Dr. Shishir Seth

About Doctor

Dr. Shishir Seth is an accomplished hematologist who has been in practice for more than twenty-five years.

He treats patients suffering from acute leukemia (AML/ALL), lymphoma, multiple myeloma, chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm, myelodysplastic syndrome as well as anemia, thalassemia, bleeding, and clotting disorders.

In his career, he has performed 150 hematopoietic stem cell transplants, roughly 40% of which were allogeneic including haploidentical and antigensim mismatch transplants.

He has also performed 300 induction therapies for acute leukemia. Dr. Shishir is a member of both the Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), as well as a member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

He has several publications in national and international journals, which indicate a strong interest in research.

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in the year 1999.
• MD in Pathology at the University of Mumbai, Mumbai in the year 2005.
• Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Clinical Hematology, Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nasik in the year 2009.
• He has a Fellowship in Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) from Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada.

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He worked as a Consultant, - For hemato-oncology & Stem Cell Transplant (BMT), at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi ·        
• He worked as a senior resident (DM-Clinical Hematology) at Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai-India.      
• Dr Seth worked as a consultant at Moolchand Hospital, New Delhi. ·        
• He worked as a Sr. Resident at GTB Hospital, New Delhi. ·        
• He worked as a Clinical Assistant in hematology at PD Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai. ·        
• He worked as Sr. AMO at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. ·        
• He worked as a Junior resident at Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai-India.
• Dr Seth also worked as principal investigator for 2010DRL001: An investigator-initiated observational study to evaluate the response rate and toxicity (safety) of the combination of bendamustine and rituximab (BR) in fresh adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.
• He was the Principal Investigator for IVPL_RT_01: A study of Rituximab in patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer.

Career Highlights

• Dr. Shishir Seth has performed more than 300 induction therapies for acute leukemia, according to his research.
• He performed more than 150 stem cell transplants, 40 percent of which were allogeneic and included haplo-identical and antigen mismatch transplants.

Research and Fellowships

• Dr. Shishir Seth has many publications to his credit, including the paper “An unusual presentation of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
• Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus, 2008; :24(2) 59-62 “Lymph node and Tuberculosis: Clinical, Pathological and Microbiological Correlation.” In CYTOCON-2003 at Pune, India.
• Spectrum of small intestinal lymphoma in western India” in International conference on emerging trends in hematology and immunohematology at Mumbai, India.
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Demographic and clinical profile from a tertiary center in western India
• in Leukemias: molecular insights to treatment paradigms at Mumbai.
• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Lymphoma: Why & When; Evidence-Based Review. Cancer News, December in the year  2011;5(5) 10-12.
• Acute Myeloid Leukemia- An Update. RGCI Newsletter-External- Mar 2012; 16(3) 2-3.
• Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in a patient with Burkitts Lymphoma and paraparesis.
• Rajeeb Kumar Deo; Prakash Chitalkar; Shishir Seth, Kundan Chufal, Hilal Ahmed Yattoo, Abha Bhalla Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Chandigarh, November 11-13, 2011.
• He has a Fellowship in Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) from Vancouver General Hospital, British.

Awards and Recoginition

• Dr. Shishir Seth has performed more than 300 induction therapies for acute leukemia, according to his research.
• As a hematologist and hemato oncologist, he treats acute leukemia (AML/ALL), lymphoma, multiple myeloma, chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm, myelodysplastic syndrome as well as anemia, thalassemia, bleeding and clotting disorders.
• He performed more than 150 stem cell transplants, 40 percent of which were allogeneic and included haplo-identical and antigen mismatch transplants.