Dr. Holavanahall Keshava Prasad MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
3730 S Eastern Ave Las Vegas NV, 89169About
Dr. Holavanahall Prasad is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Prasad specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Bangalore Medical College Medical Degree
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dichotomy of cytokine profiles in patients and high-risk healthy subjects exposed to tuberculosis.
- Identification of an immunogenic histone-like protein (HLPMt) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Characterization by single strand conformation polymorphism of mutations in the rpoB gene of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in strains from Vancouver, Mexico City and New Delhi.
- Detection of resistance to isoniazid in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by molecular techniques.
- Trends in tuberculosis research.
- Direct detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in bovine samples by a novel nested PCR assay: correlation with conventional techniques.
- Occurrence of overlooked zoonotic tuberculosis: detection of Mycobacterium bovis in human cerebrospinal fluid.
- Association of CYP2D6 100 C > T and 2850 C > T polymorphisms with generalized tonic clonic seizures among Indians.
- Isolated thrombocytopenia induced by thalidomide in a patient with multiple myeloma: case report and review of literature.
- Heparin-induced skin necrosis associated with thrombocytopenia and acquired protein C and protein S deficiency.
- Smoldering multiple myeloma.
- Hemostatic effects of bortezomib treatment in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
- Filtration of cerebrospinal fluid improves isolation of mycobacteria.
- Isolation of Mycobacterium bovis & M. tuberculosis from cattle of some farms in north India--possible relevance in human health.
Treatments
- Cancer Care
- Hematology
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member American Society of Hematology
- Member American College of Physicians
- Member Clark County Medical Society
- Member Royal Colleges of Pathologists
- Member Royal Colleges of Physicians
Fellowships
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Hematology/Oncology
Experience & Accolades
- Medical OncologistComprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
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