Dr Anish Puliyayil completed his FRACP in haematology at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne. Prior to that, he had his initial Haematology training in India and a fellowship in leukemia and stem cell transplantation at Vancouver, Canada.

He has extensive experience in treating a wide range of benign and malignant haematology conditions like lymphoma, myeloma leukemia, myelodysplasia, bleeding and clotting disorders.

He is a member of the American Society of Haematology and Australian Leukemia and Lymphoma Group and also principal investigator for a number of clinical trials in Haematology run at the Border Cancer Hospital.