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Paul Szabolcs, MD

Paul Szabolcs, MD
Job Title Chief, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Job Title Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Blood & Marrow Transplantation
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 9
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Contact Information:
412-692-6740
412-692-6752 Fax
Email paul.szabolcs@chp.edu
Patient Appointment Information

Education and Training

Medical School:

1985 Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary 

Residency:

1990 Pediatric residency, Bellevue Hospital, New York University School of Medicine

Fellowship:

1993 Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)/Cornell University Medical College

Academic Appointments:

1994-1998 Instructor in Pediatrics, MSKCC

1993-1997 Guest Investigator, Research Associate, The Rockefeller University

1998-2006 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

2006-2011 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

Memberships

  • American Society of Hematology
  • American Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation
  • American Association of Immunologists
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Center for International Blood and Transplant Research (CIBMTR): Immune Deficiencies/Inborn Errors Working Committee
  • CIBMTR: Graft-vs-Host Disease Working Committee
  • International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT): Immunotherapy and Dendritic Cell Committee
  • Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Member
  • Co-Chair, CIBMTR: Infection and Immune Reconstitution Working Committee
  • Clinical Immunology Society

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Sub-Board of American Board of Pediatrics

Awards

  • 1980 First Prize for Critical Thesis, Human globin genes, Pecs University of Medical Sciences, Pecs, Hungary
  • 1980 Elected "Best Student of the Year," Pecs University of Medical Sciences, Pecs, Hungary
  • 2000 Lisa Stafford Memorial Research Prize, Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, N.C.

Publications

Research Interests

  • understanding the biology of immune reconstitution, tolerance,  and alloreactivity after cord blood and bone marrow transplantation
  • developing immunotherapy strategies to prevent or treat leukemia relapse after cord blood transplantation

Clinical Specialties

  • development of novel reduced toxicity transplant conditioning regimens to improve the safety of cord blood transplantation for children with nonmalignant diseases or with advanced leukemias
  • combining unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation with lung transplantation for curative treatment of rare immune  and other inherited disorders resulting in pulmonary failure 

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • Immune Monitoring Core Laboratory for BMT CTN 05-01 Trial
  • Graft Engineering and Immunotherapy After Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation
  • Ancillary Studies in Clinical Trials: Immune Reconstitution After Cord Blood Transplantation
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November 8, 2012
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November 8, 2012
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