Binod Dhakal, MD

Associate Professor

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Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

Hematology
Medical Oncology

Languages

English, Nepali, Hindi

Contact Information

(414) 805-0505

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Binod Dhakal, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Medicine, at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Hematology, specializing in multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders. He graduated from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara Nepal in 2004, completed Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Francis Hospital Evanston Illinois, and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he also served as a Chief Fellow. Prior to joining the fellowship, he was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Medical College in Wisconsin in the Division of General Internal Medicine. He has authored numerous publications, including journal articles, meeting abstracts and book chapters. He has also won several awards during his fellowship which include the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Merit Award; Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) research award; Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (CSCTR) best oral abstract and travel trainee award; American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) clinical research training course; and, Outstanding Medical School Teacher award. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Mazie Froedtert Willms and Sue Froedtert Cancer Scholarship, and obtained his Master’s Degree in Clinical and Translational Science.

Research Interests

Dr. Dhakal's current research interests focus on novel drug treatments for patients with multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders by designing and conducting early phase clinical trials.

Propylene Glycol-Free Melphalan versus PG-Melphalan as Conditioning for Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Myeloma.

(Monahan K, Kleman A, Thapa B, Szabo A, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Jerkins JH, Pasquini MC, Hamadani M, Hari PN, Chhabra S.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Dec;26(12):2229-2236 PMID: 32920204 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092250990 09/14/2020
Novel prognostic scoring system for autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in multiple myeloma.

(Dhakal B, D'Souza A, Callander N, Chhabra S, Fraser R, Davila O, Anderson K, Assal A, Badawy SM, Berdeja J, Cerny J, Comenzo R, Chakraborty R, Peter Gale R, Kamble R, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Krem M, Ganguly S, Janakiram M, Kansagra A, Munker R, Murthy H, Patel S, Kumar S, Shah N, Qazilbash M, Hari P.) Br J Haematol. 2020 Nov;191(3):442-452 PMID: 33094839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088463591 10/24/2020
Utilization and Cost Implications of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Stored for a Future Salvage Autologous Transplantation or Stem Cell Boost in Myeloma Patients.

(Chhabra S, Thapa B, Szabo A, Konings S, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Jerkins JH, Pasquini MC, Johnson BD, Hari PN, Hamadani M.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Nov;26(11):2011-2017 PMID: 32717431 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090300711 07/28/2020
Efficacy and safety of frontline regimens for older transplant-ineligible patients with multiple myeloma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

(Giri S, Aryal MR, Yu H, Grimshaw A, Pathak R, Huntington SP, Dhakal B.) J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Nov;11(8):1285-1292 PMID: 32513568 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085911696 06/10/2020
Ixazomib for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

(Chhabra S, Visotcky A, Pasquini MC, Zhu F, Tang X, Zhang MJ, Thompson R, Abedin S, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Drobyski WR, Fenske TS, Jerkins JH, Douglas Rizzo J, Runaas L, Saber W, Shah NN, Shaw BE, Horowitz MM, Hari PN, Hamadani M.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Oct;26(10):1876-1885 PMID: 32653622 PMCID: PMC7571859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089134303 07/13/2020
African Americans with translocation t(11;14) have superior survival after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for multiple myeloma in comparison with Whites in the United States.

(Badar T, Hari P, Dávila O, Fraser R, Wirk B, Dhakal B, Freytes CO, Rodriguez Valdes C, Lee C, Vesole DH, Malek E, Hildebrandt GC, Landau H, Murthy HS, Lazarus HM, Berdeja JG, Meehan KR, Solh M, Diaz MA, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Callander NS, Farhadfar N, Bashir Q, Kamble RT, Vij R, Munker R, Kyle RA, Chhabra S, Hashmi S, Ganguly S, Jagannath S, Nishihori T, Nieto Y, Kumar S, Shah N, D'Souza A.) Cancer. 2020 Sep 23 PMID: 32966625 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091313309 09/24/2020
Prognostic impact of serum CXC chemokine ligands 4 and 7 on myelodysplastic syndromes post allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant.

(Dhakal B, Wang T, Kuxhausen M, Zhu F, Taylor C, Spellman SR, Verneris MR, Hsu K, Fleischhauer K, Lee SJ, Bolon YT, Carlson KS, Nazha A, Saber W.) Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 Sep 13:1-5 PMID: 32924688 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090933926 09/15/2020
Autonomic nervous system control of multiple myeloma.

(Cheng Y, Sun F, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Pisano M, Chhabra S, Stolley M, Hari P, Janz S.) Blood Rev. 2020 Aug 11:100741 PMID: 32807576 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089534779 08/19/2020
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy in multiple myeloma: promise and challenges.

(Dhakal B, Hari PN, Usmani SZ, Hamadani M.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020 Aug 07 PMID: 32770147 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089253834 08/10/2020
Salvage second transplantation in relapsed multiple myeloma.

(Dhakal B, D'Souza A, Kleman A, Chhabra S, Mohan M, Hari P.) Leukemia. 2020 Aug 04 PMID: 32747684 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088870056 08/05/2020
Prevalence and significance of sarcopenia in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation.

(Williams A, Baruah D, Patel J, Szabo A, Chhabra S, Dhakal B, Hari P, Janz S, Stolley M, D'Souza A.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020 Jul 30 PMID: 32732941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088830942 08/01/2020
Multiple myeloma and COVID-19.

(Dhakal B, D'Souza A, Chhabra S, Hari P.) Leukemia. 2020 07;34(7):1961-1963 PMID: 32475990 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085898339 06/02/2020