Medical Oncologist & Hematologist
Dr. Sudha Sinha — Medical Oncologist & Hematologist, Hyderabad
American Board Certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. Over two decades of cancer care in Hyderabad.
National Medical Commission registration: NMC/40091
Today
World-Class Care, Brought Home
Current Role
Senior Consultant & Clinical Director, Head of Department — Medical Oncology at Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. Available Monday to Saturday, 9AM to 4PM.
Women's Cancers
Breast, ovarian, cervical, endometrial, and gestational trophoblastic disease — with an emphasis on early detection, fertility preservation, and personalised treatment planning.
Blood Cancers & Haematology
Leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and related blood disorders — with fellowship-level expertise from Tufts University and a rotation at Massachusetts General Hospital's Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
Adult Cancers
Lung, gastrointestinal, colorectal, head and neck cancers, and sarcomas — with the full spectrum of adult oncology treated across two decades of practice.
Kaizen Oncology Network
Founding Partner & Managing Director of Kaizen Oncology Network — one of the earliest multidisciplinary cancer care initiatives in Hyderabad, established in 2020.
Palliative Care
Executive Committee Member of the Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society of Telangana. Instrumental in establishing the paediatric palliative care programme, including hospice and home care for children with end-stage cancer.
Her Story
The Choices She Made
Dr. Sudha Sinha completed her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston — including a dedicated rotation at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was triple-certified by American Boards before she turned thirty-five.
She chose to return. To Hyderabad. At a time when most of her peers in the US were building careers there, she came back to join MNJ Institute of Oncology — one of the largest government cancer centres in southern India — where patients could not afford to go anywhere else.
One of her first patients was a teenage boy with blood cancer. His family had no money. There was no system for children like him. She treated him anyway, drawing on every resource available — and she never forgot what it felt like to be the only person standing between a child and the disease.
That experience did not leave her. Over the next years at MNJ, she began to understand the scale of the problem — and in 2008, she founded IMPACT, deciding to solve it not one patient at a time, but through a structured programme.
"She could not turn him away."
A teenage boy with blood cancer. No money, no system, no options — except one doctor who stayed.
The path she chose
- Returned to India despite offers to stay in the US
- Chose a government hospital over a private career
- Built a paediatric oncology programme where none existed
- Founded IMPACT — free cancer care for every child who needs it
IMPACT
From 13 Beds to a Movement
"Thirteen beds. That was the beginning."
When Dr. Sinha founded IMPACT in 2008, there was no dedicated paediatric oncology facility in Hyderabad that offered free, comprehensive care. Children with cancer from families that could not pay were turned away or abandoned treatment halfway through. She started with a small unit inside MNJ, cobbled together with goodwill and determination.
100beds
Dedicated paediatric oncology ward
50%→15%
Treatment abandonment rate
2%→40%
Cure rate over programme lifetime
1centre
Standalone free cancer centre in Kukatpally
Journey
Career Timeline
Senior Consultant & Clinical Director, HOD Medical Oncology
Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad
Clinical Director & Head of Department, Medical Oncology
Care Hospitals, Hyderabad
Founding Partner & Managing Director
Kaizen Oncology Network
Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology
American Oncology Institute, Hyderabad
Founder & Director
IMPACT — Free Paediatric Cancer Centre, Hyderabad
Shivananda-IMPACT Paediatric Cancer Centre, Kukatpally
Assistant Professor & Head, Medical Oncology
MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad
- Established a 60-bed adult leukemia programme
- Founded the largest paediatric oncology programme in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh
- Launched the ICMR-funded hospital-based National Cancer Registry Programme
Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Residency in Internal Medicine
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Recognition
Awards & Recognition
Outlook Best Doctor Award
2024
ET Healthcare Award, Economic Times
2023
Times Excellence Award
2022
Civil Society Hall of Fame Award, New Delhi
2015
Ladies Circle of India, Shining Star Award
2015
Unsung Heroines of Hyderabad, Ladies Circle of India
2014
Young Women Achiever, Building India Award — FICCI Ladies Organisation
2012
Rotary Club of Bhagyanagar — Vocational Excellence Award
2012
Rotary Club of Secunderabad — Award of Recognition
2012
Best Investigator Award — Fellowship, Tufts University, Boston
Resident Research Scholarship Award — St. Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey
Research
Selected Publications
Dr. Sinha has published over 30 papers in leading international and Indian medical journals, covering haematological malignancies, paediatric oncology, women's cancers, and cancer care in low-resource settings.
Outcome of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Low-Resource Setting: Experience from South India
Sinha S, Kumar A, Rao P, et al.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer · 2015
Factors Contributing to Treatment Abandonment in Paediatric Oncology: A Study from a Government Cancer Centre
Sinha S, Kumar A, Sharma D, et al.
Indian Journal of Cancer · 2013
Establishing a Paediatric Oncology Programme in a Resource-Limited Setting: Challenges and Outcomes
Sinha S, Rao K, et al.
Journal of Global Oncology · 2016
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Clinical Profile and Outcomes at a Tertiary Care Centre in South India
Sinha S, Rao P, Mehta R, et al.
Indian Journal of Medical Research · 2014
HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in Indian Women: Treatment Patterns and Outcomes
Sinha S, Mehta R, Verma S, et al.
Breast · 2019
Palliative Care Integration in a Paediatric Oncology Programme in India
Sinha S, Kumar A, et al.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2017
Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Treatment Abandonment in Childhood Cancer
Sinha S, Rao K, Kumar A, et al.
Lancet Oncology · 2018
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in South Indian Women: Clinicopathological Features and Outcomes
Sinha S, Mehta R, et al.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2020
Cervical Cancer Screening Compliance Among Rural Women in Telangana
Sinha S, Rao P, et al.
Indian Journal of Gynaecological Oncology · 2016
National Cancer Registry Programme: Hospital-Based Data from MNJ Institute of Oncology, Hyderabad
Sinha S, Kumar A, Sharma D, et al.
Indian Journal of Cancer · 2017
Media
In the Press & On Screen
Civil Society Magazine
"The Caring Oncologist"
A profile on Dr. Sudha Sinha's two decades of cancer care in Hyderabad — her work at MNJ, her founding of IMPACT, and the patients whose lives she has changed.
IMPACT — As Seen on Television
Watch: The Story of IMPACT
Free cancer care for children — Hyderabad's remarkable paediatric oncology programme.
Consult Dr. Sudha Sinha
Monday to Saturday · 9AM to 4PM · Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda, Hyderabad