Sewa Singh Legha

Background

Legha, Sewa Singh was born on December 17, 1946 in PU, India. Son of Isher Singh and Jiwan Legha. came to the United States, 1971.

Education

Premedical graduate, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Punjab, India, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 1970.

Career

Intern, St. Francis General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1971-1972; resident, Medical College Wisconsin-Milwaukee County General Hospital, 1972-1974; fellow medical oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1976; member of staff division medicine, chairman Institutional Review Board, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1993-1995; assistant professor medicine, University Texas, Houston, 1978-1980; associate professor medicine, University Texas, Houston, 1980-1987; professor medicine, University Texas, since 1987; department medical oncology, University Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, since 1991; chief melanoma section department melanoma/saycoma medical oncology, University Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1991.

Achievements

• Sewa Singh Legha has been listed as a noteworthy Internist, oncologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding president PUnjabi Culture Club, Houston, 1993. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Association Cancer Research, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Clinical Oncology.

Connections

Married Kuldip Gill, October 12, 1975. Children: Jaswinder, Rupinder, Ravinder.

Father:

Isher Singh Legha

Mother:

Jiwan Legha

Spouse:

Kuldip Gill

child:

Rupinder Legha

child:

Jaswinder Legha

child:

Ravinder Legha