Ching-HonPuiMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Memphis, TN

Chair and Member, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Office
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105

Education & Training

University of TennesseeFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1979 - 1981
University of TennesseeResidency, Pediatrics, 1977 - 1979
National Taiwan University College of MedicineClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1978 - 2025
OK State Medical License 1977 - 1992
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2017
Memphis Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006, 2010-2017
Anne T. Bass Endowed Lecture Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital. Stanford University, 2007
Greater Memphis United Chinese Association Achievement Award 2007
First Professor Rina Zaizov Lectureship Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Tel Aviv, 2006
Daniel Burton Endowment Fund lectureship Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 2005
Honorary degree of Doctor of Science Sewanee, The University of the South, 2017
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2017
Honorary Professor The Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2016
Faculty of 1000 2016
43rd Chinese Hospital Annual Award 2016
Dubrovnik Award Leukemia & Lymphoma, 2015
Honorary Professor Shanghai Jian Tong University, 2015
Foreign member Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2015
Academician Academia Sinica, 2014
Honorable Adjunct Professor National Taiwan University, 2013
Health Care Innovations Winner, Health Care Heroes Award Memphis Business Journal, 2013
Chair Professor Soochow University, 2013
Pediatric Oncology Award and Lecture American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012
Visiting Professor Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2012
Joseph H. Burchenal Clinical Research Award AACR, 2011
Robert A. Phillips Public Lecture and Award Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 2011
Henry M. Stratton Medal Award American Society of Hematology, 2011
Honorary Consultant the Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group, 2010
Most Highly Cited Researchers in Clinical Medicine Thomson ISI, 2004
Guest Professor The Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 2003
Wolf Zuelzer lectureship Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2002
FM Kirby Clinical Research Professor American Cancer Society, 2002
Honorary Professor Beijing Children’s Hospital Affiliates of Capital University of Medical Sciences, 2002
Kuebel Memorial Lectureship Washington University, St. Louis, 2002
Fahad Nassar Al-Rashid Chair of Leukemia Research St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 1999
Member Association of American Physicians, 1999
Honorary degree of Doctor of Science, Sewanee The University of the South, 2017
American Society of Clinical Oncology-Pediatric Oncology Award and Lecture 2012
Honoree American Cancer Society Zodiac Ball, 2011
AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Clinical Research Award 2011
ASH Henry M. Stratton Medal Award 2011
Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence 2010
Honorary Consultant Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group, 2010
AACR Team Science Award (team leader) 2009
Achievement Award Greater Memphis United Chinese Association, 2007
Curing Kids’ Cancer “Dream Team” Medical Advisory Board, 2006
One of the Most Highly Cited Researchers in Clinical Medicine in the past two decades Thomson ISI Essential Science Indicators, 2004
Angel Grant Award from National Cancer Coalition 2002
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998
The Best Doctors in America 1998
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1996
Honorary Professor University of Hong Kong, 1993
Society for Pediatric Research 1987
Book Coupon Award National Taiwan University, 1971, 1974-1975
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Clinical Trials

Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2000 Jul 08
Completed
Phase 3
Total Therapy Study XIV for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 1998 Jul 01
Terminated
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1344 citations
Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Ching-Hon Pui, William E. Evans
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2006-01-12
995 citations
International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias: integrating morphologic, clinical, and genomic data.
Daniel A Arber, Attilio Orazi, Robert P Hasserjian, Michael J Borowitz, Katherine R Calvo
Blood. 2022-09-15
89 citations
Second Malignant Neoplasms After Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kjeld Schmiegelow, Mette Levinsen, Andishe Attarbaschi, André Baruchel, Meenakshi Devidas
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013-07-01

