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Elissa Engel, MD


  • Attending Physician, Division of Hematology / Oncology
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD: University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, 2016.

Residency: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 2019.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2019.

Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH, 2023.

Fellowship: Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH 2024.

Interests

Hemangiomas and vascular malformations; classical hematology; thrombosis; stroke

Services and Specialties

Cancer Blood Disease Institute, Cancer and Blood Diseases

Interests

Women's health and vascular malformations; pediatric stroke and vascular malformations; anticoagulation in cardiac mechanical circulatory support

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Publications

Prevalence and Predictors of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Capillary-Malformation Arteriovenous Malformation Syndrome Among Children with Neurovascular Malformations. Engel, ER; Wusik, K; Bright, P; Vadivelu, S; Taylor, JM; Hammill, A. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 264:113761.

Response to sirolimus in capillary lymphatic venous malformations and associated syndromes: Impact on symptomatology, quality of life, and radiographic response. Engel, ER; Hammill, A; Adams, D; Phillips, RJ; Jeng, M; Tollefson, MM; Iacobas, I; Schiff, D; Greenberger, S; Kelly, M; Drolet, B; Geddis, A; Goldenberg, D; Ricci, K. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2023; 70:e30215.

Practical guidance for the diagnosis and management of secondary hypogammaglobulinemia: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Primary Immunodeficiency and Altered Immune Response Committees. Otani, IM; Lehman, HK; Jongco, AM; Tsao, LR; Azar, AE; Tarrant, TK; Engel, E; Walter, JE; Truong, TQ; Khan, DA; Ballow, M; Cunningham-Rundles, C; Lu, H; Kwan, M; Barmettler, S. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2022; 149:1525-1560.

Streptococcal pneumonia meningitis as an initial presentation of X-linked agammaglobulinemia: A case report and discussion. Kadden, D; Fowler, G; Engel, E; Logan, C; Marathe, K; Gosdin, C. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2021; 2:e12553.

Rituximab and eculizumab when treating nonmalignant hematologic disorders: infection risk, immunization recommendations, and antimicrobial prophylaxis needs. Engel, ER; Walter, JE. Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program. 2020; 2020:312-318.

A Retrospective Review of the Use of Sirolimus for Pediatric Patients With Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. Engel, ER; Cournoyer, E; Adams, DM; Stapleton, S. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2020; 42:e826-e829.

Predictors of postthrombotic syndrome in pediatric thrombosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Engel, ER; Nguyen, AT H; Amankwah, EK; Albisetti, M; Brandão, LR; Goldenberg, NA; Betensky, M. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2020; 18:2601-2612.

Advances in Sickle Cell Disease Management. Engel, E; Howard, A; Ankus, E; Rico, JF. In: Berkowitz C, Ed. Advances in Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2020.

Clinical characterization and long-term outcomes in pediatric epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Cournoyer, E; Al-Ibraheemi, A; Engel, E; Chaudry, G; Stapleton, S; Adams, DM. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2020; 67:e28045.

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