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Susan S. Kelly

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2008 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, MS, Clinical Investigation
1997 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, MD, Medicine
1994 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, BS, Highest Honors, Interdisciplinary Medical Science

Board Certifications

11/2004 Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
10/2000 Pediatrics

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 7/2004-6/2008

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Fellowship Program Director, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 7/2009-present
Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 7/2004-6/2008

Honors and Awards

2005-2006 ASH Clinical Research Training Institute participant, ASH
2003-2004 Betty Jarboe Award for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Duke University Medical Center
2003-2004 Travel Grants, ASH and IBMTR/ASBMT
2003 Mortimer M. Bortin Award for Best Clinical Research, ASBMT/CIBMTR
2002-2003 Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Fellow participant, AACR/ASCO
1999-2000 American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Research Award, AAP

Professional Memberships

American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Member, 7/2002-present
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO)
Member, 7/2002-present
Childrens Oncology Group (COG)
Member, 6/2000-present
International Society For Cellular Therapy
Member, 2009
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)
Member - Cellular Theraputics Committee, 7/2007-present
Member, 6/2004-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Abramowicz S, Staba SL, Dolwick MF, Chen DR. Orthognathic surgery in a patient with hemophilia A: report of a case. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 105(4):437-9, 4/2008. PMID: 18206404.
2. Adamkiewicz TV, Szabolcs P, Haight A, Baker KS, Staba S, Kedar A, Chiang KY, Krishnamurti L, Boyer MW, Kurtzberg J, Wagner JE, Wingard JR, Yeager AM. Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with sickle cell disease: review of four-center experience. Pediatr Transplant 11(6):641-4, 9/2007. PMID: 17663687.
3. Ignatz M, Sola-Visner M, Rimsza LM, Fuchs D, Shuster JJ, Li XM, Jotwani A, Staba S, Wingard JR, Hu Z, Slayton WB. Umbilical cord blood produces small megakaryocytes after transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 13(2):145-50, 2/2007. PMID: 17241920.
4. Staba SL, Escolar ML, Poe M, Kim Y, Martin PL, Szabolcs P, Allison-Thacker J, Wood S, Wenger DA, Rubinstein P, Hopwood JJ, Krivit W, Kurtzberg J. Cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors in patients with Hurler's syndrome. N Engl J Med 350(19):1960-9, 5/6/2004. PMID: 15128896.
5. Sullivan SE, Staba SL, Gersting JA, Hutson AD, Theriaque D, Christensen RD, Calhoun DA. Circulating concentrations of chemokines in cord blood, neonates, and adults. Pediatr Res 51(5):653-7, 5/2002. PMID: 11978892.
6. Calhoun DA, Lunøe M, Du Y, Staba SL, Christensen RD. Concentrations of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in human milk after in vitro simulations of digestion. Pediatr Res 46(6):767-71, 12/1999. PMID: 10590037.

Invited Articles
1. SS Kelly, CBS Sola, M de Lima, E Shpall. Ex-vivo Expansion of Cord Blood. Bone Marrow Transplantation. In Press.
2. Kelly SS, Parmar S, Robinson S, de Lima M, Shpall E. Overcoming the Barriers to Umbilical Cord Blood Transplanation. Cytotherapy. Submitted.

Abstracts
1. de Lima M, McNiece I, McMannis J, Hosing C, Kebraei P, Komanduri K, Worth LL, Staba S, Cooper L, Petropoulos D, Lee D, Jones R, Nieto Y, Andersson B, Korbling M, Alousi A, Qazilbash M, Popat U, Khouri I, Bollard C, Leen A, Rondon G, Molldrem J, Champlin R, Simmons P, Shpall E. Double Cord Blood Transplantation (CBT) With Ex-Vivo Expansion (EXP) Of One Unit Utilizing A Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) Platform. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 15(47), 2009.
2. Kelly, S.S., Kelly, P., Hunger, S.P., Wingard. TACROLIMUS AND “MINI” METHOTREXATE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGIMEN FOR PREVENTION OF GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANT. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 15(No. 2, Supplement. Abstract 220), 2009.
3. Prokopiou C, Koontz SE, Rosipal N, Worth LL, Petropoulos D, Kelly SS, Lee DA, Cooper LJN. Utility of Insuflon Catheters After Pediatric Hematopioetic Stem Cell Transplantation: Taking The Pain Out OF Subcutaneous Injections. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 15:152 (#434), 2009.

Letters to the Editor
1. Staba SL., Kurtzberg J. Cord-Blood Transplants from Unrelated Donors in Hurler's Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine(351):506-507, 2004.

Last updated: 9/9/2009