Clinical Interests

Acute myeloid leukemia; neuroblastoma; PNET / Ewing's sarcoma and osteosarcoma; new anticancer drug development; Phase I clinical trials

Research Interests

Molecular etiology and pharmacogenetics of pediatric cancers; Down syndrome-associated leukemia; new anticancer drug development

MD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1980.

Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1983.

Fellowship: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1986.

Postdoctoral: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1986.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1989; Hematology/Oncology, 1990.

Dorris K, Fouladi M, Davies SM, Perentesis JP, Lawrence JM, Chow LM, Assa'ad A, Uygungil B, Jodele S. . Severe Allergic Reactions to Thiol-based Cytoprotective Agents Mesna and Amifostine in a Child With a Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Jun 3.

Davies SM, Perentesis JP. Tribute: the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO), 2011 Distinguished Career Award goes to Dr. William G. Woods. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jun;56(6):895-6.

Phillips CL, Gerbing R, Alonzo T, Perentesis JP, Harley IT, Meshinchi S, Bhatla D, Radloff G, Davies SM. MDM2 polymorphism increases susceptibility to childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):248-53.

Wagner LM, Perentesis JP, Reid JM, Ames MM, Safgren SL, Nelson MD Jr, Ingle AM, Blaney SM, Adamson PC. Phase I trial of two schedules of vincristine, oral irinotecan, and temozolomide (VOIT) for children with relapsed or refractory solid tumors: a Children's Oncology Group phase I consortium study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Apr;54(4):538-45.

Mehta PA, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Elliott JS, Zamzow TA, Combs M, Stover E, Ross JA, Perentesis JP, Meschinchi S, Lange BJ, Davies SM. FAS promoter polymorphism: outcome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia. A children's oncology group report. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 1;14(23):7896-9.

Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Conner H, Ross JA, Meshinchi S, Zhai X, Zamzow T, Mehta PA, Geiger H, Perentesis J, Davies SM. Cytidine deaminase genotype and toxicity of cytosine arabinoside therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2009 Feb;144(3):388-94.

Geller JI, Wall D, Perentesis J, Blaney SM, Bernstein M; Pediatric Oncology Group study 9376. Phase I study of paclitaxel with standard dose ifosfamide in children with refractory solid tumors: a Pediatric Oncology Group study (POG 9376). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Mar;52(3):346-50.

Johansson G, Mahller YY, Collins MH, Kim MO, Nobukuni T, Perentesis J, Cripe TP, Lane HA, Kozma SC, Thomas G, Ratner N. Effective in vivo targeting of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 May;7(5):1237-45.

Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Mehta PA, Deal K, Elliott J, Meshinchi S, Geiger H, Perentesis JP, Lange BJ, Davies SM; Children's Oncology Group. DNA repair polymorphisms and outcome of chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Leukemia. 2008 Feb;22(2):265-72.

Mo J, Lampkin B, Perentesis J, Poole L, Bao L. Translocation (8;18;16)(p11;q21;p13). A new variant of t(8;16)(p11;p13) in acute monoblastic leukemia: case report and review of the literature. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006 Feb;165(1):75-8. Review.

Relapsed leukemia; lymphoma; new therapeutics; ataxia telangiectasia; DNA damage response mechanisms

BS: Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, 1987.

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1994.

MD: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 1998.

Fellowship: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 2005.

Absalon MJ, Smith FO. Treatment strategies for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2009 Jan;10(1):57-79.

Absalon MJ, McCarville MB, Liu T, Santana VM, Daw NC, Navid F. Pulmonary nodules discovered during the initial evaluation of pediatric patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Jun;50(6):1147-53.

Takagi M, Absalon MJ, McLure KG, Kastan MB. Regulation of p53 translation and induction after DNA damage by ribosomal protein L26 and nucleolin. Cell. 2005 Oct 7;123(1):49-63.

Absalon MJ, Harding CO, Fain DR, Li L, Mack KJ. Leigh syndrome in an infant due to mitochondrial DNA depletion.  Pediatr Neurology. 2001; 24:60-63.

MD: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1988.

Post-Graduate: Georgetown University, 1983.

BSN: Georgetown University, 1982.

Quarmyne MO, Gupta A, Adams DM. Lymphangiosarcoma of the thorax and thoracic vertebrae in a 16-year-old girl. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct;30(29):294-8.

Haggstrom AN, Beaumont JL, Lai JS, Adams, DM, Drolet BA, Frieden IJ, Garzon MC, Holland KE, Horii KA, Lucky AW, Mancini AJ, Metry DW, Morel KD, Newell BD, Nopper AJ, Siegel D, Swigonski NL, Cella D, Chamlin SL. Measuring the severity of infantile hemangiomas: instrument development and reliability. Arch Dermatol. 2012 Feb;148(2):197-202.

Fadell MF 2nd, Jones BV, Adams DM. Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal follow-up of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH). Pediatr Radiol. 2011 Aug;41(8):1057-60. 

Maugans T, Sheridan RM, Adams D, Gupta A. Cutaneous vascular anomalies associated with neural tube defects: nomenclature and pathology revisited. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jul;69(1):112-8. 

Hammill AM, Wentzel M, Gupta A, Nelson S, Lucky A, Elluru R, Dasgupta R, Azizkhan RG, Adams DM. Sirolimus for the treatment of complicated vascular anomalies in children. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Mar 28. Epub ahead of print.

Adams DM. Special considerations in vascular anomalies: hematologic management. Clin Plast Surg. 2011 Jan;38(1):153-60.

Duffy KJ, Runge-Samuelson C, Bayer ML, Friedland D, Sulman C, Chun R, Kerschner JE, Metry D, Adams D, Drolet BA. Association of hearing loss with PHACE syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Dec;146(12):1391-6.

Drolet BA, Chamlin SL, Garzon MC, Adams D, Baselga E, Haggstrom AN, Holland KE, Horii KA, Juern A, Lucky AW, Mancini AJ, McCuaig C, Metry DW, Morel KD, Newell BD, Nopper AJ, Powell J, Frieden IJ. Prospective study of spinal anomalies in children with infantile hemangiomas of the lumbosacral skin. J Pediatr. 2010 Nov;157(5):789-94.

Lomenick JP, Reifschneider KL, Lucky AW, Adams D, Azizkhan RG, Woo JG, Backeljauw PF. Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency following systemic glucocorticoid therapy in infants with hemangiomas. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Mar;145(3):262-6. 

Dickie B, Dasgupta R, Nair R, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, Adams DM, Azizkhan RG. Spectrum of hepatic hemangiomas: management and outcome. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jan;44(1):125-33.

BA: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

MD: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.

Residency: Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA, 2002.

MS: Medical College of Wisconsin, 2005.

Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, 2005.

Burns K, Broudreau C, Panepinto J. Attitudes Regarding Fertility in Adolescent Females Diagnosed with Cancer. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Jun;28(6): 350-354.

Burns K and Camitta B. Pyrite or True Gold? Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2005 May;27(5): 244.

 

Pediatric cancers; leukemia and lymphoma; new drug development

MD: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2005.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2008.

Cost CR, Journeycake JM. Deep venous thrombosis screening in patients with inherited bleeding disorders and central venous catheters. Haemophilia. 2011 Mar 24. Epub ahead of print.

Cost C, Brock E, Adams-Huet B, Siegel JD, Ardura MI. 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.  Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan;56(1):127-33.

Hemangiomas and vascular malformations; genetic predispositions to cancer
 

MD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 2004.

PhD: University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Dallas, TX, 2004.

Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2008.

Hammill AM, Conner J, Cripe TP. Oncolytic virotherapy reaches adolescence. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 15;55(7):1253-63.

Clinical Interests

Leukemia; lymphoma

Research Interests

Molecular etiology of pediatric leukemias, especially in children with Down syndrome; novel therapeutics for relapsed and high-risk leukemia and lymphoma

MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2000.

Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2003.

Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 2007.

MS: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2008.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2003; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2009.

Spicakova T, O'Brien MM, Duran GE, Sweet-Cordero A, Sikic BI. Expression and silencing of the microtubule-associated protein Tau in breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther. 2010 Nov;9(11):2970-81.

O'Brien MM, Lacayo NJ, Lum BL, Kshirsagar S, Buck S, Ravindranath Y, Bernstein M, Weinstein H, Chang MN, Arceci RJ, Sikic BI, Dahl GV. Phase I study of valspodar (PSC-833) with mitoxantrone and etoposide in refractory and relapsed pediatric acute leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 May;54(5):694-702.

O'Brien MM, Donaldson SS, Balise RR, Whittemore AS, Link MP. Second malignant neoplasms in survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with low-dose radiation and chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 1;28(7):1232-9.   

Jeng MR, O’Brien M, Wong W, Zoland J, Lea J, Tang N, Glader B.  Monthly recombinant tissue plasminogen activator administration to implantable central venous access devices decreases infections in children with haemophilia. Haemophilia. 2009 Nov 15(6):1272-80.

