Dr G. Smeeta

Dr G. Smeeta

Dr Smeeta Gajendra, MD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Onco-Haematopathology at Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She is a haematopathologist with over 15 years of experience in diagnostic haematopathology, haemato-oncology, flow cytometry, and molecular diagnostics.

Her clinical and academic work focuses on the integrated diagnosis and monitoring of haematological malignancies through the application of multiparametric flow cytometry, minimal/measurable residual disease (MRD) assessment, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and molecular diagnostics.

Dr Smeeta has contributed to the development and application of standardized flow-cytometry-based approaches for MRD detectionand disease monitoring. Her work includes research on leukemia stem cells in AML, MRD assessment in ALL, cytogenetic and molecular risk stratification in plasma cell neoplasms.

She has been actively involved in national and international academic forums, multidisciplinary research initiatives, faculty training programmes, and workshops in haematopathology and flow cytometry. She has also contributed to laboratory quality and accreditation initiatives in haemato-oncology diagnostics.

Significant Contributions

• Advanced the application of multiparametric flow cytometry and MRD assessment for diagnosis, risk stratification, response evaluation, and disease monitoring in haematological malignancies.

• Contributed to academic training and capacity building through workshops and educational programmes in MRD by flow cytometry, acute leukemia immunophenotyping, and CSF flow cytometry.

• Contributed to laboratory quality and accreditation initiatives, including NABL preparedness and implementation of quality systems in haemato-oncology diagnostics.

   

Areas of Interest

• MRD in Acute Leukemia, lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma

• Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Leukemia Stem Cells

• Molecular and Cytogenetic Diagnostics in Haematological Malignancies

   

Publications

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