Dr. Satyendra Katewa visited Vaidam's office, allowing the team to interact with him in the field of Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT).
During the session, Dr. Katewa discussed Pediatric Allogeneic transplantation. It is a procedure in which a person receives hematopoietic (blood-forming) or blood stem cells from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor. Blood stem cells are found in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood.
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A child may need BMT for specific conditions such as:
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Replacing diseased bone marrow with healthy bone marrow for conditions such as aplastic anemia, leukemia, and sickle cell anemia
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Replacing bone marrow after high doses of chemotherapy or radiation for diseases like lymphoma and neuroblastoma
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Replacing bone marrow with healthy bone marrow to prevent more damage from a genetic disease for diseases such as Hurler syndrome and adrenoleukodystrophy disorder
About Dr. Satyendra Katewa
Dr. Satyendra Katewa is a skilled and highly-educated Pediatric Hemato-Oncology & BMT Surgeon with over 20 years of experience. His specialization includes Bone Marrow Transplants, treating children with diseases and disorders of the blood, lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndrome, brain tumors, neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, germ cell tumor, bone, and soft tissue tumors, liver tumors, anemia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura and hemophilia among others.
Dr. Satyendra Katewa is a pioneer in starting Haploidentical (50% HLA-matched) bone marrow transplants for children in India. He also started and established T-depleted (TCR αβ & B cell-depleted transplants) in India. He is one of the most senior pediatric transplanters in India.
Dr. Katewa has worked massively to establish newer and more advanced ways of pediatric BMT, like Haploidentical and Matched Unrelated BMT. He has established many BMT units in most Indian hospitals.
About Manipal Hospitals Dwarka, Delhi
Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka, a super-specialty hospital, have technological advancements like telemedicine, automated pneumatic chute systems, artificial intelligence, remote monitoring, augmented thinking, virtual reality, EMR, etc. The group is India's leading healthcare network treating over 2 million patients annually in 15 hospitals.
Conclusion
Vaidam's team gained access to the latest information about Pediatric BMT through a valuable opportunity. This initiative is a positive step towards improving healthcare accessibility for patients in India.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Katewa again to gain knowledge and learn from his expertise.
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