Work Experience

She completed her MBBS from Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1998 and then went on to pursue a Diploma in Child Health from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala in 2001, followed by an MD in Paediatrics from the same university in 2002. In 2005, she obtained her DM in Medical Oncology from Dr MGR Medical University,Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Yamini Krishnan's passion for improving her skills and knowledge in the field of oncology took her to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee, United States, where she completed an Outreach Fellowship under the guidance of Dr Carlos Rodrigous Galindo in 2008.

Dr. Yamini Krishnan's impressive educational background and extensive experience in the field of paediatric hematology oncology and bone marrow transplantation make her an invaluable asset to the medical community. She joined MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute in 2017 and is originally from Ernakulam, Kerala.

Paediatric hematological malignancies, solid tumours and bone marrow transplantation.

Publications

• Krishnan Y. Response and toxicity profile of Imatinib mesylate in chronic myeloid leukemia Poster presented at XI.Biennial Conference of Indian Society of Oncology.2004; Oct 8-10, Bangalore
• Krishnan Y. Paediatric Osteosarcoma – Single institute experience Poster presented at XXXXVI National Conference, Indian Academy of Pediatrics ,2009; Jan 22-25 ; Bangalore, HO/29[P]
• Gopal M, Al-Awadi S,Krishnan Y. Long term followup of early stage node negative breast cancer from Kuwait . Poster presented 18th Annual Health Sciences Poster Conference, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, 2013;May 7-9, Kuwait ; No 122
• Krishnan Y, Smitha B ,Cholayil S. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity-An underrecognised entity in Paediatric Brain tumours: Case report and Review of literature. Poster presented at International Oncology conference, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, 2018;Sep 28-30; Calicut
• Krishnan Y, Smitha B.Consumption Coagulopathy in Paediatric Solid Tumours- A retrospective analysis from a tertiary referral cancer centre. Poster presented at International Oncology conference, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, 2018;Sep 28-30; Calicut
• Sankar U, Krishnan Y, Warrier NK. Paediatric Langerhans cell histiocytosis: single institution experience over 2 years.Poster presented at 2nd International Oncology conference, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, 2019 ; Aug 30-Sep1 ; Calicut
• Sankar U, Krishnan Y, Warrier NK. Public perception about childhood cancers: A mixed method study .Poster presented at 2nd International Oncology conference, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, 2019 ; Aug 30-Sep1 ; Calicut
• Krishnan Y, Gazel S ,Sankar U, Warrier NK. Clinical Audit of a Paediatric Emergency warning score (PEWS) in the paediatric oncology unit of a newly established tertiary cancer institute: Poster at 10 th annual Conference of Hematology Oncology. Chapter , IAP , Kerala 2019 ; Oct 6 ; Thalassery
• Santhosh kumar N , Krishnan Y, Smitha B, Warrier NK, Manamel M. Fungal suppurative Thyroiditis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Poster presented at 19th national conference of Foundation for head and neck oncology FHNO 2019; Oct 11-13 ;Chennai
• Krishnan Y, Sankar U, Gazel S ,Warrier NK. What happens to the parent when their child gets diagnosed with cancer ? A common man’s perspective – a qualitative study. Poster presented at XIIth SIOP Asia Congress 2021, Mar 19-21; Mumbai
• Sankar U, Krishnan Y, Gazel S ,Warrier NK. Parents perception of childhood cancers in the Malabar Region schools of kerala : A mixed method study. Poster presented at XIIth SIOP Asia Congress 2021, Mar 19-21; Mumbai
• Yamini Krishnan, KrishnanVP, Gazel S, Somdipa Pal, Vyshna Somnath ,Liya Varghese ,Sandhya CT. Factors predicting resilience in parents of paediatric cancer patients in Kerala. Poster presented at 24 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2021, Dec 10-12: Hyderabad
• Somdipa Pal, Yamini Krishnan, Gazel S, KrishnanVP. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy as a surgical management in achild with primary pleural synovial sarcoma-a case report. Poster presented at 24 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2021, Dec 10-12: Hyderabad
• Somdipa Pal, Yamini Krishnan, KrishnanVP, Gazel S. Transitioning of ifosfamide based chemotherapy from the inpatient to an outpatient setting-A cost effective and safe option. Poster presented at 24 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2021, Dec 10-12: Hyderabad
• Fahma H , Yamini Krishnan, Gazel S. Clinical profile of oropharyngeal malignancies in children from a tertiary cancer care centre in south India. Oral Presentation at 1st International Congress on Dental Oncology and Research 2022, Sep 2-3: Ahmedabad
• Somdipa Pal, Yamini Krishnan, KrishnanVP, Gazel S, Rincy Mathew. Clinical Profile of invasive fungal infections in children undergoing chemotherapy. Poster presented at 3rd International Oncology conference, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, 2019 , Sep2-4 :Wayanad

