S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD
S. Vincent Rajkumar is a Hematologist/Internist/Oncologist at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. He completed his MBBS followed by Internship from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Dr. Rajkumar completed Fellowship in Hematology & Medical Oncology from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Residency in Internal Medicine from University of North Dakota School of Medicine. Currently Dr. Rajkumar is Co-Chair at American Society of Hematology and International Myeloma Working Group.
Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar is engaged in clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research in myeloma and related disorders and has served as the Principal Investigator on several clinical trials for the treatment of myeloma, including the pivotal trials that led to the regulatory approval of Thalidomide for the treatment of the disease in the United States.
He is focused in areas like biomarkers for diagnosis of multiple myeloma and related disorders, novel therapies for multiple myeloma, epidemiology and prognosis of myeloma and related monoclonal gammopathies, clinical trials for myeloma and related disorders and racial disparities in myeloma and related plasma cell disorders.
Representative Publications:
Eligibility for hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for primary systemic amyloidosis is a favorable prognostic factor for survival
Prognosis of patients with primary systemic amyloidosis who present with dominant neuropathy
Primary systemic amyloidosis with delayed progression to multiple myeloma
Fish demonstrates treatment-related chromosome damage in myeloid but not plasma cells in primary systemic amyloidosis