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Hematology Treatment Team
St. Jude has a large outpatient clinic setting with a dedicated area for children with sickle cell disease. Children are seen five days a week in designated clinics (sickle cell, hemostasis, general hematology, and bone marrow failure) with variable frequency depending upon age, clinical need, treatment regimen, and research protocols.
Leadership
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Mitchell Weiss, MD, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Chair, Hematology Department
Arthur Nienhuis Endowed Chair in Hematology
Mitchell Weiss, MD, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Chair, Hematology Department
Arthur Nienhuis Endowed Chair in Hematology
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of gene expression during blood cell development
- Non-coding RNAs in red blood cell formation, including microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs
- Use of induced pluripotent stem cells to model human blood disorders including leukemia
- Structure and biology of hemoglobins
- Role of ubiquitin ligases in red blood cell development
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Mitchell Weiss, MD, PhD
Hematology
MS 800, Room D3022D
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Cliff Takemoto, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Clinical Hematology
Lemuel Diggs Endowed Chair in Sickle Cell Disease
Cliff Takemoto, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Clinical Hematology
Lemuel Diggs Endowed Chair in Sickle Cell Disease
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Hemostasis and thrombosis
- Vascular malformations
- Bone marrow failure
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Cliff Takemoto, MD
Hematology
MS 355, Room R5006
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Physicians
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Nidhi Bhatt, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Health communication and implementation science with a focus on health literacy and health numeracy in adolescent patients with chronic diseases such as hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, sickle cell diseases and thalassemia
- Hemostasis/thrombosis with special interest in hemostasis (bleeding disorders)
- Transition of hemophilia patients from pediatric to adult care
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Nidhi Bhatt, MD
Hematology
MS 800, Room R5004
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAA
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAA
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Research Interests
- Gene therapy and genome editing
- Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, with particular focus on Diamond-Blackfan anemia
- Role of ribosomes in hematopoiesis
- Bone marrow transplantation for bone marrow failure syndromes
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Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAA
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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La'Ron (Lari) Browne, MD
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Instrutora de ciências médicas
Affiliations
Short Biography
La’Ron Browne é Instrutora de ciências médicas no Programa Global de Hematologia. Seu foco é principalmente em projetos de pesquisa que visam fortalecer os sistemas de saúde para condições hematológicas não malignas em ambientes com poucos recursos. Seu trabalho complementará as iniciativas em andamento lideradas pelo Programa Global de Hematologia, particularmente no avanço de estratégias baseadas em evidências para o atendimento e a prestação de serviços de saúde para doenças sanguíneas pediátricas catastróficas.
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La'Ron (Lari) Browne, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Georgios Christakopoulos, MD
Instructor, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Developing genome editing strategies to cure β-thalassemia
- Investigating the role of ULK1-dependent non-canonical autophagy in mediating the pathophysiology of b-thalassemia
- Non-coding RNAs in red blood cell formation, including microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs
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Georgios Christakopoulos, MD
Hematology
MS 355, Room C6001
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, St. Jude Global Hematology Program
Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, St. Jude Global Hematology Program
Affiliations
Clinical Interests
- New therapeutic approaches in sickle cell disease
- Transition to adult care
- Disease progression
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Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room 4027
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Rohith Jesudas, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Hemostasis and thrombosis
- Immune cytopenias
- Developing and implementing integrated care programs for patients with chronic hematological disease
Clinical Interests
- Non-malignant hematology
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Rohith Jesudas, MD
Hematology
MS 800, Room R5008
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Inherited bone marrow failure disorders
- Clonal hematopoiesis
- Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Discovery and developmental therapuetics
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Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Hematology
MS 344, Room D4007E
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Alexis K. Leonard, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Curative strategies for sickle cell disease
- Gene therapy for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies
- Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization
- Sickle cell disease advocacy
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Alexis K. Leonard, MD
Hematology
MS 800, Room R5005
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Deepa Manwani, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Program
Deepa Manwani, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Program
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Clinical and translational research in sickle cell disease (SCD) with a focus on developing novel treatments
- Improving outcomes in SCD pain – acute and chronic
- Development and utilization of SCD registries to obtain robust real-world data
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Deepa Manwani, MD
MS 800
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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William Beau Mitchell, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Management in Hematology
Director, Platelet Disorders Program
William Beau Mitchell, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Management in Hematology
Director, Platelet Disorders Program
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Evaluating novel therapies for rare bleeding disorders
- Exploring thromboinflammation as a therapeutic target in sickle cell disease
- Implementing best practices in thrombosis prevention and management
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William Beau Mitchell, MD
Hematology
MS 800
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Yogindra Persaud, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- The role of micronutrients in modulating the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease
- Use of homeopathic remedies in improving pain physiology in patients with sickle cell disease
- Investigating the use of novel immune therapies in patients with autoimmune cytopenias who are refractory to IvIg and steroids
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Yogindra Persaud, MD
Hospitalist Service
MS 260, Room C2221
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Parul Rai, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Identifying risk factors and understanding the etiology of cardiac injury in sickle cell disease
- Effects of disease-modifying therapies on sickle cell-related cardiac injury
Clinical Interests
- Sickle cell disease
- Thalassemia
- Anemia
- Chronic transfusion therapy
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Parul Rai, MD
Hematology
MS 800, Room R5044
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Ulrike M. Reiss, MD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Ulrike M. Reiss, MD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Bleeding disorders
- Thrombosis
- Bone marrow failure syndromes
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Ulrike M. Reiss, MD
Hematology
MS 800, Room R5006
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Bone Marrow Failure Program
Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Bone Marrow Failure Program
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
- Childhood myelodysplastic syndromes and aplastic anemia
- Predisposition to myeloid malignancies
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Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD
Experimental Hematology
MS 341, Room D3007F
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
