Kishor G. Bhatia, PhD

Dr. Bhatia has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since December 2019, and as our scientific consultant since January 2019.  Dr. Bhatia also serves as a scientific consultant to Reprocell, one of our collaborators, since December 2016, and served as a scientific consultant to Cancer Genetics, Inc. from December 2016 until November 2019.  Since 2006, he has been employed as an Adjunct Investigator with the National Cancer Institute-Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.  From January 2007 until July 2016, Dr. Bhatia also served as a Director-AIDS Malignancy Program at the National Cancer Institute-Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy, and from January 2004 through January 2007, he served as a Program Director and the Director of the National Cancer Institute-Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis.  Dr. Bhatia received a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from the University of Pune and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Mumbai. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology in the United Kingdom, was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and was a Research Assistant Professor at Georgetown University from 1985 to 1989.