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901. Health Services and Outcomes Research – Non-Malignant Conditions: Poster III

Health Services and Outcomes Research – Non-Malignant Conditions Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Monday, December 7, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Victoria van Hamel Parsons, BMBCh, BA1*, Lara N Roberts, MD2*, Cara Doyle, BN (Hons) RGN2*, Gayle Mulla, MSc Adult Nursing2*, Adam Pennycuick, MBBS, MPhys1* and Roopen Arya, PhD2*

1King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
2King's Thrombosis Centre, Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Taylor Mueller, BS1*, Patrick Loeffler, BS2*, Xu Hongyan, PhD3*, Abdullah Kutlar, MD4, Matthew Lyon, MD5*, LaShon Sturgis, MD, PhD6* and Robert Gibson, PhD4*

1Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
2Medical College of Georgia - Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
3Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
4Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
5Sickle Cell Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
6Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents Health Systems, Augusta, GA

Marie Bak, MD, PhD student1*, Torben Lykke Sørensen2*, Esben Meulengracht Flachs3*, Ann-Dorthe Olsen Zwisler4*, Knud Juel3*, Henrik Frederiksen5* and Hans Hasselbalch, MD6

1Copenhagen University Hospital Roskilde, Department of Hematology, Roskilde, Denmark
2Copenhagen University Hospital Roskilde, Department of Ophthalmology, Roskilde, Denmark
3University of Southern Denmark, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
4University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, National Center for Rehabilitation and Palliation, Odense, Denmark
5Odense University Hospital, Department of Hematology, Odense, Denmark
6Department of Hematology, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark

Susan E Creary, MD1,2, Deena J Chisolm, PhD3,4*, Terah L Koch, MPH3,4*, Victoria A Zigmont, MPH5*, Bo Lu, PhD6* and Sarah O'Brien, MD, MSc3,4

1Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
2Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
3Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
4The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
5College of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
6College of Public Health, Division of Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Naushin S. Sholapur, BHSc, MSc (C)1*, Shannon Lane1*, Christopher M Hillis, MD, FRCPC2, Mark A. Crowther, MD, MSc, FRCPC3, Brian Leber, MD4, Richard Cook, M. Math, PhD.4*, Ronald Barr, MD4 and Nancy M. Heddle, MSc, FCSMLS(D)5

1Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3St. Joseph's Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
4McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
5Medicine, McMaster University, McMaster Transfusion Research Program, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Brieana Buckley, PharmD, MS1*, Jill Dreyfus, PhD, MPH2*, Manas Prasad, PharmD1*, Julie Gayle, MPH2*, Jonathan Kendter, PharmD1* and Eric Hall II, PhD1*

1Biogen, Weston, MA
2Premier Research Services, Charlotte, NC

Subhash Varma, MBBS, MD, Professor & Head, Sub Dean1*, Uday Yanamandra, MBBS, MD, DNB2,3*, Harikishan Senee, MSc, MLT4*, Srinivasa Bhattachar, MD5*, Sushma Yanamandra, MBBS6*, Neelam Varma, MBBS, MD7*, Reena Das, MD4* and Pankaj Malhotra, MD, Additional Professor3

1Department of Internal Medicine (Clinical Hematology Division), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
2Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
3Department of Internal Medicine (Clinical Hematology Division), PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
4Department of Hematology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
5Military Hospital Leh, Indian Armed Forces Medical Services, Leh, India
6Internal Medicine, Max Hospital, Mohali, India
7Department of Hematology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

Sylvia von Mackensen, PhD1*, Struck Heinrich2*, Werner Kalnins2* and Johannes Oldenburg3

1Institute of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
2German Haemophilia Society (DHG), Hamburg, Germany
3Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Kandace Gollomp, MD1, Abinaya Arulselvan2*, Maria Tanzer3*, Susan Shibutani4* and Michele P Lambert, MD5,6

1Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2Department of hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
3Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
4Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
5Division of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
6Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Danielle Krol, MD1*, Parshva Patel, MD2*, Konstantine Halkidis, MD3*, Gaurav Varma, MSPH3*, Ravindra Sangitha, BS4*, Ananya Yalamanchi, BS5*, Christina Trotta, MD3*, Michael Styler, MD6, Kristine Ward, MD3 and Maneesh Jain, MD3

