Designation of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
Dr. Gaurav Kharya
Pediatric Hemato-Oncologist, Hematologist, BMT Specialist
Senior Consultant – Pediatric Hematology & Clinical Lead – Centre for BMT
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Profile Snapshot of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
- With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Gaurav Kharya is one of India’s top Pediatric Hematologists. He is currently affiliated with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi as a Senior Consultant Pediatric Hematologist and Clinical Lead in the Centre for BMT.
- His expertise lies in Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, BMT, and Immunology. He has extensive expertise in transplanting in children with benign or malignant blood abnormalities, immunological disorders, and other conditions both nationally and internationally.
- In the last ten years, he has completed over 1000 transplants, including over 170 BMTs for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients—the most number of BMTs performed for SCD by a single physician in India or the whole world.
- He has become a pioneer in the area because of his cutting-edge procedures, which have made haploidentical transplant the go-to treatment for hematological problems when a 100% donor match is not available.
- Dr. Kharya was the first to perform the first Haploidentical BMT for Sickle Cell Disease in India.
- Additionally, he also depleted TCR alpha beta CD 19 in invitro by haploidentical BMT in a 4-month-old baby with severe combined immunodeficiency.
Work Experience of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
- Senior Consultant – Pediatric Hematology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (Present)
- Clinical Head – Centre for BMT at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (Present)
- Registrar in the Department of Pediatrics at Sunder Lal Jain Memorial Hospital
- International Pediatric BMT Fellow at The Great North Children Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Fellow in Pediatric Hematology & BMT at St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Gaurav Kharya’s Qualifications
- MBBS
- DCH
- DNB- Paediatrics
- Fellowship in Hematology and Pediatric Oncology
- Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and BMT
Memberships of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
- Indian Academy Of Pediatrics
- International Society of Pediatric Oncology
- Membership in IAP’s chapter, Pediatric Hematology, and Oncology
Achievements of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
- First to perform haploidentical BMT for sickle cell disease in India
- He was able to perform successful TCR alpha beta CD 19 depletion of haploidentical BMT in-vitro in the youngest (4 months) with severe combined immunodeficiency
Publications of Dr. Gaurav Kharya
Articles (last few):
- Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Nitin Gupta, Dharma Choudhary, Vipin Khandelwal, Mayank Dhamija, Gaurav Kharya, Anil Handoo, Arpita Arora and Rasika Setia: Cost of Hematopoietic BMT in India. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2014, 6(1): e2014046, DOI: 10.4084 / MJHID.2014.046
Chapters:
- “Arterial blood gas vs venous blood gas: which one and when?” Dhiren Gupta and Gaurav Kharya, Pediatric emergency medicine edited by Suresh Gupta, published by Indian Journal of Pediatrics.
Abstracts:
- A Prakash, G Kharya, A Sachdeva, D K Kahlon, M Kalra, N Radhakrishnan, V Dinand, S P Yadav. Is it possible to treat pediatric acute myeloid leukaemia in a developing country? ISH 2010 Jerusalem.