Dr. Amar Kelkar

Amar Kelkar is a Stem Cell Transplant Fellow and health services researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He recently completed a Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL and previously completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria where he served as the Associate Chief Resident from 2017 to 2018. He also has an interest in medical advocacy and is serving on the American Medical Association Council on Legislation and on the American Society of Hematology Committee on Practice and Subcommittee on Reimbursement. His current research interests are benign and malignant hematology, care delivery, bioethics, cost-effectiveness, and complex decision-making. His background is in molecular biology and genetics, and he has a degree from Cornell University in Biological Sciences, concentrating on Genetics and Development. He worked for 3 years as a member of Dr. Andrew Clark's population genetics laboratory at Cornell University.