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About Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell anemia, or sickle cell disease (SCD), is a genetic disease of the red blood cells (RBCs). Normally, RBCs are shaped like discs, which gives them the flexibility to travel through even the smallest blood vessels. However, with this disease, the RBCs have an abnormal crescent shape resembling a sickle. This makes them sticky and rigid and prone to getting trapped in small vessels, which blocks blood from reaching different parts of the body. This can cause pain and tissue damage. SCD is an autosomal recessive condition. You need two copies of the gene to have the disease. If you have only one copy of the gene, you are said to have sickle cell trait.
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Dr. Rahul Naithani
Hematologist | Director - Cancer Care / Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology Oncology
MBBS, DM, MD
New Delhi, IndiaDr Rahul Naithani is a leading haematologist in India with specialization in Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation. He is a highly qualified specialist, having attended training and fellowships in advanced courses at internationally renowned medical centres in Canada and the USA. He is credited for establishing the Hematology & Bone marrow transplant program and has been involved in performing 130 BMT procedures in his illustrious career. He is an acknowledged expert on Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation in children as well as an adult with haematological malignancies and benign disorders.
Clinical Focus
- Allogeneic and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in children and adults
- Stem cell transplantation for Leukemia, Lymphoma, and myeloma
- Treatment for Aplastic anemia, Thalassemia and metabolic disorders
- Stem Cell Transplantation
Awards
- Received Best Presentation Award – at the European School of Oncology Conference, 2008.
- Received Meena Dhamija Award by the Association of Physicians of India-Delhi State Chapter, 2007
- Awarded second prize by the Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, 2006
Dr. Ramandeep Singh Arora
Pediatric Oncologist | Sr. Consultant
M.B.B.S, Diploma in Child Health (DCH), MRCPCH (UK)
New Delhi, IndiaDr. Ramandeep Singh Arora is one of the leading pediatric oncologists in India and has an extensive experience of over 21 years in the clinical field.He is a highly qualified and skilled surgeon who has obtained medical qualifications from many nationally and internationally renowned medical facilities. He has received training from prestigious medical facilities like the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health and University of Manchester in England. He specializes in the treatment of all kinds of cancers that affect children, including leukemia, sarcoma, brain tumor etc. and offers his services in gastrointestinal endoscopic, sino-nasal malignancies, stem cell transplantation, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, to name a few. Dr. Ramandeep Arora is associated with many eminent medical societies of India and abroad, including Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group, International Society of Paediatric Oncology and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Clinical Focus
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Brain Tumor
- Embryonal Tumor
- Sarcoma
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
- External Beam Radiation for Prostate Cancer
- Stem Cell Transplantation
- Sinonasal Malignancies
- Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
