Dr. Karthik Bommannan B.K.

2008

1. Silver medal in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology during Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Government Coimbatore medical College and Hospital.

2012

1. Best original paper award: Golden Jubilee Hematology CME. PGIMER. Chandigarh.

2. National winner team member: ISHBT National Hematology Quiz. Puri, Odisha.

3. North Zone winner team member: ISHBT Hematology quiz. PGIMER. Chandigarh.

4. State level winner team member: ISHBT hematology quiz. Chandigarh.

2013

1. ASH Abstract Achievement Award: American Society of Hematology (ASH).

55th Annual ASH meeting, New Orleans, USA.

2. “Dr. Awtar Krishan Award” for best poster presentation.

14th Indo-US Flow Cytometry Workshop. New Delhi, India.

2014

1. Best poster award: Annual meeting of the cytometry society (TCS) of India, Mumbai.

2015

1. TCS Travel award: Annual meeting of the cytometry society of India, Mumbai.

2017

1. Best poster award. A novel dual-reagent flow cytometric assay to screen paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. 18th INDO-US flow cytometry workshop. SGPGI, Lucknow. India.

2. Indo American Cancer Association’s Travel fellowship award for one-month (11-Dec-2107 to 12-Jan-2018) training in “AML-MRD by NGS” at The Methodist Hospital, Huston, Texas.

2021:

1. Sanofi Espoir Foundation’s “My Child Matters” scholarship: Society for International Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 2021.

2022:

1. Runner up: Young Society for International Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) rising star award 2022. Barcelona. Spain.

2024:

1. Dr D N Das Best published paper award. 65thAnnual Conference of the Indian Society of Haematology & Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) “Haematocon 2024”. 07th – 10thth November 2024. Nagpur.

2025:

1. Fourth prize. Oral clinical paper category. Syto Dye Vs Forward & Side Scatter Viable Events Derived MRD In B-ALL. 17th Annual conference and workshop of The Cytometry Society (TCS), India. 1st November 2025. Tata Medical Center. Kolkata.

2. Third prize. Oral clinical paper in malignancies category. Cytogenetic Subtype-Specific Impact of End-of-Induction MRD on Outcomes in Pediatric B-ALL: Distinct Inferior Prognosis in TCF3::PBX1 Patients. 65thAnnual Conference of the Indian Society of Haematology & Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) “Haematocon 2024”. 06th – 09th November 2025. Lucknow.

2026:

1. International travel Blue Dragon Travel award: 67th Annual meeting and international conference of the Korean Soceity of Hematology (ICKSH) 2026. 26th to 28th March 2026. Seoul. South Korea.

Current Positions

• Professor, Dept of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (W.I.A.), Adyar, Chennai, India.

• Committee Member, Institute’s Thesis Review Committee, Cancer Institute (W.I.A.), Adyar, Chennai, India.

• Quality Manager, Department of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (W.I.A.), Adyar, Chennai, India.

• Committee Member, Young International society for pediatric oncology (SIOP) network (Education Day committee)

• Committee Member, Quality and Standards Committee of the International Clinical Cytometry Society (ICCS).

• Committee Member, Education Committee of the International Clinical Cytometry Society (ICCS).

• Committee Member, Hematology, Immunology and Ligand Assays expert panel of the Clinical Laboratory Standards and Institute (CLSI)

• Committee Member, Hematolymphoid malignancies module of CLSI (H43 document)

• Committee Member, The Cytometry Society, India.

• Committee Member, Indian Society for Haematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT)- Puducherry Chapter.

• Tamil Nadu state level coordinator for ISHBT’s national Hematology quiz.

• Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology (The official journal of Indian society for medical and pediatric oncology).

• Guest Editor - Hematopathology special issue (2023), Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology (The official journal of Indian society for medical and pediatric oncology).