Dr. Rahul Bhargava
MBBS, MD (Medicine), DM (Clinical Haematology, AIIMS)
Principal Director, Hematology, Hemato Oncology & BMT
Adjunct Professor, ESIC Hospital, Faridabad
Dr. Rahul Bhargava is a leading Indian Haematologist and Haemato Oncologist with many firsts to his credit. He was the first Indian doctor to successfully perform Stem Cell Transplant in Multiple Sclerosis in 2014 and put the procedure on the map of Indian medical practices. He is also the first Indian doctor to have successfully used Stem Cell Transplant for treating Systemic Sclerosis. A path breaking anaemia clinic for the integrated treatment of anaemia related disorders was conducted under his leadership at FMRI. Credited with having established 14 low cost BMT centres pan India and excellent outcomes, his outreach has had significant impact in training medical practitioners at the grassroots level and serving society, especially the economically underprivileged.
Dr. Bhargava and his highly skilled team have performed over 1200 BMT procedures both nationally as well as internationally, establishing them as one of the largest and most successful teams for Stem Cell Transplant, both Adult as well as Paediatric. His empathetic, patient centric approach, use of cutting-edge technology and vision of a holistic and integrated treatment have found support in the ethos at FMRI and led to excellent outcomes that have firmly established his reputation as leader in his field.
Work Experience:-
• 2005 – 2006 – served as a senior resident in department of haematology and stem cell transplant at CMC, Vellore.
• 2006-2009 AIIMS DM graduate, New delhi
• 2011 – 2013 – established first stem cell transplant centre at Medanta
the Medicity, Gurgaon and in a short span of 2 years completed 100 transplants.
• 2013 – 2016 he joined Artemis as Head of Haematology and did the first haploidentical transplant in Gurgaon.
• 2016 – 2021 he joined Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram as Director & HOD -Hematology, Hemato Oncology & BMT
• 2021 to present Principal Director & HOD – Hematology, Hemato Oncology & BMT at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram
• 2021 to present Director Hematology, Hemato Oncology & BMT at Fortis Hospital, Noida
• 2021 to present Adjunct Professor, ESIC Hospital, Faridabad
Professional Memberships:-
• Champion of community haematology through which he constantly works on Anaemia Free India
• Runs a campaign called SAY NO TO WHOLE BLOOD where to educate the community of using blood components
• Actively involved in developing haematology in Uzbekistan, Iraq, Uganda, Rwanda and many other countries
• Visiting faculty at various national and international universities
• Member of ISHTM
• Founding member of Delhi hematolgoy Group
Education and Fellowships:-
• MBBS and MD (general medicine) from Gandhi Medical college Bhopal
• 2006 he was selected in India’s premier institute for doing his DM (AIIMS) in haematology and stem cell transplant
• 2009 he went on to Vancouver to pursue advance fellowship in unrelated and haploidentical transplant
Speciality Interests:-
• Benin haematology, hematoncology
• Paediatric hematoncology
• Matched sibling and unrelated and haploidentical transplants
• Hematopatholgy and molecular haematology
Awards & Honors:-
• Best outgoing student in MD Bhopal
• Best outgoing student in DM AIIMS
• Best BMT Surgeon – MTI Indian Medical Tourisim Summit 2020
• Frist to Start Bone Marrow Transplant in:
• Indore Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Utter Pradesh
• ESIC Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana
Research :-
• PubMed – Rahul Bhargava
