available for consultation

Kendall Downer, MD.

Institution
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital
Physician Status
available for consultation
About
Kendall Downer, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics at the University of Pittsburgh. She completed medical school training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her clinical responsibilities include providing inpatient Supportive and Palliative Care consultation at UPMC Presbyterian and

Linda Burns, MD

Institution
Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Emma Groarke, MD, FRCPath

Institution
National Lung, Heart and Blood Institute (NLHBI)
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
About
Dr. Emma M. Groarke is a hematologist in Bethesda, Maryland at the National Lung, Heart and Blood Insititute. She received her medical degree from University College of Dublin. Dr. Groarke research involves Clinical trials in acquired and inherited bone marrow failure.

Jadee Neff, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP

Institution
Duke Cancer Center
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Pediatric
About
Dr. Jadee Neff is a board-certified Pathologist who sees patients at Duke Cancer Center, Duke University Hospital and Duke Eye Center. She obtained her MD and PhD degrees at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and did her AP/CP pathology residency at Mayo Clinic. As a diagnostic hematopathologist and molecular genetic pathologist, her clinical interests are focused on the histologic examination of tissue and bone marrow biopsies to diagnose hematologic malignancies (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, etc.) as well as testing DNA from tumors or from blood to detect inherited or acquired mutations

Satheesh Chonat, MD

Institution
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Aplastic Anemia
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pediatric
About
Satheesh Chonat, MD, is a Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. He specializes in the care of children and young adults with nonmalignant rare blood disorders by using a variety of clinical and research-based tools. Dr. Chonat is the site investigator for various clinical and translational research projects, focused on rare red blood disorders, such as pyruvate kinase disease, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. The main focus of his laboratory

Edward W. Cowen, M.D., M.H.Sc

Institution
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at NIH
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
About
Edward W. Cowen, M.D., M.H.Sc., leads the NIH Dermatology Consultation Service, conducts independent and collaborative research, and oversees the continuing medication education-accredited Dermatology Grand Rounds, Branch Clinical Fellowship and resident education programs. He is an internationally recognized expert in cutaneous graft-versus-host disease and serves as Director on the American Board of Dermatology as well as on the Editorial Board of JAMA Dermatology. Dr. Cowen’s primary interests include chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), primary immunodeficiency, autoinflammatory skin

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