Alexis A. Thompson, MD, MPH

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Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology)
Chief, Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Elias Schwartz MD Endowed Chair in Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 590-2363
Education:
N/A (Zoology)
Pomona College, 1979.
MD (Medicine)
Tulane University School of Medicine, 1983.
MPH (Health Services)
University of California, Los Angeles , 1987.
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Selected Publications

Rees CA, Brousseau DC, Cohen DM, Villella A, Dampier C, Brown K, Campbell A, Chumpitazi CE, Airewele G, Chang T, Denton C, Ellison A, Thompson A, Ahmad F, Bakshi N, Coleman KD, Leibovich S, Leake D, Hatabah D, Wilkinson H, Robinson M, Casper TC, Vichinsky E, Morris CR; SCD Arginine Study Group and PECARN.: Sickle Cell Disease Treatment with Arginine Therapy (STArT): study protocol for a phase 3 randomized controlled trial. Trials August 2023.

Piel FB, Rees DC, DeBaun MR, Nnodu O, Ranque B, Thompson AA, Ware RE, Abboud MR, Abraham A, Ambrose EE, Andemariam B, Colah R, Colombatti R, Conran N, Costa FF, Cronin RM, de Montalembert M, Elion J, Esrick E, Greenway AL, Idris IM, Issom DZ, Jain D, Jordan LC, Kaplan ZS, King AA, Lloyd-Puryear M, Oppong SA, Sharma A, Sung L, Tshilolo L, Wilkie DJ, Ohene-Frempong K.: Defining Global Strategies to improve outcomes in sickle cell disease: a Lancet Haematology Commission. Lancet Haematology Page: e633-e686, July 2023.

Cappellini MD, Taher AT, Piga A, Shah F, Voskaridou E, Viprakasit V, Porter JB, Hermine O, Neufeld EJ, Thompson AA, Tang D, Yucel A, Lord-Bessen J, Yu P, Guo S, Shetty JK, Miteva D, Zinger T, Backstrom JT, Oliva EN: Health-related quality of life in patients with β-thalassemia: Data from the phase 3 BELIEVE trial of luspatercept. Eur J Haematol. July 2023.

Coleman KD, McKinley K, Ellison AM, Alpern ER, Hariharan S, Topoz I, Wurtz M, Nielsen B, Cook LJ, Morris CR, Brandow AM, Campbell AD, Liem RI, Nuss R, Quinn CT, Thompson AA, Villella A, King AA, Baumann A, Frankenberger W, Brousseau DC.: Return visit rates after an emergency department discharge for children with sickle cell pain episodes. Pediatr Blood Cancer July 2023.

Eapen M, Brazauskas R, Williams DA, Walters MC, St Martin A, Jacobs BL, Antin JH, Bona K, Chaudhury S, Coleman-Cowger VH, DiFronzo NL, Esrick EB, Field JJ, Fitzhugh CD, Kanter J, Kapoor N, Kohn DB, Krishnamurti L, London WB, Pulsipher MA, Talib S, Thompson AA, Waller EK, Wun T, Horowitz MM.: Secondary Neoplasms After Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease. J Clin Oncol April 2023.

Williford DN, McTate EA, Hood AM, Reader SK, Hildenbrand AK, Smith-Whitley K, Creary SE, Thompson AA, Hackworth R, Raphael JL, Crosby LE.: Psychologists as leaders in equitable science: Applications of antiracism and community participatory strategies in a pediatric behavioral medicine clinical trial. Am Psychol. February 2023.

Eapen M, Brazauskas R, Williams DA, Walters MC, St Martin A, Jacobs BL, Antin JH, Bona K, Chaudhury S, Coleman-Cowger VH, DiFronzo NL, Esrick EB, Field JJ, Fitzhugh CD, Kanter J, Kapoor N, Kohn DB, Krishnamurti L, London WB, Pulsipher MA, Talib S, Thompson AA, Waller EK, Wun T, Horowitz MM: Secondary Neoplasms After Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease. J Clin Oncol Jan 2023.

Schwab ME, Lianoglou BR, Gano D, Gonzalez Velez J, Allen IE, Arvon R, Baschat A, Bianchi DW, Bitanga M, Bourguignon A, Brown RN, Chen B, Chien M, Davis-Nelson S, de Laat MWM, Ekwattanakit S, Gollin Y, Hirata G, Jelin A, Jolley J, Meyer P, Miller J, Norton ME, Ogasawara KK, Panchalee T, Schindewolf E, Shaw SW, Stumbaugh T, Thompson AA, Towner D, Tsai PS, Viprakasit V, Volanakis E, Zhang L, Vichinsky E, MacKenzie TC.: The impact of in utero transfusions on perinatal outcomes in patients with alpha thalassemia major: the UCSF registry. Blood Adv. January 2023.

Ansah D, Husain N, Ruh A, Berhane H, Smith A, Thompson A, De Freitas A, Rigsby CK, Robinson JD.: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Strain in Beta Thalassemia Major Correlates with Cardiac Iron Overload. Children (Basel) January 2023.

Green NS, Zapfel A, Nnodu OE, Franklin P, Tubman VN, Chirande L, Kiyaga C, Chunda-Liyoka C, Awuonda B, Ohene-Frempong K, Inusa BPD, Ware RE, Odame I, Ambrose EE, Dogara LG, Oron AP, Willett C, Thompson AA, Berliner N, Coetzer TL, Novelli EM.: The Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa for sickle cell disease: study rationale and methodology. Blood Adv. December 2022.

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