Medical Oncologist
Dr Pankaj Kr Barman is presently working as a Principal Consultant and HOD – Medical Oncology at Nepal Mediciti Hospital, Nakhu, Lalitpur. He has done his MD- Internal Medicine from Gauhati Medical College & Hospital in 2007 and DNB- Medical Oncology from Army Hospital, Research& Referral, New Delhi in 2012. He was previously associated with Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon and BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi for 5 years and in B&B Hospital, Kathmandu as a collaborative partner with BLK Cancer Center. He is an active member of American Society of Clinical Oncology( ASCO) and European Society of Medical Oncology ( ESMO) and has received his European Certification in Medical Oncology (ECMO) in 2017 from Madrid, Spain.
Dr Pankaj Barman is a leading name when it comes to cancer treatment in Nepal. He has a decade long experience in the field of medical oncology and has been widely acknowledged by people of Nepal for his versatility and patient centric approach.
Dr Pankaj is specialized in treatment of all kinds of solid tumours with keen interest on breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, gynaecological cancer, lymphomas, myelomas and leukemias. His skill lie in chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, hormonal therapy, cancer pain management and palliative care.
He is instrumental in establishing the Nepal Mediciti Cancer Center way back in 2017.
Dr Pankaj has conducted several clinical trials over the years and has been extensively involved in research. He has considerable international exposure , having attended courses and workshops, and visited cancer hospitals of repute worldwide. He has also delivered hundreds of lectures and presentations at conferences and professional meets. In addition to this, he also has vast teaching experience and has organized many CME sessions across the country.
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1. DNB in Medical Oncology at Army Hospital, Research & Referral, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi wef 21 Feb’2009 to 20th Feb 2012
2. Exposure to a variety of solid tumours, hematological malignancies, paediatric malignancies and bone marrow transplant and their management.
3. Sound knowledge on bone marrow transplant procedures.
4. Dissertation on Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed & Refractory Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma from March 2009 to April 2011 under guidance of Brig.( Dr) A K Dhar, VSM, Consultant Med & Medical Oncology at Army Hospital, R&R, New Delhi
5. Post Graduation in Internal Medicine from Guwahati Medical College & Hospital from June 2004 to July 2007.
6. Clinical Research in acute leukemia cytogenetics and its impact on management during post graduation training under guidance of Prof.(Dr) A K Bhattacharya, Ex Consultant, Med & Hematology at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati
7. Worked as a Associate Consultant in Med Oncology at Artemis Hospital , Gurgaon, India for 6 months in 2012
8. Worked as a Consultant at BLK Super specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India for 2 years till Dec 2013
9. Worked as a Sr Consultant & Head at B & B Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal from Dec 2013 to Dec 2016 in collaboration with BLK Hospital, New Delhi, India
10. Worked as Principal Consultant & Head of Medical Oncology at Nepal Mediciti Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal w.e.f March 2017 till date
1. Presented numerous CME’s in Delhi NCR region and also various parts of Nepal.
2. Attended various national and international conferences including ESMO, ASCO, ASGO, ELCC on regular basis.
3. Published review article on Cervical Cancer Vaccination, Cardiac complication of retinoic acid syndrome, Spontaneous tumor lysis syndrome in Paediatric Burkitt’s Lymphoma, HIV and Multiple myeloma, ABMT in relapsed & refractory NHL, and many others in National Journals.
4. Presently doing research on - Incidence of triple negative breast cancer among Nepalese women, Frequency of BRCA 1&2 mutation in a population based sample of young breast cancer cases, Clinical profile , mutational co-relation and outcome of left sided Vs right sided colonic malignancies in Nepal, Adenocarcinoma lung in smoker Vs Non smoker and mutational c0-relation, 1st line platinum doublet in Adenocarcinoma lung who cannot afford pemetrexed therapy, weekly Vs 3 weekly Paclitaxel/Carboplatin for advanced ovarian cancer and outcome of maintenance hormonal therapy in advanced ovarian cancer in developing country like Nepal.
5. Member- European society of medical oncology( ESMO) , American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) & Young Oncology Group( YOG), India.
1. M.B.B.S. passed in July’ 2000 from Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati under Gauhati University, India.
2. MD Internal Medicine passed in Dec’ 2007 from Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, under Gauhati University, India
3. DNB Medical Oncology passed in Dec’ 2012 from Army Hospital, Research & Referral, New Delhi under Diplomate National Board, India
4. Passed European Certified Medical Oncologist Examination from Madrid, Spain (ECMO, 2017 )
Breast, Thoracic , Gastrointestinal and Gynaecological malignancies