Those Suffering from Sickle Cell Disease May Finally be Getting Some Relief as Experts Work on Cure ABC News - September 21, 2021 Susanna Curtis, M.D., discusses her new NIH grant to study the efficacy and safety of dronabinol, a drug usually prescribed for nausea and vomiting, to reduce inflammation and pain in adults with sickle-cell disease. Dr. Curtis is assistant professor of medicine at Einstein and assistant director and a hematologist at the Montefiore Adult Sickle Cell Center.