Dr. Narender Kumar Thota -

About Dr. Narender Kumar Thota

Dr. Narender Kumar Thota is a Hematologic Oncologist in Begumpet, Hyderabad and has an experience of 15 years in this field. Dr. Narender Kumar Thota practices at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Begumpet, Hyderabad. He completed DM - Medical Oncology from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, MD - Internal Medicine from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad and MBBS from Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal. He is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology (ISMPO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), Indian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion and European Haematology Association.

Dr. Narender Kumar Thota - Work Experience

Worked as Full time consultant – Medical oncologist and hemato-oncologist at Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Secunderabad. Aug 2012 Till present
DM Resident (fellowship) in Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical sciences, Hyderabad. Aug. 2009 July. 2012
Observer-ship in BMT and Hematology and oncology unit at case western university, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.( Exchange program) 26 Oct 2010 14 Nov 2010
Registrar in Department of Medicine, Yashoda Superspeciality hospital, Secunderabad Sep. 2008 April. 2009
Post-graduation in (Residency) M.D (Internal Medicine) Gandhi Medical Secunderabad. 22 Aug 2005 21 Aug 2008
Medical officer in medicine & cardiology, care hospital, Secunderabad, Oct 2002 Jan 2005 Internship – Mahatma Gandhi memorial hospital, Warangal. June 2001 May 2002

Dr. Narender Kumar Thota - Education & Training

Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. D.M (Fellowship – Medical Oncology) 2009 – 2012
Gandhi medical college, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, NTR University of Health Sciences, A.P. M.D (Residency – Internal Medicine) 2005 – 2008
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, NTR University of Health Sciences. M.B.B.S 1996 – 2002

Awards

Adult Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – Retrospective Analysis. Presented as ORAL presentation at ISMPO VIZAG Meet 2012 in February 2012 Thota Narender Kumar, Gundeti Sada Shivudu, Coca Pragnya, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Digumarti Raghunadharao. Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of medical sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, India.
Judged as one of the best poster from India for ASCO, Chicago – USA, June 2011
Imatinib Mesylate (IM) As First Line Therapy In Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) In Accelerated Phase (AP) And Blast Phase (BC): A Retrospective Analysis Narender Kumar Thota, S Gundeti, Pragnya Coca, Vijay Gandhi. L, Jayanthi Sri rambhatla, Radhika P, Raghunadharao Digumarti, Srinivas B* Dept. of Medical Oncology and *Pathology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Membership

Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology (ISMPO)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

Research Papers & Publications

Plasma Cell Leukaemia Masquerading As Hairy Cell Leukaemia- A Case Report

Published online 22 January 2013. Indian Journal of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (Indian J Hematol Blood Transfusion DOI 10.1007/s12288-013-0228-5)

Thota Narender Kumar, Kalpathi Krishnamani, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Digumarti Raghunadharao.

Imatinib Mesylate (IM) As First Line Therapy In Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) In Accelerated Phase (AP) And Blast Phase (BC): A Retrospective Analysis

Indian J Cancer 2014; 51:5-9.

Narender Kumar Thota, S Gundeti, Pragnya Coca, Vijay Gandhi. L, Jayanthi Sri rambhatla, RadhikaP, Raghunadharao, Srinivas B͙* Dept. of Medical Oncology and *Pathology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

T – CLL/T – PLL: Experience with single agent Bendamustine Case report – Indian Journal of Cancer. Published on April – June 2015.

Narender Kumar Thota*, Sadashivudu Gundeti*, Pragnya coca, Vijay Gandhi Linga*, bhTara Roshni Paul# Raghunadharao Digumarti*

*Departments of Medical Oncology, #Department of Pathology*, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.

Therapy Related Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Following Etoposide Based Chemotherapy In Non–Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor.

Published – J Postgrad Med 2014; 60:84-5. – Case snippet

Narender Kumar Thota*, Vijay Gandhi Linga*, Krishna mani*, Sadashivudu Gundeti*, Raghunadharao Digumarti* *Departments of Medical Oncology, #Department of Pathology*, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Para-saggital hemangiopericytoma with late presentation of liver metastases- A case report and review of literature:-

Published – South Asian journal of cancer (July- September 2013) as letters to editor, Kalpathi Krishnamani, Thota Narender Kumar, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Digumarti Raghunadharao, Ashwani Tandon1.

