This month, Hoosier Cancer Research Network (HCRN) highlights the IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center as a featured member of our network. Maitri Kalra, MD, a medical oncologist at the cancer center, shares her research interests in this spotlight.

Research Interests:

I am interested in clinical research in breast cancer and lung cancer. I am also involved with research with an online oncologist community called themednet.org and run a virtual NCI cancer center tumor board program with various NCI-CCC sites.

Educational background:

• Medical Degree: Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
• Internal Medicine Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
• Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine

Facts about Dr. Kalra:

• I have a 5 month old daughter and a 5 year old son.
• When I am not working, I love to cook and spend time with my family.

About Hoosier Cancer Research Network:

Hoosier Cancer Research Network (formerly known as Hoosier Oncology Group) conducts innovative cancer research in collaboration with academic and community physicians and scientists across the United States. The organization provides comprehensive clinical trial management and support, from conception through publication. Created in 1984 as a program of the Walther Cancer Institute, Hoosier Cancer Research Network became an independent nonprofit clinical research organization in 2007. Since its founding, Hoosier Cancer Research Network has conducted more than 210 trials in a variety of cancer types and supportive care, resulting in more than 350 publications. More than 8,500 subjects have participated in Hoosier Cancer Research Network clinical trials.