Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Director, Comprehensive Hemoglobinopathy Program
Associate Professor


Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-7192
412-692-7693 Fax
lakshmanan.krishnamurti@chp.edu
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Medical School:

1987 Naval Hospital, Bombay University, Bombay, India

Residency:

1998 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship:

1997 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• American Society of Hematology
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation

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

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

• 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"

• 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