Dr Karanam Ashok kumar is one of the leading oncologists in Hyderabad. Currently, he is for Haemato-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) at the American Oncology Institute.

He is an alumnus of the Sri Venkateshwara Medical College, Tirupati, and completed master’s in general medicine from Nizams institute of medical sciences, Hyderabad. He also pursued and completed a specialty training program in Medical oncology from Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences before taking over the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology. Dr Ashok later took up a post-doctoral fellowship in the bone marrow and stem cell transplant program from the Christian Medical College, Vellore.