Jennifer Marie Light MD (She/Her)

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

University of Illinois Chicago at PeoriaPeoria, IL 61637

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Summary

Dr. Jennifer Light is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist in Peoria IL. She specializes in sickle cell disease

Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2020 - 2023
ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina UniversityInternship, Pediatrics, 2016 - 2020
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of MedicineClass of 2016
University of ArkansasBS, Dietetics, Summa Cum Laude, 2008 - 2012

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2023 - 2029
NC State Medical License 2016 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Like Father, Like Daughter: A Family With a Constitutional Thrombocytopenia Variant Due to a Novel Heterozygous Missense Mutation in GP1BA.
Jennifer Light, Gerardo Quezada
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2025-01-01
1 citations
Disease severity drives risk of venous thrombotic events in women with sickle cell disease in a single-center retrospective study.
Jennifer Light, Christina M Abrams, Anton Ilich, Shuai Huang, Hongtu Zhu
Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2024-05-01
15 citations
Managing the Cerebrovascular Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: Current Perspectives.
Jennifer Light, Maria Boucher, Jacquelyn Baskin-Miller, Mike Winstead
Journal of Blood Medicine. 2023-01-01

Journal Articles

Disease severity drives risk of venous thrombotic events in women with sickle cell disease in a single-center retrospective study
Light J, Abrams C, Ilich A, Huang S, Zhu H, Baskin-Miller J, Sparkenbaugh E, Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 5/2024
Managing the Cerebrovascular Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: Current Perspectives
Jennifer Light,* Maria Boucher,* Jacquelyn Baskin-Miller,* Mike Winstead, Journal of Blood Medicine, 4/13/2023
Improving Breast Cancer Screening Rates in a Resident Clinic in Eastern North Carolina
Newcome, J., Choe, A., Hobgood, L., Turner, M. C. B., & Lundberg, A., American Journal of Medical Quality, 2020

Abstracts/Posters

Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma presenting with polycythemia and nephromegaly
Newcome J, Fuh B, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology annual meeting 2019, New Orleans