Donaldson SS, O'Brien MM. Understanding the risk of second malignant tumors in children with Hodgkin's disease. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Sep 1;72(1):4-5.

O’Brien MM, Lee-Kim Y, George T, McClain K, Twist C, Jeng M.   Precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: case series and review of the literature.  Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Feb 50(2):381-3

O’Brien MM, Taub JW, Chang MN, Massey GV, Stine KC, Raimondi SC, Becton D, Ravindranath Y, Dahl GV.  Cardiomyopathy in children with Down syndrome treated for acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group Study POG 9421.  J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 26(3):414-420.

Leukemia and lymphoma; leukemia pharmacogenetics; translational and clinical development of new drugs for high-risk and relapsed leukemias

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2002.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2005.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2010.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2005; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2011.

Phillips CL, Miles L, Jones BV, Sutton M, Crone K, Fouladi M. Medulloblastoma with Melanotic Differentiation: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Neurooncol. 2011 Jul;103(3):759-64.

Phillips CL, Gerbing R, Alonzo T, Perentesis JP, Harley ITW, Meshinchi S, Bhatla D, Radloff G, Davies SM. MDM2 Polymorphism Increases Susceptibility to Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):248-53.

Clinical Interests

Immunobiology; translational research; immunologic methods development

Research Interests

Clinical investigation of primary immunodeficiency disorders (with emphasis on disorders of immunodysregulation and B-cell disorders); immuno-reconstitution following blood and marrow transplantation; diagnostic immunology (with emphasis on flow cytometry) 

MD: University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1989.

PhD: University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2002.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1993.

Fellowship: Allergy/Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1995.

Fellowship: Clinical Laboratory Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2001.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5.

Eckrich MJ, Yang E, Domm J, Ho R, Calder C, Manes B, Bleesing J, Frangoul H. A Unique Clinical Presentation of X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome With a Novel Mutation in SH2D1A and Review of the Literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Oct 21. 

Marsh RA, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Using flow cytometry to screen patients for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to SAP deficiency and XIAP deficiency. J Immunol Methods. 2010 Oct 31;362(1-2):1-9. 

Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Kim MO, Zhang K, Marmer D, Risma KA, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to BIRC4 mutation have normal invariant natural killer T-cell populations. Clin Immunol. 2009 Jul;132(1):116-23. 

Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Snow AL, Su HC, Madden L, Mody R, Kitchen B, Marmer D, Jordan MB, Risma KA, Filipovich AH, Bleesing JJ. A rapid flow cytometric screening test for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to XIAP deficiency. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2009 Sep;76(5):334-44.

Hansen MD, Filipovich AH, Davies SM, Mehta P, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Hayashi R, Barnes Y, Shenoy S. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in Hurler's syndrome using a reduced intensity preparative regimen. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Feb;41(4):349-53.

Bhatla D, Davies SM, Shenoy S, Harris RE, Crockett M, Shoultz L, Smolarek T, Bleesing J, Hansen M, Jodele S, Jordan M, Filipovich AH, Mehta PA. Reduced-intensity conditioning is effective and safe for transplantation of patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Aug;42(3):159-65.

Zhang K, Johnson JA, Biroschak J, Villanueva J, Lee SM, Bleesing JJ, Risma KA, Wenstrup RJ, Filipovich AH. Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patients who are heterozygous for the A91V perforin variation is often associated with other genetic defects. Int J Immunogenet. 2007 Aug;34(4):231-3. 

Book Chapters

JJH Bleesing. Assays for B Cell and Germinal Center Development (unit 7.34). In Current Protocols in Immunology. JE Coligan, BE Bierer, DH Margulies, EM Shevach, W Strober (eds.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

JJH Bleesing, TA Fleisher, JM Puck. Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). In Immunologic Disorders in Infants and Children. 5th ed. ER Stiehm, HD Ochs, JA Winkelstein (eds). Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders, 2004.

Visit the Davies Lab.

MBBS: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1981.

Clinical and Fellowship Training: The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle General Hospital and Great Ormond St. Hospital, 1981 to 1985.

PhD: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1989.

Pediatric Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1989 to 1993.

Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome -- acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5.

Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.

Phillips CL, Gerbing R, Alonzo T, Perentesis JP, Harley IT, Meshinchi S, Bhatla D, Radloff G, Davies SM. MDM2 polymorphism increases susceptibility to childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):248-53.

Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.

Sakagami T, Beck D, Uchida K, Suzuki T, Carey BC, Nakata K, Keller G, Wood RE, Wert SE, Ikegami M, Whitsett JA, Luisetti M, Davies S, Krischer JP, Brody A, Ryckman F, Trapnell BC. Patient-derived granulocyte / macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies reproduce pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in nonhuman primates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Jul 1;182(1):49-61.

Wang D, Zhang W, Kalfa TA, Grabowski G, Davies S, Malik P, Pan D. Reprogramming erythroid cells for lysosomal enzyme production leads to visceral and CNS cross-correction in mice with Hurler syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19958-63.

Davies SM, Wang D, Wang T, Arora M, Ringden O, Anasetti C, Pavletic S, Casper J, Macmillan ML, Sanders J, Wall D, Kernan NA. Recent decrease in acute graft-versus-host disease in children with leukemia receiving unrelated donor bone marrow transplants. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):360-6.

Myers KC, Davies SM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for bone marrow failure syndromes in children. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):279-92. Review.

Clinical Interests

Primary immunodeficiencies; BMT for primary immunodeficiencies; hemophagocytic lymphocytosis; post-BMT immune reconstruction 

Research Interests

Biology and genetics of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; investigation of hematopoietic cell transplantation for genetic immunodeficiencies; immunoreconstitution following pediatric stem cell transplantation 

MD: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1974.

Residency: University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, MN 1975-1978.

Fellowship: Immunopathology, Departments of Pediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota 1978-1979.

Fellowship: Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota 1979-1980.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1980.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5.

Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH.  Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.

Marsh RA, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Using flow cytometry to screen patients for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to SAP deficiency and XIAP deficiency. J Immunol Methods. 2010 Oct 31;362(1-2):1-9.

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT.  Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.

Filipovich AH, Zhang K, Snow AL, Marsh RA. X-linked lymphoproliferative syndromes: brothers or distant cousins? Blood. 2010 Nov 4;116(18):3398-408.

Marsh RA, Madden L, Kitchen BJ, Mody R, McClimon B, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Zhang K, Filipovich AH. XIAP deficiency: a unique primary immunodeficiency best classified as X-linked familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and not as X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Blood. 2010 Aug 19;116(7):1079-82.

Marsh RA, Satake N, Biroschak J, Jacobs T, Johnson J, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Zhang K. STX11 mutations and clinical phenotypes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in North America. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):134-40.

Filipovich AH. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and related disorders. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2009:127-31.

Nicolaou SA, Neumeier L, Takimoto K, Lee SM, Duncan HJ, Kant SK, Mongey AB, Filipovich AH, Conforti L. Differential calcium signaling and Kv1.3 trafficking to the immunological synapse in systemic lupus erythematosus. Cell Calcium. 2010 Jan;47(1):19-28.

Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Kim MO, Zhang K, Marmer D, Risma KA, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to BIRC4 mutation have normal invariant natural killer T-cell populations. Clin Immunol. 2009 Jul;132(1):116-23.

Clinical Interests

Bone marrow failure syndromes such as Fanconi anemia, Shwachman Diamond Syndrome, Dyskeratosis Congenita, Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia, Diamond Blackfan Anemia, and severe aplastic anemia

Research Interests

Transplantation for children with bone marrow failure syndromes (Fanconi anemia, Shwachman Diamond syndrome, dyskeratosis congenita, amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Diamond Blackfan anemia) and aplastic anemia. Cytogenetic abnormalities in Fanconi anemia.

MD: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 1973. 

Residency: Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., 1973-1976.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Ind., 1976-1979.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1978; Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, 1980.

Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome--acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.

Harris RE, Termuhlen AM, Smith LM, Lynch J, Henry MM, Perkins SL, Gross TG, Warkentin P, Vlachos A, Harrison L, Cairo MS. Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Children with Refractory or Relapsed Lymphoma: Results of Children's Oncology Group Study A5962. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Jul 14.

Bhatla D, Davies SM, Shenoy S, Harris RE, Crockett M, Shoultz L, Smolarek T, Bleesing J, Hansen M, Jodele S, Jordan M, Filipovich AH, Mehta PA. Reduced-intensity conditioning is effective and safe for transplantation of patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Aug;42(3):159-65.

Farzin A, Davies SM, Smith FO, Filipovich A, Hansen M, Auerbach AD, Harris RE. Matched sibling donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Fanconi anaemia: an update of the Cincinnati Children's experience. Br J Haematol. 2007 Feb;136(4):633-40.

