AshokBRajMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Louisville, KY

Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Norton Children’s Cancer Institute Professor, Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY

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Office
411 E Chestnut St
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone+1 502-588-3600

Fax+1 502-588-3601
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Education & Training

NIH Clinical Center1996
Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1993
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and ReMD, 1984 - 1987
J.J.M. Medical CollegeClass of 1984
Mysore Medical CollegeClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 2000 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1995 - 2024
WV State Medical License 1999 - 2001
MD State Medical License 1994 - 1997
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

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Clinical Trials

Priapism in Boys and Men With Sickle Cell Disease - Demographics, Characteristics and Prevalence Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
Completed
Losartan to Reverse Sickle Nephropathy Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of Prasugrel in Pediatric Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Screening Patients With Sickle Cell Disease for Kidney Damage Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
Completed
Web-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Improving Long Term Health in Children and Adolescents With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Nov 29
Recruiting
Phase 3
Irinotecan Hydrochloride, Temozolomide, and Dinutuximab With or Without Eflornithine in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
A Study to Investigate Blinatumomab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 03
Recruiting
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Effects of Erythrocytapheresis Procedures on Delayed Bone Marrow Conversion in Sickle Cell Disease.
Emily Popham, Karen Moeller, Ashok Raj> ;Clinical Hematology International. 2022 Dec 1
Iron Chelation Therapy With Deferasirox in Sickle Cell Disease With End-Stage Renal Disease.
Ashok Raj, Kerry McGowan, Esther Knapp, Jun Zhao, Siddharth Shah> ;Cureus. 2022 Apr 1
20 citations
Effect of Poloxamer 188 vs Placebo on Painful Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Children and Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
James F. Casella, Bruce A. Barton, Julie Kanter, L. Vandy Black, Suvankar Majumdar, Adlette Inati, Yasser Wali, Richard A. Drachtman, Miguel R. Abboud, Yurdanur Kilinç...> ;JAMA. 2021 Apr 20
Emicizumab Associated Rhabdomyolysis in Hemophilia A.
Joseph A. Wilson, Stephanie Hayden, Alexander Asamoah, Vivek R. Sharma, David C. Jennings, Ashok Raj> ;Clinical Hematology International. 2020 Oct 7
22 citations
Progression of albuminuria in patients with sickle cell anemia: a multicenter, longitudinal study.
Omar Niss, Adam Lane, Monika Asnani, Marianne E.M. Yee, Ashok Raj, Susan E Creary, Courtney D. Fitzhugh, Prasad Bodas, Santosh L. Saraf, Sharada A. Sarnaik, Prasad Dev...> ;Blood Advances. 2020 Apr 14
6 citations
Immunization Adherence in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Single-Institution Experience
Lisa M. Infanti, Joshua J. Elder, Kyle A. Franco, Stephanie F Simms, Victoria A. Statler, Ashok Raj> ;The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2020 Jan 1
23 citations
Long-term treatment with romiplostim and treatment-free platelet responses in children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.
Michael D. Tarantino, James B. Bussel, Victor S. Blanchette, Donald Beam, John Roy, Jenny M. Despotovic, Ashok Raj, Nancy Carpenter, Bhakti Mehta, Melissa Eisen> ;Haematologica. 2019 Nov 1
5 citations
Weak correlation of bleeding scores to platelet electron microscopy: A retrospective chart review of pediatric patients with delta-storage pool disorder
C. N. Nessle, S. Ghosal, C. Mathews, D. Taylor, John Myers, Ashok Raj, Arun R Panigrahi> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2019 Mar 1
An unusual case of anemia in a cardiac transplant recipient.
Elizabeth Lehto, Ashok Raj, Joshua Sparks> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2018 Apr 11
4 citations
Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma With Paraneoplastic Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency.
Lerraughn M. Morgan, Emily R. Miller, Ashok Raj, Susan Coventry, Jennifer D. Elster> ;Pediatrics. 2018 Mar 1
Utility of Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cardiac Output and Cerebral Oximetry during Pain Management of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Depar...
Pradeep Padmanabhan, Chikelue Oragwu, Bibhuti B. Das, John Myers, Ashok Raj> ;Children. 2018 Jan 29
3 citations
Use of Pleuroperitoneal Shunt in Chylothorax Related to Central Line Associated Thrombosis in Sickle Cell Disease.
Elizabeth Spiwak, Chad A. Wiesenauer, Arun R Panigrahi, Ashok Raj> ;Children. 2018 Jan 2
29 citations
Losartan for the nephropathy of sickle cell anemia: A phase-2, multicenter trial.
Charles T. Quinn, Santosh L. Saraf, Victor R. Gordeuk, Courtney D. Fitzhugh, Susan E Creary, Prasad Bodas, Alex George, Ashok Raj, Alecia C. Nero, Catherine E. Terrell...> ;American Journal of Hematology. 2017 Sep 1
4 citations
Assessment of Initial Vancomycin Dosing in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Hillary Orr, Deni Trone, Joshua J. Elder, Ashok Raj> ;Children. 2017 Aug 28
2 citations
Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke as Amusement Park Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abby Baumgartle, Laura Wolfe, Vinay Puri, Karen Moeller, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Children. 2017 Jul 31
6 citations
A novel immunomodulatory treatment involving mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids for pediatric autoimmune cytopenias.
Arun R Panigrahi, Amy Clark, John Myers, Ashok Raj> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Feb 1
6 citations
Spinal Cord Infarction in Hemoglobin SC Disease as an Amusement Park Accident
Ryan Eid, Ashok Raj, Darren Farber, Vinay Puri, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatrics. 2016 Sep 1
2 citations
Long-term Erythrocytapheresis Is Associated With Reduced Liver Iron Concentration in Sickle Cell Disease.
Scott N. Myers, Ryan Eid, John Myers, Salvatore Bertolone, Arun R Panigrahi, Jennifer Mullinax, Ashok Raj> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2016 Jan 1
5 citations
Distinctive Acellular Lipid Emboli in Hemoglobin SC Disease following Bone Marrow Infarction with Parvovirus Infection.
Danielle M. Graff, Erin B. Owen, Robert Bendon, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Case Reports in Hematology. 2015 Aug 27
5 citations
Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
Michael Huang, Erin B. Owen, Scott N. Myers, Ashok Raj> ;Case Reports in Hematology. 2015 Jun 1
9 citations
Impact of long-term erythrocytapheresis on growth and peak height velocity of children with sickle cell disease.
Abhishek Bavle, Ashok Raj, Maiying Kong, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014 Nov 1
2 citations
Utility of impedance cardiography for the detection of hemodynamic changes in stable patients with sickle cell disease
Bibhuti B. Das, Ashok Raj, Michael R. Recto, Maiying Kong, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2012 Jul 1
17 citations
Evaluation of the direct and indirect response of blood leukocytes to carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
Krishnakiran Medepalli, Bruce W. Alphenaar, Ashok Raj, Palaniappan Sethu> ;Nanomedicine. 2011 Dec 1
28 citations
Tapered oral dexamethasone for the acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease
Charles T. Quinn, Marie J. Stuart, Karen Kesler, Kenneth I. Ataga, Winfred C. Wang, Lori Styles, Kim Smith-Whitley, Theodore Wun, Ashok Raj, Lewis L. Hsu, Suba Krishna...> ;British Journal of Haematology. 2011 Oct 1
8 citations
Exploiting osmosis for blood cell sorting.
Vahidreza Parichehreh, Rosendo Estrada, Srikanth Suresh Kumar, Kranthi Kumar Bhavanam, Vinay Raj, Ashok Raj, Palaniappan Sethu> ;Biomedical Microdevices. 2011 Jan 29
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Journal Articles

An Unusual Case of Anemia in a Cardiac Transplant Recipient
Ashok Raj, Joshua Sparks, Pediatric Transplantation

Press Mentions

Internationally Respected Medical Specialist Slams Pharmac, Urges PM to InvestigateSeptember 30th, 2020

Hospital Affiliations

Norton Children's HospitalLouisville, Kentucky
Norton Womens and Childrens HospitalLouisville, Kentucky