1George Washington University, Washington, DC
2Drexel College of Medicine, Drexel University-Hahenmann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
3Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
4Hematology Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
5Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
6Drexel Unviersity College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Christopher C. Dvorak, MD1, Bijan Nejadnik, MD2, Zhun Cao, PhD3*, Craig Lipkin, MS3*, Scott B. Robinson, MA, MPH3* and Kathleen F. Villa, MS2*

1University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
2Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, CA
3Premier Research Services, Charlotte, NC

Tal Ben-Ami, MD,1*, Mohammad Natour, MD2*, David Rekhtman, MD3*, Tenenbaum Ariel, MD2* and Shoshana Revel-Vilk, MD, MSc1

1Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Department, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2Pediatric Department, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
3Pediatric Emergency Unit, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Eun-Ju Lee, MD1, B. Douglas Smith, MD2, Jessica W Merrey, PharmD3*, Alfred I Lee, MD, PhD4*, Nikolai A. Podoltsev, MD, PhD5, Lisa Barbarotta, APRN-BC1*, Mark R Litzow, MD6, Thomas Prebet, MD4, Selina Luger, MD7, Steven D. Gore, MD8, Michael B. Streiff, MD9 and Amer M. Zeidan, MBBS, MHS5

1Hematology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
3Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
4Dept of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
5Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
6Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
7Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
8Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT
9Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Carmelita P. Escalante, MD1, Stephanie Chisolm, PhD,2*, Juhee Song, PhD3*, Marsha Richardson, MSW4*, Salkeld Ellen, PhD5*, Tony Lam, PhD4*, Etsuko Aoki, MD, PhD,6 and Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD7

1MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), Bethesda, MD
3Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Housotn, TX
4General Internal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
5The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, Rockville, MD
6M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Baba Inusa, MD1,2, SallyAnn Wakeford3* and Fenella Kirkham, MD4,5*

1Faculty of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
2Evelina Children's Hospital / Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
3University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
4UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
5University Hospital Southampton (NHS FT), Southampton, UK, Southampton, United Kingdom

Anjlee Mahajan, MD1, Son Ho, PharmD2*, Mimi Lo, PharmD2*, James L. Rubenstein, MD, PhD1 and Richard Fong, PharmD2*

1Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan, MRCPI1,2*, Catriona O'Leary, RGN, BSc, MSc1*, Mary Ann Hayes, RGN1*, Patricia O'Flynn, RGN, Dip NSc1*, Pauline Suzanne Chappell, RGN, BSc1*, Dympna Kiely Hinchion, RGN1*, Dr. Anila Laurence3*, Dr. Usman Azhar Khan3*, Dr. Akbar Amin Achakzai3*, Dr. Shahid Ali Kaimkhani3*, Dr. Mary McCarthy3*, Dr. Maire Rafferty3*, Siobhan Rafferty4*, Dr. Naveed Khan3*, Dr. Lorraine Thong3*, Denise Leamy3*, Fiona Ahern3*, Virginia Silvari3*, Mala Shah3*, Amy O'Flynn4*, Prof. Joe Eustace2,3*, Dr. Sada Sulong3*, Dr. Cleona Duggan, MB, MRCP (UK) FRCPath1* and Dr. Susan O'Shea, MB, BCH, MHS1

1Haematology Department, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
2Cork Research Facility (CRF), Cork, Ireland
3Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
4University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Mariana Nassif Kerbauy, MD*, Livia Caroline Barbosa Mariano, MD*, Erick Menezes, MD*, Evandro Dantas, MD*, Jayr Schmidt Sobrinho, MD*, Marina M Nascimento, MD*, Roberto Silva, MD*, Maria Cristina Macedo, MD*, Sandra Gualandro, MD, PhD.* and Adriana Seber, MD, MS

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Xiaoyan Li, PhD1*, Anjali Sharma, MD1*, Xinke Zhang, MS1,2*, Marco Campioni, PhD3*, Kelly Fust, MS4*, Junji Lin, PhD1*, Anju Parthan, PhD5*, Xuena Wang, PhD1*, Richard Zur, PhD5*, Karynsa Cetin, MPH6* and Melissa Eisen, MD1*

1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
3Amgen (Europe) GmbH, Zug, Switzerland
4OptumInsight, Cambridge, MA
5Optum, Waltham, MA
6Amgen Inc., Cambridge, MA

Vicky R. Breakey, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC1, Lauren Harris, MSc (OT)2*, G Omar Davis, BSc, MSc3*, Arnav Agarwal, BHSc4*, Carley Ouellette, BSCN(c)2*, Elizabeth M Akinnawo, MD5* and Jennifer N Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP2*

1Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
5McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Anupam Verma, MD1, Lauri Linder, PhD, APRN2,3*, Elizabeth D Knackstedt, MD4*, Cheryl Gerdy, MSN, RN2*, Rouett Abouzelof, MS, RN5* and Richard S. Lemons, MD, PhD1

1Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2Cancer Transplant Service, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
3College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
4Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
5Infection Prevention, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT

Aryan Abadeh1*, Carolina de Carvalho Ligocki2*, Kuan Chung Wang 1*, Thomasin Adams-Webber1*, Victor S. Blanchette, MD, FRCP1 and Andrea S. Doria, MD, PhD, MSc1*

1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
2Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq, Curitiba, Brazil

Dalal Hamza Mulla-Ali, BCh, BAO, LRCPSI, FRCPC1*, Kevin H.M. Kuo, MD, MSc, FRCPC2,3, Amanda M. Brandow, DO, MS4, Nancy M. Heddle, MSc, FCSMLS(D)5, George A. Tomlinson, PhD6* and Aisha Bruce, MD, BA, FRCPC7*

1Health Sciences Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait
2Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2 Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
5Medicine, McMaster University, McMaster Transfusion Research Program, Hamilton, ON, Canada
6Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
7University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Pooja Lothe, MD1, Tiffany Pompa, MD1, Maneesh Jain, MD2, Parshva Patel, MD3*, Yayu Liang, MD4*, Ananya Yalamanchi, BS5*, Kristine Ward, MD2 and Michael Styler, MD6

1Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
3Drexel College of Medicine, Drexel University-Hahenmann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
4Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel University-Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
5Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
6Drexel Unviersity College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Charles S Greenberg, MD1, Caroline Dupre Vaughn, RN2*, Alice Boylan, MD1*, Jerry E Squires, MD PhD3, Sharon DeGrace, RN, MN4*, John Lazarchick, MD5, Adrian Reuben, MBBS, FRCP, FACG6*, Alan C. Finley, MD7* and Joseph Mazur, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP8*

1Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2Medical and Surgical Acute and Critical Care Service Line, Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
3Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
4Surgical and Medical Acute and Critical Care Service Lines, Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston
5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
6Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
7Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleson
8Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Hui Yin Lim, MBBS1,2*, Cheryl Ng1*, Carole L. Smith, MBBS, FRCPA, FRACP, MD2, Geoffrey Donnan, MBBS, FRACP3,4*, Harshal Nandurkar, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA5,6 and Prahlad Ho, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA1,2,3*

1Department of Haematology, Northern Health, Epping, Australia
2Department of Haematology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia
3University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
4Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
5Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Prahran, Australia
6Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Saurabh Dahiya, MD1*, Ankit J. Kansagra, MD2* and Syed S. Ali, MBBS,3

1Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University, Springfield, MA
2Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
3Baystate Health, Springfield, MA

Alabdurubalnabi Zainab, MBBS1,2*, Salma Shivji, MD3* and Cynthia Wu, MD4

1University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
3University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
4Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Sofia Grille, MD, PhD1*, Boada Matilde, MD1*, Regina Guadagna, MD2*, Maria Noel Spangenber, MD1*, Felipe Lemos, MD1*, Mariana Stevenazzi, MD3*, Lilian Diaz, MD2* and Cecilia Guillermo, MD4

1Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de la Republica, Cátedra de Hematologia. Hospital de Clinicas., Montevideo, Uruguay
2Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de la Republica, Catedra de Hematologia. Hospital de Clinicas, Montevideo, Uruguay
3Cátedra de Hematología, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
4Cátedra de Hematología, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Uruguay

Elina Tsyvkin, MD1*, Catherine Riessman2* and Paul Mathew, MD3*

1Division of Hematologic Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2Boston University, Boston, MA
3Division of Hematology/Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Floor CJI Moenen, MD1*, Yvonne MC Henskens, MSc PhD2*, Saskia AM Schols, MD, PhD1*, Patty J Nelemans, MD, PhD3*, Harry C. Schouten4 and Erik AM Beckers, MD PhD1

1Internal Medicine - Hematology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
2Laboratory for Hemostasis and Transfusion, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
3Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
4Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Harel Ronen, DO1*, Nakul Singhal, MD2* and Colette Spaccavento, MD1

1Hematology/Oncology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
2Hematology/Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

*signifies non-member of ASH