Kristin M. Page, MD

Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics

Department:
Pediatrics

Division:
Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3350 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-1100

Office Telephone:
919-668-1100

Fax:
919-668-1183

Training:
MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2002

Fellowship:
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, 2005-2008

Residency:
Pediatrics, University of Vermont, 2002-2005

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric blood and marrow transplantation

Research Interests:
Stem cell transplantation for a variety of pediatric diseases including malignant (leukemia, lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndrome) and non-malignant conditions (such as leukodystrophies, hemoglobinopathies, bone marrow failure syndromes and immune deficiencies). My research interest focuses on expanding the use of umbilical cord blood as a stem cell source and optimal selection criteria of a cord blood graft.  

Publications:
Page KM, Mendizabal AM, Prasad VK, Martin PL, Parikh S, Wood S, Sempowski GD, Szabolcs P, Kurtzberg J.Posttransplant autoimmune hemolytic anemia and other autoimmune cytopenias are increased in very young infants undergoing unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation.Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2008 Oct;14(10):1108-17.

Prasad VK, Mendizabal A, Parikh SH, Szabolcs P, Driscoll TA, Page K, Lakshminarayanan S, Allison J, Wood S, Semmel D, Escolar ML, Martin PL, Carter S, Kurtzberg J. Unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders in 159 pediatric patients from a single center: influence of cellular composition of the graft on transplant outcomes. Blood. 2008 Jun 27.