Patient Care
A team of highly skilled and compassionate physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and adjunct staff assist in the coordinated care of patients with blood disorders and their families. Our division aims to devise innovative therapies and improve the lives of our patients through research studies that advance our understanding of blood and blood disorders. We participate in impactful national collaborations that seek to improve treatments for thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and bleeding and clotting disorders.
As part of the Comprehensive Thalassemia Center and the UCSF Sickle Cell Center of Excellence, we pursue new avenues of investigation and offer comprehensive care for patients with these diseases. Our Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center program cares for children with bleeding disorders and participates in research to develop improved treatments for hemophilia and its complications.
Exemplary Care for Patients
Our hematology/oncology team understands that treatment is an intensely personal experience for each child and family. We draw not only on the expertise of multidisciplinary physicians, but also on supportive care from nurse specialists, psychologists, social workers and child life specialists. We work closely with the UCSF Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant team, which provides a range of transplant options for selected children with cancer and blood diseases.
Inpatient Services
Inpatient Hematology Consultative Service
The Pediatric Hematology Consult Services provide specialized support to inpatient teams and intensive care units across UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. The service helps manage the anticoagulation for patients with venous thromboembolic diseases, advises on hemostatic support for patients with hemostatic defects, and guides the evaluation and management of patients presenting with cytopenias and other hematologic symptoms.
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The West Bay Pediatric Hematology Consult Service supports the inpatient teams and the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
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The East Bay Pediatric Hematology Consult Service supports the inpatient teams and the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
Outpatient Services
- Alpha Stem Cell Clinic
- Alpha Thalassemia Major Program
- Apheresis Program (blood disorders)
- Bone Marrow Failure Program
- Comprehensive Thalassemia Program
- Hematology Clinic
- Hemoglobinopathy Reference Lab
- Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
- Outreach Clinic in Santa Rosa
- Pediatric Infusion Services, Available at: Mission Bay, Oakland, and Walnut Creek
- Red Blood Cell Disorders Program (excluding sickle cell and thalassemia)
- Satellite Clinics – Santa Rosa, Greenbrae, Walnut Creek
- Sickle Cell Center of Excellence
- Sickle Cell Clinic
- Thalassemia Clinic
- Walnut Creek/Shadelands Clinic
- Vascular Anomalies Clinic
Cooperative Group Affiliations
Our division provides leadership to and participates in a number of research consortia around the country. These include:
- American Society of Hematology Research Collaborative
- Community Advisory Board
- Cure Sickle Cell Initiative, including Sickle Cell Disease Natural History Data Resource
- National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers
- Recruitment and Engagement in Care to Impact Practice Enhancement (RECIPE)
- Registry Analyses to Learn (REAL Answers)
- SCD Pain
- Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program, with leadership for Pacific Sickle Cell Regional Collaborative
- Sickle in Africa Consortium