Hilary Baker Whitworth, MD, MSCE

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Instructor A of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, Clinic for Hematology and Adolescent Menstruating Patients, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Blvd, Hub 13569
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674257974
Education:
BS (Biology)
University of Virginia, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Emory University School of Medicine, 2016.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology )
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022.
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Selected Publications

Kiskaddon A, Do N, Amankwah E, Witt DM, Ignjatovic V, Giglia T, Woods G, Whitworth H, Stock A, Goldenberg N: Risks of Incident Venous Thromboembolism, Recurrent Thromboembolism, and Use of Antithrombotic Therapies, Among Children with Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Global Multicenter Analysis of Real-World Data. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis March 2025 Notes: in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2025.03.005.

Kiskaddon AL, Do NL, Amankwah EK, Witt DM, Ignjatovic V, Giglia TM, Woods GM, Whitworth HB, Stock AC, Goldenberg NA. : Arterial thromboembolism, antithrombotic therapy, and risk of recurrent thromboembolism in children with CHD undergoing cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young Page: 1-4, Feb 2025.

Betensky M, Albisetti M, Biss T, Bhat RV, Brandão LR, Diacovo T, Monagle P, Raffini L, Revel-vilk S, van Ommen CH, Whitworth H, Goldenberg NA, Male C, on Behalf of the Antithrombotic Trials Working Party of the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric and Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis: Systematic Analysis of the Design, Methodology and Patient Population Characteristics of the Pediatric Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Trials of Venous Thromboembolism Treatment. J Thromb Haemost S1538-7836(24): 00790-6, January 2025 Notes: epub ahead of print.

Abbott M, Bustin O'Brien A, Ellis K, Whitworth H, Thom C. : Optimizing therapeutic enoxaparin in preterm neonates and infants. Thrombosis Research 245: 109214, Jan 2025.

Zia A, Nelson MD, Ren J, Zhang S, Mattrey RF, Han BL, Hussain T, Greer JS, Al-Qahtani M, Malone K, Stutzman SE, Sida DV, Primeaux S, Torres MD, Cohen CT, Crary S, Bernstein J, Whitworth HB, Kumar R, Beg KA, Khan O, Rajpurkar M, Hege K, Schaefer BA, Woods GM, Amos LE, Betensky M, Bhat RV, O’ Brien S, Jaffray J, Jesudas R, Pacheco MM, Tarango C, Weyand AC, Wilson HP, Garcia J, Dang MP, Sharma R, Goldenberg NA, Klok FA, Male C, Levine B, Balmain BN, Babb TG, and The FUVID Investigators: The FUVID Study: Rationale, Design, and Methods of a Prospective, Observational, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance and Dyspnea following Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism. Res Pract Thromb Haemost Page: In press, December 2024 Notes: Pre-print- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102669.

Rastogi R, Okunowo O, Faerber JA, Mavroudis CD, Whitworth H, Giglia TM, Witmer C, Raffini LJ, O’Byrne ML.: Incidence, Management, and Outcomes of Pulmonary Embolism at Tertiary Pediatric Hospitals in the United States. JACC Advances 3(4): 100895, Mar 2024.

Whitworth H: Dare to Think Outside the Box: A Celebration of Platelets, Passion, and Perseverance. ASH News Daily December 2023 Notes: https://ashpublications.org/ashnewsdaily/news/7596/Dare-to-Think-Outside-the-Box-A-Celebration-of?searchresult=1.

Whitworth H: Who Runs the World? Highlighting Research on Women and Girls With Bleeding Disorders. ASH News Daily December 2023 Notes: https://ashpublications.org/ashnewsdaily/news/7595/Who-Runs-the-World-Highlighting-Research-on-Women?searchresult=1.

Whitworth H: Solving Big Problems for Small Patients: Innovations in Pediatric Hematology Therapies. ASH News Daily December 2023 Notes: https://ashpublications.org/ashnewsdaily/news/7664/Solving-Big-Problems-for-Small-Patients?searchresult=1.

Whitworth H: New Tricks for an Old Drug: The Impact of Prenatal Folate on Metabolic Pathways in Hematopoiesis. ASH News Daily December 2023 Notes: https://ashpublications.org/ashnewsdaily/news/7640/New-Tricks-for-an-Old-Drug-The-Impact-of-Prenatal?searchresult=1.

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