Kim Smith-Whitley
Emeritus Professor CE of Pediatrics (Hematology)
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Division of Hematology
11th Floor Colket Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
11th Floor Colket Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1662
Education:
BS
Duke University, 1982.
MGA (General Administration, Specialization Health Care)
University of Maryland, 1985.
MD
George Washington University, 1989.
BS
Duke University, 1982.
MGA (General Administration, Specialization Health Care)
University of Maryland, 1985.
MD
George Washington University, 1989.
Post-Graduate Training
Pediatric Intern and Resident, The Children's National Medical Center, 1989-1992.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992-1995.
Permanent linkPediatric Intern and Resident, The Children's National Medical Center, 1989-1992.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992-1995.
Description of Itmat Expertise
sickle cell disease; bone marrow failure, transfusion medicineSelected Publications
Estepp JH, Kalpatthi R, Woods G, Trompeter S, Liem RI, Sims K, Inati A, Inusa BPD, Campbell A, Piccone C, Abboud MR, Smith-Whitley K, Dixon S, Tonda M, Washington C, Griffin NM, Brown C: Safety and efficacy of voxelotor in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease aged 4 to 11 years. Pediatr Blood Cancer e29716, April 2022.Saxena S, Afolabi-Brown O, Ballester L, Schmucker N, Smith-Whitley K, Allen J, Bhandari A: Benefit of pulmonary subspecialty care for children with sickle cell disease and asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 57(4): 885-893, Feb 2022.
Roe AH, Lang B, McAllister A, Gaitors MC, Smith-Whitley K, Schreiber CA, Sayani F: Contraceptive use and preferences among females with sickle cell disease. Contraception 105: 42-45, Jan 2022.
Pires Lourenco S, Jarocha D, Ghiaccio V, Guerra A, Abdulmalik O, La P, Zezulin A, Smith-Whitley K, Kwiatkowski JL, Guzikowski V, Nakamura Y, Raabe T, Breda L, Rivella S: Inclusion of a short hairpin RNA targeting BCL11A into a β-globin expressing vector allows concurrent synthesis of curative adult and fetal hemoglobin. Haematologica 106(10): 2740-2745, Oct 2021.
Pecker LH, Sharma D, Nero A, Paidas MJ, Ware RE, James AH, Smith-Whitley K: Knowledge gaps in reproductive and sexual health in girls and women with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol 194(6): 970-979, Sept 2021.
Jefferson JM, Sims WM, Umeh N, Byeon YJJ, Abdallah KE, Bonham VL, Naik RP, Smith-Whitley K: Splenic infarction in sickle cell trait: A comprehensive systematic review of case studies. EJHaem 2(3): 585-600, Aug 2021.
Hood AM, Strong H, Nwankwo C, Johnson Y, Peugh J, Mara CA, Shook LM, Brinkman WB, Real FJ, Klein MD, Hackworth R, Badawy SM, Thompson AA, Raphael JL, Yates AM, Smith-Whitley K, King AA, Calhoun C, Creary SE, Piccone CM, Hildenbrand AK, Reader SK, Neumayr L, Meier ER, Sobota AE, Rana S, Britto M, Saving KL, Treadwell M, Quinn CT, Ware RE, Crosby LE: Engaging Caregivers and Providers of Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Shared Decision Making for Hydroxyurea: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 10(5): e27650, May 2021.
Breda L, Ghiaccio V, Tanaka N, Jarocha D, Ikawa Y, Abdulmalik O, Dong A, Casu C, Raabe TD, Shan X, Danet-Desnoyers GA, Doto AM, Everett J, Bushman FD,Radaelli E, Assenmacher CA, Tarrant JC, Hoepp N, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Guzikowski V, Smith-Whitley K, Kwiatkowski JL, Rivella S: Lentiviral vector ALS20 yields high hemoglobin levels with low genomic integrations for treatment of beta-globinopathies. Mol Ther 29(4): 1625, April 2021.
Dougherty KA, Schall JI, Bertolaso C, Smith-Whitley K, Stallings VA: Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Health-Related Quality of Life and Physical Performance in Children with Sickle Cell Disease and in Healthy Children J Pediatr Health Care S0891-5245(20): 30120-6, Jun 2020.
Schultz CL, Tchume-Johnson T, Jackson T, Enninful-Eghan H, Schapira MM, Smith-Whitley K: Reproductive intentions in mothers of young children with sickle cell disease Pediatr Blood Cancer 67(5): e28227, May 2020.