Kelly PF, Radtke S, von Kalle C, Balcik B, Bohn K, Mueller R, Schuesler T, Haren M, Reeves L, Cancelas JA, Leemhuis T, Harris R, Auerbach AD, Smith FO, Davies SM, Williams DA. Stem cell collection and gene transfer in Fanconi anemia. Mol Ther. 2007 Jan;15(1):211-9.

Mehta PA, Ileri T, Harris RE, Williams DA, Mo J, Smolarek T, Auerbach AD, Kelly P, Davies SM. Chemotherapy for myeloid malignancy in children with Fanconi anemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Jun 15;48(7):668-72.

Boyer MW, Gross TG, Loechelt B, Leemhuis T, Filipovich A, Harris RE. Low risk of graft-versus-host disease with transplantation of CD34 selected peripheral blood progenitor cells from alternative donors for Fanconi anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003 Nov;25(11):890-5.

Parshionikar SU, Willian-True S, Fout GS, Robbins DE, Seys SA, Cassady JD, Harris R. Waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with a norovirus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Sep;69(9):5263-8.

Harris RE. Reduction of toxicity of marrow transplantation in children with Fanconi anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1999 May-J un;21(3):175-6. No abstract available.

Harris RE, Sather HN, Feig SA. High-dose cytosine arabinoside and L-asparaginase in refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia: the Children's Cancer Group experience. Med Pediatr Oncol. 1998 Apr;30(4):233-9.

Bone marrow transplantation

MD: Vilnius University School of Medicine, Vilnius University School of Medicine, 1988-1994.

Residency: Pediatrics, Downstate HSC at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 1998-2001.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Saban Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2001-2004.

Certifications: Pediatrics, 2001; Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, 2004.

Licenses: California, 2001-present; Ohio, 2004-present.

Jodele S, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Khoury JC, Pinkard SL, Carey PM, Davies SM. Does early initiation of therapeutic plasma exchange improve outcome in pediatric stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy? Transfusion. 2012 Jul 15;1537-2995.

Chima R, Rodney DC, Mi-Ok K, Li D, Wheeler DS, Davies SM, Jodele S. Improved Outcomes for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Requiring Pediatric Intensive Care. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2012.

Laskin BL, Nehus E, Goebel J, Khoury JC, Davies SM, Jodele S. Cystatin C-estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Pediatric Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Jun 16. 

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Jodele S. Small vessels, big trouble in the kidneys and beyond: hematopoietic stem cell transplant associated-thrombotic microangiopathy. Blood. 2011 May 19.

Haines HL, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Yin HJ, Lawrence J, Mehta PA, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Marsh RA, Jodele S. Blood, and Not Urine, BK Viral Load Predicts Renal Outcome in Children with Hemorrhagic Cystitis following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Mar 6.
 
Smith AR, Majhail NS, Macmillan ML, Defor TE, Jodele S, Lehmann LE, Krance R, Davies SM. Hematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index predicts transplant outcomes in pediatric patients. Blood. 2011 Jan 12.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5.

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.

Jodele S, Blavier L, Yoon JM, DeClerck YA. Modifying the soil to affect the seed: role of stromal-derived matrix metalloproteinases in cancer progression. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2006 Mar;25(1):35-43.

Jodele S, Chantrain CF, Blavier L, Lutzko C, Crooks GM, Shimada H, Coussens LM, Declerck YA. The contribution of bone marrow-derived cells to the tumor vasculature in neuroblastoma is matrix metalloproteinase-9 dependent. Cancer Res. 2005 Apr 15;65(8):3200-8.

Clinical Interests

Histiocytic disorders: HLH and LCH

Research Interests

Better understanding histiocytic disorders and developing novel therapies for them; regulation of the immune response; immunotherapy of cancer

MD: UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX 1993.

Residency: Children's Hospital of Dallas, 1996.

Fellowship: The Children's Hospital (Denver) 2002.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1996; Sub-board of Pediatric Heme/Onc 2002.

Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.

Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.

Marsh RA, Madden L, Kitchen BJ, Mody R, McClimon B, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Zhang K, Filipovich AH. XIAP deficiency: a unique primary immunodeficiency best classified as X-linked familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and not as X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Blood. 2010 Aug 19;116(7):1079-82.

Marsh RA, Satake N, Biroschak J, Jacobs T, Johnson J, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Zhang K. STX11 mutations and clinical phenotypes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in North America. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):134-40.

Lykens JE, Terrell CE, Zoller EE, Divanovic S, Trompette A, Karp CL, Aliberti J, Flick MJ, Jordan MB. Mice with a selective impairment of IFN-gamma signaling in macrophage lineage cells demonstrate the critical role of IFN-gamma-activated macrophages for the control of protozoan parasitic infections in vivo. J Immunol. 2010 Jan 15;184(2):877-85.

Lin AA, Tripathi PK, Sholl A, Jordan MB, Hildeman DA. Gamma interferon signaling in macrophage lineage cells regulates central nervous system inflammation and chemokine production. J Virol. 2009 Sep;83(17):8604-15.

Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Kim MO, Zhang K, Marmer D, Risma KA, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to BIRC4 mutation have normal invariant natural killer T-cell populations. Clin Immunol. 2009 Jul;132(1):116-23.

Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Snow AL, Su HC, Madden L, Mody R, Kitchen B, Marmer D, Jordan MB, Risma KA, Filipovich AH, Bleesing JJ. A rapid flow cytometric screening test for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to XIAP deficiency. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2009 Sep;76(5):334-44.

Jordan MB, Filipovich AH. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single (big) step. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Oct;42(7):433-7.

Wojciechowski S, Jordan MB, Zhu Y, White J, Zajac AJ, Hildeman DA. Bim mediates apoptosis of CD127(lo) effector T cells and limits T cell memory. Eur J Immunol. 2006 Jul;36(7):1694-706.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2005.

Residency: Upstate Medical University (UMU) - State University of New York (SUNY), Syracuse, NY, 2002.

MD: G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai, India, 1993.

BA: Graduated from Parle College, Mumbai, India, 1988.

Certification: Board Certification: Pediatrics, 2002; Board Certification: Pediatric Hematology Oncology; License: State of Ohio.

Davies SM, Mehta PA. Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: is there still a role for transplant? Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2010;2010:363-7.

Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome--acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01408.x

Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.

Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.

Mehta P, Locatelli F, Stary J, Smith FO. Bone marrow transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2010 Feb;57(1):147-70. Review.

Mehta PA, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Elliott JS, Zamzow TA, Combs M, Stover E, Ross JA, Perentesis JP, Meschinchi S, Lange BJ, Davies SM. FAS promoter polymorphism: outcome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia. A children's oncology group report. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 1;14(23):7896-9.

Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Conner H, Ross JA, Meshinchi S, Zhai X, Zamzow T, Mehta PA, Geiger H, Perentesis J, Davies SM. Cytidine deaminase genotype and toxicity of cytosine arabinoside therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2009 Feb;144(3):388-94.

Nuclear medicine

BA: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1966. 

MD: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1971. 

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 1973-1975, 1977; Nuclear Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1975 to 1977. 

Certification: Pediatrics, 1978; Nuclear Medicine, 1978.

Gelfand MJ, Parisi MT, Treves ST. Pediatric Radiopharmaceutical Administered Doses: 2010 North American Consensus Guidelines. J Nucl Med. 2011 Jan 13.

Seo JH, Holland K, Rose D, Rozhkov L, Fujiwara H, Byars A, Arthur T, Degrauw T, Leach JL, Gelfand MJ, Miles L, Mangano FT, Horn P, Lee KH. Multimodality imaging in the surgical treatment of children with nonlesional epilepsy. Neurology. 2011 Jan 4;76(1):41-8.

Wagner LM, Gelfand MJ, Laor T, Ryckman FC, Al-Ghawi H, Bove KE. A Welcome Surprise: Nodular Fasciitis Presenting as Soft Tissue Sarcoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Oct 21.

Gelfand MJ. Dose reduction in pediatric hybrid and planar imaging. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Aug;54(4):379-88.

Sharp SE, Shulkin BL, Gelfand MJ, Salisbury S, Furman WL. 123I-MIBG scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET in neuroblastoma. J Nucl Med. 2009 Aug;50(8):1237-43.

Young LR, Franz DN, Nagarkatte P, Fletcher CD, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Galsky MD, Corbridge TC, Lam AP, Gelfand MJ, McCormack FX. Utility of [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-PET in sporadic and tuberous sclerosis-associated lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Chest. 2009 Sep;136(3):926-33.

Gelfand MJ. Dosimetry of FDG PET/CT and other molecular imaging applications in pediatric patients. Pediatr Radiol. 2009 Feb;39 Suppl 1:S46-56

Gelfand MJ, Gruppo RA, Nasser MP. Ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy in children and adolescents is associated with a low rate of indeterminate studies. Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Sep;33(9):606-9.

