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Job Title Director, Comprehensive Hemoglobinopathy Program

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 9

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-7192 Phone

412-692-7693 Fax

Email lakshmanan.krishnamurti@chp.edu

Medical School:	1987 Naval Hospital, Bombay University, Bombay, India
Residency:	1998 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship:	1997 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

"Ajit Gharpure Award" for excellence in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Poona University, Pune, India

Hemoglobinopathies clinical and molecular epidemiologic aspects
Newborn screening and counseling for hemoglobinopathies
Novel approaches to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hemoglobinopathies
Lymphoproliferative disorder following solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
Non-myeloablative HSCT for malignant and non-malignant disorders
Role of allochimerism in tolerization to transplanted solid organs
Role of Bioinformatics systems in clinical care and research in sickle cell disease

Principal Investigator, A Phase II/II study of Sildenafil for the treatment of sickle cell disease, associated pulmonary hypertension
Principal Investigator, "Western Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Network: An Integrated System of Care for the Enhancement of Newborn Screening Follow-Up"
Principal Investigator, "Newborn Screening Follow-Up and comprehensive care for Sickle cell disease in region 3 of Pennsylvania"
Site Principal Investigator, "Deferoxamine in sickle cell disease patients with transfusional hemosiderosis"
Site Principal Investigator, "Safety of ICL670 in Sickle Cell Patients with Iron Overload"
Site Principal Investigator, "Safety of ICA-17043 with or without Hydroxyurea"
Site Principal Investigator, "Randomized study of Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the treatment of sickle cell associated vasocclusive pain crises"

June 10, 2008