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Binod Dhakal, MD

Associate Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Hematology
  • Medical 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 Ϲ, 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 Ϲ, 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; Ϲ Affiliated Hospitals (ϹAH) 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

  • (Zhou K, Ebben L, Dhakal B, Vallatharasu Y.) JCO Oncol Pract. 2026 Jan 13:OP2500748 PMID: 41529233 01/13/2026

  • (Einsele H, San-Miguel J, Dhakal B, Touzeau C, Leleu X, van de Donk NW, Sidana S, Oriol A, Cohen YC, Harrison SJ, Mateos MV, Martínez-López J, Corradini P, Karlin L, Chen D, Li Q, Yeh TM, Li K, Plaks V, Slaughter A, Lonardi C, Benachour N, Ghosh A, Vogel M, Schecter JM, Lendvai N, Koneru M, Patel N, Florendo E, Ho PJ, Popat R.) Lancet Oncol. 2026 Jan 07 PMID: 41519141 01/11/2026

  • (Sim S, Dhakal B, Quach H.) Haematologica. 2025 Dec 24 PMID: 41437818 12/24/2025

  • (Mohan M, Danziger N, Akhtar OS, Narra R, Pasquini MC, Radhakrishnan SV, Dhakal B, D'Souza A, Lin DI, Ho C, Kurzrock R.) Blood Adv. 2025 Dec 18 PMID: 41411484 12/18/2025

  • (Galarza Fortuna GM, Peres L, Nazarenko E, De Menezes Silva Corraes A, Hovanky VN, Shune L, McGuirk J, De Avilla G, Khouri J, Dima D, Gaballa M, Dhakal B, Forsberg P, Godara A, Afrough A, Anderson LD Jr, Herr MM, Davis JA, Mann H, Purvey S, Clark W, Htut M, Beitinjaneh A, Pereira DL, Kocoglu MH, Ferreri CJ, Atrash S, Voorhees PM, Rossi A, Shambavi R, Hashmi H, Patel K, Sidana S, Lin Y, Hansen DK, Sborov DW.) Blood Adv. 2025 Dec 09;9(23):6009-6018 PMID: 40875887 PMCID: PMC12686786 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105024244013 08/28/2025

  • (Al Hadidi S, Szabo A, Mohan Lal B, Bag A, Zhen S, Ogunsesan Y, Annyapu E, Dhakal B, Bhutani D, Thanendrarajan S, Zangari M, D'Souza A, Lentzsch S, van Rhee F, Chakraborty R, Schinke C, Mohan M, Shah MR.) Blood Cancer J. 2025 Nov 07;15(1):196 PMID: 41203605 PMCID: PMC12594773 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105021068508 11/08/2025

  • (Dhakal B, Akhtar OS, Fandrei D, Jensen A, Banerjee R, Pan D, Richard S, Friend R, Rees M, Costello P, Vazquez Martinez M, Pasvolsky O, Wagner C, Davis JA, Castaneda Puglianini O, Reshef R, Afrough A, Dima D, Bhutani M, Nadeem O, Parrondo R, Freeman C, Mikkilineni L, Raza S, Anderson LD Jr, Kapoor P, Hosoya H, Chhabra S, Grajales-Cruz A, Gaballa M, Midha S, Alsina M, Sborov D, Patel K, Lin Y, Ferreri C, Gagelmann N, Kumar A, Hansen D, Cowan A, Costa LJ, Merz M, Sidana S.) Blood. 2025 Oct 23;146(17):2063-2072 PMID: 40749169 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105014970046 08/01/2025

  • (Henley EC, Liphart HA, Morris KJ, Awoyinka I, Irwin MR, Costanzo ES, Winston D, D'Souza A, Stolley M, Dhakal B, Mohan M, Pasquini MC, Cole SW, Doerwald ES, Bendis PC, Rentscher KE, Rumble ME, Szabo A, Rao S, Knight JM.) Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2025 Oct;47:101540 PMID: 40893725 PMCID: PMC12397865 09/02/2025

  • (Touzeau C, Lipe B, Khan AM, Dhakal B, Nair S, He J, Mendes J, Lee S, Lonardi C, Slaughter A, Lendvai N, Schecter JM, Chen D, Zhao M, Yeh TM, Leleu X, Puig N, Dytfeld D, Zamagni E, Weisel K, Karlin L, Delforge M, Corradini P, Mina R, Roeloffzen W, Sidana S.) Adv Ther. 2025 Oct;42(10):5023-5041 PMID: 40768190 PMCID: PMC12474644 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105012841831 08/06/2025

  • (Vandenboom H, Akhtar O, Szabo A, Narra R, Mohan M, D'Souza A, Pasquini M, Dhakal B.) Haematologica. 2025 Aug 14 PMID: 40820831 08/18/2025

  • (Ailawadhi S, Anderson LD Jr, Dhakal B, Shune L, Sborov DW, Hansen DK.) Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Aug 07 PMID: 40885679 08/31/2025

  • (Henley EC, Liphart HA, Morris KJ, Awoyinka I, Irwin MR, Costanzo ES, Winston D, D'Souza A, Stolley M, Dhakal B, Mohan M, Pasquini MC, Cole SW, Doerwald ES, Bendis PC, Rentscher KE, Rumble ME, Szabo A, Rao S, Knight JM.) Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. October 2025;47 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013637528 10/01/2025