Dr. Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

Dr. Venkatraman Radhakrishnan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology at the Cancer Institute (W.I.A), located in Adyar, Chennai. He completed his pediatric training at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, and the National Health Service (NHS), United Kingdom. He later completed his Medical Oncology fellowship at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. Dr. Radhakrishnan holds a master’s degree in Global Child Health from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, USA.

Dr. Radhakrishnan's areas of interest include conducting clinical trials relevant to low and middle-income countries, pediatric cancer registration, supportive care, and global oncology. He is the lead investigator for the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- sponsored multicenter ISCALL (Improving Survival in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in India) implementation study and the ICICLE-ALL-24 trial. He has authored 253 peer-reviewed research publications and serves as the principal investigator for 23 clinical trials.