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Amrita Krishnan

Hematology

Amrita Krishnan, MD

Nason-Hollingsworth Chair in Multiple Myeloma; Executive Medical Director, Hematology, City of Hope

Irvine, CA

Equally driven as a clinician and researcher, Amrita Krishnan, M.D., was instrumental in bringing successful transplant therapy to HIV patients with lymphoma, when many believed such patients were too weak to tolerate the procedure."We have patients who had been told to get their affairs in order," she says. "Years later, they are still here."Dr. Krishnan now directs the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at City of Hope, seeking to make gains in one of the most rapidl

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35+

Years in Practice

Credentials

Board Certifications

  • Hematology (ABIM)

Education & Training

  • BS, Cum Laude, Union College, Schenectady NY
  • MD, Albany Medical College (1990)
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester (1990-1993)
  • Fellowship, Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess/Dana-Farber/Harvard (1993-1996)

Peer Recognition

  • Castle ConnollyTop Doctor

    2017-2026 (10 years)

Clinical Focus

Subspecialties

Multiple Myeloma

Conditions & Treatments

Multiple MyelomaCAR-T Cell TherapyStem Cell Transplant

Practice Details

Hospital Affiliations

  • Providence Mission Hospital
  • Marian Regional Medical Center
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
  • Saint John's Health Center
  • Cedars-sinai Medical Center

Experience

35+ years in practice