Alison Matsunaga, MD

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Title(s)Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address654 Minnesota Street
San Francisco CA 94107
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    Dr. Alison Matsunaga is a pediatric hematologist- oncologist whose focus is caring for patients with blood disorders. Dr. Matsunaga is the Medical Director for the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (Oakland/SF).

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    University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA1982Bachelor of Arts
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA1986Medicine
    UC San Francisco Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA1990Residency
    UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA1994Fellowship

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    1. How Severe is Severe Enough? Organ Failure Rather Than Anemia Severity as a Potential Threshold for Complement Inhibition in Pediatric Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria: A Case Report. Case Rep Pediatr. 2026; 2026:8278542. Yu C, Rane Z, Nedelcu E, Matsunaga A. PMID: 42694628; PMCID: PMC13540270.
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    2. Pediatric autoimmune hemolytic anemia is associated with a high incidence of underlying immune disorders. Blood Adv. 2026 Jul 02. Harris EM, Steele M, Kalashnikova T, Badawy SM, Pavalagantharajah S, Hillier K, Klaassen RJ, Kalter JA, Rothman JA, McComb C, Shah S, Shimano KA, Bloom EJ, Khan A, Elkus H, Breakey V, Fritch Lilla S, Leister J, Kochhar M, Young O, Phillips L, Chumsky J, Ghanem D, Charland D, Nakano TA, Remiker AS, Everly CJ, Matsunaga A, Tiu GC, Valle RP, Nataraj S, Rifkin-Zenenberg S, Semedo Tavares EB, Montcrieff C, Chen N, London WB, Lambert MP, Grace RF. PMID: 42392173.
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    3. Vaginal Bleeding and Otorrhea in a 6-year-old Girl. Pediatr Rev. 2020 Dec; 41(12):648-651. Yu H, Cohler Peretz CA, Matsunaga A, Agrawal AK. PMID: 33262156.
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