  Vishnu KS, DileepDamodaran, Yamini Krishnan, VP Krishnan. Neuroblastoma : 5 year single centre experience from a surgical perspective. Poster presented at NATCON IASO 2022 ,Oct 6-9: Madurai

• S. Gazel ,Yamini Krishnan ,V.P. Krishnan, Bindu N. Nair , Shiny Mathew. Attitudes towards covid vaccination in parents of children with cancer. Poster presented at 25 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2022, Nov 17- 20: New Delhi
• Somdipa Pal, Yamini Krishnan, V.P. Krishnan, S. Gazel, Rincy Mathew. A 5 year experience of treating rare paediatric malignancies in a tertiary care centre of south India. Poster presented at 25 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2022, Nov 17- 20: New Delhi
• Rincy Mathew, Yamini Krishnan, Shamsudheen Cholayil, V.P. Krishnan, S.Gazel, Somdipa Pal. Brachytherapy in paediatric oncology-A retrospective analysis from a single centre.Poster presented at 25 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2022, Nov 17- 20: New Delhi

Journals

• Krishnan Y, Sreedharan PS, Ramanan SG, Sagar TG. Chronic neutrophilic leukemia: a case report and review of literature. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2004;25:46–48
• Al Shemmari S, Sankaranarayanan SP, Krishnan Y.Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma: Clinical features, prognostic factors and survival with RCHOP in Arab patients in the PET scan era. Lung India. 2014 Jul;31(3):228-31.
• Krishnan Y, Alawadhi SA, P S S, Gopal M, Thuruthel S. Pathological responses and long-term outcome analysis after neoadjuvant chemotheraphy in breast cancer patients from Kuwait over a period of 15 years.
  Ann Saudi Med. 2013 Sep-Oct;33(5):443-50.
• Krishnan Y, Al Awadi S, Sreedharan PS, Sujith Nair S, Thuruthel S. Analysis of neoadjuvant therapies in breast cancer with respect to pathological complete response, disease-free survival and overall survival: 15 years follow-up data from Kuwait. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2016 Mar;12(1):e30-7. .
• Alshemmari S, Sreedharan PS, Krishnan Y. MALT lymphomas -Treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy: Clinical Features, Prognostic factors and Survival. Gulf J Oncolog. 2013 Jul;1(14):76-80. .
• Al-Awadi S, Thuruthel S, Yamini K, Muraligopal P, Maarouf I, Atta A.Changes in biologic features between primary and recurrent or relapsed breast cancers.Gulf J Oncolog. 2014 Jan;1(15):19-24. .
• Krishnan Y, Smitha B ,Cholayil S .Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity – An under recognised entity in paediatric brain tumours: Case report and Review of literature Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020;41:254-6.
• Krishnan Y, Smitha B , Sreedharan PS .Consumption Coagulopathy in Paediatric Solid Tumours- A retrospective analysis and review of literature Gulf J Oncolog. 2019 Sep ; 31:66-71.
• Yamini K, Gazel S, V. Uma VS, Sreedharan PS, Narayanankutty W. Clinical audit of a Paediatric Emergency Warning Score (PEWS) in the paediatric oncology unit of a newly established tertiary cancer institute. Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 2020 Sep ; 5 (3) : 69-74.
• Krishnan, Y., Gazel, S., Sankar, U. V., & Sreedharan, P. S. (2021). Glucocorticosteroid Induced Bradycardia in Children Receiving Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia-an Unrecognised Phenomenon. Asian Oncology Research Journal. 2021; 4(1), 14-23. .
• Yamini K, Gazel S. Shailaj SK, VP Muralikrishnan .Multiple infectious intracranial aneurysms in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – a fatal complication in a highly curable disease. Asian Hematology Research Journal. 2021; 4(2),11-17. .
• Pal S, Krishnan Y, Sainulabdin G, Parameswaran KV. Colo-Colic Intussusception as the Presenting Feature of Neutropenic Typhlitis during Induction Phase of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in an 8-Year-Old Child. Clin Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022;29:17-20. .
• Yamini Krishnan, Gazel S, Aswin Joy, Sreedharan.P.S, Reshmi J S, Sandhya S. Childhood early T cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with t(12;17) (p13;q21) translocation – a rare entity or part of ETP/myeloid mixed phenotype acute leukaemia . Gulf J Oncolog. 2022 Sep ; 40:78-82.
• Ramachandran R, Krishnan Y, Singh P, Kumar A, Mohanty A. X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome harboring a novel CD40-ligand gene mutation: a case report. Immunogenetics. 2022 Dec 7. doi: 10.1007/s00251-022-01289-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36478253. .

