Works from 2024
A Genomics Driven Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Infant ALL – Updates on Hematopoietic Differentiation, Meagan Vacek, Jacqelyn Nemechek, Irina Pushel, Priyanka Kumar, Bradley Thornton, Molly Leyda, Midhat Farooqi, Erin Guest, Jay L. Vivian, and John M. Perry (Poster)
An Increased Failure Rate of Asparaginase Desensitization with Calaspargase Pegol, Jillian Fry, Erin M. Guest, and Keith J. August (Poster)
Diagnosis of Mosaic RASopathy in a Child with Rhabdomyosarcoma, Meagan Vacek, Paige Johnson, Midhat S. Farooqi, Kristi M. Canty, Dihong Zhou, Brendan Lanpher, Wendy Allen-Rhoades, and Erin M. Guest (Poster)
Early Cholestasis and Vitamin K Deficiency Secondary to Biliary Atresia presenting as Coagulopathy and Thymic Hemorrhage, Abbey Elsbernd and Lauren Amos MD (Poster)
Increasing Palliative Care Team Involvement in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients, Meagan Vacek, Lisa Tarbell, Melissa List, Erin Hall, Jennifer Linebarger, Kelstan Ellis, Gina Jones, and Joel Thompson (Poster)
Single Center Retrospective Comparison of Bivalirudin and Heparin for Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Pediatric Patients, Clayton Habiger and Shannon L. Carpenter (Poster)
Increased Incidence of TdT-negative Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Associated With Poor Prognostic Features Among Mexican Children in Central Mexico., Meagan Vacek, Laura C. Zárraga Vargas, Elizabeth González Domínguez, Lilia Garcia Rodriguez, Omar A. Tello Teran, Carlos Mojica Cardoso, Luisa V. Ocampo Roosens, Juan J. Acevedo Fernandez, Weijie Li, Brian R. Lee, Jesús S Olalla Tapia, and Terrie Flatt (Article)
Works from 2023
A Genomics Driven Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Meagan Vacek, Jacqelyn Nemechek, Julia Draper, Irina Pushel, Bradley Thornton, Molly Leyda, Priyanka Prem Kumar, Midhat S. Farooqi, Jay L. Vivian, Erin M. Guest, and John M. Perry (Poster)
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Patients with Inherited Bleeding Disorders, Thomas Cochran, Brian R. Lee, and Shannon L. Carpenter (Poster)
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Patients with Inherited Bleeding Disorders, Thomas Cochran, Brian R. Lee, and Shannon L. Carpenter (Poster-Restricted Access )
Functional evaluation of a novel RPL30 mutation and its role in Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA), Alexandra Prosser, Alexandria Cockrell, Danny Miller, Chris Seidel, Tamara Potapova, John M. Perry, Midhat Farooqi, Erin M. Guest, and Jennifer Gerton (Abstract)
A Novel Therapy for Refractory CBFA2T3::GLIS2-associated AMKL Using STRO-002 And Plerixafor, Amy Johnson MD, MBA; Alan S. Gamis; Arturo Molina; Soheil Meshinchi; and Karen Lewing (Poster Presentation)
Increasing incentive spirometry use in patients with sickle cell disease: Longer follow-up of PDSA Cycle 1, Alexandra Prosser and Thomas Cochran (Oral Presentation)
Bone Marrow Transplant For Macrophage Activation Syndrome In Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Shailly Gaur, Michael J. Holland, J Allyson Hays, and Ibrahim A. Ahmed (Poster Presentation)
Bone Marrow Transplant For Macrophage Activation Syndrome In Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Shailly Gaur, Michael J. Holland, J Allyson Hays, and Ibrahim A. Ahmed (Poster)
Skin Toxicity Due to Mercaptopurine in Maintenance Therapy Among Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia., Kayeleigh Higgerson and Terrie Flatt (Article)
Perinucleolar Compartment (PNC) Prevalence as an Independent Prognostic Factor in Pediatric Ewing Sarcoma: A Multi-Institutional Study., Elizabeth Gonzalez, Atif A. Ahmed, Laura McCarthy, Katherine Chastain, Sahibu Sultan M Habeebu, Marta Zapata-Tarres, Rocio Cardenas-Cardos, Liliana Velasco-Hidalgo, Celso Corcuera-Delgado, Rodolfo Rodriguez-Jurado, Lilia García-Rodríguez, Alejandro Parrales, Tomoo Iwakuma, Midhat S. Farooqi, Brian R. Lee, Scott J. Weir, and Terrie Flatt (Article)
