Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Soumit K. Basu, who serves patients in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Basu is a board-certified and fellowship-trained hematologist-oncologist who currently serves as Northeast Regional Director of Hematology/Oncology and Clinical Co-director of the Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. In his role as Regional Director, he oversees the cancer programs at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre. Prior to joining Geisinger, Dr. Basu served as Assistant Professor of Medicine, Outpatient Medical Director and Co-leader of the Leukemia and Myeloid Neoplasia Program at the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center in Kentucky.

As a hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Basu specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of blood diseases and cancers such as iron-deficiency anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia, and lymphoma. He is a 2004-graduate of The University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. His postgraduate training includes his internal medicine residency served at the Cleveland Clinic (2004-2007), as well as his hematology-oncology fellowship performed at the University of Washington Medical Center/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2007-2010). Dr. Basu attained board certification in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology with the American Board of Internal Medicine. He remains a member of the American Society for Blood Marrow Transplantation, the American Society of Hematology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. When not with patients, he enjoys music, playing piano, chess, and various sports. He also fenced at the varsity level on Johns Hopkins University Men’s Fencing team. Additionally, Dr. Basu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and a doctoral degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from RWJMS. For more information about Dr. Soumit K. Basu, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3014771-Soumit-Basu-Hematologist-Oncologist.