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Dr. M Joseph John
MD, DM, MBA (HHSM)

Dr. M Joseph John is working as Professor & Head of the Clinical Haematology, Haemato-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab. 

Dr. M Joseph John completed his MBBS and MD from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana and DM from Christian Medical College, Vellore. He set up the Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit in Punjab, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana. Later Dr. M Joseph John completed an MBA in Health and Hospital Management from Bits Pilani. Currently, the Center has an active sibling and matched unrelated donor transplant program for thalassaemia and other haematological disorders. 

Dr. M Joseph John is also the Associate Director of CMC Ludhiana.

Key Publications

1. Kakkar N, John MJ. Chronic neutrophilic leukemia presenting as secondary gout: Coffin D, Gouider E, Hermans C, Konkle BA, Lambert C, Diop S, Ayoub E, Tootoonchian E, Youttananukorn T, Dakik P, Carvalho-Pereira T. The World Federation of Hemophilia World Bleeding Disorders Registry: Insights from the first 10,000 patients. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2023 Nov 20:102264. (Participating Principal investigator)

2. Seth T, John MJ, Chakrabarti P, Shanmukhaiah C, Verma SP, Radhakrishnan N, Dolai TK. Cost-effectiveness analysis of emicizumab prophylaxis in patients with haemophilia A in India. Haemophilia. 2023 Dec 26. doi: 10.1111/hae.14921. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38147060.

3. McQuilten ZK, Venkatesh B, Jha V, Roberts J, Morpeth SC, Totterdell JA, McPhee GM, Abraham J, Bam N, Bandara M, Bangi AK. Anticoagulation Strategies in Non–Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19. NEJM Evidence. 2022 Dec 10:EVIDoa2200293.  https://doi.org/10.1056/EVIDoa2200293

4. Choraria N, Rangarajan S, John MJ, Apte S, Gupta P, Pai S, Chand R, Parvatini S, Ramakanth GSH, Rupon J, Chhabra A. Muley HB, Simoneau D. Nonacog Alfa for Prophylaxis and Treatment of Bleeding Episodes in Previously Treated Patients with Moderately Severe or Severe Hemophilia B in India. Indian Journal of Haematology and Blood Transfusion. 2022 Nov 27. DOI: 10.1007/s12288-022-01588-0. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12288-022-01588-0

5. Choraria N, Rangarajan S, John MJ, Apte S, Gupta P, Pai S, Chand R, Parvatini S, Ramakanth GSH, Rupon J, Chhabra A. Muley HB, Simoneau D. Moroctocog Alfa (AF-CC) for Prophylaxis and Treatment of Bleeding Episodes in Previously Treated Patients with Hemophilia A in India . Indian Journal of Haematology and Blood Transfusion. 2022 Nov 27. DOI: 10.1007/s12288-022-01587-1. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12288-022-01587-1

Current Positions/Chairs:

  • Associate Director
    Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India (Development, Quality and NABH) (October 2022- Present)
  • HOD
    Department of Clinical Haematology, Haemato-Oncology & Bone Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation (2007- Present)
  • Co-Chair
    Publication and Scientific Committee, AHAD-AP (November 2022- Present)
  • Patron
    Indian Myeloma Academic Groupe (IMAGe) (2018-Present)
  • Journal reviewer
    BMT, Transplantation, Cancer Medicine, Haemophilia, Hematology Journal, IJMR, Indian Journal of Cancer, Indian Journal of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (IJHBT), Clinical Case Reports, CHRISMED

Key Institutions

  • Christian Medical College & Hospital
    Department of Clinical Haematology, Haemato-Oncology & Bone Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation
    Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Research Interests

  • Haemophilia
  • Bone marrow transplantation

Achievements

  • ICMR -NIIH Diamond Jubilee “Oration Award for the year 2022
  • Best Team Award to Dr. M Joseph John at the One-Week online course on Health Research Methodology and Evidence Based Medicine (February 2022)
  • Melpadom Attumalil Georgekutty Young Scientist Award-2013 of the Marthoma Church taking into consideration of outstanding contribution in the field of Science and Technology
  • World Federation of Haemophilia “Twin of the Year 2013” Award for the contributions in the haemophilia work through the twinning programme with Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA
  • East Asian Haemophilia Federation Travel Award -Oral paper at Nara, Japan (November 13-15, 2015)