Dr. Jitendra G. Gandhi is a medical oncologist at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Houma, a partnership with Terrebonne General Health System. He earned his medical degree at Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay University in Bombay, India. He completed his internal medicine residency at Worcester City Hospital, in Worcester, Massachusetts where he served as Chief Resident. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. Dr. Gandhi has extensive oncology expertise participating in numerous clinical research studies as a principal investigator with various types of cancers. His most recent affiliation was with Covenant Health Systems in Morristown, TN where he was a member of the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) and the Chattanooga‐Hamilton County Medical Society.

Dr. Gandhi is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH).