Whatsapp About DR. SHARAT DAMODAR
Dr. Sharat Damodar is the Chief of Haematology and Transplant Services at Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health City, Bangalore. He is also the Vice Chairman of Oncology Services and Clinical Director of the hospital. Dr. Sharat has immense experience treating patients with leukaemia and lymphomas and stem cell transplantation. He completed his MBBS from St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore and has an MD in Internal Medicine. He underwent Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation training at Christian Medical College, Vellore and has multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals. Time and again, he has been invited by various institutes nationally and internationally to deliver lectures and share his experiences. He established the BMT unit in 2004 and is a celebrated oncologist who has performed more than 1200 bone marrow and stem cell transplants. He also won the Chairman’s Award for Best Doctor in 2015. He is a member of multiple committees that devise the hospital guidelines.
Qualification
- DNB (General Medicine): National Board of Examination, New Delhi
- DM (Haematology): Christian Medical College, Vellore
- MD: St Johns Medical College, Bangalore
- MBBS: St Johns Medical College, Bangalore
Fields of Expertise
- Bone Marrow and stem Cell Transplantation
- Cord Blood Transplantation
- Cord Blood Transplantation
- Lymphoma
Key Procedures Performed
- Bone Marrow and stem Cell Transplantation
- Cord Blood Transplantation
- Leukaemia/Lymphoma
Rare/ Unique Skills
- More than 1000 Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplants performed
Posts Held in the past
- Clinical Director – Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health City
- Senior Consultant Haematologist and HOD, Dept of Haematology and Head Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
- Vice Chairman of Oncology Collegium, Narayana Health Network.
- Ex-Chairman of the Hospital Transfusion committee
- Member of the Hospital Infection Control Committee
- Member of the Hospital Drug Formulary Committee
- In charge of the DNB program in Clinical Haematology -4 seats/year
- To attend the post-graduate fellowship program in comprehensive hematology, oncology and stem cell transplant
- Resident medical officer, St Ignatius Hospital, Honavar, from 1993-1995 as part of rural service
- PG Registrar Dept of General Medicine, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore 1995-1999
- Registrar, Dept of Haematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 1999-2001
- PG Registrar, Dept of Haematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 2001-2004
- Senior Consultant Haematologist and Head, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Narayana
- Hrudayalaya Multispeciality Hospital and Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, April 2004 onwards (which has conducted the most significant number of allogeneic bone marrow transplants in Karnataka).
- Clinical Director, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center – May 2015 onwards
Awards & Recognition
- Chairman’s Award for Best Doctor – 2015 (Narayana Health City)
- Visitor Training Program (VTP) Awardee for 2015-16 from the American Society of Haematology.
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Life member of the Indian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT)
- General Secretary – Karnataka Chapter of ISHBT
- Member of Asia Pacific Blood and Marrow Transplantation(APBMT) group.
- Member of the American of Blood and Marrow Transplant (ASBMT)
- Steering Committee member of the Indian Stem Cell Transplant Registry (ISCTR)
- International Member of the American Society of Haematology (ASH)
