Dr. Sharat Damodar Oncologist in Bangalore

Dr. Sharat Damodar

Oncologist, Bangalore

MD, DNB, DM

  • 31 Years Experience

About

  • Consultant Haematologist & heads the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. 
  • Resident medical officer, St Ignatius Hospital, Honavar from 1993-1995 as part of rural service
  • PG Registrar Dept of General medicine, St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru 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
  • Consultant Haematologist and Head, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital and Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer center, Bengaluru, April 2004 onwards

Specialities

  • Oncology

  • Hemato Oncology

  • Bone Marrow Transplant

Procedures

  • Bone Marrow Transplant

  • Facial Surgery

  • Maxillofacial Surgery

Expertise

  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Head & Neck High Precision Radiotherapy
  • Head and Neck (laryngo-pharyngeal) Cancers
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Haemato Oncology

Education

  • MBBS from St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, 2nd Rank in college, 1st Class final MBBS, 1993 
  • MD/DNB (General Medicine) from St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru,  
  • 1999 
  • DM (Clinical Haematology) from Christian Medical College, Vellore, 2004

Practice Information

Achievements & Contributions

  • Nagendra GT, M N R, Hegde DP, Damodar S, Gupta R. Transfusion associated graft versus host disease in an immunocompetent individual following coronary artery bypass grafting. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2008 Jul;12(3):124-7.
  • Damodar S, Ganesh KV, Murthy S. Mean platelet volume does not predict risk of myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease in Indian patients. Platelets. 2008 Feb;19(1):80-1
  • Damodar S. First-cousin BMT in thalassemia with thymogam conditioning. Indian Pediatr. 2006 Oct;43(10):922.
  • Damodar S, John CN, Gopalakrishnan G, Nair S, Samuel R, Thomas M, Shetty DP. Mast cell disease: surgical and anesthetic implications. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Jul;28(7):446-9.
  • Damodar S, Murthy S. Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in aplastic anemia. Indian Pediatr. 2006 Jan;43(1):82-3.
  • Damodar S, Viswabandya A, George B, Mathews V, Chandy M, Srivastava A. Dapsone for chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children and adults--a report on 90 patients. Eur J Haematol. 2005 Oct;75(4):328-31.
  • Damodar S, George B, Mammen J, Mathews V, Srivastava A, Chandy M. Pre-transplant reduction of isohaemagglutinin titres by donor group plasma infusion does not reduce the incidence of pure red cell aplasia in major ABO-mismatched transplants. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2005 Aug;36(3):233-5.
  • Damodar S, Thomas M, Shetty D. Eosinophilia and valvular heart disease. Indian J Med Sci. 2005 Apr;59(4):162-3.
  • Srishyla MV, Rani MA, Damodar S, Venkataraman BV, Jairam N. A preliminary audit of practice--antibacterial prophylaxis in general surgery in an Indian hospital setting. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1994 Jul;38(3):207-10.
  • Consultant Hematologist and Head, Bone marrow Transplant Unit
  • Member of the Hospital transfusion committee
  • Member of the Hospital Infection control committee
  • Member of the Hospital Drug Formulary committee
  • In charge of the post-graduate fellowship program in comprehensive haematology, oncology and stem cell transplant
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