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Iris Buchanan, MD, Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Atlanta, GA, Grady Health System

IrisBuchananMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Atlanta, GA

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine

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Education & Training

  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthMSc, epidemiology, 1999 - 2003
  • Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1984
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1982 - 1983
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1979 - 1981
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1978
  • Howard University
    Howard UniversityB.S., Zoology
  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthM.Sc., Epidemiology

Certifications & Licensure

  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2020 - 2025
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1984 - 2023

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Other Side of Abnormal: A Case Series of Low Transcranial Doppler Velocities Associated with Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Disease  
    Buchanan ID, James-Herry A., Osunkwo I, Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 1/1/2013
  • Erythropoiesis and myocardial energy requirements contribute to the hypermetabolism of childhood sickle cell anemia  
    Hibbert JM, Creary MS, Gee BE, Buchanan ID, Quarshie A, Hsu LL., J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1/1/2006
  • Proinflammatory cytokines and the hypermetabolosim of Children with Sickle Cell Disease  
    Hibbert JM, Hsu LL, Bhathena SJ, Irune I, Sarfo B, Creary M, Gee, BE, Mohamed, AI, Buchanan ID, et al, Exp Biol Med, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Hydroxyurea Effectiveness in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia: A Large Retrospective
    Maa-Ohui Quarmyne, MBChB MS1, Wei Dong, MS MPH2, Vaughn Barry, PhD, MPH3, Rodney Theodore, MPH4, Olufolake A. Adisa, MD1, Iris Buchanan, MD, MSC5, James Bost, PhD6, Ro..., Population-Based Cohort Study; 57th ASH meeting, 1/1/2015
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydroxyurea in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia
    M Quarmyne, DWei, R Theodore, J Bost, ID Buchanan, RC Brown, CH Joiner, 7th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium and Annual National Sickle Cell Disease Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2014
  • The effects of Hydroxyurea (HU) and Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) on Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) levels in the females with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
    Elchuri S, Patterson B, Brown M, Buchanan I, Mertens A, and Meacham LR, 7th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium and Annual National Sickle Cell Disease Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Sickle Cell: "Viewing an Old Disease with New Eyes" 
    DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA - 1/1/2014
  • Anemia: Watch, Evaluate or Treat 
    Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2014
  • Iron Deficiency or Thalassemia 
    Emory University, Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2014
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Hospital Affiliations