Speaker
Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Dr Girish Chinnaswamy completed his medical school and post graduate training in Pediatrics at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Pondicherry, India. He further underwent subspeciality training in Pediatric and Adolescent oncology at the Royal London and Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals in the United Kingdom. He subsequently pursued research in Pediatric cancer pharmacology at the Northern Institute of Cancer Research, Newcastle University, UK studying the pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics of anticancer drugs in children.
He has previously worked as a faculty in Pediatric oncology at Christian Medical College hospital Vellore, India and is presently working as a faculty at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
His special interests are Pediatric neuro-oncology, solid tumors and bone tumors in children. His research interests include Pediatric cancer pharmacology including cancer drug disposition in malnourished children (with cancer), development of newer formulations (liquid formulation etc), drug repurposing for advanced and high risk pediatric malignancies and newer therapeutics ( precision oncology and immunotherapy). He is a member of various national and international societies and is presently the co-chair of SIOP PARC (programme for advancing research capacity in LMICs) committee. He is a core team member of the national cancer Grid and Indian National Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Group and actively involved in their various initiatives.
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