Education
AS – Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois
BA – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
MD – St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Pediatric Residency – St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Honors & Awards
- 2018 Joseph V. Simone, MD Golden Apple Award – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- 2017 Outstanding Physician Award – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- 2014 Southeastern Illinois College Distinguished Alumni
- 2009 Honorary Freezer – St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
- 2000 Most Likely to Cure a Major Disease Award – SLUSoM Class of 2000
Research Interests
- Hematopoietic cell transplantation for high risk leukemia
- Use of HLA-mismatched related (haploidentical) donors
- Graft modification to reduce GVHD, but maintain GVL
Selected Publications
Sharma A, Kang G, Sunkara A, Inaba H, Jeha S, Cross SJ, Geiger T, Triplett B. Haploidentical Donor Transplantation Using a Novel Clofarabine-Containing Conditioning Regimen for Very High-Risk Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms. Journal Pediatric Hematology Oncology 40:e479-e485, 2018. PMID:29750747. DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001222
Triplett BM, Muller B, Kang G, Li Y, Cross SJ, Moen J, Cunningham L, Janssen W, Mamcarz E, Shook DR, Srinivasan A, Choi JK, Hayden RT, Leung W. Selective T-cell depletion targeting CD45RA reduces viremia and enhances early T-cell recovery compared to CD3-targeted T-cell depletion. Transplant Infectious Disease Feb;20(1), 2018. PMID: 29178554. DOI: 10.1111/tid.12823
Triplett BM, Shook DR, Eldridge P, Li Y, Kang G, Dallas M, Hartford C, Srinivasan S, Chan WK, Suwannasaen D, Inaba H, Merchant TE, Pui CH, Leung W. Early Immune Reconstitution Recapitulating CD45RA-depleted Haploidentical Graft Content in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplantation 50(7):968-977, 2015. PubMed PMID: 25665048; DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.324
Triplett B, Handgretinger R, Pui CH, Leung W. KIR-incompatible hematopoietic-cell transplantation for poor prognosis infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 107(3):1238-9, 2006. PubMed PMID: 19212329, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2009.21
Last update: November 2018