Alison Matsunaga, MD

Dr. Alison Matsunaga is a pediatric hematologist- oncologist whose focus is caring for patients with blood disorders. Dr. Matsunaga is the Medical Director for the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (Oakland/SF).
Education
1994 - Fellowship, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
1990 - Residency, UC San Francisco Pediatrics
1986 - Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
1982 - Bachelor of Arts, University of California Berkeley

  1. Yu C, Rane Z, Nedelcu E, Matsunaga A. How Severe is Severe Enough? Organ Failure Rather Than Anemia Severity as a Potential Threshold for Complement Inhibition in Pediatric Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria: A Case Report. Case reports in pediatrics 2026. PMID: 42694628


  2. Harris EM, Steele M, Kalashnikova T, Badawy SM, Pavalagantharajah S, Hillier K, Klaassen RJ, Kalter JA, Rothman JA, McComb C, Shah S, Shimano KA, Bloom EJ, Khan A, Elkus H, Breakey V, Fritch Lilla S, Leister J, Kochhar M, Young O, Phillips L, Chumsky J, Ghanem D, Charland D, Nakano TA, Remiker AS, Everly CJ, Matsunaga A, Tiu GC, Valle RP, Nataraj S, Rifkin-Zenenberg S, Semedo Tavares EB, Montcrieff C, Chen N, London WB, Lambert MP, Grace RF. Pediatric autoimmune hemolytic anemia is associated with a high incidence of underlying immune disorders. Blood advances 2026. PMID: 42392173


  3. Yu H, Cohler Peretz CA, Matsunaga A, Agrawal AK. Vaginal Bleeding and Otorrhea in a 6-year-old Girl. Pediatrics in review 2020. PMID: 33262156