Suresh Hariram Advani (born August 1, 1947) is an oncologist who pioneered hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in India.

Struck by poliomyelitis at the age of 8, he studied at Grant Medical College, Mumbai, where he obtained his MBBS and MD degrees.

He gained experience in the field of bone marrow transplantation from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

[3] After initially being rejected for his disability, Advani persuaded the authorities to admit him to Grant Medical College, Mumbai.

After training in internal medicine and hematology-oncology at the JJ Hospital, Grant Medical College in Mumbai, he undertook further training in oncology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where he worked with Nobel laureate Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, known as the father of bone marrow transplantation in the USA.