Ashok B Raj, MD

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Tarantino MD, Bussel JB, Blanchette VS, Despotovic J, Bennett B, Raj A, Williams B, Beam D, Morales J, Rose MJ, Carpenter N, Nie K, Eisen M Romiplostim in children with immune thrombocytopenia: a phase 3, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet. 2016 Apr 18. pii: S0140-6736(16)00279-8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00279-8.

Eid R, Raj A, Farber D, Puri V, Bertolone S. Spinal Cord Infarction in Hemoglobin SC Disease as an Amusement Park Accident. Pediatrics. 2016 Sep;138(3). pii: e20154020. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4020.

Panigrahi A, Clark A, Myers J, Raj A. A novel immunomodulatory treatment involving mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids for pediatric autoimmune cytopenias. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26210.

Raj AB Immune Thrombocytopenia: Pathogenesis and Treatment Approaches. J Hematol Transfus 2017; 5(1): 1056.

Quinn, C. T., Saraf, S. L., Gordeuk, V. R., Fitzhugh, C. D., Creary, S. E., Bodas, P., .Raj, A. B., Malik, P. Losartan for the Nephropathy of Sickle Cell Anemia: A Phase-2, Multi-Center Trial. American Journal of Hematology 2017. doi:10.1002/ajh.24810

Baumgartle, A., Wolfe, L., Puri, V., Moeller, K., Bertolone, S., & Raj, A.. Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke as Amusement Park Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Children 2017,4(8), 64. doi:10.3390/children4080064

Orr, H., Trone, D., Elder, J., & Raj, A. Assessment of Initial Vancomycin Dosing in Pediatric Oncology Patients. Children, 2017 4(9), 79. doi: 10.3390/children4090079. PMID: 28846665

Padmanabhan P, Oragwu C, Das B, Myers JA, Raj A. Utility of Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cardiac Output and Cerebral Oximetry during Pain Management of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Children 2018, 5 (2) , 17 doi:10.3390/children5020017

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical:
Acute Lymphoid and myeloid leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, sickle cell disease, hemophilia and disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis.

Research:
Clinical research in hemoglobinopathies, quantitative and qualitative disorders of platelets, hemophilia, molecular aspects of pediatric cancer, investigator-initiated trials, device studies, and quality improvement initiatives. Focus is on faculty development in clinical and translational research.