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Patients with Inherited Bleeding Disorders, Thomas Cochran, Brian Lee, and Shannon Carpenter (Poster)
Sensitivity and Specificity of Whole-body MRI for the Detection of Pediatric Malignancy., Thomas Cochran, Sachit Patel, Travis Kruse, Elizabeth Lyden, Susan Comer, and James Ford (Article)
Works from 2022
Case Report: Autoimmune anemia and thrombocytopenia following hematopoietic stem cell transplant, Thomas Cochran, Gabor Oroszi, Nancy Terwilliger, Gabe Metzler, and Lejla Music Aplenc (Poster)
Therapeutic plasma exchange for multiorgan dysfunction among critically ill pediatric patients with leukemia: A single-institutional experience., Sarah E. Mc Dermott, Chandni Dargan, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Lejla Music Aplenc, Terrie Flatt, and Nazia Iqbal (Article)
Case series: Bone marrow failure in teen siblings with unique RPS19 variant, Alexandra Prosser (Poster Presentation)
Increasing Incentive Spirometry Use in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Admitted to Children’s Mercy Hospital, Thomas Cochran and Alexandra Prosser (Poster Presentation)
Memory T cell Populations in Human Leukemia, Sara McElroy (Poster Presentation)
Quality Improvement Project to Improve Provider-to-Nursing Communication During Daily Rounds, Kayeleigh Higgerson DO and Sara McElroy MD (Poster Presentation)
Treatment of Recurrent Wilms Tumor with Irinotecan/Temozolomide, Meagan Vacek (Poster Presentation)
Memory T Cell Populations in Human Leukemia, Sara McElroy, Fang Tao, John Szarejko, and John M. Perry (Poster)
T Cell Populations And Response To Chemotherapy In Human Leukemia, Sara McElroy, Fang Tao, John Szarejko, and John M. Perry
Treatment of Recurrent Wilms Tumor with Irinotecan/Temozolomide, Meagan Vacek and Terrie Flatt (Poster)
Works from 2021
Novel prenatal diagnosis of protein C deficiency and primary prophylaxis with protein C concentrate., Alexandra Prosser, Lauren Amos MD, and Mukta Sharma (Article)
Salmon-colored granules in the leukemic blasts of B-lymphoblastic leukemia with iAMP21., Alexandra Prosser and Weijie Li (Article)
Frequent internuclear bridging in a Fanconi anemia patient with FANCG mutation., Thomas Cochran and Weijie Li (Article)
Management of a hemispherotomy for Rasmussen encephalitis in a patient with mild factor 10 deficiency and low von Willebrand factor levels., Chandni Dargan, Christian Kaufman, Gabor Oroszi, Christopher P K Miller, Lucy Carter-Reardon, Eric Blue, and Brian M. Wicklund (Letter to the Editor)
Polycythemia vera in a 2-year-old child with a JAK2 exon 12 deletion., Sarah E. Mc Dermott, Nicole Kucine, Midhat S. Farooqi, Weijie Li, and Michael Silvey (Letter to the Editor)
A Study Examining The Safety And Efficacy Of Ferric Carboxymaltose In A Large Pediatric Cohort, Chandni Dargan MD and David Simon DO (Poster Presentation)
Germline Variants Associated with Cancer Predisposition and Bone Marrow Failure Are Common in KMT2A-r Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients, Sarah E. Mc Dermott (Oral Presentation)
A Pediatric Case Of Treatment-related Myelodysplastic Syndrome While On Therapy For Pre-b All, Sara McElroy (Poster Presentation)
Levofloxacin Versus Ciprofloxacin Prophylaxis In Pediatric Cancer Patients At High Risk Of Infection, Chandni Dargan MD and Amy Johnson MD, MBA (Poster Presentation)
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Dinutuximab, Kayeleigh Higgerson DO and Chandni Dargan MD (Poster Presentation)
