Experience
Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy is an esteemed Hemato-Oncologist, Bone Marrow Transplant and Stem Cell Transplant Specialist, renowned for her extensive experience and unwavering commitment to patient care. She completed her postgraduate degree in Internal Medicine from the prestigious Manipal Academy of Higher Education and went on to gain over 13 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy provides comprehensive care for a wide range of blood disorders, including anemia, thalassemia, aplastic anemia, clotting disorders, platelet disorders, and bone marrow failure syndromes. Her expertise also extends to the diagnosis and management of blood cancers and hematological malignancies, including Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma.
She specializes in advanced Hematology and Hemato-Oncology treatments, offering personalized treatment plans based on each patient’s condition. Her areas of expertise include the management of acute and chronic leukemias, Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, multiple myeloma, and other hematological cancers.
Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy is highly experienced in Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and Stem Cell Transplantation. Her transplant expertise includes Autologous, Allogeneic and Haploidentical Transplants, performed for both cancer and non-cancer conditions. She is committed to providing comprehensive transplant care, from pre-transplant evaluation and conditioning to transplantation, monitoring, and post-transplant follow-up.
Having achieved significant professional experience and recognition during her time abroad, Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy returned to India with a strong commitment to bringing international standards of hematology, hemato-oncology and transplant care to patients in India. She has served as a Consultant Hemato-Oncologist and Bone Marrow Transplant Consultant at Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
Her international experience includes working as a Visiting Physician at Johns Hopkins Cancer Care Hospital in Baltimore, USA, and serving as a Transplant Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Birmingham and Glasgow, UK. These experiences have provided her with extensive exposure to advanced cancer care, hematology, and stem cell transplantation.
Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy believes that effective cancer treatment goes beyond medical procedures. She focuses on providing personalized, compassionate and patient-centered care, helping patients and their families understand their diagnosis, treatment options and expected outcomes.
Supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team, she strives to provide advanced and evidence-based treatment across blood disorders, blood cancers, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, bone marrow transplantation and stem cell transplantation.
Her approach combines international clinical experience, advanced treatment options and compassionate patient care, making her a trusted specialist for patients seeking comprehensive treatment for blood disorders, blood cancers and bone marrow-related conditions.
Awards
India Brand Icon Award – 2020
India Brand Icon Award for Healthcare Excellence (Hemato-Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant) By Time Cyber Media.
Meritorious Award
Meritorious Award in the field of Hematology and Transplant by International Biographic centre, Cambridge 2016.
International Biographic Dictionary, Cambridge
Included in International Biographic Dictionary, Cambridge and recognised in the top 100 physicians for 2016.
Associations
- Consultant Hemato oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Consultant Apollo Hospital, Jublie hills, Hyderabad From 09/11/2015.
- Visiting Physician at John Hopkins Cancer Care Hospital, Baltimore, USA Sep 2015.
- Transplant Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital,Birmingham, UK Aug 2015.
- Transplant Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow ,UK May to July2015.
- Hematology Consultant at University Hospital North Tees and Hartlepool Trust December 2014 to May 2015
- Consultant Hematologist at Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, UK (part of Cambridge cancer network) Aug2014 to Dec 2014.
- Specialist Registrar at University Hospital Leicester,UK from 2009 to May 2014.
Conferences Attended
- European bone marrow Transplant conference at Valencia, Spain May 2016.
- Haemostasis update, Bangalore 2016.
- Bone Marrow Transplant update at Vienna, Austria 2014.
- Annual European Bone marrow transplant conference at Excel centre, London2013.
Research and Publications
Mantle cell lymphoma: A clinical review of the changing treatment paradigms with the advent of novel therapies, and an insight into Indian data
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cnr2.1590
Role of Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant in Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria Lokireddy and Mydamn. Advances Leuk Res Treat 2018, 2(1):23-24 Volume 2 | Issue 1
http://scholarlypages.org/Articles/leukemia-research/alrt-2-004.pdf
Extramedullary acute myeloid leukaemia: isolated leukaemic pleural and pericardial effusions without marrow disease.” – 2015 Published in British Journal of Haematology – BJH13575.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26105593/
Volunteer at BBC blood and Bugs programme on 01-11-2014.
Bilateral subdural Hygromas following Intrathecal Methotrexate published in British Journal of Haematology, Volume 155, Issue 5,
Page 536, December 2011
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08797.x
Therapeutic Red cell exchange in Sickle Cell Disease: A series of four cases from a single centre in a developing country
http://ijcrims.com/pdfcopy/2021/jan2021/ijcrims4.pdf
Poster presentation in International Conference EBMT (European Bone Marrow Transplant) Conference 2013 on Effect of Skeletal disease on Stem cell Mobilisation in Myeloma Patients.
Review article on Pulmonary Hypertension secondary to venous thromboembolism published in Thrombus Journal. Jan2010, Vol 13 No4
Presented a scientific paper on “Clinical study of abdominal Tuberculosis” in KAPICSICON south zone conference 2001 in India