Clinical Trials Unit:
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Hematology/Oncology Department
747 52nd Street, Oakland CA 94609
Principal Investigators
Expertise/Interest
- Elliott Vichinsky, MD (PI) (iron metabolism, transfusion medicine, chelation therapy, complications and co-morbidities in sickle cell disease, stem cell transplantation, multi-center interventional trials, perioperative transfusion, acute chest syndrome, avascular necrosis, evaluating therapeutic interventions, developing novel therapies)
- Marsha Treadwell, PhD (Co-PI) (Quality of Life, Health Services, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement, Transition from pediatric to adult care)
Co-Investigators
Expertise/Interest
- Ward Hagar, MD (adult sickle cell disease, transfusion therapy, development of training programs for community providers)
- Neha Bhasin, MD (stroke, coagulopathy)
- Angela Rivers, MD (leg ulcers, mitochondrial function)
- Shannon Kelly, MD (transfusion medicine and apheresis)
- Mark Walters, MD (stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies)
- Frans Kuypers, PhD (membrane lipid biology and hemoglobinopathies)
- Shaina Willen, MD (pulmonary disease, acute chest and vaso-occlusive events in sickle cell disease)
Clinical Research Coordinators
- Ellen Fung, PhD, RD, CCD (nutrition, bone health, trace element metabolism)
- Beth Ann Martin