Dr. Puneet Bhalla

Dr. Puneet Bhalla is a board certified Medical Oncologist and joined Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers in September 2006. Dr. Bhalla is a graduate of Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Medical Oncology fellowship from William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. His research has been published in national and international oncology meetings and he remains actively involved in research at Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers. He has been practicing in the East Valley since 2003, initially in solo practice and since 2006 as part of Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers. He also serves on the Dignity Health East Valley Board of Directors for Mercy Gilbert and Chandler Regional Hospitals.A strong patient advocate, he routinely picks up the phone to communicate with other physicians and health insurance companies on his patients behalf. He has been nominated as Top Doc in medical oncology by his peers several times in Phoenix Magazine. As an extended faculty at Midwestern University he mentors medical students during their Oncology rotations. He is well respected by his peers in the community for his expertise in solid tumors.He lives in the Phoenix area with his wife and twin daughters and dog Frodo! In his spare time, he may be seen hiking with his family, riding his road bike or camping in the AZ high country.

Dr. Bhalla is highly rated in 43 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), and Familial Colorectal Cancer.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.