Esther E Knapp, MD

Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Recognition

Publications:

Johnson LM, Hamilton KV, Valdez JM, Knapp E, Baker JN, Nichols KE. Ethical considerations surrounding germline next-generation sequencing of children with cancer. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2017 May;17(5):523-534. PMID: 28399664

Anghelescu DL, Knapp E, Johnson LM, Baker JN. The role of the pediatric anesthesiologist in relieving suffering at the end of life: when is palliative sedation appropriate in pediatrics? Paediatr Anesth. 2017 Apr;27(4):443-444. PMID: 28300355

Mai Y, Yu J, Bartholdy B, Xu-Monette Z, Knapp E, et al. An oxidative stress-based mechanism of doxorubicin cytotoxicity suggests new therapeutic strategies in ABC-DLBCL. Blood. 2016 128:2797-2807. PMID: 27737889

Knapp E, Cohen H, Kutlar A, Ghalie R, Manwani D. Intra-patient Variability in Fetal Hemoglobin Measurements Over Time in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Not on Fetal Hemoglobin Inducing Agents. American Journal of Hematology. 2016 Mar; 91(3):E11-2. PMID: 26661045

Serrano O, Knapp E, Baran G, Statter M, McClain D, Gill J. Pediatric Primary Angiosarcoma: an aggressive multidisciplinary approach to the oncologic management of a rare malignancy. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Dec 9;12:379. PMID: 25487642

Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical:
Pediatric bone marrow transplantation, leukemia and lymphoma, sickle cell disease

Research:
Ethical issues in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology; genetic testing in pediatric oncology; moral distress in trainees; ethical issues in next generation genetic sequencing