Gelfand MJ, Lemen LC. PET/CT and SPECT/CT dosimetry in children: the challenge to the pediatric imager. Semin Nucl Med. 2007 Sep;37(5):391-8. Review.

Wu SW, Graham B, Gelfand MJ, Gruppo RE, Dinopolous A, Gilbert DL. Clinical and positron emission tomography findings of chorea associated with primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Mov Disord. 2007 Sep 15;22(12):1813-5.

Neuro-oncology

MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 1989.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Fellowship: Neurology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1996; Neurology, 1996.

Inpatient pediatric rehabilitation; child and adolescent spinal cord injury; neuro-oncology and musculoskeletal oncology

BS: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1994.

MD: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2007; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2004.

Pruitt DW, Tsai T. Common medical comorbidities associated with cerebral palsy. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2009 Aug;20(3):453-67. Review.

Hypothalamic pituitary function; thyroid; disorders of growth or puberty; endocrine function in cancer survivors after head injury

MD: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, 1980.

MEd: School Psychology, University of Dayton, 1972.

Residency: The Cleveland Clinic, 1983.

Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, 1986.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1985; Pediatric Endocrinology, 1986.

Slaughter JL, Meinzen-Derr J, Rose SR, Leslie ND, Chandrasekar R, Linard SM, Akinbi HT. The effects of gestational age and birth weight on false-positive newborn-screening rates. Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):910-6.

Kaulfers AM, Backeljauw PF, Reifschneider K, Blum S, Michaud L, Weiss M, Rose SR. Endocrine dysfunction following traumatic brain injury in children. J Pediatr. 2010 Dec;157(6):894-9.

Rose SR. Improved diagnosis of mild hypothyroidism using time-of-day normal ranges for thyrotropin. J Pediatr. 2010 Oct;157(4):662-7; 667.e1.

van der Kaay DC, de Jong FH, Rose SR, Odink RJ, Bakker-van Waarde WM, Sulkers EJ, Hokken-Koelega AC. Overnight levels of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and growth hormone before and during gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue treatment in short boys born small for gestational age. Horm Res. 2009;71(5):260-7.

van der Kaay DC, Rose SR, van Dijk M, Noordam C, van Rheenen E, Hokken-Koelega AC. Reduced levels of GH during GnRH analogue treatment in pubertal short girls born small for gestational age (SGA). Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Jun;70(6):914-9.

Dorn LD, Rose SR, Rotenstein D, Susman EJ, Huang B, Loucks TL, Berga SL. Differences in endocrine parameters and psychopathology in girls with premature adrenarche versus on-time adrenarche. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2008 May;21(5):439-48.

Eyal O, Blum S, Mueller R, Smith FO, Rose SR. Improved growth velocity during thyroid hormone therapy in children with Fanconi anemia and borderline thyroid function. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Nov;51(5):652-6.

Rose SR. Use of GnRH agonists in GH-deficient patients: arguments for and against. The case against GnRH agonists in GH-deficient patients. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2008 Feb;5 Suppl 2:744, 750-4.

Elder DA, D'Alessio DA, Eyal O, Mueller R, Smith FO, Kansra AR, Rose SR. Abnormalities in glucose tolerance are common in children with fanconi anemia and associated with impaired insulin secretion. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Aug;51(2):256-60.

Kazlauskaite R, Evans AT, Villabona CV, Abdu TA, Ambrosi B, Atkinson AB, Choi CH, Clayton RN, Courtney CH, Gonc EN, Maghnie M, Rose SR, Soule SG, Tordjman K; Consortium for Evaluation of Corticotropin Test in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Insufficiency. Corticotropin tests for hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal insufficiency: a metaanalysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Nov;93(11):4245-53.

Clinical Interests

Bone health and calcium metabolism; disorders of growth, puberty and sex development; endocrine function in cancer survivors; endocrine function in neuromuscular disorders

Research Interests

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

MB, BCh: University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

FRACP: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, New Zealand.

Residency: Auckland Children's Hospital and Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand; Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.

Fellowship: Pediatric Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2002; Pediatric Endocrinology, American Board of Pediatrics, 2003; Pediatrics, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1995.

Rose SR, Rutter MM, Mueller R, Harris M, Hamon B, Fletcher Bulluck A, Smith FO.  Bone mineral density is normal in children with Fanconi anemia.  Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2011 Apr. Epub ahead of print.

Bianchi ML, Biggar D, Bushby K, Rogol AD, Rutter MM, Tseng B.  Endocrine aspects of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  Neuromuscular Disorders. 2011;21(4):298-303.

Wong BL, Rutter MM, Rose SR, Clark E, Vonderhaar K.  Growth hormone therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  Best Evidence Statement, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2009.

Rutter MM.  What is an endocrinologist and why is endocrine care important for Duchenne?  Action Duchenne newsletter. 2009.

Murray R, Rutter MM, Racine M, Rose SR.  Report on The Endocrine Society’s 90^th Annual Meeting.  Highlights. 2008;16(4):1-36.

Rutter MM, Racine M, Rose SR.  Report on The Endocrine Society’s 89^th Annual Meeting.  Highlights. 2007;15(3):2-30.

Rutter MM, Rose SR. Long-term endocrine sequelae of childhood cancer. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2007 Aug;19(4):480-7.

Research Interests

Dr. McMasters has a research interest in childhood leukemia, lymphoma and bone marrow failure syndromes. His current focus is on applications of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and management of these disorders.

Clinical Interests

Dr. McMasters joined Cincinnati Children's in 2008. His main clinical interests are hematopathology and general surgical pathology. He is the laboratory director at Cincinnati Children's Liberty Campus.

MD: Baylor College of Medicine, 1994.

Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 2002.

Fellowships: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 2003; LAC-USC Medical Center, 2004; Akron Children's Hospital, 2005.

Certification: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2003; Hematology (Pathology), 2004; Pediatric Pathology, 2005.

Research Interests

Dr. Mo's research interests are childhood leukemia/lymphoma, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/macrophage activation syndrome, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorders and pediatric vascular lesions/tumors. 
 

Clinical Interests

Dr. Mo is a pediatric pathologist with a subspecialty in hematopathology at Cincinnati Children's. She has been actively involved in following clinical services: surgical pathology, gastrointestinal pathology and hematopathology including flow cytometric study/interpretation since 2004. Her collaborations with clinicians and researchers in many other divisions have resulted in more than 33 peer-reviewed publications. 
 

Residency: Anatomic and clinical pathology, Harbor-UCLA, CA and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Pathology, 2002.

Hummel T, Anyane-Yeboa A, Mo J, Towbin A, Weiss B. Response of NF1-related plexiform neurofibroma to high-dose carboplatin. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Mar;56(3):488-90. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22827.

Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome--acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.

Towbin AJ, Luo GG, Yin H, Mo JQ. Focal nodular hyperplasia in children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatr Radiol. 2011 Mar;41(3):341-9.

Hinze CH, Fall N, Thornton S, Mo JQ, Aronow BJ, Layh-Schmitt G, Griffin TA, Thompson SD, Colbert RA, Glass DN, Barnes MG, Grom AA. Immature cell populations and an erythropoiesis gene-expression signature in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: implications for pathogenesis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010;12(3):R123.

Lo MM, Mo JQ, Dixon BP, Czech KA. Disseminated histoplasmosis associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar;10(3):687-91.

Liu Y, Mo JQ, Hu Q, Boivin G, Levin L, Lu S, Yang D, Dong Z, Lu S. Targeted overexpression of vav3 oncogene in prostatic epithelium induces nonbacterial prostatitis and prostate cancer. Cancer Res. 2008 Aug 1;68(15):6396-406.

Lee K, Liu Y, Mo JQ, Zhang J, Dong Z, Lu S. Vav3 oncogene activates estrogen receptor and its overexpression may be involved in human breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2008 Jun 2;8:158.

Yang L, Wang L, Kalfa TA, Cancelas JA, Shang X, Pushkaran S, Mo J, Williams DA, Zheng Y. Cdc42 critically regulates the balance between myelopoiesis and erythropoiesis. Blood. 2007 Dec 1;110(12):3853-61.

Yang L, Wang L, Geiger H, Cancelas JA, Mo J, Zheng Y. Rho GTPase Cdc42 coordinates hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and niche interaction in the bone marrow. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 20;104(12):5091-6.

Stapp J, Wilkerson S, Stewart D, Coventry S, Mo JQ, Bove KE. Fulminant neonatal liver failure in siblings: probable congenital hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2006 May-Jun;9(3):239-44.

Clinical Interests

Complex chronic pain conditions in infants, children and young adults, including those related to vascular malformations, epidermolysis bullosa and cancer.

Research Interests

Outcomes of pain treatment, with a focus on outpatient, chronic pain management.

MD: University of Connecticut Health Center School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 1991. 

Residency: Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1991 - 1994; Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994-1997. 

Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997 - 1998; Pain Management, Longwood Combined Pain Fellowship, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1998 - 1999. 

