Binoy Yohannen
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Credentials
MD
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Karen Fitz
Phone: 612-626-5906
Email: fitz0355@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-6919
Summary
Dr. Yohannan received his medical degree from the University of Calicut, India and completed his internal medicine residency training at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. After serving as an academic hospitalist and clinical instructor at UT Southwestern Medical School, he completed his hematology and oncology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. In addition, Dr. Yohannan did an advanced hematology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, with an emphasis on myeloma, amyloidosis, and dysproteinemia disorders. Board certified in hematology and medical oncology, he specializes in the treatment of plasma cell dyscrasias, including multiple myeloma and related diseases such as AL amyloidosis, plasma cell leukemia and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. His areas of expertise include autologous stem cell transplantation and novel cellular immunotherapies such as CAR-T-cell therapy and bispecific T cell engagers for patients with multiple myeloma. His research focus is on improving outcomes of patients with multiple myeloma and other plasma cell dyscrasias.
Research Summary
high risk multiple myeloma; early-phase clinical trials; secondary hematological malignancies
Teaching Summary
Mentoring trainees (graduate students, residents and fellows)
Clinical Summary
Multiple Myeloma; Amyloidosis; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; POEMS Syndrome; Cryoglobulinemia; Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; CAR-T Cell Therapy; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation