Biography
Dr. Hemant Malhotra is Professor of Medicine at the SMS Medical College Hospital & Head of the division of Medical Oncology at the Birla Cancer Center. He is an internationally and nationally recognized medical oncologist and was the India, Pakistan &; Bangladesh representative to the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) from 2006 to 2008. He is also ESMO board certified in medical oncology. He is an advisor/consultant/referee/ committee member for oncology to several Government of India bodies and head the ICMR committee for formulation of guidelines for multiple myeloma. He is one of the members of the sub-committee of the ICMR which has developed and published Indian guidelines for the treatment of CML He is the Head of Leukemia Lymphoma disease committee of the Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON). He has been an invited consultant to the WHO on guideline development for bio-similar oncology molecules.
Dr. Malhotra has to his credit more than 200 international and national publications and presentations and is an office bearer and member of many international and national societies and organizations. He is the Principal Investigator for many International & National clinical trials and is on the Data Safety & Monitoring Board (DSMB) for two new oncology molecules. He is the present honorary secretary of the Indian Society of Medical & Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO).