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Office
8081 Innovation Park Dr
Level 4 - Skyline Clinic
Fairfax, VA 22031Phone+1 571-472-1390Fax+1 703-472-1391- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1989 - 1992
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1989 - 2018- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
- Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2011-2013
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2011-2013
Clinical Trials
- Study of Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation Using Tacrolimus and Sirolimus Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
- Study of Velcade and Thalidomide in Patients With Myelodysplasia Start of enrollment: 2005 Jun 01
- Phase I Study of Sequential Cord Blood Transplants Start of enrollment: 2003 May 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The impact of social vulnerability index on survival following autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.Kiarash Salafian, Christine Mazimba, Leonid Volodin, Indumathy Varadarajan, Asal Pilehvari, Wen You, Ziyad O Knio, Karen Ballen> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2024 Apr 1
- Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a CIBMTR analysis.Abid, M. B., Hemant S Murthy, Mei-Jie Zhang, Karen Chen, Sairah Ahmed, Uday Deotare, Siddhartha Ganguly, Ankit Kansagra, Fotios V Michelis, Taiga Nishihori, Mrinal Pat...> ;Blood Advances. 2023 Nov 28
- 2 citationsEffective treatment with the selective cytokine inhibitor BNZ-1 reveals the cytokine dependency of T-LGL leukemia.Jonathan E Brammer, Karen Ballen, Lubomir Sokol, Christiane Querfeld, Ryotaro Nakamura, Anjali Mishra, Eric M McLaughlin, David Feith, Nazli Azimi, Thomas A Waldmann, ...> ;Blood. 2023 Oct 12
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Journal Articles
- The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Consensus Recommendations for Donor Selection in Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationLeo Luznik, Karen Ballen, Asad Bashey, Hillard M Lazarus, Bipin N Savani, Rizwan Romee, Ephraim J Fuchs, Nature
Abstracts/Posters
- Distance Does Not Matter: Excellent Survival Outcomes for Leukemia Patients in Rural AppalachiaKaren K. Ballen, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
- Blockade of IL-15 Utilizing Bnz-1, a Selective _-Chain Inhibiting Peptide, Is Safe and Has Clinical Activity in Patients with T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemi...Karen Ballen, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
- Development of HHV-6-Specific Immunity after Cord Blood Transplantation in Adults Depends on Reconstitution of Thymopoiesis and Regeneration of CD4+ T CellsKaren K. Ballen, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
Lectures
- Phase I Study of the Antibody-Drug Conjugate Brentuximab Vedotin Combined with Re-Induction Chemotherapy in Patients with CD30-Expressing Relapsed/Refractory Acute Mye...2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
- Lost to Follow-up Rates Are Higher in Pediatric Than Adult Survivors, but Not By Transplant Type: A Report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplan...2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Press Mentions
Community Newsletter: Controversy in Stem Cell Journal, New Autism Trait InventoryMay 23rd, 2021
Q&A: Cancer Death Rates Are Falling Nationally. Here’s What’s Happening at UVAJanuary 10th, 2020
Scleroderma: Study Suggests Hope for Longer Life for Patients with Rare Autoimmune DisorderJanuary 15th, 2018- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, Virginia- Emily Couric Clinical Cancer CenterCharlottesville, Virginia
Inova Fairfax Medical CampusFalls Church, Virginia
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg, Virginia
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