Dr. PRAVIN POTDAR, Specialization: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (STEM CELL THERAPY) JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE

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Address:

15 - Dr. Deshmukh Marg, Pedder Road,

Phone No:
City:
Mumbai
Pincode:
400026
Qualification:
Specialization:
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (STEM CELL THERAPY)
Special Skills:
EXPERT IN CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CANCER, EARLY DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS FOR CANCERS SUCH AS BREAST CANCER, LUNG CANCER, LEUKEMIA, ORAL CANCER ETC MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS FOR CANCERS, GENETIC & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS STEM CELL BIOLOGIST.
Experience Summary:
Dr. Pravin Potdar is presently heading Department of Molecular Medicine & Biology for more than 9 years. He has more than 30 years of research experience in the field of Cellular and Molecular Biology of cancer and other genetic disorders. Dr. Potdar has worked as a Senior Scientist for 20 years at Cancer Research Institute (Present ACTRECT), Tata Memorial centre, Mumbai and done extensive research on establishing Biomarkers for early detection of lung and other cancers. Dr. Potdar is a fellow of National Institute of Health (NIH), USA and also worked as a faculty at M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas, USA for 2 and half years. Dr. Potdar has cloned 3 Novel genes such as GGT-REL, KPL1 & KLP2 during his fellowship at NIH, USA. He is a recipient of prestigious National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA award and a Birla Smarak Kosh, Mumbai award for his contribution in cancer research. Dr. Potdar has visited several universities in USA including Dr. James Watson’s (Noble Laureate) laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. At Jaslok, Dr. Potdar has established a Molecular Diagnostics and Stem Cell Research laboratory and carrying out various Research Programs in the field of Cancer Research and Stem Cell Research. Dr. Potdar’s Laboratory is considered as a one of the reference laboratory for R&D in Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research. Dr. Potdar has guided more than 400 research students for dissertations of their M.Sc., M.Tech, M. Pharm and DNB degrees from various universities from India & abroad and many of them are doing their further studies in USA, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia etc. Dr. Potdar’s papers on cancer research & stem cell research are published all over the World Medical Journals. Dr. Potdar has successfully sequenced BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and Wilson Diseases gene in his laboratory and discovered specific novel mutations in Indian population. At Jaslok Hospital. He has established complete molecular diagnostic laboratory for cancer genes, Neurology, genetic disorders and infectious diseases. Dr. Potdar has been associated with many organizations and hold positions in their committees. He has honored with position of a Secretary for Scientific Advisory and Ethics Committee of Jaslok hospital for 5 years. Dr. Potdar is presently “Vice President” of “Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAI)”. Dr. Potdar has more than 50 publications in National & International journals, appointed as a reviewer for many national and international journals and attended several Conferences, Workshops and Seminars all over India and abroad. His name is also included in Marquis Who's Who in World” Book 2012. Recently Dr. Potdar has been included in the organizing committees of Global Cancer Congress 2014 to be held in Hyderabad and Biomedical & Tissue Engineering (BME2015) conference to be held at Philadelphia, USA by OMICS group, USA. Dr. Potdar’s profile & Publications are daily been viewed by several scientists all over the World on Research gate.

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