Diagnostic Dilemma Of Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma – Primary Or Secondary:- Published – Journal of Indian College of Cardiology (13 May 2013) Kalpathi Krishnamani, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Thota Narender Kumar 1, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Digumarti Raghunadharao, Rama Kumari N2.

Primary Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Cranium- Case Series and Review of Literature:-Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 2014; 10:377-80.

Kalpathi Krishnamani *, Thota Narender Kumar*, Linga Vijay Gandhi*, Digumarti Raghunadharao*, Gundeti Sadashivudu*, Uppin Megha #, C. Sundaram #.

*Departments of Medical Oncology, #Department of Pathology*, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Bortezomib in Newly diagnosed patients with Multiple Myeloma: a retrospective analysis from a tertiary care centre in India”

Accepted for publication in Indian Journal of Cancer. The ref no: IJC_186_12

Coca Pragnya, Thota Narender Kumar, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Srinivas Lakshmi, Digumarti Raghunadharao, Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.

Abstracts

The Frequency Of Thiopurine Methyl Transferase Polymorphisms In Children’s With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Granted a Travelling Grant for SIOP 2010, Boston, USA

Abstract number: 681. Published in the abstract book of the SIOP.

Narender Kumar Thota*, Vijay Gandhi Linga*, Pragnya coca*, Sadashivudu Gundeti*, Tara Roshni Paul# Raghunadharao Digumarti*

CHOP chemotherapy plus rituximab compared with CHOP alone in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, from Indian subcontinent

Published as abstract in J Clin Oncol 30, 2012 (suppl; abstr e18545)

Vijay Gandhi Linga, Raghunadharao Digumarti, Rahul Narayan Maddi, Vamshi Krishna Reddy Goteke, Sadashivudu Gundeti, Narender Kumar Thota, Pragnya Coca; Department of Medical Oncology, Hyderabad, India; Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Weight loss of more than ten per cent and radiographic findings are the most important predictive factor for suspecting tuberculosis in patients with multiple myeloma post autologous transplant

G Linga, S Gundeti, Narender kumar Thota, P Coca, R Digumarti BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 47, S337-S337

An anthropometric study in children with chronic myeloid leukemia on imatinib

VKR Goteke, RN Maddi, NK Thota, P Coca, B Nagalla, VG Linga, S Gundeti,

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 30 (15)

ROSAI-DORFMAN’S DISEASE (RDD) PRESENTING AS AN ISOLATED INTRASPINAL MASS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

Coca, Pragnya, Narender Kumar Thota, Vijay Gandhi Linga, Sadashivudu Gundeti, Raghunadharao Digumarti, and S. V. N. Anuradha

PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER 60 (9), E74-E74

Oral presentations – National

Adult Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – Retrospective Analysis- awarded 2nd prize.

Presented as ORAL presentation at ISMPO VIZAG Meet 2012 in February 2012

Thota Narender Kumar, Gundeti sada shivudu, Coca Pragnya, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Digumarti Raghunadharao. Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of medical sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, India.

“ Effects Of Imatinib Therapy On Serum Calcium, Phosphate And Magnesium Levels And Correlation With Musculo-Skeletal Symptoms In Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients”

Presented at the ISMPO VIZAG Meet 2012 in February 2012

Imatinib drug level monitoring in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients after 6 months of therapy. Radhika P, Narender Kumar Thota, S Gundeti, Pragnya Coca, Vijay Gandhi. L, Jayanthi Sri rambhatla,, Raghunadharao Digumarti, Srinivas B͙* Dept. of Medical Oncology and *Pathology, Nizam’sInstitute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Outcome of Patients on First Line Pemetrexed Doublet in Advanced Stage Adenocarcinoma of Lung Rahul Narayan Maddi, Vamshi Krishna Reddy G, Pragnya Coca, Narender Kumar Thota, Radhika P, Jayanthi S, Vijay Gandhi Linga, Sadashivudu G, Lakshmi S, Raghunadharao Digumarti

