Chair for Multiple Myeloma and Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
A renowned expert in the research and treatment multiple myeloma and bone marrow transplantation, Sundar Jagannath, MD is Director of the Multiple Myeloma Center of Excellence (COE) at The Tisch Cancer Institute, Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Endowed Chair for Multiple Myeloma.
Dr. Jagannath has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles in top publications, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer. He has presented more than 150 abstracts and authored nearly 30 book chapters. He is editor-in-chief of Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia and a board member for the Society of Hematologic Oncology. He is the recipient of the distinguished 2018 Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Award (FASCO) for his extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to the American Society of Oncology, the practice of clinical oncology, and people with cancer. In 2003, he received the Humanitarian Award from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. In 2017, Dr. Jagannath received the Innovator Award from the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC). He received the Michaeli Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Multiple Myeloma from the SASS-ARENA Foundation for Medical Research in 2022. Most recently in 2023, he achieved the Waldenström Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Myeloma Society for his long term contributions to the myeloma field.