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1994; American Board of Anesthesiology, 1998; ABA Pain Management, 2000.

Lynch-Jordan AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR. Parent perceptions of adolescent pain expression: the adolescent pain behavior questionnaire. Pain. 2010 Dec;151(3):834-42.

Goldschneider K, Lucky AW, Mellerio JE, Palisson F, del Carmen Viñuela Miranda M, Azizkhan RG. Perioperative care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa: proceedings of the 5th international symposium on epidermolysis bullosa, Santiago Chile, December 4-6, 2008. Paediatr Anaesth. 2010 Sep;20(9):797-804.

Goldschneider KR, Lucky AW. Pain management in epidermolysis bullosa. Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):273-82, ix. Review.

Meyer MJ, Goldschneider KR, Bielefeldt K, Zeltzer L, Lackner J, Keefer L. Functional abdominal pain in adolescence: a biopsychosocial phenomenon. J Pain. 2008 Nov;9(11):984-90.

Hosu L, Meyer MJ, Goldschneider KR. Cerebrospinal fluid cutaneous fistula after epidural analgesia in a child. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;33(1):74-6.

Goldschneider KR, Racadio JM, Weidner NJ. Celiac plexus blockade in children using a three-dimensional fluoroscopic reconstruction technique: case reports. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):510-5.

Lynch AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Jones BA. Sex and age differences in coping styles among children with chronic pain. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Feb;33(2):208-16.

Lynch AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Jones BA. Psychosocial risks for disability in children with chronic back pain. J Pain. 2006 Apr;7(4):244-51.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Vaught MH, Goldschneider KR, Graham TB, Miller JC. Depression, coping, and functional disability in juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome. J Pain. 2002 Oct;3(5):412-9.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Goldschneider KR, Powers SW, Vaught MH, Hershey AD. Depression and functional disability in chronic pediatric pain. Clin J Pain. 2001 Dec;17(4):341-9.

Clinical Interests

Palliative medicine; end of life care; anesthesiology; pain management

Research Interests

Anesthesia; pain management

MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998.

Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 2002.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003.

Certification: Anesthesiology, 2004; Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2006.

Palliative medicine; end of life care; anesthesiology; pain management
 

MD: Temple Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, 1975.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1975-77; Pediatrics, Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH 1981-82; Anesthesia, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 1985-87.

Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesia, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1988.

Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, 1983; American Board of Pediatrics, 1989; Diplomat, American Board Medical Acupuncture, 2001; Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2004.

Goldschneider KR, Racadio JM, Weidner NJ. Celiac plexus blockade in children using a three-dimensional fluoroscopic reconstruction technique: case reports. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Nov-Dec;32(6):510-5.

Weidner NJ. Pediatric palliative care. Curr Oncol Rep. 2007 Nov;9(6):437-9. Review

Cripe LH, Barber BJ, Spicer RL, Wong BL, Weidner N, Benson DW, Markham LW. Outpatient continuous inotrope infusion as an adjunct to heart failure therapy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord. 2006 Nov;16(11):745-8.

Weidner NJ. The evolution of pediatric palliative medicine and its integration with anesthesia. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2006 Winter;44(1):109-18. Review. 

Weidner NJ. Developing an interdisciplinary palliative care plan for the patient with muscular dystrophy. Pediatr Ann. 2005 Jul;34(7):546-52. Review. 

Clinical Interests

Fanconi Anemia; cell cycle check points; genetic instability; replication stress; relationship of DNA repair and chromatin; mitosis; cell biology

Visit the Andreassen Lab.

 

BS: Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1984

PhD: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1995

Clinical Interests

Leukemia

Research Interests

Structure and function analysis of tyrosine kinases involved in the pathogenesis of leukemia; molecular basis of “oncogene addiction”;  modeling of human leukemia in mice using ES and patient derived iPS Cells

PhD: Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Post-doc: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT (2001-2003).

Instructor: Children’s Hospital of Boston and Harvard Medical School. (2006-2009).

Azam M, Powers JT, Einhorn W, Huang WS, Shakespeare WC, Zhu X, Dalgarno D, Clackson T, Sawyer TK, Daley GQ. AP24163 inhibits the gatekeeper mutant of BCR-ABL and suppresses in vitro resistance. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2010 Feb;75(2):223-7.  

Zhang J, Adrián FJ, Jahnke W, Cowan-Jacob SW, Li AG, Iacob RE, Sim T, Powers J, Dierks C, Sun F, Guo GR, Ding Q, Okram B, Choi Y, Wojciechowski A, Deng X, Liu G, Fendrich G, Strauss A, Vajpai N, Grzesiek S, Tuntland T, Liu Y, Bursulaya B, Azam M, Manley PW, Engen JR, Daley GQ, Warmuth M, Gray NS. Targeting Bcr-Abl by combining allosteric with ATP-binding-site inhibitors. Nature. 2010 Jan 28;463(7280):501-6.

Nardi V, Azam M, Neverias O, Daley GQ. Immune-Mediated Protection Against BCR/ABL-Induced Leukemia: A Common Pathway Shared between IRF8/ICSBP and IFN alpha and beta. Blood. 2009.

Viswanathan SR, Powers JT, Einhorn W, Hoshida Y, Ng TL, Toffanin S, O'Sullivan M, Lu J, Phillips LA, Lockhart VL, Shah SP, Tanwar PS, Mermel CH, Beroukhim R, Azam M, Teixeira J, Meyerson M, Hughes TP, Llovet JM, Radich J, Mullighan CG, Golub TR, Sorensen PH, Daley GQ. Lin28 promotes transformation and is associated with advanced human malignancies. Nature Genetics. 2009 Jul;41(7):843-8.

Azam M, Seeliger M, Gray S, Kuriyan J, Daley GQ. Activation of tyrosine kinases by the mutation of gatekeeper residue. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Oct;15(10):1109-18.

Raz T, Nardi V, Azam M, Cortes J, Daley GQ. Farnesyl transferase inhibitor resistance probed by target mutagenesis. Blood. 2007 Sep 15;110(6):2102-9.

Azam M, Nardi V, Shakespeare WC, Metcalf CA 3rd, Bohacek RS, Wang Y, Sundaramoorthi R, Sliz P, Veach DR, Bornmann WG, Clarkson B, Dalgarno DC, Sawyer TK, Daley GQ. Activity of dual SRC-ABL inhibitors highlights role of BCR/ABL kinase dynamics in drug resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jun 13;103(24):9244-9.  

Azam M, and Daley GQ. Anticipating Clinical Resistance to Target-directed Agents: BCR-ABL an example. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2006;10(2):67-76.

Hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and differentiation

Visit the Cancelas Lab.
 

MD: Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, 1989.

Residency: Hematology and Hematotherapy, University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 1993.

PhD: Faculty of Medicine, University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 1996.

Dumont LJ*, Cancelas JA*, Graminske S, Friedman KD, Vassallo RR, Whitley PH, Rugg N, Dumont DF, Herschel L, Siegal AH, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Fender L, Razatos A. In vitro and in vivo quality of leukocyte-reduced apheresis platelets stored in a new platelet additive solution. Transfusion. 2012. (*both authors contributed equally).

Prada CE, Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Wu J, Dunn RS, Mayes DA, Cancelas JA, Dombi E, Kim MO, West BL, Bollag G, Ratner N. Neurofibroma-associated macrophages play roles in tumor growth and response to pharmacological inhibition. Acta Neuropathol. 2013 Jan;125(1):159-68.

Dumont LJ, Cancelas J, Dumont DF, Siegel AH, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Rugg R, Pratt PG, Worsham DN, Hartman EL, Dunn SK, O’Leary M, Ransom JH, Michael RA, Macdonald VW. A randomized controlled trial evaluating recovery and survival of 6% dimethyl sulfoxide-frozen autologous platelets in healthy volunteers. Transfusion. 2013 Jan;53(1):128-37.

Taniguchi Ishikawa E, Cancelas JA. Lack of communication rusts and ages stem cells. Cell Cycle. 2012 Sep 1;11(17):3149-3150.

Geiger H, Pawar SA, Kerschen EJ, Nattamai KJ, Hernandez I, Liang HP, Fernández JA, Cancelas JA, Ryan MA, Kustikova O, Schambach A, Fu Q, Wang J, Fink LM, Petersen KU, Zhou D, Griffin JH, Baum C, Weiler H, Hauer-Jensen M. Pharmacological targeting of the thrombomodulin-activated protein C pathway mitigates radiation toxicity. Nat Med. 2012 Jul;18(7):1123-9.

Chang KH, Sanchez-Aguilera A, Shen S, Sengupta A, Madhu MN, Ficker AM, Dunn SK, Kuenzi AM, Anrett JL, Santho RA, Agirre X, Perentesis JP, Deininger MW, Zheng Y, Bustelo XR, Williams DA, Cancelas JA. Vav3 collaborates with p190-BCR-ABL in lymphoid progenitor leukemogenesis, proliferation and survival. Blood. 2012 Jul 26;120(4):800-11.