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients with Leukemia, Sarah E. Mc Dermott and Chandni Dargan (Poster Presentation)
Standardization of Fertility Preservation Discussion Amongst Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Patients: A Single Institution Experience, Chandni Dargan, Sarah E. Mc Dermott, and Shelby Chesbro (Poster Presentation)
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibitor in Treatment of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Tongue in Infancy., Karishma Rao, Sana Farooki, Erin M. Guest, Katherine Chastain, Melissa Gener, and Gangaram Akangire (Article)
Role Of Therapeutic Apheresis In Treatment Of Intrahepatic Cholestasis In Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Amy Johnson MD, MBA; Thomas Cochran; Nazia Iqbal; Amanda Graul-Conroy; Lejla Music Aplenc; and Gerald Woods
Works from 2020
The Need for Comprehensive Care for Persons with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura., Kristin T. Ansteatt, Chanel J. Unzicker, Marsha L. Hurn, Oluwaseun O. Olaiya, Diane J. Nugent, and Michael D. Tarantino (Article)
Application of 2016 WHO classification in the diagnosis of paediatric high-grade MYC-negative mature B-cell lymphoma with Burkitt-like morphological features, Lei Zhang, Laura E. Brown, Laurel M. Bowen, Laura C. McCarthy, Linda D. Cooley, Elena Repnikova, Melissa Gener, Robert E. Garola, Keith August, J Allyson Hays, David L. Zwick, and Weijie Li (Article)
CORRELATION BETWEEN ZINC AND HEMOGLOBIN F, Oluwaseun Olaiya, Ashley K. Sherman, Nazia Tabassum, and Gerald Woods (Poster Presentation)
Increasing Palliative Care Team Involvement in Pediatric Oncology Patients, Sana Farooki (Poster Presentation)
Occurrence and characterization of medulloblastoma in a patient with Curry-Jones syndrome., Binu Porath, Sana Farooki, Melissa Gener, Shivarajan Manickavasagam Amudhavalli, Lauren Grote, Linda D. Cooley, Kevin Ginn, and Midhat S. Farooqi (Article)
Suppressing STAT5 signaling affects osteosarcoma growth and stemness., Dharmalingam Subramaniam, Pablo Angulo, Sivapriya Ponnurangam, Prasad Dandawate, Prabhu Ramamoorthy, Pugazhendhi Srinivasan, Tomoo Iwakuma, Scott J. Weir, Katherine Chastain, and Shrikant Anant (Article)
A quality improvement project to increase palliative care team involvement in pediatric oncology patients., Sana Farooki, Oluwaseun Olaiya, Lisa Tarbell, Nicholas Clark, Jennifer Linebarger, John Stroh, Kelstan Ellis, and Karen Lewing (Article)
Desensitization to pegaspargase in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma., Keith J. August, Sana Farooki, Joy M. Fulbright, Amanda August, Jay M. Portnoy, Lauren Pommert, Michael J. Burke, and Erin M. Guest (Article)
Novel treatment of combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency with Factor Eight Inhibitor Bypass Activity., Oluwaseun Olaiya, Lauren Amos MD, and Shannon L. Carpenter (Letter to the Editor)
Works from 2019
Gamna-Gandy Bodies Present as a Spleen Mass in a Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis, Chandni Dargan, Sahibu Sultan M Habeebu, Grace S. Mitchell, and Weijie Li (Article)
Neuroblastoma in Adolescents and Children Older than 10 Years: Unusual Clinicopathologic and Biologic Features., Laura C. McCarthy, Katherine Chastain, Terrie Flatt, Eugenio Taboada, Robert E. Garola, John Herriges, Linda D. Cooley, and Atif Ahmed (Article)
Clinical and molecular characterization of novel deletions causing epsilon gamma delta beta thalassemia: Report of two cases., Elena Repnikova, Jennifer Roberts, Sarah E. Mc Dermott, Midhat S. Farooqi, Nazia Tabassum, Michael Silvey, John David Nolen, Eugenio Taboada, and Weijie Li (Article)
