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Covid-19 Patient Gets Double Lung Transplant, Offering Hope for Others

June 11, 2020

CMC Alumnus Dr. Ankit Bharat (Batch ’97) led the team at Northwestern University that performed a lifesaving double lung transplant for a 20-year old COVID-19 patient in Chicago. Read the full story in The New York Times.

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Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Batch ’81) Participated in the India-US Health Partnership roundtable on “Vaccine for All”

February 24, 2022

The Indian Embassy in the United States organized a roundtable on “Vaccine for All” as part of the India-US Health Partnership. The event was conducted virtually in February 2022. The Ambassador

New Jersey’s Only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Names Director for Phase I Clinical Trials and Investigational Therapeutics

February 15, 2022

Enhancing its commitment to providing the most advanced treatment options for cancer patients through clinical trials, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has named Sanjay Goel, MD, MS as director of its

Dr. Alok Srivastava Presents a Promising Experimental Hemophilia Therapy at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition

December 14, 2021

Fitusiran, an experimental hemophilia therapy administered through a monthly subcutaneous injection, met its primary endpoint in a phase III trial being presented at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH)

Dr. Priya Abraham: For the love of virology

December 1, 2021

Dr. Priya Abraham, director of the National Institute of Virology, profiled in Forbes India. As the head of the National Institute of Virology, her team came across the first sample

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CMC Alumni in the News

Covid-19 Patient Gets Double Lung Transplant, Offering Hope for Others

Other Alumni in the News

Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Batch ’81) Participated in the India-US Health Partnership roundtable on “Vaccine for All”

New Jersey’s Only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Names Director for Phase I Clinical Trials and Investigational Therapeutics

Dr. Alok Srivastava Presents a Promising Experimental Hemophilia Therapy at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition

Dr. Priya Abraham: For the love of virology

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