Taniguchi Ishikawa E, Gonzalez-Nieto D, Ghiaur G, Dunn SK, Ficker AM, Murali B, Madhu M, Gutstein DE, Fishman GI, Barrio LC, Cancelas JA. Connexin-43 prevents hematopoietic stem cell senescence through transfer of reactive oxygen species to bone marrow stromal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012 Jun 5;109(23):9071-6.

Konstantinidis DG, Pushkaran S, Johnson JF, Cancelas JA, Manganaris S, Harris CE, Williams DA, Zheng Y, Kalfa TA. Signaling and cytoskeletal requirements in erythroblast enucleation. Blood. 2012 Jun 21;119(25):6118-27.

Gonzalez-Nieto D, Li L, Köhler A, Ghiaur G, Ishikawa E, Sengupta A, Madhu M, Arnett J, Santho R, Dunn S, Fishman G, Gutstein D, Civitelli R, Barrio L, Gunzer M, Cancelas J. Connexin-43 in the osteogenic BM niche regulates its cellular composition and the bidirectional traffic of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors. Blood. 2012 May 31;119(22):5144-54.

Sengupta A, Ficker A, Dunn S, Madhu M, Cancelas JA. Bmi1 reprograms chronic myelogenous leukemia B-lymphoid progenitors to become B-ALL-initiating cells. Blood. 2012 Jan 12;119(2):494-502.

Visit the Davies Lab.

MBBS: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1981.

Clinical and Fellowship Training: The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle General Hospital and Great Ormond St. Hospital, 1981 to 1985.

PhD: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1989.

Pediatric Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1989 to 1993.

Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome -- acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.

Jodele S, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Laskin BL, Goebel J, Pinkard SL, Davies SM. Successful early intervention for hyperacute transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Nov 5.

Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.

Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.

Phillips CL, Gerbing R, Alonzo T, Perentesis JP, Harley IT, Meshinchi S, Bhatla D, Radloff G, Davies SM. MDM2 polymorphism increases susceptibility to childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):248-53.

Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.

Sakagami T, Beck D, Uchida K, Suzuki T, Carey BC, Nakata K, Keller G, Wood RE, Wert SE, Ikegami M, Whitsett JA, Luisetti M, Davies S, Krischer JP, Brody A, Ryckman F, Trapnell BC. Patient-derived granulocyte / macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies reproduce pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in nonhuman primates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Jul 1;182(1):49-61.

Wang D, Zhang W, Kalfa TA, Grabowski G, Davies S, Malik P, Pan D. Reprogramming erythroid cells for lysosomal enzyme production leads to visceral and CNS cross-correction in mice with Hurler syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19958-63.

Davies SM, Wang D, Wang T, Arora M, Ringden O, Anasetti C, Pavletic S, Casper J, Macmillan ML, Sanders J, Wall D, Kernan NA. Recent decrease in acute graft-versus-host disease in children with leukemia receiving unrelated donor bone marrow transplants. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):360-6.

Myers KC, Davies SM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for bone marrow failure syndromes in children. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):279-92. Review.

Hematopoietic stem cells; genetics; aging/longevity; plasticity of stem cells; mobilization; DNA-repair

Visit the Geiger Lab.
 

MS: Studies in chemistry at the University Karlsruhe, Germany and studies in biochemistry at the University Witten/Herdecke, Germany (1996).

PhD: Max-Planck Institut für Immunbiologie in Freiburg, Germany.
Plasticity of murine hematopoietic stem cells (1999).

Postdoctoral Studies: University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
Genetic analysis of hematopoiesis and aging/longevity in mice.

Ryan MA, Nattamai KJ, Xing E, Schleimer D, Daria D, Sengupta A, Köhler A, Liu W, Gunzer M, Jansen M, Ratner N, Le Cras TD, Waterstrat A, Van Zant G, Cancelas JA, Zheng Y, Geiger H. Pharmacological inhibition of EGFR signaling enhances G-CSF-induced hematopoietic stem cell mobilization. Nat Med. 2010 Oct;16(10):1141-6.

Kalfa TA, Pushkaran S, Zhang X, Johnson JF, Pan D, Daria D, Geiger H, Cancelas JA, Williams DA, Zheng Y. Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are necessary for early erythropoietic expansion in the bone marrow but not in the spleen. Haematologica. 2010 Jan;95(1):27-35.

Xu H, Eleswarapu S, Geiger H, Szczur K, Daria D, Zheng Y, Settleman J, Srour EF, Williams DA, Filippi MD. Loss of the Rho GTPase activating protein p190-B enhances hematopoietic stem cell engraftment potential. Blood. 2009 Oct 22;114(17):3557-66.

Geiger H, Rudolph KL. Aging in the lymphohematopoietic stem cell compartment. Trends Immunol. 2009 Jul;30(7):360-5. Epub 2009 Jun 18. Review.

Geiger H, David S, Nattamai KJ, Jan V. Quantification of genomic mutations in murine hematopoietic cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;506:423-36.

Williams JP, Wu J, Johansson G, Rizvi TA, Miller SC, Geiger H, Malik P, Li W, Mukouyama YS, Cancelas JA, Ratner N. Nf1 mutation expands an EGFR-dependent peripheral nerve progenitor that confers neurofibroma tumorigenic potential. Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Dec 4;3(6):658-69.

Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Conner H, Ross JA, Meshinchi S, Zhai X, Zamzow T, Mehta PA, Geiger H, Perentesis J, Davies SM. Cytidine deaminase genotype and toxicity of cytosine arabinoside therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2009 Feb;144(3):388-94.

Milsom MD, Jerabek-Willemsen M, Harris CE, Schambach A, Broun E, Bailey J, Jansen M, Schleimer D, Nattamai K, Wilhelm J, Watson A, Geiger H, Margison GP, Moritz T, Baum C, Thomale J, Williams DA. Reciprocal relationship between O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase P140K expression level and chemoprotection of hematopoietic stem cells. Cancer Res. 2008 Aug 1;68(15):6171-80.

Diwan A, Koesters AG, Capella D, Geiger H, Kalfa TA, Dorn GW 2nd. Targeting erythroblast-specific apoptosis in experimental anemia. Apoptosis. 2008 Aug;13(8):1022-30.

Daria D, Filippi MD, Knudsen ES, Faccio R, Li Z, Kalfa T, Geiger H. The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor is a critical intrinsic regulator for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells under stress. Blood. 2008 Feb 15;111(4):1894-902.

Transcriptional control of hematopoiesis and cancer.

Visit the Grimes Lab.

PhD: Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Postdoctoral Fellow: Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Guo F, Hildeman D, Tripathi P, Velu CS, Grimes HL, Zheng Y. Coordination of IL-7 receptor and T-cell receptor signaling by cell-division cycle 42 in T-cell homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Oct 26;107(43):18505-10.

Tripathi P, Kurtulus S, Wojciechowski S, Sholl A, Hoebe K, Morris SC, Finkelman FD, Grimes HL, Hildeman DA. STAT5 is critical to maintain effector CD8+ T cell responses. J Immunol. 2010 Aug 15;185(4):2116-24.

Meyer SE, Hasenstein JR, Baktula A, Velu CS, Xu Y, Wan H, Whitsett JA, Gilks CB, Grimes HL. Kruppel-like factor 5 is not required for K-RasG12D lung tumorigenesis, but represses ABCG2 expression and is associated with better disease-specific survival. Am J Pathol. 2010 Sep;177(3):1503-13.

Phelan JD, Shroyer NF, Cook T, Gebelein B, Grimes HL. Gfi1-cells and circuits: unraveling transcriptional networks of development and disease. Curr Opin Hematol. 2010 Jul;17(4):300-7. Review.

Arumugam PI, Urbinati F, Velu CS, Higashimoto T, Grimes HL, Malik P. The 3' region of the chicken hypersensitive site-4 insulator has properties similar to its core and is required for full insulator activity. PLoS One. 2009 Sep 10;4(9):e6995.

Guo F, Velu CS, Grimes HL, Zheng Y. Rho GTPase Cdc42 is essential for B-lymphocyte development and activation. Blood. 2009 Oct 1;114(14):2909-16.

Horman SR, Velu CS, Chaubey A, Bourdeau T, Zhu J, Paul WE, Gebelein B, Grimes HL. Gfi1 integrates progenitor versus granulocytic transcriptional programming. Blood. 2009 May 28;113(22):5466-75.

Velu CS, Baktula AM, Grimes HL. Gfi1 regulates miR-21 and miR-196b to control myelopoiesis. Blood. 2009 May 7;113(19):4720-8.

