Robert Francis Sidonio Jr. MD

Pediatric Coagulation Disorder Hematology

Professor Of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University.

Summary

Dr. Robert Sidonio Jr. is a pediatric hematologist and oncologist based in Atlanta, GA, with a subspecialty in pediatric coagulation disorder hematology. He completed his medical education at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2004, a pediatrics residency at the University of Louisville, and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at UPMC. Currently, he serves as the Associate Director of Hemostasis and Thrombosis at Emory University School of Medicine. His research and expertise focus on venous thromboembolism, hemophilia, and bleeding disorders. Dr. Sidonio has been involved in multiple clinical trials and has contributed extensively to scholarly publications. Among his distinctions, he is the ATHN Chair and Chair of ISTH Women's Issues in HT.

HOG Georgia Clinical Scientist Award Hemophilia of Georgia
HTRS Mentored Research Award Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society, 2014-2016
NHF Capacity Building Grant National Hemophilia Foundation, 2013-2016
Katherine Dodd Scholar Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2012
KL2 Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Research Scholar Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2012
The Vascular Medicine Institute and Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot Project Program in Hemostasis and Vascular Biology Award University of Pittsburgh, 2010
ASH Clinical Research Training Institute La Jolla, CA, 2009
Award for Outstanding Research Related to Cancer University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001
NIH supported summer research position Birmingham, AL, 2001
Provost and Chancellor’s List Troy State University, 1997-1998
Full Tuition Scholarship Troy State University, 1994-1998
Hemostasis and Thrombosis Mentored Research Award HTRS
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PubMed

Unclassified Versus Well-Defined Platelet Function Disorders: A Multicenter Comparison of Bleeding Patterns and Treatment.
Divyaswathi Citla-Sridhar, Beverly Spray, Robert Sidonio, Michael Silvey, Sanjay Ahuja
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2025-10-02
Bone Health Screening in Persons With Bleeding Disorders: A Survey of United States Haemophilia Treatment Centres.
Divyaswathi Citla-Sridhar, Sanjay Ahuja, Robert Sidonio, Meera Chitlur, Anjali Sharathkumar
Haemophilia. 2025-05-01
Development of a Structured Management Plan and Educational Materials for a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Menstrual Bleeding Disorder Clinic.
Kelly Tickle, Priscilla Hartley, Dawn Langley-Brady, Thomas Joshua, Robert F Sidonio
Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice. 2025-04-10

Journal Articles

Proteinase expression during differentiation of human osteoclasts in vitro.
Blair HC, Sidonio RF, Friedberg RC, Khan NN, Dong SS, J Cell Biochem. 2000 Jun 12;78(4):627-37
Successful combination therapy of a proximal haemophilic pseudotumor with surgery, radiation and embolization in a child with mild haemophilia A.
Ahuja, SJ, Sidonio RF, Raj AB, Bertolone SJ, Silverman, A. Haemophilia. 2007 Mar;13(2):209-212
Screening for VWD in Children: A Case Control Study.
Bujnicki HC, Sidonio RF, Kempton C, Kouides PA, Kulkarni R, Nugent DJ, Yee DL, Moore CG, Ragni MV, J Thromb Haemost. 2011 May;9(5):1086-90

Abstracts/Posters

The Discordance between Offsite to Onsite Testing for Von Willebrand Disease in Post-Menarchal Females: A Multi-Center Study
Robert F. Sidonio, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Case control Feasibility Study of Bleeding Genotype and Phenotype in Hemophilia A Carriers.
Sidonio RF, DeBaun MR, Region IV Hemophilia Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Single and Double Mutant HSV-1 in the Syngeneic Murine 4C8 Glioma Model.
Sidonio RF, Parker J, Markert J, Whitley R, UAB Medical School Research Day
Predictors of Bleeding Disorders in Children: A Single Institution's Experience.
Sidonio RF, Shaw PH, Gunawardena S, 22nd ASPHO national meeting, San Diego, Ca
Cost-utility Analysis of VWD Screening for Adolescents with Menorrhagia.
Sidonio RF, Smith K, Ragni MV, 51st ASH national meeting, New Orleans, LA
Cost-utility Analysis of screening cranial imaging in newborns born to hemophilia carriers.
Malec L, Sidonio RF, Cooper JD, Region III Hemophilia Meeting, Alexandria VA
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Lectures

Real World Use of Extended Half-Life Products and the Impact on Bleeding Events and Joint Health in the United States
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Bleeding in Hemophilia A Carriers.
Tennessee Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders Foundation Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN

Other

Von Willebrand Disease Screening in Adolescents with Menorrhagia: A Decision Analysis and Review.
Sidonio RF, Ragni MV, Touch Briefings 2011 U.S Oncology & Hematology 7(2):146-149

MOTIVATE (MOdern Treatment of Inhibitor-positiVe pATiEnts with Haemophilia A) Enrolls First Patient in the USMay 28th, 2021
Highlights from the First-Ever WFH Global Summit on WGBDsDecember 8th, 2020
A Cure for Hemophilia Seemed Closer Than Ever. For Many Patients, It's Now Further Out of ReachAugust 18th, 2020
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