RobertPWitherspoonMD

Oncology • Seattle, WA

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Office
University Of Washington Medical Ctr
1959 Ne Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-288-1000
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Summary

Dr. Robert Witherspoon, MD is an oncologist in Seattle, Washington. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Washington. He is affiliated with UW Medicine/University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1970

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 1971 - 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
Cord-Blood Transplantation in Patients with Minimal Residual Disease.
Filippo Milano, Ted Gooley, Brent Wood, Ann Woolfrey, Mary E Flowers, Kristine Doney, Robert Witherspoon, Marco Mielcarek, Joachim H Deeg, Mohamed Sorror, Ann Dahlberg...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Sep 8
28 citations
A Retrospective Comparison of Tacrolimus versus Cyclosporine with Methotrexate for Immunosuppression after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation with Mobilized...
Yoshihiro Inamoto, Mary E.D. Flowers, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Paul A. Carpenter, H. Joachim Deeg, Terry Furlong, Hans-Peter Kiem, Marco Mielcarek, Richard A. Nash, Rai...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2011 Jul 1
77 citations
Conditioning with treosulfan and fludarabine followed by allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for high-risk hematologic malignancies.
Eneida R. Nemecek, Katherine A. Guthrie, Mohamed L. Sorror, Brent L. Wood, Kristine Doney, Ralf A. Hilger, Bart L. Scott, Tibor Kovacsovics, Richard T. Maziarz, Ann E....> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2011 Mar 1
54 citations
Personalized dosing of cyclophosphamide in the total body irradiation-cyclophosphamide conditioning regimen: a phase II trial in patients with hematologic malignancy.
Jeannine S. McCune, Ami Batchelder, Katherine A. Guthrie, Robert P. Witherspoon, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Brian Phillips, Paolo Vicini, David H. Salinger, George B. McD...> ;Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2009 Jun 1
30 citations
Marrow transplantation for malignant plasma cell disorders: Summary of the Seattle experience*
C. D. Buckner, Alexander Fefer, William I. Bensinger, R Storb, B. G. Durie, F R Appelbaum, Finn Bo Petersen, Paul L. Weiden, Clift Ra, Jean E. Sanders, Keith M. Sulliv...> ;European Journal of Haematology. Supplementum. 2009 Apr 24
72 citations
Therapy with mycophenolate mofetil for refractory acute and chronic GVHD
Terry Furlong, Paul J. Martin, Mary E.D. Flowers, Fabrizio Carnevale-Schianca, R Yatscoff, Thomas R. Chauncey, F R Appelbaum, Deeg Hj, Kristine Doney, Robert P. Wither...> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2009 Apr 20
120 citations
Hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia arising from myelodysplastic syndrome: similar outcomes in patie...
ChunKang Chang, Barry E. Storer, Bart L. Scott, Eileen Bryant, Howard M. Shulman, Mary E.D. Flowers, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Robert P. Witherspoon, Richard A. Nash, Jean ...> ;Blood. 2007 Aug 15
137 citations
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation as Curative Therapy for Idiopathic Myelofibrosis, Advanced Polycythemia Vera, and Essential Thrombocythemia
Daniella M. B. Kerbauy, Ted Gooley, George E. Sale, Mary E.D. Flowers, Kristine Doney, George E. Georges, Joanne E. Greene, Michael L. Linenberger, Effie W. Petersdorf...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2007 Mar 1
71 citations
Reduced incidence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease with the addition of thymoglobulin to a targeted busulfan/cyclophosphamide regimen.
H. Joachim Deeg, Barry E. Storer, Michael Boeckh, Paul J. Martin, Jeannine S. McCune, David Myerson, Shelly Heimfeld, Mary E.D. Flowers, Claudio Anasetti, Kristine Don...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2006 May 1
22 citations
Metabolism-based cyclophosphamide dosing for hematopoietic cell transplant.
George B. McDonald, Jeannine S. McCune, Ami Batchelder, Scott Cole, Brian Phillips, Aaron G. Ren, Paolo Vicini, Robert P. Witherspoon, Thomas F. Kalhorn, John T. Slattery> ;Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2005 Sep 1
98 citations
A Phase I/II Study of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Combination with Cyclosporine for Prophylaxis of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Myeloablative Conditioning and Al...
Richard A. Nash, Laura Johnston, Pablo Parker, Jeannine S. McCune, Barry E. Storer, John T. Slattery, Terry Furlong, Claudio Anasetti, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Michele ...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2005 Jul 1
44 citations
Long-term acquisition of allergen-specific IgE and asthma following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from allergic donors
