Dr. Ponni Sivaprakasam
Consultant
Pediatric Hemato Oncologist
23+ years of experience
Global Hospital, Chennai
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About Dr. Ponni Sivaprakasam
- Dr. Ponni Sivaprakasam has an overall experience of 23+ years and is currently working as a Consultant at Gleneagles Global Health City.
- She is listed as a JACIE inspector by EBMT (European Blood and Marrow transplantation) group, which involves inspecting other centers applying for JACIE accreditation and maintaining it.
- She has diagnosed and worked with cancer patients. She has been responsible for ongoing management for the patient and continuity including follow-up care.
- She also plays a key role in teaching juniors in the Pediatric Haemato-Oncology Fellowship Program.
- She has also taken up a managerial role in developing the pediatric oncology block (newly constructed). This involved recruiting new nurses, dietitians, social workers and an oncology pharmacist.
Qualification & Training of Dr. Ponni Sivaprakasam
- M.B.B.S – Madras Medical College, Chennai, India, January 2002.
- MRCPCH (London), Dec 2005
Areas of Clinical interests
- Orthopedic Conditions
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AMI)
- Thalassemia
- Aplastic Anemia
- Spinal Injury
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Various Autoimmune Diseases
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Hematological Disorders
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Multiple Myeloma
- Congenital Neutropenia
- Lymphoma
Memberships:
- European Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
List of Treatments
- Chronic and acute leukemia
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Bone marrow failure syndromes
- Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Multiple myeloma
- POEMS syndrome
- Neuroblastoma
- Primary amyloidosis
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Anaemia- such as Nutritional Anemias,
- Thalassemia
- Sickle cell disease
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- Pure red cell aplasia
- Diamond Blackfan anemia
- Bleeding disorders
- Coagulation disorders
- Thrombocytopenia or low platelets
- Leucopenia (low white blood cell count) or neutropenia (low neutrophil count)
- Aplastic anaemia
- Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
- Splenomegaly and disorders of splenic function
- Hemophagocytic Lymph histiocytosis (HLH)
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)
- Primary Immunodeficiency disorders
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Blood cancers
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