Gunda Vivek
Consultant Transfusion medicine
Dr. Vivek Gunda, MD, is a Consultant in Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Immunology at Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, India. He completed his MD in Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology from Christian Medical College, Vellore, following his MBBS from Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad.
His clinical and academic interests include transfusion medicine, therapeutic apheresis, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HLA immunogenetics, molecular HLA typing, immunohaematology, and cellular therapies. He has been actively involved in stem cell collections, therapeutic plasma exchange, red cell exchange, immunohaematology investigations, and the development and validation of advanced HLA testing platforms.
He has experience with NGS-based HLA typing, including long-read sequencing using Oxford Nanopore technology, and has been involved in establishing and validating molecular HLA workflows for high-resolution typing. His interests also include transfusion support in complex hematological disorders, sickle cell disease, transplant immunology, and laboratory quality systems.
He has contributed to clinical research and scientific presentations in transfusion medicine and apheresis and is actively involved in NABL, NABH and JCI quality initiatives within the laboratory and hospital setting.
He is currently involved in advancing transplant immunology and molecular HLA diagnostics in clinical transfusion medicine practice.