Second Reported Case of Pediatric Bladder Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma as Secondary Malignancy After Prior Cytotoxic Chemotherapy., Justin Penticuff, Sarah McDermott, Alonso Carrasco, Paul R. Bowlin, Karen Lewing, and Joel F Koenig (Article)
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Adolescent Females with Platelet Function Disorders, Lauren Amos MD (Poster Presentation)
Initial Evaluation of Adolescent Females Hospitalized with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Lauren Amos MD (Poster Presentation)
Relationship Between Hemolytic Index Early in Life and Development of Abnormal Transcranial Doppler Velocities in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia, Derrick L. Goubeaux (Oral Presentation)
Preventing Osteosarcoma progression with small molecular inhibitors targeting Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor : CD74 interaction, Sana Farooki (Poster Presentation)
Improved Coordination of Care for PICU Patients With Newly Diagnosed Anterior Mediastinal Masses, Laura McCarthy (Oral Presentation)
Medication timeliness in emergency department in pediatric sickle cell disease population presenting with vaso-occlusive episode, Derrick L. Goubeaux (Poster Presentation)
Neuroblastoma in Adolescents and Children Older than 10 Years: Unusual Clinicopathologic and Biologic Features, Laura McCarthy (Poster Presentation)
Improved Coordination of Care for PICU Patients with Newly Diagnosed Anterior Mediastinal Masses, Laura McCarthy (Presentation)
Mutant p53 Depletion by Natural Compounds, Mohamed A.A. Alalem, Sana Farooki, and Tomoo Iwakuma (Presentation-Restricted Access )
Neuroblastoma in Adolescents and Children Older than 10 Years: Unusual Clinicopathologic and Biologic Features, Laura McCarthy, Katherine Chastain, Terrie Flatt, Eugenio Taboada, Robert E. Garola, John Herriges, Linda D. Cooley, and Atif Ahmed (Poster)
Primary thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized children: A multi-center retrospective analysis., Lauren Amos MD, Michael Silvey, Matt Hall, Char M. Witmer, and Shannon L. Carpenter (Article)
A 16-Year-Old Girl With Eye Pain., Katherine M. Richardson, Kevin S. Chen, Derrick L. Goubeaux, C Scott Atkinson, Abraham Poulose, Gerald Woods, and Jennifer L. Goldman (Article)
Works from 2018
Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis., Laura C. McCarthy, Karen S. Fernandez, and Reuben Antony (Article)
Potential Value of YAP Staining in Rhabdomyosarcoma., Atif Ahmed, Sahibu Sultan M Habeebu, Ashley K. Sherman, Shui Q. Ye, Nicole Wood, Katherine M. Chastain, and Maria G. Tsokos (Article)
Frequent erythrophagocytosis by leukemic blasts in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia., Oluwaseun O. Olaiya and Weijie Li (Article)
Cabot rings and marked anisopoikilocytosis in Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome., Derrick L. Goubeaux and Weijie Li (Article)
Implementation of Bedside Huddle to Improve Communication When Coordinating Care for PICU Patients with Newly Diagnosed Anterior Mediastinal Masses, Laura McCarthy, Pam Nicklaus, Paul Sheeran, Tara Benton, Jenna Miller, Douglas C. Rivard, Melissa Gener, Susan Whitney, and Keith August (Poster)
Medication Timeliness in Emergency Department in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Population Presenting with Vaso-Occlusive Episode, Derrick Goubeaux, Kaitlyn Hoch, Gerald Woods, Julie Routhieaux, Maureen Guignon, and Valerie McDougall Kestner (Poster)
Works from 2017
Pediatric 8p11 eosinophilic myeloproliferative syndrome (EMS): A case report and review of the literature., Jay F. Sarthy, Naresh Reddivalla, Mohamed Radhi, and Katherine Chastain (Article)
Neuroblastoma in children: Update on clinicopathologic and genetic prognostic factors., Atif A Ahmed, Lei Zhang, Naresh Reddivalla, and Maxine Hetherington (Article)
