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Montefiore Einstein faculty hematologists specialize in treating a wide arrange of hematologic diseases and conditions:
- Anemia: assessment of anemias, including infiltrative disorders, megaloblastic anemia including B12 and folate, iron deficiency, post gastric bypass anemias, hemolytic states, immune mediated hematologic diseases, drug effects, macroangiopathic anemias, hemochromatosis, malaria and other parasitic diseases of the red cell, aplastic anemia, myelodysplasia.
- Hemolytic state and associated therapy: congenital (HS, HE, G6PD, PK, thalassemia, sickle cell, C, Hb E vs acquired immunohemolytic anemias (drug induced, autommune mediated, infection – parasitic, viral, bacterial, cold vs warm).
- Sickle cell anemia/thalassemia: recurrent crisis, pulmonary hypertension, chronic vaso-occlusive organ damage, assessment of infectious complications, and transfusion related management
- Congenital and acquired disorder in white blood cell production and function.
- Diagnosis and management of leukopenia and leukocytosis
- Thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopathy
- Monoclonal immunoglobulin proteins, cryoglobulins, and cryofibrinogens
- Congenital and acquired bleeding disorders
- Diagnosis and testing for hemophilia and inhibitor evaluation
- Unusual or unanticipated hemostatic problems following surgery, transplantation, and bypass
- von Willebrand disease
- Prothrombotic diathesis
- Recurrent thrombosis or children with first thrombosis and management of therapy – type, duration, ancillary supports
- Lymphadenopathy and splenic pathology
- Hematologic issues in pregnancy: alterations in blood or platelet counts, bleeding or thrombosis associated with pregnancy, recurrent pregnancy loss due to thrombophilia, hormone-related thrombosis
- HIV-associated blood abnormalities
- Blood count abnormalities
- Lymphoproliferative diseases, thrombosis and bleeding issues
- Chronic transfusion support secondary to severe anemia, sickle cell with complications, thalassemia, MDS, and myelofibrosis
- Iron overload assessment and treatment
- Malignant hematologic disorders: chronic myeloid and lymphoid leukemias, myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes, plasma cell dyscrasias, lymphoproliferative diseases, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia