Ajay Nooka MD, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Ajay Kumar Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP, Assistant Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology joins the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Dr. Nooka is board certified in Internal Medicine and specializes in Hematology and Medical Oncology.
Research Interests
Dr. Nooka’s research interests include cancer epidemiology in the fields of multiple myeloma and bone marrow transplant. His research focuses on molecular epidemiology of myeloma. Clinically his interests include evaluating newer combinations of novel agents for increasing efficacy of myeloma therapies.
Education
Fellowship: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2011Residency: Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH, 2008
Masters in Public Health: University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2003
Medical School: Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India, 2000
Memberships
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2003American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), 2003
American College of Physicians (ACP), 2005
American Medical Association (AMA), 2005
American Society of Hematology (ASH), 2009
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), 2010
Awards
D. Jack Kilian Memorial Scholarship, UTSPH, Houston, TX 2003
Frederick C. Whittier Excellence in Research Award, Canton Medical Education Foundation, OH 2007
American College of Physicians National Abstracts Competition, San Diego, CA 2007
Frederick C. Whittier Excellence in Research Award, Canton Medical Education Foundation, OH 2008
AACR/ASCO Workshop: Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, Vail, CO, 2010
Rochfort Scholarship, Emory University, GA, 2010
Conquer Foundation ASCO Merit Award, Chicago, IL 2011
Fellowship of American College of Physicians, 2011