Teal S. Hallstrand, Jay D. Sprenger, Jan M. Agosti, Gary Longton, Robert P. Witherspoon, William R. Henderson> ;Blood. 2004 Nov 15
47 citations
Efficacy of donor vaccination before hematopoietic cell transplantation and recipient vaccination both before and early after transplantation.
Jan Storek, Monja A. Dawson, L. C.-L. Lim, B. E. Burman, Terry Stevens-Ayers, F. Viganego, M. M. P. T. Herremans, Mary E.D. Flowers, Robert P. Witherspoon, D.G. Malone...> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004 Feb 1
200 citations
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myelofibrosis
H. Joachim Deeg, T. Gooley, Mary E.D. Flowers, George E. Sale, John T. Slattery, Claudio Anasetti, Thomas R. Chauncey, Kristine Doney, George E. Georges, Hans-Peter Ki...> ;Blood. 2003 Dec 1
39 citations
Hematopoietic cell transplantation from related and unrelated donors after minimal conditioning as a curative treatment modality for severe paroxysmal nocturnal hemogl...
U Hegenbart, Dietger Niederwieser, S.J. Forman, Ernst Holler, Sabine Leiblein, Laura Johnston, Wolfram Pönisch, Elliot Epner, Robert P. Witherspoon, Blume Kg, R Storb> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2003 Nov 1
68 citations
Incidence, risk factors, and mortality from pneumonia developing late after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Chien-Shing Chen, Michael Boeckh, Kristy Seidel, Joan G. Clark, Emin Kansu, David K. Madtes, John L. Wagner, Robert P. Witherspoon, Claudio Anasetti, F R Appelbaum, Wi...> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2003 Sep 1
9 citations
The association between vitamin C and vitamin E supplement use before hematopoietic stem cell transplant and outcomes to two years
Barbara Bruemmer, Ruth E. Patterson, Carrie L Cheney, Aker Sn, Robert P. Witherspoon> ;Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2003 Aug 1
40 citations
Factors affecting antibody levels after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Jan Storek, Federico Viganego, Monja A. Dawson, M. M. P. Tineke Herremans, Michael Boeckh, Mary E.D. Flowers, Barry E. Storer, William I. Bensinger, Robert P. Withersp...> ;Blood. 2003 Apr 15
222 citations
Conditioning with targeted busulfan and cyclophosphamide for hemopoietic stem cell transplantation from related and unrelated donors in patients with myelodysplastic s...
H. Joachim Deeg, Barry E. Storer, John T. Slattery, Claudio Anasetti, Kristine Doney, John A. Hansen, Hans-Peter Kiem, Paul J. Martin, Effie W. Petersdorf, Jerald P. R...> ;Blood. 2002 Aug 15
200 citations
Therapy for chronic graft-versus-host disease: a randomized trial comparing cyclosporine plus prednisone versus prednisone alone
Sibel Koc, Wendy M. Leisenring, Mary E.D. Flowers, Claudio Anasetti, H. Joachim Deeg, Richard A. Nash, Jean E. Sanders, Robert P. Witherspoon, Rainer Storb, Frederick ...> ;Blood. 2002 Jul 1
15 citations
Curative therapy of advanced essential thrombocythemia or polycythemia vera by hemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Uwe Platzbecker, Ted Gooley, Claudio Anasetti, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Bruce E. Clurman, Kris Doney, Thomas R. Chauncey, Mary E.D. Flowers, David Myerson, Jerald P. Ra...> ;Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2002 Jul 1
37 citations
Psoralen and ultraviolet A irradiation (PUVA) as therapy for steroid-resistant cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease.
Terry Furlong, Wendy M. Leisenring, Rainer Storb, Claudio Anasetti, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Paul A. Carpenter, H. Joachim Deeg, Kristine Doney, Hans-Peter Kiem, Richar...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2002 Apr 1
45 citations
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for advanced myelodysplastic syndrome after conditioning with busulfan and fractionated total body irradiation is associated wi...
Manuel Jurado, H. Joachim Deeg, Barry E. Storer, Claudio Anasetti, J E Anderson, Eileen Bryant, Thomas R. Chauncey, Kris Doney, Mary E.D. Flowers, John A. Hansen, Paul...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2002 Mar 1
145 citations
Sirolimus (rapamycin) for the treatment of steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease
Ana I Benito, Terry Furlong, Paul J. Martin, Claudio Anasetti, F R Appelbaum, Kristine Doney, Richard A. Nash, Thalia Papayannopoulou, R Storb, Keith M. Sullivan, Robe...> ;Transplantation. 2001 Dec 27
47 citations
Administration of cyclosporine for 24 months compared with 6 months for prevention of chronic graft-versus-host disease: a prospective randomized clinical trial
Emin Kansu, Ted Gooley, Mary E.D. Flowers, Claudio Anasetti, H. Joachim Deeg, Richard A. Nash, Jean E. Sanders, Robert P. Witherspoon, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Rainer S...> ;Blood. 2001 Dec 15
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Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle, Washington
UW Medicine/University of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, Washington