Akshat Jain, MBBS

Dr. Akshat Jain is Section Head of the Inherited Bleeding Disorders and
Hemoglobinopathies Program at the prestigious Loma Linda University
School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital, where he is also a member
of the clinical pediatric hematology/oncology faculty in the Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Medicine. He is the only Indian physician to be awarded the highest honor for service for Legislative assembly of the state of New York and California in addition to the Presidential Gold Medal from AAPI for his service and contribution to science of cancer and blood disorders.

Dr. Jain takes care of children with Cancer and Hematologic disorders
at the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles and teaches at the medical school. He is an expert in the affairs of global health and serves as the advisor to the Harvard University, American cancer society and American academy of pediatrics. He believes in the motto of no child left behind and hopes that with collaborative effort east could catch up with the west and reduce international childhood deaths from cancer significantly.

He received his medical degree from SSR Medical College in Belle Rive, Mauritius, and completed a pediatric hematology/oncology and stem cell transplant fellowship at Steven and Alexandra Cohen’s Children’s Hospital of New York.

Dr. Jain also holds a master of public health degree from Hofstra University School of Public Health in New York. Dr Jain is a world expert in pediatric bleeding disorders and Sickle Cell Disease and features  frequently on national and international media. His experience includes clinical pediatrics, cancer and blood disorder diagnosis and management, global hematology/oncology consulting, and health policy formulation, and his research expertise includes developmental therapeutics, immunogenomics, and outcomes-based research in clinical medicine.