Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy — Consultant Haematologist and Hemato-Oncologist in Hyderabad

Dr. Padmaja Lokireddy is a Consultant Haematologist and Hemato-Oncologist at Apollo Hospital in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, with more than 18 years of experience. Her profile records hematology and bone marrow transplant together with medical oncology.

The non-malignant side of her list is unusually detailed. Alongside acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes sit hemophilia management, Von Willebrand disease management, chronic thrombocytopenia, sickle cell disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and bone marrow failure syndromes. Von Willebrand disease and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria are rare conditions that few general lists name, and their presence indicates a practice taking referrals for uncommon blood disorders rather than for cancer alone.

Bone marrow transplant is the intensive treatment recorded, with chemotherapy for solid tumors and immunotherapy for advanced cancer covering the oncology half. A further entry, living with blood disorders, is about the long-term management of conditions that are controlled rather than cured, which is the reality for most of the rare disorders above.

Her qualifications were taken in two systems. After MBBS and an MD in general medicine, she holds MRCP, FRCPath and a CCT, the certificate that marks completion of specialist training. FRCPath is a pathology qualification, and for a haematologist it means the laboratory diagnosis and the clinical treatment are in the same hands.

Her profile records a meritorious award in haematology and transplant from the International Biographic Centre in Cambridge in 2016, in which year she was also included in its dictionary and recognised among the top 100 physicians. She practises at Apollo Health City in Jubilee Hills.