International – Poster presentation

Imatinib Mesylate (IM) As First Line Therapy In Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) In Accelerated Phase (AP) And Blast Phase (BC): A Retrospective Analysis

Presented as poster at ASCO, Chicago – USA, June 2011

Selected as one of the 4 best papers from India for ASCO, USA, June 2011

Narender Kumar Thota, S Gundeti, Pragnya Coca, Vijay Gandhi. L, Jayanthi Sri rambhatla, Radhika P, Raghunadharao Digumarti, Srinivas B͙* Dept. of Medical Oncology and *Pathology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

An anthropometric study in children with chronic myeloid leukemia on imatinib.

Presented as poster at ASCO, Chicago, USA. June 1-5, 2012

Vamshi Krishna Reddy Goteke, Rahul Narayan Maddi, Narender Kumar Thota, Pragnya Coca, Balakrishna Nagalla, Vijay Gandhi Linga, Sadashivudu Gundeti, Raghunadharao Digumarti; Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India; Department of Medical Oncology, Hyderabad, India; National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Rosai-Dorfman’s Disease Presenting As An Isolated Intraspinal Mass: A Case Report And Review Of Literature From The Indian Subcontinent

Selected as poster at 28th Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society – London, UK October 8&9 2012 Pragnya Coca, Narender Kumar Thota, Vijay Gandhi Linga, Sadashivudu Gundeti, Raghunadharao Digumarti, SVN Anuradha

Initial Experience of Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant – A University Hospital Experience

Presented as poster at 17 Asia- pacific bone marrow transplant, Hyderabad Oct 26-28, 2012

Vijay Gandhi Linga, Krishna Mani Iyer, Rajesh Kota, Muralidhar Gullipalli, Rahul Narayan, Maddi, Gotike Vamshi Krishna Reddy, Thota Narender Kumar, Coca Pragnya, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Maddali Lakshmi Srinivas, Digumarti Raghunadharao

Dept of Medical Oncology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India. 500082

Posters – National

Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma presenting as multiple subcutaneous swellings – case report Presented at the Indian Cancer Congress- February 2011, Bhubaneshwar.

Narender Kumar Thota, Pragnya Coca, Jayanthi Srirambhatla, Radhika.P, VamshikrishnaG, Rahulnarayan.M, Vijay Gandhi Linga, SadashivuluGundeti, LakshmiM, RaghunadharaoDigumarti, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, Nizam’sInstitute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Retrospective Analysis Of Prognostic Factors And Outcomes In Small Cell Lung Cancer Presented as poster at vizag – ISMPO -2012

Thota Narender Kumar, Gundeti Sada shivudu, Coca Pragnya, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Digumarti Raghunadharao, Department of medical oncology, Nizam’s institute of Medical sciences, Hyderabad

Pediatric Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – Retrospective Analysis Presented as poster at Mumbai LYMPHOMAS AND LEUKEMIAS 2012, 6-8 January, 2012 Thota Narender Kumar, Linga vijay Gandhi, Coca pragnya, Gundeti sada shivudu, Lakshmi srinivas M, Digumarti Raghunadharao

Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of medical sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, India
Plasma Cell Leukaemia Masquerading As Hairy Cell Leukemia – Case Report
Presented as posters at Mumbai LYMPHOMAS AND LEUKEMIAS 2012, 6-8 January, 2012
Thota Narender Kumar, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Coca Pragnya, Gundeti sada shivudu, Lakshmi srinivas M, Digumarti Raghunadharao
Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of medical sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, India
Imatinib Mesylate As Front Line Agent In Pediatric Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Accelerated Phase and Blast crisis Patients – Retrospective Analysis
Presented as posters at Mumbai LYMPHOMAS AND LEUKEMIAS 2012, 6-8 January, 2012 Thota Narender Kumar, Coca Pragnya, Maddi Rahul Narayan, GVK Reddy, Linga Vijay Gandhi, Gundeti Sadashivudu, Roshni Paul#, M.Lakshmi Srinivas, Digumarti Raghunadharao Department of Medical Oncology, #Depart of pathology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.