BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic and Professional Background

• M.B.B.S. 1963 - Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India
• M.D. 1968 - Delhi University, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

Current Research Interests

• Monoclonal Gammopathy and Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Clinical Trials
• Prostate Cancer Treatment and Prevention Clinical Trials

Selected Publications

Stubbs Jr EB, Lawler MA, Richards MP, Siddiqui K, Fisher MA, Bhoopalam N, Siegal GJ. Antineurofilament antibodies in MGUS neuropathy produce experimental motor nerve conduction block. ACTA Neuropathologica (in press), 2003.

Ellis TM, Le PT, DeVries G, Stubbs Jr. EB, Fisher MA, Bhoopalam N. Alterations in CD30+ T-Cells in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Clinical Immunology 98:301-307, 2001.

Bakhos R, Andrey J, Bhoopalam N, Reyes CV. Fine needle aspiration cytology of extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma with clinicopathology and fine structural correlations. Diagnostic Cytopathology 18:137-140, 1998.

Wilson JR, Bhoopalam N, Fisher MA. Hemolytic anemia with intravenous immune globulin therapy. Muscle and Nerve 20:1142-1145, 1997.

Thompson KS, Jensen JD, Bhoopalam N, Reyes CV. Pleural effusion cytology of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Diagnostic Cytopathology 16:220-273, 1997.

Bhoopalam N, Springer B, Rohaily-Davis J, et al. Trends in outpatient care in VA Hospital: A day treatment center. Federal Practitioner, 1997.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• Chemotherapy Induced Immunosuppression

Research Funding Sources

• VA Merit Review

Professional Accomplishments

• 1980 - Fellow, American College of Physicians