BenjaminKeenWatkinsMD
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • New Orleans, LAAssociate Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Tulane School of Medicine, Division Chief, Tulane Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Director of the Stem Cell Transplant, Cell, and Gene Therapy Program, Children's Hospital of New Orleans
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Office
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2011 - 2014
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011- University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of MedicineClass of 2008
Hendrix CollegeBA, Biology, 2000 - 2004
Certifications & Licensure
GA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
WA State Medical License 2015 - 2017- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Clinical Trials
- Acute GVHD Suppression Using Costimulation Blockade to Expand Non-malignant Transplant Start of enrollment: 2019 Aug 22
Roles: Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- D-dimer and sinusoidal obstructive syndrome-novel poor prognostic features of thrombotic microangiopathy in children after hematopoietic cellular therapy in a single i...French, K., Harris, A., Bryson, E., Deeb, L., Hudson, Z., Obordo, J., Westbrook, A., Switchenko, J., Schoettler, M., Chandrakasan, S., Parikh, S., Watkins, B., Stenger...> ;American Journal of Hematology. 2024 Mar 1
- 6 citationsAbatacept GVHD prophylaxis in unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation for pediatric bone marrow failure.Elizabeth O Stenger, Benjamin Watkins, Kelsey Rogowski, Kuang-Yueh Chiang, Ann Haight, Kathryn Leung, Muna Qayed, Sharmila Raghunandan, Yvonne Suessmuth, Leslie Kean, ...> ;Blood Advances. 2023 May 23
- 14 citationsAbatacept for GVHD prophylaxis can reduce racial disparities by abrogating the impact of mismatching in unrelated donor stem cell transplantation.Muna Qayed, Ben Watkins, Scott Gillespie, Brandi Bratrude, Kayla Betz, Sung Won Choi, Jeffrey H. Davis, Christine Duncan, Roger Giller, Michael Grimley, Andrew C. Harr...> ;Blood Advances. 2021 Nov 9
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Hospital Affiliations
Children's Healthcare of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
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