Trusted Resources: People & Places
Healthcare providers, researchers, and advocates
James F. Casella, MD
Healthcare Provider Director of the Basic and Translational Research Program
Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
and MD Hemophilia Treatment Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dr. James Casella is a professor of pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the Johns Hopkins’ Rainey Professor of Pediatric Hematology, Dr. Casella is chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology at Johns Hopkins Children’s and director of the Basic and Translational Research Program in Sickle Cell Disease, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and the Maryland Hemophilia Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins.
He supervises several labs investigating the cellular and molecular basis of pediatric blood-borne diseases. He is seeking to develop better treatments for sickle cell disease and the prevention of central nervous system complications of this disorder, including stroke.
A research scientist as well as a clinician, he co-directs the hematology/oncology fellowship program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is an adjunct senior investigator (Pediatric Oncology Branch) in the Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. He is also director of the NHLBI-funded K12 in benign hematology program at Johns Hopkins that trains young clinician/investigators in benign hematology and transfusion medicine.
+myBinderRelated Content
-
Stigmatizing language in medical records affects patient care, study showsPhysicians who use stigmatizing langua...
-
Tammuella (Tami) Singleton, MDDr. Singleton serves as a pediatric hema...
-
Nadine Matthie, PhD, RNNadine Matthie is an assistant professor...
-
Integration of neuropsychology services in a sickle cell clinic and subsequent healthcare use for pain crisesObjective: Growing literature has docum...
-
Boston Children’s Hospital receives grant for sickle cell disease researchThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aw...
-
Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity “Everyone’s Business” campaignhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqdP3Sxa...
-
Children’s Hospital Oakland Research InstituteDuring our first 50 years, Children’s ...