Gu Y, Harley IT, Henderson LB, Aronow BJ, Vietor I, Huber LA, Harley JB, Kilpatrick JR, Langefeld CD, Williams AH, Jegga AG, Chen J, Wills-Karp M, Arshad SH, Ewart SL, Thio CL, Flick LM, Filippi MD, Grimes HL, Drumm ML, Cutting GR, Knowles MR, Karp CL. Identification of IFRD1 as a modifier gene for cystic fibrosis lung disease. Nature. 2009 Apr 23;458(7241):1039-42.

Li-Kroeger D, Witt LM, Grimes HL, Cook TA, Gebelein B. Hox and senseless antagonism functions as a molecular switch to regulate EGF secretion in the Drosophila PNS. Dev Cell. 2008 Aug;15(2):298-308.

Research in Dr. Huang’s laboratory focuses on genetic and epigenetic regulations of blood cell normal development and leukemia. We first demonstrated that AML1/CBFβ (a hetero-dimer transcription factor) and Mixed-Lineage Leukemia (MLL) protein (an enzyme which methylates lysine 4 of histone H3 tails), form a regulatory complex, which is important for normal blood development and acts as a tumor suppressor in leukemia. Mutations in either one of these three genes account for majority of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

We also found that the AML1/CBFβ/MLL complex regulates another transcription factor, PU.1, through the upstream regulatory region of the PU.1 gene and that the epigenetic changes of the histone tails occurring in the PU.1 regulatory region correlate with the PU.1 expression level. PU.1 expression level changes are critical for blood cell differentiation and dysregulation of PU.1 dosages leading to leukemia.

This research will provide new insight into the interplay between genetics and epigenetics in normal blood development and leukemia. It will also help to develop generic drugs for most of the AML, ALL and MDS, which will benefit the future clinical treatments.

BS: Peking University, College of Science, Beijing, P.R. China, 1991.

MS: Inner Mongolia University, Graduate School of Science, Huhhort, P.R. China, 1994.

PhD: Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 2001.

Staber PB, Zhang P, Ye M, Welner R, Nombela-Arrieta C, Bach C, Kerenyi M, Bartholdy BA, Zhang H, Alberich-Jorda M, Lee S, Yang H, Ng F, Zhang J, Leddin M, Silberstein LE, Hoefler G, Orkin S, Gottgens B, Rosenbauer F, Huang G, Tenen DG. Sustained PU.1 Levels Balance Cell Cycle Regulators to Prevent Exhaustion of Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Mol Cell. 2013.

Hirai H, Kamio N, Huang G, Matsusue A, Ogino S, Kimura N, Satake S, Ashihara E, Imanishi J, Tenen MD, DG, Maekawa T. Cyclic AMP Responsive Element Binding proteins are involved in “emergency” granulopoiesis through the upregulation of CCAAT/Enhancer Binder Protein. PlosONE. 2013

Zhang Y, Chen A, Yan XM, Huang G. Disordered epigenetic regulation in MLL-related leukemia. Int J Hematol. 2012 Oct;96(4):428-37.

Zhang Y, Yan XM, Sashida G, Zhao XH, Rao YL, Goyama S, Whitman SP, Zorko N, Bernot K, Conway R, Witte D, Wang QF, Tenen DG, Xiao ZJ, Marcucci G, Mulloy J, Grimes HL, Caligiuri MA, Huang G. Mll partial tandem duplication (Mll-PTD) causes abnormal hematopoiesis in mice by reprogramming, enhancing self-renewal, lineage skewing and blocking myeloid differentiation. Blood. 2012 Aug 2;120(5):1118-29.

Zorko N, Bernot KS, Whitman SP, Siebenaler RF, Ahmed E, Marcucci GG, Yanes DA, McConnell KK, Mao C. Kalu C, Zhang XL, Jarjoura D, Dorrance AM, Lee BH, Huang G, Marcucci G, Caligiuri MA. Mll Partial Tandem Duplication and Flt3-Internal Tandem Duplication in a Double Knock-in Mouse Recapitulates Features of Counterpart Human Acute Myeloid Leukemias. Blood. 2012 Aug 2;120(5):1130-6.

Huang G, Zhao XH, Wang L, Elf S, Xu H, Zhao XY, Sashida G, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Lee J, Menendez S, Yang YY, Yan XM, Zhang P, Tenen DG, Osato M, Hsieh JDJ, Nimer SD. The ability of MLL to bind RUNX1 and methylate H3K4 at PU.1 regulatory regions is impaired by MDS/AML-associated RUNX1/AML1 mutations. Blood. 2011;118(25):6544-52.

Wang L, Gural A, Sun XJ, Zhao X, Perna F, Huang G, Hatlen MA, Vu L, Liu F, Xu H, Asai T, Xu H, Deblasio T, Menendez S, Voza F, Jiang Y, Cole PA, Zhang J, Melnick A, Roeder RG, Nimer SD. The leukemogenicity of AML1-ETO is dependent on site-specific lysine Acetylation. Science. 2011;333(6043):765-9.

Huang G, Zhang P, Hirai H, Elf S, Yan XM, Chen Z, Koschmieder S, Okuno Y, Dayaram T, Growney JD, Shivdasani RA, Gilliland DG, Speck NA, Nimer SD, Tenen DG. PU.1 is a major downstream target of AML1/RUNX1 in adult hematopoiesis. Nat Genet. 2008;40:51-60.

Clinical Interests

Childhood cancer and blood disorders; immune deficiency

Research Interests

Leukemia biology; cancer biology

Visit the Kumar Lab.

MD: LTM Medical College, Mumbai, India.

Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

PhD: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Certification: General Pediatrics; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty.

Licenses: State of Ohio; State of Minnesota.

Kumar AR, Yao Q, Li Q, Sam TA, Kersey JH. t(4;11) leukemias display addiction to MLL-AF4 but not to AF4-MLL. Leuk Res. 2011 Mar;35(3):305-9.

Kumar AR, Sarver AL, Wu B, Kersey JH. Meis1 maintains stemness signature in MLL-AF9 leukemia. Blood. 2010 Apr 29;115(17):3642-3.

Burke MJ, Cao Q, Trotz B, Weigel B, Kumar A, Smith A, Verneris MR. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allogeneic HCT) for treatment of pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;53(7):1289-94.

Kumar AR, Li Q, Hudson WA, Chen W, Yao Q, Sam TN, Wu B, Lund EA, Kowal BJ and Kersey JH. A role for MEIS1 in MLL-fusion gene leukemia. Blood. 2009 Feb 19; 113(8):1756-8.

Chen W*, Kumar AR*, Hudson WA, Li Q, Wu B, Staggs RA, Lund EA, Sam TN and Kersey JH. Malignant transformation initiated by Mll-AF9: Gene dosage and critical target cells. Cancer Cell. 2008 May; 13: 432-440. *Co-first authors.

Kris Ann P. Schultz, MD, Joseph P. Neglia, MD, MPH, Angela R. Smith, MD, Hans D. Ochs, MD, Dr. med., Troy R. Torgerson, MD, PhD, and Ashish Kumar, MD, PhD. Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Two Brothers With X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2008; 51:293–295.

White JG, Kumar AR, Hogan MJ. Gray Platelet Syndrome in a Somalian Family. Platelets. 2006 Dec; 17:519-527.

Mehta PA, Davies SM, Kumar A, Devidas M, Lee S, Zamzow T, Elliott J, Villanueva J, Pullen J, Zewge Y, and Filipovich A; Children’s Oncology Group. Perforin polymorphism A91V and susceptibility to B-precursor childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Leukemia. 2006 Sep; 20; 1539-1541.

Chen W, Li Q, Hudson WA, Kumar A, Kirchhof N, Kersey JH. A murine Mll-AF4 knock-in model results in lymphoid and myeloid deregulation and hematological malignancy. Blood. 2006 Jul 15; 108:669-677.

Clinical Interests

Fanconi anemia; chromosome instability; DNA repair; multiprotein complex

Research Interests

Research in my laboratory focuses on functional analysis of Fanconi anemia gene products. The major research focus includes identification of new FA genes and signal transduction pathways that regulate DNA damage induced activation of the FA-core complex. Important technologies include biochemical purification of multiprotein complexes from human cell extracts, immunoprecipitation, RNAi, and biochemical assays. My long-term research goal is to use Fanconi anemia as a model system to study some of the important fundamental questions of cancer biology in general.

BS: Manipur University, India, 1989.

MS: Manipur University, India, 1992.

PhD: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2000.

Singh TR, Saro D, Ali AM, Zheng XF, Du CH, Killen MW, Sachpatzidis A, Wahengbam K, Pierce AJ, Xiong Y, Sung P, Meetei AR. MHF1-MHF2, a histone-fold-containing protein complex, participates in the Fanconi anemia pathway via FANCM. Mol Cell. 2010 Mar 26;37(6):879-86.

