Advisory Committee

Kashyap Patel, MD, is a board certified hematologist/oncologist who specializes in palliative care. He is a full-time practicing medical oncologist with more than 20 years of experience working directly with cancer patients.

Dr. Patel serves as President of the Community Oncology Alliance, on the advisory board for Medicaid HMOs, and has been a Carrier Advisory Committee member for the DHHS (SC), Palmetto GBA. Dr. Patel has a special interest in healthcare policy and economics and new alternative payment models.

He completed his residency at Jamaica Hospital in New York City and a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He is a certified trainer for physicians on “Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care,” and has published journal articles and presented both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Rifkin has over 20 years of experience in cellular therapy focusing on the clinical aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He has been responsible for the creation and accreditation of two hematopoietic stem cell transplant programs. Dr Rifkin remains active in the National Marrow Donor Program in the collection of bone marrows and peripheral blood progenitor cells.

Prior to his current position as an attending physician in the Department of Cellular Therapy at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, he was actively involved in FACT since its inception, and was a participant in the writing of the Fourth Edition of the Standards. Dr Rifkin continues to focus on the role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of multiple myeloma. He is also actively involved in the development of biosimilars and their introduction into the United States marketplace.