Dr. Upendra P Hegde MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
263 Farmington Ave Farmington CT, 06030About
Dr. Upendra Hegde is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Farmington, CT. Dr. Hegde 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
Grant Government Medical College 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intrathoracic lymphadenopathy: sarcoidosis or metastatic seminoma? The diagnostic dilemma revisited.
- Chronic myeloid leukemia following radioactive iodine (131)I therapy of thyroid cancer.
- Metastatic melanoma in the older patient: immunologic insights and treatment outcomes.
- Analyses of T cell-mediated immune response to a human melanoma-associated antigen by the young and the elderly.
- Current status of chimeric antigen receptor engineered T cell-based and immune checkpoint blockade-based cancer immunotherapies.
- Prognostic significance of myeloperoxidase containing blast cells in acute myelogenous leukaemia.
- Bcl-2 and c-myc expression, cell cycle kinetics and apoptosis during the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia from diagnosis to blastic phase.
- The effects of 13-cis retinoic acid and interferon-alpha in chronic myelogenous leukemia cells in vivo in patients.
Awards
- Hematology/Oncology Training Program, 2008-2009 UConn Health Center Best Teaching Award
- UConn Health Center UConn Health Center Cares Council PAWS Team Award
- Chicago, Illinois, 1996-1997 Cook County Hospital Humanitarian Resident Award
- Research Scholarship
- Madras, India Indian Society of Oncology Khandelwal Junior Oncology Award
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Anemia
- Throat Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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