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Consultant - Paediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant

Dr.L. Ajeitha

MBBS., MD (Paed)., PDF (PHO)

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Doctor Schedule

Mon - Fri10:30am - 4:00pm

Specialty

Pediatric oncology, hematology and bone marrow transplantation

Memberships

Indian academy of paediatrics

Paediatric hemato-oncology chapter of IAP

Tamil Nadu Pondicherry Pediatric Oncology group

Indian society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Languages

English, Tamil & Hindi

Education & Professional Qualification

M.B.B,S,M.D(Paediatrics)
Post-Doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Fellowship in paediatric blood and bone marrow transplantation

Clinical Expertise

Pediatric oncology, hematology and bone marrow transplantation.
Part of around 100 pediatric bone marrow transplants- both autologous and allogenic (around 80 allogenic transplants including haploidentical HSCTs) for a variety of benign (hemoglobinopathies including thalassemias, Immunodeficiency,Inherited metabolic disorders) and Malignant disorders (Paediatric ALL,AML ,CML and JMML)
Trained in the newer methods of HSCT including Haploidentical HSCT with PTCY and T cell depletion techniques using TCR alpha/beta and CD45RA depletion.

Awards & Recognitions

Dr. GOVINDA REDDY MEDAL IN PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY -MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE
Dr. GOLD SMITH GOLD MEDAL IN PATHOLOGY-MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE
HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHITIOCYTOSIS IN CHILDREN –OUR EXPERIENCE-Oral presentation at the PEDICON 2018-Was awarded BRS Award

Research and Publications

Loganathan A, Munirathnam D, Ravikumar T. A novel mutation in the MECOM gene causing radioulnar synostosis with amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (RUSAT-2) in an infant. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Apr;66(4):e27574. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27574. Epub 2018 Dec 10. PMID: 30536840.
Loganathan A, Munirathnam D, Sundaram B. X-linked Lymphoproliferative Disease (XLP1) Presenting as Non-Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) – Related Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Indian Pediatr. 2020 Nov 15;57(11):1077-1078. PMID: 33231181.
Nandhakumar, D., Loganathan, A., Sivasankaran, M. et al. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Children. Indian J Pediatr 87, 526–531 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03190-6’A
Loganathan, Ajeitha & Srinivasan, Arathi & Scott, JuliusXavier & Ramamoorthy, Ramkumar. (2019). Pyoderma gangrenosum in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology. 20. 157. 10.4103/ijpd.IJPD_59_18.
CYTOGENETICS AND MOLECULAR GENETICS IN CHILDHOOD ALL-Accepted in South Asian Journal of cancer PRESENTATION AT CONFERENCES:
HEMATOPOETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT FOR PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS-ISBMT 2020, CMC VELLORE
HEMATOPOETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT IN FANCONI ANEMIA- IN EUROPEAN BONE MARROW TRA NSPLANTATION MEETING, SPAIN 2020
Induction infections in childhood ALL treatment Poster-PHOCON 2017
Nutritional status of children with ALL-poster-PHOCON 2017. Research Interests:
Pediatric solid tumor- challenges in treatment
Post transplant infections in children

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