Dr. Ashish Kumar MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
3333 Burnet Ave. Bmt & Immune Deficie Cincinnati OH, 45229About
Dr. Ashish Kumar is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Kumar specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Kumar treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Kumar can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
L T M Med Coll- Univ Of Bombay- Bombay- Maharashtra- India 1994
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1997
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- FLT3 expressing leukemias are selectively sensitive to inhibitors of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 through destabilization of signal transduction-associated kinases.
- Hoxa9 influences the phenotype but not the incidence of Mll-AF9 fusion gene leukemia.
- Meis1 maintains stemness signature in MLL-AF9 leukemia.
- t(4;11) leukemias display addiction to MLL-AF4 but not to AF4-MLL.
- Authors' comments: t(4;11) leukemias display addiction to MLL-AF4 but not to AF4-MLL.
- Inhibition of Rac GTPase signaling and downstream prosurvival Bcl-2 proteins as combination targeted therapy in MLL-AF9 leukemia.
- EVI1 is critical for the pathogenesis of a subset of MLL-AF9-rearranged AMLs.
- Meis1 preserves hematopoietic stem cells in mice by limiting oxidative stress.
- MEIS1 regulates an HLF-oxidative stress axis in MLL-fusion gene leukemia.
- An ShRNA Screen Identifies MEIS1 as a Driver of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.
- A xenograft model of macrophage activation syndrome amenable to anti-CD33 and anti-IL-6R treatment.
- Real-time genomic profiling of histiocytoses identifies early-kinase domain BRAF alterations while improving treatment outcomes.
Treatments
- Immunodeficiency
- Leukemia
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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