Singh TR, Bakker ST, Agarwal S, Jansen M, Grassman E, Godthelp BC, Ali AM, Du CH, Rooimans MA, Fan Q, Wahengbam K, Steltenpool J, Andreassen PR, Williams DA, Joenje H, de Winter JP, Meetei AR. Impaired FANCD2 monoubiquitination and hypersensitivity to camptothecin uniquely characterize Fanconi anemia complementation group M. Blood. 2009 Jul 2;114(1):174-80.

Ali AM, Kirby M, Jansen M, Lach FP, Schulte J, Singh TR, Batish SD, Auerbach AD, Williams DA, Meetei AR. Identification and characterization of mutations in FANCL gene: a second case of Fanconi anemia belonging to FA-L complementation group. Hum Mutat. 2009 Jul;30(7):E761-70.

Ali AM, Singh TR, Meetei AR. FANCM-FAAP24 and FANCJ: FA proteins that metabolize DNA. Mutat Res. 2009 Jul 31;668(1-2):20-6. Epub 2009 Apr 18. Review.

Singh TR, Ali AM, Busygina V, Raynard S, Fan Q, Du CH, Andreassen PR, Sung P, Meetei AR. BLAP18/RMI2, a novel OB-fold-containing protein, is an essential component of the Bloom helicase-double Holliday junction dissolvasome. Genes Dev. 2008 Oct 15;22(20):2856-68.

Meetei AR, Medhurst AL, Ling C, Xue Y, Singh TR, Bier P, Steltenpool J, Stone S, Dokal I, Mathew CG, Hoatlin M, Joenje H, de Winter JP, Wang W. A human ortholog of archaeal DNA repair protein Hef is defective in Fanconi anemia complementation group M. Nat Genet. 2005 Sep;37(9):958-63.

Visit the Mulloy Lab.

BA: St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1986.

MS: Rutgers University-University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1989.

PhD: Rutgers University-University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1992.

Wunderlich M, Mizukawa B, Chou FS, Sexton C, Shrestha M, Saunthararajah Y, Mulloy JC. AML cells are differentially sensitive to chemotherapy treatment in a human xenograft model. Blood. March;121:e90-e97. 2013.

Bell-Horwath, T. B., Vadukoot, A. K., Li, G.; Thowfeik, S., Wunderlich, M., Mulloy, JC, Merino, E. J.  Novel oxidatively activated anticancer agents selectively target acute myeloid leukemia. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 23:2951–2954, 2013.

Goyama S, Mulloy JC. Making healthy stem cells: the new role of TPO. Cell Stem Cell. Jan 3;12(1):8-9. 2013.

Negrotto S, Ng KP, Jankowska AM, Bodo J, Gopalan B, Guinta K, Mulloy JC, Hsi E, Maciejewski J, Saunthararajah Y.  CpG methylation patterns and decitabine treatment response in acute myeloid leukemia cells and normal hematopoietic precursors. Leukemia, 26(2):244-54, Feb 2012.

Maiques-Diaz A, Chou FS, Wunderlich M, Gómez-López G, Jacinto FV, Rodriguez-Perales S, Larrayoz MJ, Calasanz MJ, Mulloy JC, Cigudosa JC, Alvarez S. Chromatin modifications induced by the AML1/ETO fusion protein reversibly silence its genomic targets through AML1 and Sp1 binding motifs. Leukemia, 26(6):1329-37, Jun 2012.

Li Z, Huang H, Chen P, He M, Li Y, Arnovitz S, Jiang X, He C, Hyjek E, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Elkahloun A, Cao D, Shen C, Wunderlich M, Wang Y, Neilly MB, Jin J, Wei M, Lu J, Valk PJ, Delwel R, Lowenberg B, Le Beau MM, Vardiman J, Mulloy JC, Zeleznik-Le NJ, Liu PP, Zhang J, Chen J. miR-196b directly targets bothHOXA9/MEIS1 oncogenes and FAS tumour suppressor in MLL-rearranged leukaemia. Nat Commun. 2:688. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1681. Feb 21 2012.

Yoshimi M, Goyama S, Kawazu M, Nakagawa M, Ichikawa M, Imai Y, Kumano K, Asai T, Mulloy JC, Kraft AS, Takahashi T, Shirafuji N, Kurokawa M. Multiple phosphorylation sites are important for RUNX1 activity in early hematopoiesis and T-cell differentiation. Eur J Immunol. 42(4):1044-50. Apr 2012

Chou FS, Griesinger A, Wunderlich M, Lin S, Link KA, Shrestha M, Goyama S, Mizukawa B, Shen S, Marcucci G, Mulloy JC.The THPO/MPL/Bcl-xL pathway is essential for survival and self-renewal in human pre-leukemia induced by AML1-ETO. Blood,(plenary paper) 120 (4): 2012.

Fang J, Rhyasen G, Bolanos L, Rasch C, Varney M, Wunderlich M, Goyama S, Jansen G, Cloos J, Rigolino C, Cortelezzi A, Mulloy JC, Oliva EN, Cuzzola M, Starczynowski DT. Cytotoxic effects of bortezomib in myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia depend on autophagy-mediated lysosomal degradation of TRAF6 and repression of PSMA1. Blood, 120 (4): 2012.

Zhang Y, Yan X, Sashida G, Zhao X, Rao Y,Goyama S, Whitman SP, Zorko N, Bernot K, Conway RM, Witte D, Wang QF, Tenen DG, Xiao Z, Marcucci G, Mulloy JC, Grimes HL, Caligiuri MA, Huang G. Stress hematopoiesis reveals abnormal control of self-renewal, lineage bias, and myeloid differentiation in Mll partial tandem duplication (Mll-PTD) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Blood. Aug 2 2012; 120(5):1118-29. Epub 2012 Jun 26.

Lymphoproliferative disease; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; usher syndrome

MD: University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary, 1968.

PhD: Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary, 1974.

Docent (DMSc): Karolinska Institute Stockhom, Sweden, 1982.

Sumegi J, Barnes MG, Nestheide SV, Molleran-Lee S, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Risma KA, Grom AA, Filipovich AH. Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children with active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood. 2011 Apr 14;117(15):e151-60.

Sumegi J, Nishio J, Nelson M, Frayer RW, Perry D, Bridge JA. A novel t(4;22)(q31;q12) produces an EWSR1-SMARCA5 fusion in extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Mod Pathol. 2011 Mar;24(3):333-42.

Huang D, Sumegi J, Dal Cin P, Reith JD, Yasuda T, Nelson M, Muirhead D, Bridge JA. C11orf95-MKL2 is the resulting fusion oncogene of t(11;16)(q13;p13) in chondroid lipoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2010 Sep;49(9):810-8.

Sumegi J, Streblow R, Frayer RW, Dal Cin P, Rosenberg A, Meloni-Ehrig A, Bridge JA. Recurrent t(2;2) and t(2;8) translocations in rhabdomyosarcoma without the canonical PAX-FOXO1 fuse PAX3 to members of the nuclear receptor transcriptional coactivator family. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2010 Mar;49(3):224-36.

 Sumegi J, Johnson J, Filipovich A, Zhang K, Marsh R. Lymphoproliferative Disease, X-Linked. In: Pagon RA, Bird TD, Dolan CR, Stephens K, editors. GeneReviews [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993- 2004 Feb 27 [updated 2009 Jun 18].

Trizzino A, zur Stadt U, Ueda I, Risma K, Janka G, Ishii E, Beutel K, Sumegi J, Cannella S, Pende D, Mian A, Henter JI, Griffiths G, Santoro A, Filipovich A, Aricò M; Histiocyte Society HLH Study group. Genotype-phenotype study of familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis due to perforin mutations. J Med Genet. 2008 Jan;45(1):15-21.

Erdos M, Alapi K, Balogh I, Oroszlán G, Rákóczi E, Sümegi J, Maródi L. Severe Shwachman-Diamond syndrome phenotype caused by compound heterozygous missense mutations in the SBDS gene. Exp Hematol. 2006 Nov;34(11):1517-21.

Lee SM, Sumegi J, Villanueva J, Tabata Y, Zhang K, Chakraborty R, Sheng X, Clementi R, de Saint Basile G, Filipovich AH. Patients of African ancestry with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis share a common haplotype of PRF1 with a 50delT mutation. J Pediatr. 2006 Jul;149(1):134-7.

Risma KA, Frayer RW, Filipovich AH, Sumegi J. Aberrant maturation of mutant perforin underlies the clinical diversity of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. J Clin Invest. 2006 Jan;116(1):182-92.

Tabata Y, Villanueva J, Lee SM, Zhang K, Kanegane H, Miyawaki T, Sumegi J, Filipovich AH. Rapid detection of intracellular SH2D1A protein in cytotoxic lymphocytes from patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease and their family members. Blood. 2005 Apr 15;105(8):3066-71.

Genetic manipulation of mammalian cells; hematopoietic stem cell biology
 

BA: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 1975.

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1979.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1979-1982.

Fellowships: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1982-1985; The Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 1982-1985.