Amrita Krishnan

Dr. Krishnan is the Director of the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at City of Hope in Duarte, CA. She is also Associate Director, Medical Education & Training Program, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic at City of Hope. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology and serves as Attending Physician at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Krishnan received her B.S (Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Union College in Schenectady, NY and her medical degree from Albany Medical College as part of an accelerated six year medical program where she was inducted into the AOA medical honor society. She completed her residency in Medicine at University of Rochester and fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at New England Deaconess Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School. Her primary research interests include multiple myeloma and has participated in over 50 clinical studies as an individual or principal investigator. Dr. Krishnan’s research has been published in numerous medical journals including Blood, Lancet Oncology and New England Journal of Medicine.