Manipal Health Enterprises, one of Asia's largest
provider of quaternary healthcare services, has announced the promotion
of Dr Nagendra Swamy as President. Dr Swamy's contribution to the
organization has been immense. He has been at the forefront-striving to
achieve clinical excellence in all healthcare delivery services for the
group. His contribution in achieving a quantum jump in revenues in the
last five years, is highly laudable. Dr Swamy will be spearheading the
brand building and expansion exercise for Manipal Group of Hospitals,
across India.
Dr Sanjay Goel bags US research award
Dr Sanjay Goel, a medical oncologist and researcher at Montefiore
Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, US,
adopts an unique approach to his colorectal cancer research. For his
efforts, he was awarded American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer
Foundation's Advanced Clinical Research Award. He will receive a
three-year award totaling $450,000 to support original research.
Dr Goel received the award for his research project titled “A novel
pharmacogenomic-based therapeutic approach for patients with KRAS
mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) using an oncolytic
reovirus.� His research focuses on the anti-cancer activity of reovirus
serotype-3 in combination with irinotecan for the treatment of patients
with KRAS mutant mCRC. Reovirus, a common community-acquired virus that
causes mild flu-like gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, can
also infect and cause degenerative changes in cancer cells.