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Binod Dhakal, MD

Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Hematology
  • ٍٍٍ½خر Oncology

Languages

  • English, Nepali, Hindi

Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Binod Dhakal, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Medicine, at the ٍٍٍ½خر, Division of Hematology, specializing in multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders. He graduated from Manipal College of ٍٍٍ½خر Sciences, Pokhara Nepal in 2004, completed Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Francis Hospital Evanston Illinois, and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the ٍٍٍ½خر, where he also served as a Chief Fellow. Prior to joining the fellowship, he was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the ٍٍٍ½خر 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; ٍٍٍ½خر Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) 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 ٍٍٍ½خر 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

  • (Frigault MJ, Dhakal B, Jakubowiak AJ, Raje N, Banerjee K, Mu CJ, Hart KC, Shachar S, Andrews LP, Cheung LS, Griffin FM, Witter AR, Hyde M, Pham C, Gandra N, Shakya T, Rajan B, Cortesio C, Haile ST, Nowyhed H, Nair-Gupta P, Mitra P, Chan RJ, Kostic A, Heery CR, Rosenblatt J, Bishop MR.) N Engl J Med. 2026 Sep 24;395(12):1180-1192 PMID: 42777241 09/23/2026

  • (Mina R, Terpos E, Cani L, Nooka A, Trudel S, Voorhees P, Mian H, Dhakal B, Usmani S, Richter J, Popat R, Mateos MV, Lonial S.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2026 Sep;26(9):609-622 PMID: 42521571 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105045758260 07/29/2026

  • (Hansen DK, Dima D, Mian H, Devos J, Brazauskas R, Oloyede T, Afrough A, Ahmed N, Anderson LD Jr, Banerjee R, Berdeja JG, Bidikian A, Dhakal B, Dias A, Efebera Y, Faisal MS, Gowda L, Hashmi H, Mirza AS, Mohan M, Narra R, Rosko AE, Schroeder M, Nishihori T, Landau H, Usmani S, Pasquini MC, Akhtar OS, Sidana S, Patel KK.) Blood Cancer J. 2026 Aug 31;16(1) PMID: 42675051 PMCID: PMC13530125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105048913700 09/01/2026

  • (Gundroo HM, Nasrollahi E, Alford B, Dhakal B, Narra R, D'Souza A, Mhaskar R, Akhtar OS.) Br J Haematol. 2026 Aug 30 PMID: 42669956 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105048847765 08/31/2026

  • (Ravi G, Dhakal B, Callander NS, Medvedova E, Dholaria BR, Godby KN, Bal S, Huls F, Silbermann RW, Costa LJ.) Cancer. 2026 Jul 15;132(14):e70478 PMID: 42473325 PMCID: PMC13382204 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105045095041 07/20/2026

  • (Rodríguez-Otero P, Gállego Pérez-Larraya J, Lin Y, Dietrich J, van de Donk NWCJ, Mason XL, Dhakal B, Jakubowiak AJ, Lendvai N, Li H, Yeh TM, Lee E, Marquez L, Sharma M, Montes de Oca R, Wang F, Plaks V, Henry K, Taraseviciute A, Jethava Y, Jablow L, Afifi S, De Braganca KC, Madduri D, Zhu J, Koneru M, Akram M, Patel N, Cohen AD, Santomasso BD.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2026 Jul;26(7):423-435.e3 PMID: 42161729 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105038969304 05/21/2026

  • (Chari A, Costello C, Krishnan A, Patel K, Banerjee R, Berdeja JG, Biran N, Callander N, Costa LJ, Dhakal B, Gasparetto C, Hansen DK, Kumar A, Nooka AK, Pan D, Richard S.) Am J Hematol. 2026 Jul;101(7):1676-1686 PMID: 42014940 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105036161877 04/22/2026

  • (Vega G, Morillo D, Riedhammer C, Smits F, Bag A, Julian K, Gomis NT, Gaisan CM, Bermudez MA, Shah MR, Mohyuddin GR, Dhakal B, Rasche L, Schinke C, D'Souza A, Szabo A, van de Donk NWCJ, Chakraborty R, Mohan M.) Hemasphere. 2026 Jun;10(6):e70396 PMID: 42261378 PMCID: PMC13242627 06/09/2026

  • (Al Hadidi S, Costello C, Costa LJ, Dhakal B, Georges P, Gajra A, Lin Y, Bhargava RS, Paner-Straseviciute A, Vij R.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2026 Jun;26(6):e752-e766 PMID: 41936482 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105034792249 04/06/2026

  • (Dhakal B, Levy MY, Ko G, He J, Kim N, Tang W, Le Blanc T, Fowler J, Lucht S, Brown M, Bland E, Craig C, Giegerich S, Laney J, Feinberg B, Gupta-Werner N, Kaila S, Voorhees P.) Oncol Ther. 2026 Jun;14(2):671-691 PMID: 41886245 PMCID: PMC13304050 03/26/2026

  • (Susanibar-Adaniya S, Derman BA, Cohen AD, Vogl DT, Richard S, Rossi A, Frigualt MJ, Yee AJ, Dhakal B, Bar N.) Blood Cancer J. 2026 Apr 28;16(1) PMID: 42049698 PMCID: PMC13125467 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105037218527 04/29/2026

  • (Hansen DK, Dima D, Mian H, Devos J, Brazauskas R, Oloyede T, Afrough A, Ahmed N, Anderson LD Jr, Banerjee R, Berdeja JG, Bidikian A, Dhakal B, Dias A, Efebera Y, Faisal MS, Gowda L, Hashmi H, Mirza AS, Mohan M, Narra R, Rosko AE, Schroeder M, Nishihori T, Landau H, Usmani S, Pasquini MC, Akhtar OS, Sidana S, Patel KK.) Blood Cancer J. 2026 Apr 14;16(1) PMID: 41980929 PMCID: PMC13194909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105039791109 04/15/2026