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George Buchanan, M.D.

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George Buchanan
Name:
  George R. Buchanan, M.D.
Endowed Title:
  Children's Cancer Fund Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology
Director, Barrett Family Center for Pediatric Oncology
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Pediatrics
School:
  Southwestern Medical School
Affiliations:
  Children's - Hematology-Oncology
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Department Website:
  UT Southwestern Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Division
Email:
  George Buchanan, M.D.
Physician Profile:
  George Buchanan, M.D.

 RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Prevention and treatment of complications of sickle cell disease
Management of immune thrombocytopenic purpura during childhood, emphasizing outcome measures other than platelet count (e.g., bleeding signs and symptoms, cost of therapy, and quality of life)
Development of improved means of diagnosing and treating patients with hereditary blood coagulation disorders
Epidemiology and pathophysiology of childhood anemias, including iron deficiency and Diamond-Blackfan anemia
Vascular complications following splenectomy
 
 RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
Fu T, Corrigan NJ, Quinn CT, Rogers ZR, Buchanan GR, "Minor elective surgical procedures using general anesthesia in children with sickle cell anemia without pre-operative blood transfusions" Pediatr Blood Cancer, 45:43-47, 2005
Bennett CM, Rogers ZR, Kinnamon DD, Bussell JB, Mahoney DH, Abshire TC, Sawaf h, Moore TB, Loh ML, Glader BE, McCarthy MC, Mueller BU, Olson TA, Lorenzana AN, Mentzer WC, Buchanan GR, Feldman HA, Neufeld EJ, "Prospective phase I/II study of rituximab in childhood and adolescent chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura" Blood, 107:2639-2642, 2006
Journeycake JM, Eshelman D, Buchanan GR, "Post-thrombotic syndrome is uncommon in childhood cancer survivors" J Pediatr, 148:275-277, 2006
Imbach P, Kűhne T, Műller D, Berchtold W, Zimmerman S, Elalfy M, Buchanan GR, "12 months follow-up data from the prospective registry I of the Intercontinental Childhood ITP Study Group (ICIS)" Pediatr Blood Cancer, 46:351-356, 2006
Sadler ES, Homans A, Mandell L, Amylon M, Wall DA, Devidas M, Buchanan GR, Lipton JM, Billett AL, "Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after first marrow relapse of non-T, non-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia" J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 28:210-215, 2006
 
 SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
 
Neunert CE, Buchanan GR, Imbach P, Bolton-Maggs PH, Bennett CM, Neufeld EJ, Vesely SK, Adix L, Blanchette VS, Kuhne T, "Severe hemorrhage in children with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura" Blood, 112:4003-4008, 2008
Frei-Jones MJ, Baxter AL, Rogers ZR, Buchanan GR, "Vaso-occlusive episodes in older children with sickle cell disease: Emergency department management and pain assessment" J Pediatr, 152:281-285, 2008
Quinn CT, Lee NJ, Shull EP, Ahmad N, Rogers ZR, and Buchanan GR, "Prediction of adverse outcomes in children with sickle cell anemia: a study of the Dallas Newborn Cohort" Blood, 111:544-548, 2008
Troendle SB, Adix L. Crary SE, and Buchanan GR, "Laboratory markers of thrombosis risk in children with hereditary spherocytosis" Pediatr Blood Cancer, 49:781-785, 2007
Quinn CT, Shull EP, Ahmad N, Lee NJ, Rogers ZR, and Buchanan GR, "Prognostic significance of early vaso-occlusive complications in children with sickle cell anemia" Blood, 109:40-46, 2007
 
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