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Cancers Treated:
Specializing In:
Disorders of hemostasis Disorders of thrombosis Hemoglobinopathies Sickle cell disease Quality improvement in hematologyResearch Interests:
Pediatric thromboses & outcomes Cancer associated VTE Women and bleeding disorders Global health efforts in improving care of people with hematologic disorders Hematology educationAbout Beverly Schaefer
Biography:
My name is Dr. Beverly Schaefer and I’m a pediatric hematologist/oncologist who specializes in bleeding disorders and blood clots in children at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. I carefully evaluate a child’s risk of clotting and help tailor a treatment plan that may include advising on lifestyle changes or blood thinners. I also care for children and adolescents with other complex blood conditions.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Pediatric Oncology
- Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Assistant Program Director
Jacobs School Of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship
WNY Blood Care
- Medical Director, Pediatric Medicine
Background
Education and Training:
- 2006-2010 - MD - SUNY Upstate
Residency:
- 2010-2013 - A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children & Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship:
- 2013-2016 - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Board Certification:
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Professional Memberships:
- The American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO)
- The Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research Society (HTRS)
- Foundation for Women and Girls with Bleeding Disorders (FWGBD)
Honors & Awards:
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Resident Teaching Award
- Resident Humanitarian Award
- ASH Medical Educators Institute
Publications
Full Publications list on PubMed
- Schaefer BA, Gruppo R, Mullins ES, Tarango C. Subcutaneous diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in children with haemophilia: a pilot study and review of the literature. Haemophilia. In Press.
- Schaefer BA, Johnson TS, Hooper DK, Nathan JD, Geller JI. Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma in Three Children on Immunosuppression. Peds Transplant 21(4).2017 Mar 21
- Pecker L, Schaefer BA, Luchtman-Jones LL. Knowledge Insufficient: The Management of Haemoglobin SC Disease. BJH
- Schaefer BA, Kiyaga C, Howard TA, Ndeezi G, Hernandez AG, Ssewanyana I, Paniagua MC, Ndugwa CM, Aceng J, Ware RE. Hemoglobin variants identified in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study. Blood Advances. 2016 Nov 29;1(1):93-100
- Schaefer BA, Flanagan JM, Alvarez OA, Nelson, SC, Aygun B, Nottage KA, George A, Roberts CW, Piccone CM, Howard TA, Davis BR, Ware, RE. Genetic modifiers of white blood cell count, glomerular filtration and albuminuria in children with sickle cell anemia. PLOS One 2016 Oct 6;11(10):e0164364