Farzana Sayani, MD MSc

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Department: Medicine

Contact information
3rd Floor Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-6555
Fax: 215-615-6599
Education:
BSc (Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology)
University of Calgary, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
University of Calgary, 2001.
MSc (Haemoglobinopathies)
University College London, 2012.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

- Care of adult patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia.
- Care of adult individuals with red cell disorders, including rare inherited red cell disorders.
- Transfusional iron overload.
- Transition of care for adult thalassemia and sickle cell patients from a pediatric to adult healthcare setting.

Description of Research Expertise

- Complications of in adults with thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
- iron overload in thalassemia.
- Improvement in care of patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia.

Selected Publications

Aaron Cheng, Elizabeth A. Traxler, Scott A. Peslak, Jennifer Cohen, J. Eric Russell and Farzana A Sayani: Patients with Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia May Evolve to Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia in Adulthood. Blood Dec 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation, ASH Annual Meeting 2023.

Sophie Lanzkron, Deepa Manwani, Julie Kanter, Arpan A Sinha, Robin E. Miller, , Robert Cronin, Seethal A Jacob, James Harper, Alan Randall Anderson, Marsha Treadwell, Amma T. Owusu-Ansah, Beng R. Fuh, Molly Mandernach, Jahnavi Gollamudi, Suzanne L Saccente, Stephanie A. Fritch Lilla, Melissa McNaull, Dana Marie LeBlanc, Kay Linn Saving, Stephanie H. Guarino, Marisol Betensky, MD21, Alice J. Cohen, Ashok B. Raj, Farzana A Sayani, Sanjay J. Shah, Shalu Narang, Bindu Kanathezhath Sathi, John J Strouse, Trisha E. Wong, Ofelia A. Alvarez, Srila Gopal, Jessica Liang, Daniel Semakula, Matthew Chang, Kenneth Rivlin, Sana Saif Ur Rehman, Lisa M Shook, Melissa Frei-Jones and Jane A. Little: Grndad and Disease Modifying Therapy (DMT): Shifts in DMT Are Seen at the Adolescent/Young Adult Transition in Sickle Cell Disease in a Multi-Site Prospective Registry. Blood Nov 2023 Notes: ASH Annual Meeting 2023.

Julie Kanter, Gerhard Hellemann, Alice Cohen, Deepa Manwani, Modupe Idowu, Stephanie Guarino, Sana Saif, Farzana Sayani, Jane Little Robert Cronin, Amma Owusu Ansah, Mohan Madisetti and Sophie Lanzkron : Early Evaluation of the Use of Crizanlizumab in Sickle Cell Disease: A National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers Study ASCAT 2023. Oral Presentation, 18th Annual Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Conference, Sponsored by British Haematology Society and European Hematology Association. United Kingdom, October 2023. October 2023.

Hachey S, Joseph S, Dolin C, Triebwasser J, Sayani F, Hamm RF: Contemporary obstetric and neonatal outcomes in sickle cell disease: a retrospective cohort study. American Journal of Perinatology. Online ahead of print. (eds.). Page: doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1771050, July 2023.

Sayani FA, Singer ST, Carlberg KT, Vichinsky EP: Fertility and Pregnancy in Women with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia. Hematology Oncology Clinics of North America 37(2): 393-411, April 2023.

Peslak AS, Brimm-Akins A, Foxwell, AM, Iannelli M, Grande C, Breen D, Russell JE, Uritsy TJ, Sayani F. : A novel, effective, and efficient strategy for treating sickle cell vaso-occlusive events in the infusion center setting. Blood Advances 7(3): 410-413, Feb 2023 Notes: Published online: 08/08/2022.

Farzana A Sayani, Michel Liu, Yvette Frimpong, Scott A. Peslak, Elizabeth A. Traxler, Jennifer Cohen, J. Eric Russell, and Janet L. Kwiatkowski.: Adults with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Have Variable Clinical Profiles Depending on Where They Receive Care: Thalassemia Treatment Center Vs Community Blood 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation. ASH 2023 Annual Meeting.

Peslak S and Sayani F: Hemoglobinopathies and Thalassemias. Emery and Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics: Hematologic, Renal and Immunologic Disorders, 7th edition. Reed E. Pyeritz, Bruce R. Korf, Wayne W. Grody (eds.). Elsevier, 2023.

Sayani FA: Nephrolithiasis in Thalassaemia Nutrition in Thalassaemia and Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency: A Guideline for Clinicians' Key Authors: Fung EB, Schryver T, Angastiniotis M. Editors: Yardumian A, and Eleftheriou A (eds.). Thalassemia International Federation, Page: 50-55, 2023.

Roe AH, McAllister A, Kete C, Pishko A, Whitworth H, Schreiber CA, Sayani FA: Sex as an independent risk factor for venous thromboembolism in sickle cell disease: A cross-sectional study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). (eds.). 31(10): 1467-1471, Oct 2022.

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