Mahesh Kanojia

Mahesh D. Kanojia
Born	1946 Marmath, India
Residence	Beaumont, Texas, United States
Alma mater	University of Bombay, 1973; University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1979; University of Georgia, 1980
Occupation	Doctor, businessman

Dr. Mahesh D. Kanojia is an Indian American oncologist and holistic medicine practitioner currently residing in Texas.

Biography

Kanojia was born in Marmath, India, in 1946. He attended the G.S. Medical College of the University of Mumbai (then called the University of Bombay), graduating with his MBSS degree in 1973.^[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1974. Kanojia completed his research fellowship in 1976 and a residency in internal medicine in 1979.^[2]

After initial interest in cardiology he switched to specialization in oncology after observing cancer patients. Kanojia began his first fellowship in hematology at the University of Georgia (completed in 1980) and his second at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (finished in 1982).^[2] Following his second fellowship he be joined the staff of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, engaging in research in bone marrow transplantation and the use of chemotherapy to combat GI tract cancer.^[1][3]

In 1983, after completing his research at M. D. Anderson, Kanojia relocated to Beaumont, Texas, where he established the Julie and Ben Rogers Cancer Institute.^[2] In 1993, he became interested in holistic medicine, and began studying herbalism and traditional medicine, specifically the traditional medicines of China and India. To advance holistic healthcare, he founded the Beaumont Cancer Institute in 1997 (serving as its president and medical director) and the Integrated Wellness Centers of America in Houston in 2003, where it quickly expanded to several other locations in both the country and abroad.^[1]

Kanojia currently serves on the faculty of SVYASA Yoga University in Bangalore, India and Zeon Global Energy, a Biofuel, company, in Houston.^[2]

Select bibliography

• Zander, A.R.; Kanojia, M; Keating, M.; Vellekoop, L.; Spitzer, G.; Verma, D.; Minnhaar, G.; Borgelt, B.; Culbert, S.; Jagannath, S.; McCredie, K.; Freireich, E.; Dickie, K.A.: "Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in Acute Leukemia: Piperazindione and Fractionated Total Body Irradiation as an Alternative Conditioning Regimen". Transplantation Proceedings, 1982.
• Kanojia, M.; Zander, A.R.; Vellekoop, L.; Culbert, S., Monnhaar, G.; Spitzer, G.; Verma, D.; and Dickie, K.A.: "High-dose methylprednisolone treatment for acute graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation in adults.". Transplantation. 1984;37(3):246-9.
• Kantarjian, H.; Kanojia, M.; Ajani, J.A.; Karlin D.A.; and Korinek, J.K.: "Cisdiaminodichlorplatinum (II) Chemotherapy of Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract". Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 1983.
• Hall, R.R.; Anagnostou, A.; Kanojia, M.; and Zander, A.R.: "Pneumatosis Intestinalis Associated with Graft vs Host Disease of the Intestinal Tract". American Journal of Roentgenology, 1983.
• Kanojia, M.; Kantarjian, H.; Ajani, J.; Barlogie, B.: "High-Dose Cytosine Arabinoside (ARA-C) in Colorectal Cancer". British Journal of Cancer, 1983.
• Tresukosol, D Kudelka, A.; Edwards, C.; Silva, E.; Kanojia, M.; and Kavanagh, J.: "Leuprolide Acetate in Advanced Ovarian Serous Tumor of Low Malignant Potential". The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 1996.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} IAA - International Centers
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Officers & Directors - Extensions, Inc.
3. ^ Advisory Board | Zeons

External links

• Cancer & Spirituality article
• SVYASA Yoga University

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Name	Kanojia, Mahesh
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Date of birth	1946
Place of birth	Marmath, India
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