Smitha Mellacheruvu, MD

Dr. Mellacheruvu was born in India. She received her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Osmania Medical College in India. She came to the United States in 2000 and completed her internal medicine internship and residency at UCONN School of Medicine. After residency, she completed a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology from the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She then went on to serve as a fellow/ clinical lecturer at the University of Michigan in their division of bone marrow transplantation. 

After her training, Dr. Mellacheruvu served as an attending physician in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. In 2011 she joined a private hematology/ oncology practice in New York where she spent 7 years. Since 2018, she has served as an attending physician in oncology and hematology at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, St. Johns Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, and most recently at Northern Westchester Hospital.

Throughout her career, Dr. Mellacheruvu has been highly regarded for excellence. Since 2014, she has been a Castle Connolly “Top Doctor” which recognizes the top 7% of all U.S. practicing physicians. She has been featured in New York Magazine and Westchester Magazine as one of the top doctors in the New York area. She has also been recognized nationally on the Exceptional Women in Medicine list since 2020. In addition, she received pandemic service awards for her outstanding commitment during the COVID 19 pandemic. Click here to review her many honors.

Dr. Mellacheruvu has published on topics related to blood-related cancers and stem cell transplantation. She also has lectured on topics including breast cancer risk factors and prevention strategies. 

She is thrilled to be part of ECHO and looks forward to sharing her expertise with patients throughout Connecticut.