Dr. Hemant Meghani

Dr Hemant Menghaniis practicing as a consultant - Pediatric Oncology Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Marengo CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad.

Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Smt N.H.L Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (2004-2010)
• Pediatrics Residency, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York (2011-2014)
• Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship, LSUHSC / Children's Hospital New Orleans, LA (2014-2017) (American Board Certified)

Experience & Achievements

• Former, Consultant Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Apollo and CBCC Cancer Care, Apollo Hospitals International Ltd, Ahmedabad, India (2017-2023)

Area of Interest

• Pediatric Leukemias and Lymphomas Providing latest evidence based care for these conditions providing high cure rates
• Pediatric Solid Tumors like Wilm’s Tumor, Neuroblastoma, Ewing’s Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Pediatric Brain & Other rare Tumors
• PediatricHemoglobinopathieslikeThalassemia and Sickle cell Disease Comprehensive multidisciplinary Pediatric Care for these disorders
• Bone Marrow Transplant for Pediatric Blood disorders, Cancers and Other conditions Using Autologous and Allogeneic (Matched Sibling, Unrelated and Haploidentical) transplant as indicated for these conditions

Professional Membership

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology
• Oncology (ASPHO)
• American Society of Hematology (ASH)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• Indian Society for Blood and Marrow
• Transplantation (ISBMT)

Publications / Presentation

• Menghani H. Cori M. "Treatment and Survival Analysis for Pediatric Patients with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis-A Single Institution Review" Annual Cancer Report - Children's Hospital of New Orleans 2015 
• Menghani H, Lolie Y, Gardner R. "A Very Rare Occurrence of Severe Aplastic Anemia with a Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Clone in an Adolescent with Sickle Cell Disease successfully treated with Stem Cell Transplant Oral Presentation, Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) meeting, New Orleans LA, Feb 2016.
• Menghani H, Prasad PK. A Rare Hemoglobin Variant - Hemoglobin Abraham Lincoln -
  A Case of Acute Hemolytic Anemia. Oral Presentation, Southern Society forPediatric Research (SSPR) meeting, New Orleans LA, Feb 2016.
• Menghani H, Velez M. Congenital Pro B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Presentation at 12 Hours of Life. Oral Presentation, Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) meeting, New Orleans LA, Feb 2016.