HIMA BINDU LINGAM, MD

EDUCATION:

2004-2007 Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology

2001-2004 Tufts-New England Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Residency in Internal Medicine

1997-2001 Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee
Doctor of Medicine

1993-1997 Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Bachelor of Science-Biochemistry

EMPLOYMENT:

1/7/2008- Current Compassionate Cancer Care Medical Group, Inc.
Corona, California
Private practice/Hematology/Oncology

8/20/2007-9/21/2007 Shivers Cancer Center/Brackenridge Hospital
Austin, Texas
Locum tenens/Hematology/Oncology

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2004-2005 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award- NIH Training Grant 5 T32 DK 60445-2

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Induction
Dean’s List

1999-2000 Honors in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry
Dean’s List
John H. Walls, MD, Endowed Scholarship

Dean’s List
Outstanding Student Award in Medical Biochemistry
Frederick Rhodes, MD, Memorial Scholarship

Dean’s List-Bush Scholarship
Samuel J.T. King Scholarship
Research Grant from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Research Grant from Brown University

Research Grant from Brown University

RESEARCH:

2004-2005 Research Fellow in the Dept. of Hematology/Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine for research in the area of polycythemia and methemoglobinemia
Principal Investigator: Josef T. Prchal, MD

Research Assistant in the Dept. of Rheumatology & Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Studied the regulatory regions of the gamma interferon gene and their role in the development of Type I Diabetes Mellitus
Principal Investigator: Thomas Aune, Ph.D.

1996-1997 Research Assistant in the Dept. of Endocrinology at Brown University School of Medicine
Studied the post-translational processing of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone in transgenic mice
Principal Investigator: Eduardo Nillni, Ph.D.

1994 Research Assistant in the Department of Chemistry at
Brown University
Studied the reactivity of organometallic compounds in the presence of an electrochemical potential
Principal Investigator: Dwight Sweigart, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS:

H Bindu Lingam, Roberto H Nussenveig, Amos Gaikwad, Qiqing Zhu, Naijie Jing, and Josef T Prchal. A Novel Mutation of the Cytochrome b5 Reductase Gene in an Indian Patient: Molecular Basis of Type I Methemoglobinemia. Haematologica 2006; 91(11)1544-1547.

H Bindu Lingam, Roberto H Nussenzveig, Amos Gaikwad, Qiqing Zhu, Naijie Jing, and Josef T Prchal. The First Indian Mutation of NADH-Cytochrome b5 Reductase as a cause of Type I Methemoglobinemia. Blood November 2005; 106: 478a. 2005 (American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting-Abstract and Poster)

PRESENTATIONS:

Hematology City-Wide Conference, Baylor College of Medicine

4/4/07-Hemolytic Anemia in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Ben Taub General Hospital

5/10/06- A Case of Peripartum Thrombocytopenia, Ben Taub General Hospital

9/14/05- Spinal Cord Compression in Multiple Myeloma, The Methodist Hospital

7/13/05-The First Identified Indian NADH-Cytochrome b5 Reductase Mutation in Type I Methemoglobinemia

Bone Marrow Transplant Conference, Baylor College of Medicine

1/10/06- Blast Crisis in Chronic Myelogeneous Leukemia, The Methodist Hospital

ELECTIVE ROTATIONS:

10/1/06-10/31/06 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX--Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Advisor: Dr. Alexandria Phan

11/9/06-12/7/06 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX--Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, Advisor: Dr. Edward Kim

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

12/28/2007 Licensure State of California
11/14/2007 Board Certified - Hematology
11/13/2007 Board Certified – Medical Oncology
6/08/2007 Licensure State of Georgia
5/12/2006 Licensure State of Texas
8/24/2004 Board Certified - Internal Medicine

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Medical Association
American Society of Hematology
American Society of Clinical Oncology