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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Karp 8210
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-919-6109Fax+1 617-730-0934- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1994 - 1997
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1991 - 1994
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
WA State Medical License 2007 - 2016- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Clinical Trials
- Pilot Study of Metformin for Patients With Fanconi Anemia Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 29
- International Registry for Severe Chronic Neutropenia Start of enrollment: 1994 Jun 01
Roles: Contact
- A Trial Comparing Unrelated Donor BMT With IST for Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Severe Aplastic Anemia (TransIT, BMT CTN 2202) Start of enrollment: 2023 Jan 25
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The ASPHO 2024 Distinguished Career Award goes to Dr. David A. Williams.Akiko Shimamura> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 May 1
- Heterozygous loss-of-function SMC3 variants are associated with variable growth and developmental features.Morad Ansari, Kamli N W Faour, Akiko Shimamura, Graeme Grimes, Emeline M Kao, Erica R Denhoff, Ana Blatnik, Daniel Ben-Isvy, Lily Wang, Benjamin M Helm, Helen Firth, A...> ;HGG Advances. 2024 Apr 11
- Treatment of recurrent pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Franziska Wachter, Yana Pikman, Jacob Bledsoe, Malika Kapadia, Susanne Baumeister, Jared Rowe, Akiko Shimamura, Andrew E Place, Susan Prockop, Jennifer Whangbo, Leslie...> ;Clinical Case Reports. 2023 Nov 1
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Lectures
- Bone Marrow Failure and Clonal Evolution61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting - Orlando, FL - 12/7/2019
- Friday Scientific Workshop on Germline Predisposition to Hematopoietic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Failure61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting - Orlando, FL - 12/7/2019
- Myelodysplasia, Leukemia, Lymphoid Malignancies, and Other Cancers in Patients with Severe Chronic Neutropenia2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Other
- Shwachman-Diamond syndromeShimamura A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/shwachman-diamond-syndrome
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-27 - Inherited aplastic anemia in childrenShimamura A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inherited-aplastic-anemia-in-children
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-29
Press Mentions
Distinct Genetic Pathways Define Pre-Malignant Versus Compensatory Clonal Hematopoiesis in Shwachman-Diamond SyndromeFebruary 26th, 2021
Bone Marrow Chip Opens Research Options for Shwachman-Diamond SyndromeJanuary 29th, 2020
Bone Marrow-on-a-chip Provides New Research Directions for Bone Marrow DiseaseJanuary 29th, 2020- Join now to see all
Hospital Affiliations
Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
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