Blood
and Marrow
Transplantation
|
Rakesh K. Goyal
Director of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Dr.
Goyal
received
his
medical
degree
from
the
University
of Delhi,
India.
After
his
residency
in Pediatrics
at the
University
of Connecticut
Health
Center,
he completed
clinical
fellowship
in Hematology/Oncology
at the
St.
Louis
Children’s
Hospital.
He also
conducted
research
in molecular
mechanisms
of blood
formation
during
embryonic
development
at the
Washington
University
School
of Medicine,
St.
Louis.
He is
board
certified
in Pediatrics
and
Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology.
He is
assistant
professor
of Pediatrics
at the
University
of Pittsburgh
and
director
of the
Blood
and
Marrow
Transplantation
program
at Children’s
Hospital
of Pittsburgh.
He is
principal
investigator
for
the
Pediatric
Blood
and
Marrow
Transplant
Consortium
and
serves
on the
national
committee
for
graft-versus
host
disease.
Dr.
Goyal’s
clinical
research
is focused
on understanding
the
relationship
between
individual
genetic
variability
and
outcome
of transplant
therapy.
He and
his
team
are
studying
ways
by which
we may
be able
to predict
the
risk
of serious
complications
such
as graft-versus-host
disease
and
how
that
might
lead
to individualized
therapy.
His
team
is dedicated
to developing
novel
regimens
in reducing
toxicities
of transplant
and
exploring
the
use
of alternative
sources
of stem
cells
such
as umbilical
cord
blood
for
transplantation
in children.
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Appointment Information
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Areas
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Do
you
have
a question
for
Dr.
Goyal
or another
member
of the
BMT
Team?
You
can
e-mail
it to:
BMTkids@chp.edu
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Updated 5/10/07
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