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Binod Dhakal, MD

Associate Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Hematology
  • Medical Oncology

Languages

  • English, Nepali, Hindi

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Binod Dhakal, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Medicine, at the 91ɫƵ, Division of Hematology, specializing in multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders. He graduated from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara Nepal in 2004, completed Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Francis Hospital Evanston Illinois, and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the 91ɫƵ, where he also served as a Chief Fellow. Prior to joining the fellowship, he was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Medical College in Wisconsin in the Division of General Internal Medicine. He has authored numerous publications, including journal articles, meeting abstracts and book chapters. He has also won several awards during his fellowship which include the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Merit Award; 91ɫƵ Affiliated Hospitals (91ɫƵAH) research award; Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (CSCTR) best oral abstract and travel trainee award; American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) clinical research training course; and, Outstanding Medical School Teacher award. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Mazie Froedtert Willms and Sue Froedtert Cancer Scholarship, and obtained his Master’s Degree in Clinical and Translational Science.

Research Interests

Dr. Dhakal's current research interests focus on novel drug treatments for patients with multiple myeloma and related plasma cell disorders by designing and conducting early phase clinical trials.

Publications

  • (Biran N, Dhakal B, Niesvizky R, Lentzsch S, Bhutani D, McKay JT, Vesole DH, Nooka A, Paul B, Hari PN, D'Ambrosi S, Kuiper R, van Vliet M, Siegel D, Usmani SZ, van Rhee F.) Br J Haematol. 2025 Apr 15 PMID: 40231946 04/15/2025

  • (Hansen DK, Peres LC, Dima D, Richards A, Shune L, Afrough A, Midha S, Dhakal B, Kocoglu MH, Atrash S, Ferreri C, Castaneda O, Davis JA, Bhurtel E, McGuirk J, Wagner C, Bansal R, Costello P, Smith K, Lieberman-Cribbin A, De Avila G, Purvey S, Hosoya H, Mikkilineni L, Oswald LB, Kaur G, Pasvolsky O, Gaballa M, Herr MM, Forsberg P, Janakiram M, Htut M, Maringanti SA, Kalariya N, Hashmi H, Reshef R, Sborov DW, Nadeem O, Anwer F, Khouri J, Raza S, Atanackovic D, Alsina M, Freeman CL, Locke FL, Voorhees P, Anderson LD Jr, Richard S, Martin T, Lin Y, Patel KK, Sidana S, US Multiple Myeloma Immunotherapy Consortium.) J Clin Oncol. 2025 Apr 10;43(11):1399 PMID: 40053892 03/07/2025

  • (Sidana S, Ahmed N, Akhtar OS, Brazauskas R, Oloyede T, Bye M, Hansen DK, Ferreri CJ, Freeman CL, Afrough A, Anderson LD Jr, Dhakal B, Dhanda DS, Gowda L, Hashmi H, Harrison MJ, Kitali A, Landau HJ, Mirza AS, Patwardhan P, Qazilbash MH, Usmani SZ, Patel KK, Nishihori T, Ganguly S, Pasquini MC.) Blood. 2025 Apr 08 PMID: 40198886 04/09/2025

  • (Giri S, Dhakal B, Callander NS, Medvedova E, Godby K, Dholaria B, Bal S, Ravi G, Chhabra S, Silbermann R, Costa LJ.) Blood. 2025 Apr 07 PMID: 40193714 04/07/2025

  • (Alsina M, Dhakal B, Pantin J, Huff CA, Janakiram M.) Future Oncol. 2025 Apr;21(10):1137-1144 PMID: 40098471 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000821564 03/18/2025

  • (Banerjee R, Richards A, Midha S, Afrough A, Anwer F, Atanackovic D, Atrash S, Bachanova V, Beitinjaneh AM, Ouchveridze E, Castaneda Puglianini O, Chhabra S, Cicero KI, Davis JA, Dhakal B, Dima D, Ferreri CJ, Forsberg PA, Freeman CL, Herr MM, Jain T, Janakiram M, Khouri J, Kocoglu MH, Kumar AD, Liu Y, Locke FL, McGuirk JP, Mikkilineni L, Nadeem O, Parrondo RD, Pasvolsky O, Peres LC, Purvey S, Raza S, Reshef R, Richard S, Rossi AC, Sborov DW, Shune L, Wagner CB, Zanwar SS, Sidana S, Patel KK, Hansen DK, Kumar SK, Lin Y, Martin TG, Voorhees PM, Anderson LD Jr, Cowan AJ, Kaur G.) Blood Adv. 2025 Mar 15 PMID: 40088469 03/16/2025

  • (Chari A, Bal S, Ailawadhi S, Krishnan A, Patel KK, Berdeja JG, Garfall A, Callander N, Banerjee R, Alsina M, Nooka AK, Dhakal B, Gasparetto C, Costello C.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Mar 11 PMID: 40175263 04/03/2025

  • (Hansen DK, Peres LC, Dima D, Richards A, Shune L, Afrough A, Midha S, Dhakal B, Kocoglu MH, Atrash S, Ferreri C, Castaneda O, Davis JA, Bhurtel E, McGuirk J, Wagner C, Bansal R, Costello P, Smith K, Lieberman-Cribbin A, De Avila G, Purvey S, Hosoya H, Mikkilineni L, Oswald LB, Kaur G, Pasvolsky O, Gaballa M, Herr MM, Forsberg P, Janakiram M, Htut M, Asoori Maringanti S, Kalariya N, Hashmi H, Reshef R, Sborov DW, Nadeem O, Anwer F, Khouri J, Raza S, Atanackovic D, Alsina M, Freeman CL, Locke FL, Voorhees P, Anderson LD Jr, Richard S, Martin T, Lin Y, Patel KK, Sidana S, US Multiple Myeloma Immunotherapy Consortium.) J Clin Oncol. 2025 Feb 18:JCO2401730 PMID: 39965175 02/18/2025

  • (Costa LJ, Medvedova E, Dhakal B, Dholaria BR, Godby KN, Bal S, Ravi G, Giri S, Chhabra S, Silbermann R, Callander NS.) Blood Cancer J. 2025 Feb 05;15(1):13 PMID: 39910064 PMCID: PMC11799218 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85218257122 02/06/2025

  • (Dhakal B, Hari P, Chhabra S, Szabo A, Lum LG, Glass DD, Park JH, Donato M, Siegel DS, Felizardo TC, Fowler DH.) J Immunother Cancer. 2025 Jan 28;13(1) PMID: 39875173 PMCID: PMC11781102 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216937952 01/29/2025

  • (Dhakal B, He J, Schecter JM, Deraedt W, Slaughter A, Lonardi C, Nair S, He J, Lee S, Cost P, Patel N, Koneru M, Einsele H.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Jan 23 PMID: 39966019 02/19/2025

  • (Treon SP, Kotton CN, Park DJ, Moranzoni G, Lemvigh CK, Gathe JC Jr, Varughese TA, Barnett CF, Belenchia JM, Clark NM, Farber CM, Abid MB, Ahmed G, Patterson CJ, Guerrera ML, Soumerai JD, Chea VA, Carulli IP, Southard J, Li S, Wu CJ, Livak KJ, Holmgren E, Kim P, Shi C, Lin H, Ramakrishnan V, Ou Y, Olszewski S, Olsen LR, Keskin DB, Hunter ZR, Tankersley C, Zimmerman T, Dhakal B.) Front Immunol. 2024;15:1369619 PMID: 39906744 PMCID: PMC11791645 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216792148 02/05/2025