Dr. Bhadrasain Vikram, M.D.

Dr. Bhadrasain Vikram, received his medical degree from the University of Delhi and trained in Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.  He subsequently served on the faculties of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Cornell University Medical College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 1992-2003.  He served as professor and University Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Radiation Oncologist-in-Chief at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. From 2003-2006, he served on the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Radiation Oncology.  

Dr. Vikram has authored over 300 Scientific Publications and was listed as among the 1000 Best Doctors in America by American Health Magazine, a Readers Digest Publication.

From 2002-2006 he worked as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, helping to establish or upgrade cancer therapy facilities in about 100 low-and middle-income countries, and founded the Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT).  In 2005 he shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the IAEA whose contribution to global cancer control was cited by the Nobel Committee.

Since 2006, he has served as Chief of the Clinical Radiation Oncology Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), overseeing a portfolio of clinical and translational research grants within the radiation Research Program (RRP).  He assists the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) with NCI's National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), and the Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN); the Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) with NCI's Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP); the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials (CCCT) with several Scientific Steering Committees and Task Forces and the Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) with the Globlastoma Therapeutics Network (GTN).  Dr. Vikram also continues his work on improving cancer prevention and control worldwide-in collaboration with NCI's Center for Global Health (CGH).