastuzumab plus anastrozole versus anastrozole alone for the treatment of postmenopausal women with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive, hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer: results from the randomized phase III TAnDEM study, 2009

Indian J Cancer. 2011 Apr-Jun;48(2):158-64 :   Management of primary and metastatic triple negative breast cancer: perceptions of oncologists from India, 2011

J Clin Oncol. 2011 Nov 1;29(31): 4129-36. Epub :   Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study of single-agent oral talactoferrin in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer that progressed after chemotherapy, 2011

Indian Journal of Cancer Vol:48(4):438-445 :   Nilotinib as first line therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, 2011

Cancer Sahyog A unit of Indian Cancer Society, Delhi Branch :   Importance of Screening in Various Cancers. Annual Seminar, 2011

Indian Cancer Society, Delhi Branch, :   Tobacco: Lung Cancer, Annual Seminar: Cancer Sahyog, 2011