Elliott Vichinsky

Elliott Vichinsky, MD, is Director of Hematology/Oncology at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, the Northern California Sickle Cell Center, the California Thalassemia Center, and the California Reference Hemoglobin Laboratory. He is also Medical Director of The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. \Dr Vichinsky’s focus is on translational research in hemoglobinopathies and iron overload. His major research interest is transfusion therapy and iron overload, and he has served as principal investigator on studies evaluating allo-immunization, red cell pheresis, and efficacy of transfusion therapy. He also directs an iron overload program that evaluates non-invasive iron measurements (ferritometer, T₂^* magnetic resonance imaging) and new iron chelation therapies. Dr Vichinsky is Editor in Chief of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. He has been a reviewer for several journals, has published hundreds of articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has presented widely on the topics of sickle cell disease and thalassemia.