Madhav Vissa, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address654 Minnesota Street
San Francisco CA 94107
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    I am a pediatric hematologist with a special interest in caring for individuals with inherited blood disorders, specifically sickle cell disease and thalassemia, throughout the lifespan. Before my fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology, I completed a residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics with the goal of providing specialty care for individuals with lifelong medical conditions. My overarching goal is to ensure patients who live with chronic conditions are able to thrive as healthy, functional children, adolescents and adults. I aim to achieve this by providing excellent clinical care, engaging in clinical research to better understand the current state and future of care and care delivery, and continue to learn by teaching others about the complexities of these fascinating hematologic conditions.

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    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NYMD05/2014Medicine
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PAInternship and Residency06/2018Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PAChief Residency06/2018Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
    UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CAFellowship06/2021Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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    1. A novel US-based grading system for disease severity in sickle cell disease: the Sickle Cell Outcome Grading System (SCOGS). Lancet Haematol. 2026 Jun; 13(6):e418-e425. Aurora T, Hodges R, Wardell JR, Barton M, Lipford J, Takemoto CM, Betensky M, Desai P, Jacob SA, Rai P, Strouse J, Hsu LL, Azul M, Hulbert M, Wang W, Talati R, Liem R, Alan S, Klings E, Appiah-Kubi A, Minniti C, Sisler I, McGann P, Vissa M, Nelson M, Guarino S, Miller R, Azar S, Badawy S, Abrams C, Lanzkron S, Saah E, Alvarez Nunez F, El-Amin N, Bhakta N, Hankins JS. PMID: 42242263.
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    2. Epidemiology of Pediatric Transfusion Reactions. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e269274. Stone EF, Chacreton D, Jimenez A, Kelly S, Goel R, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Sola-Visner M, Karam O, Patel RM, Vossoughi S, Vissa M, Wilson S, VanWormer JJ, Singer ST, Bakhtary S, Vichinsky EP, Luban NLC, Josephson CD, Karafin MS, NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV-Pediatric (REDS-IV-P). PMID: 42043816; PMCID: PMC13122406.
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    3. Mitapivat in adults with non-transfusion-dependent α-thalassaemia or β-thalassaemia (ENERGIZE): a phase 3, international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2025 Jul 05; 406(10498):33-42. Taher AT, Al-Samkari H, Aydinok Y, Besser M, Boscoe AN, Dahlin JL, De Luna G, Estepp JH, Gheuens S, Gilroy KS, Glenthøj A, Sim Goh A, Iyer V, Kattamis A, Loggetto SR, Morris S, Musallam KM, Osman K, Ricchi P, Salido-Fiérrez E, Sheth S, Tai F, Tevich H, Uhlig K, Urbstonaitis R, Viprakasit V, Cappellini MD, Kuo KHM, ENERGIZE investigators. PMID: 40544857.
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    4. Improving Completion Rates of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Using Quality Improvement Efforts: In-Clinic Versus Population-Based Assessments. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Apr; 72(4):e31549. Vissa M, Parikh P, McCulloch C, Bhasin N, Cabana MD, Chung J, Marsh A, Wong T, Treadwell M, Bardach NS. PMID: 39833618.
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    5. Drug-induced liver injury from Deferasirox in a pediatric patient with hereditary spherocytosis: A case report. JPGN Rep. 2025 Feb; 6(1):56-59. Talwar S, Rosenthal B, Vissa M, Cort K, Byers J, Ali S. PMID: 39944095; PMCID: PMC11810811.
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    6. Assessment of total and unbound cell-free heme in plasma of patients with sickle cell disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2023 05; 248(10):897-907. Vissa M, Larkin SK, Vichinsky EP, Kuypers FA, Soupene E. PMID: 36941786; PMCID: PMC10484191.
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    7. Voxelotor for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Expert Rev Hematol. 2021 03; 14(3):253-262. Vissa M, Vichinsky E. PMID: 33602029.
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    8. A pragmatic multi-institutional approach to understanding transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy after stem cell transplant. Blood Adv. 2021 01 12; 5(1):1-11. Dandoy CE, Rotz S, Alonso PB, Klunk A, Desmond C, Huber J, Ingraham H, Higham C, Dvorak CC, Duncan C, Schoettler M, Lehmann L, Cancio M, Killinger J, Davila B, Phelan R, Mahadeo KM, Khazal S, Lalefar N, Lalefar N, Vissa M, Myers K, Wallace G, Nelson A, Khandelwal P, Bhatla D, Gloude N, Anderson E, Huo J, Roehrs P, Auletta JJ, Chima R, Lane A, Davies SM, Jodele S. PMID: 33570619; PMCID: PMC7805323.
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    9. Risk Factors for Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy after Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in High-Risk Neuroblastoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 10; 25(10):2031-2039. Tolbert VP, Dvorak CC, Golden C, Vissa M, El-Haj N, Perwad F, Matthay KK, Vo KT. PMID: 31199983; PMCID: PMC9161973.
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    10. Venous thromboembolism in pediatric trauma patients: Ten-year experience and long-term follow-up in a tertiary care center. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Aug; 64(8). Leeper CM, Vissa M, Cooper JD, Malec LM, Gaines BA. PMID: 28067012.
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    11. Unexpected Anemia and Reticulocytopenia in an Adolescent With Sickle Cell Anemia Receiving Chronic Transfusion Therapy. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Oct; 37(7):e438-40. Blauel ER, Grossmann LT, Vissa M, Miller ST. PMID: 26207780.
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