Dr Prashant Kumar Parida pursued his MBBS and postgraduation in General Medicine at Cuttack, Orissa. He then completed DM in Medical Oncology from a prestigious college in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and joined the State Medical Health Services as an Assistant Surgeon. He managed both OPD and emergency cases independently in Ahmedabad for 3 years.

Dr Parida’s special interest lies in Medical Oncology and other cancer treatments. He joined the Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute as a Senior Resident in the Department of Medical Oncology and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Cuttack, Orissa.

Dr Parida has publications on “Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia in a Patient of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of Treatment” in the Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, and “Renal and Pancreatic infiltration in a girl with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A case report in AFANATCON, 2012”, to his name.