Michael R. Grunwald, MD

Dr. Grunwald is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology. He specializes in hematology-oncology (cancer and blood disorders).

He has clinical interests in acute and chronic leukemias, including myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasms, transplantation and cellular therapy.

He is chief of the Leukemia Division at Atrium Health’s Levine Cancer Institute and director of the Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program at Levine Cancer Institute.

Dr. Grunwald has been named a Top Doctor by Charlotte magazine and Castle Connolly, both for multiple years. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a recognized provider for the MDS Foundation Center of Excellence.

Dr. Grunwald participates in clinical trials clinical trials: Clinical research is at the heart of all medical advances, identifying new ways to prevent, detect or treat disease. If you have a bone marrow failure disease, you may want to consider taking part in a clinical trial, also called a research study. Understanding Clinical Trials Clinical… involving leukemia and allogeneic transplantation (transplantation of stem cells stem cells: Cells in the body that develop into other cells. There are two main sources of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells come from human embryos and are used in medical research. Adult stem cells in the body repair and maintain the organ or tissue in which they are found. Blood-forming (hemapoietic) stem… from a healthy individual into a cancer patient).

He received his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University, where he also completed residency in internal medicine and fellowships in hematology and oncology.