Publications as apart of study groups

• Totadri S , Mahajan A, Gupta V , Das A, Meena JP, Singh M , Mohammed S , Aggarwal P, Tuladhar S, Seth R, Naseem S, Varma N, Trehan A, Bansal D -Treatment and outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents : The Indian Pediatric Oncology Group – CML-16-01 Multicentric Study. Poster presented at The 24th European Hematology Association Congress (EHA) 2019 ; June 13 -16, Amsterdam
  Sharma J, Mahajan A, Bakhshi S, Patil V, Verma N, Radhakrishnan V, Singh A, Kayal S, Seth R, Pushpam D, Arora RS. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on access to treatment for children with cancer in India and treating center practices. Cancer. 2022 Feb 1;128(3):579-586.
  Revathi Raj, Ramya Uppuluri, Badira Parambil, Nidhi Dhariwal, Sidharth Totadri, Leni Grace Mathew, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Abhishek Charan, Satya Prakash Yadav, Amita Mahajan, Sangeeta Mudaliar, Ratna Sharma, Mamta Manglani, Gaurav Kharya, Nishant Verma, Ramandeep Arora, Niharendu Ghara, Reghu KS, Nita Radhakrishnan, Nisha Iyer, Priti Mehta, Amitabh Singh, Shivani Patel, Joseph John, Sunil Bhat, Shobha Badiger, Sirisharani Siddaiahgari, Shruti Kakkar, Julius Scott, Dhaarani Jayaraman, Arathi Srinivasan, Yamini Krishnan, Ngangbam Sonamani, Ruchira Misra, Vibha Bafna, Rachna Seth, Purvi Kadakia Kutty, Swati Kanakia, Vasudha Rao, Anand Prakash, Vandana Bharadwaj, Girish Chinnasamy, Outcomes of COVID-19 in children with cancer – Report from the Indian Pediatric Oncology Group (InPOG) COVID-19 registry in India,
  Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2022 ,Pages 34-37,

  Amita Mahajan, Rolika Bansal, Sima Das, Rachna Meel, Sameer Bakhshi, Rachna seth, Neiwete Lomi, Devjyoti Tripathy, Asim Ghosh, Parag Shah, Nishant Verma, Santosh Honaver. Factors impacting the time to diagnosis in a cohort of newly diagnosed patients with retinoblastoma: Early interim analysis from InPOG-RB-19-01.Poster presented at 25 th Annual Pediatric Hematology Oncology Conference 2022, Nov 17- 20: New Delhi

• MBBS Kerala University Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 1998
• Diploma in Child Health Dch Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam ,Kerala 2001
• MD (Paediatrics) Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam ,Kerala 2002
• DM (Medical Oncology) Dr MGR Medical University Chennai, Tamilnadu 2005
• Outreach Fellowship St Judes Childrens Research Hospital Tenneseee, United States under guidance of Dr Carlos Rodrigous Galindo Outreach Fellowship, United States 2008

• Best paper award Indian academy of Paediatrics (IAP) , State conference Kerala chapter-2000
• Best paper award Indian academy of Paediatrics (IAP) , State conference Kerala chapter-2001
• Best Poster at 10 th annual Conference of Hematology Oncology. Chapter , IAP , Kerala 2019 ; Oct 6 ; Thalassery