Journal Articles

Neurocognitive outcomes among children who experienced seizures during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Nassar SL, Conklin HM, Zhou Y, Ashford JM, Reddick WE, Glass JO, Laningham FH, Jeha S, Cheng C, Pui CH, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/28/2017
Impact of sleep, fatigue, and systemic inflammation on neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Cheung YT, Brinkman TM, Mulrooney DA, Mzayek Y, Liu W, Banerjee P, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Srivastava D, Pui CH, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Krull KR, Cancer, 1/27/2017
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort
Chemaitilly W, Li Z, Krasin MJ, Brooke RJ, Wilson CL, Green DM, Klosky JL, Barnes N, Clark KL, Farr JB, Fernandez-Pineda I, Bishop MW, Metzger M, Pui CH, Kaste SC, Nes..., J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1/24/2017
Genetics of ancestry-specific risk for relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Karol SE, Larsen E, Cheng C, Cao X, Yang W, Ramsey LB, Fernandez CA, McCorkle JR, Paugh SW, Autry RJ, Lopez-Lopez E, Diouf B, Jeha S, Pui CH, Raetz EA, Winick NJ, Carr..., Leukemia, 1/18/2017
Genome-wide study links PNPLA3 variant with elevated hepatic transaminase after acute lymphoblastic leukemia therapy
Liu Y, Fernandez CA, Smith C, Yang W, Cheng C, Panetta JC, Kornegay N, Liu C, Ramsey LB, Karol SE, Janke LJ, Larsen EC, Winick N, Carroll WL, Loh ML, Raetz EA, Hunger ..., Clin Pharmacol Ther, 1/16/2017
Whole-genome non-coding sequence analysis in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia identifies oncogene enhancer mutations
Hu S, Qian M, Zhang H, Guo Y, Yang J, Zhao X, He H, Lu J, Pan J, Chang M, Du G, Lin TN, Kham SK, Quah TC, Ariffin H, Tan AM, Cheng Y, Li C, Yeoh AE, Pui CH, Skanderup ..., Blood, 1/13/2017
Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome following treatment with high-dose methotrexate or high-dose cytarabine
Karol SE, Yang W, Smith C, Cheng C, Stewart CF, Baker SD, Sandlund JT, Rubnitz JE, Bishop MW, Pappo AS, Jeha S, Pui CH, Relling MV, Cancer, 1/11/2017
Minimal residual disease-guided therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Campana D, Pui CH, Blood, 1/6/2017
A Genome-wide Approach Validates that Thiopurine Methyltransferase Activity is a Monogenic Pharmacogenomic Trait
Liu C, Yang W, Pei D, Cheng C, Smith C, Landier W, Hageman L, Chen Y, Yang JJ, Crews KR, Kornegay N, Karol SE, Wong FL, Jeha S, Sandlund JT, Ribeiro RR, Rubnitz JE, Me..., Clin Pharmacol Ther, 1/1/2017
Clinical impact of minimal residual disease in children with different subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with response-adapted therapy
Pui CH, Pei D, Raimondi SC, Coustan-Smith E, Jeha S, Cheng C, Bowman WP, Sandlund JT, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Inaba H, Gruber TA, Leung WH, Yang JJ, Downing JR, Evans ..., Leukemia, 1/1/2017
Whole transcriptome sequencing identified a distinct subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with predominant genomic abnormalities of EP300 and CREBBP
Qian M, Zhang H, Kham SK, Liu S, Jiang C, Zhao X, Lu Y, Goodings C, Lin TN, Zhang R, Moriyama T, Yin Z, Li Z, Quah TC, Ariffin H, Tan AM, Shen S, Bhojwani D, Hu S, Che..., Genome Res, 1/1/2017
Infection-related complications during treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Inaba H, Pei D, Wolf J, Howard SC, Hayden RT, Go M, Varechtchouk O, Hahn T, Buaboonnam J, Metzger ML, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Sandlund JT, Jeha S, Cheng C, Evans WE, R..., Ann Oncol, 1/1/2017
The effect of body mass index at diagnosis on clinical outcome in children with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Eissa HM, Zhou Y, Panetta JC, Browne EK, Jeha S, Cheng C, Relling MV, Campana D, Pui CH, Inaba H, Blood Cancer J, 1/1/2017
A genetic factor associated with low final bone mineral density in children after a long-term glucocorticoids treatment
Park HW, Tse S, Yang W, Kelly HW, Kaste SC, Pui CH, Relling MV, Tantisira KG, Pharmacogenomics J, 1/1/2017
Effect of cranial irradiation on sperm concentration of adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study
Green DM, Zhu L, Wang M, Chemaitilly W, Srivastava D, Kutteh WH, Ke RW, Sklar CA, Pui CH, Kun LE, Ribeiro RC, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Hum Reprod, 1/1/2017
Osteonecrosis is unrelated to hip anatomy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Portera MV, Karol SE, Smith C, Yang W, Cheng C, Neel MD, Pui CH, Relling MV, Kaste SC, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2017
Reply to S Kaur et al
Jacola LM, Krull KR, Pui CH, Pei D, Cheng C, Reddick WE, Conklin HM, J Clin Oncol, 1/22/2016
Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Liu C, Yang W, Devidas M, Cheng C, Pei D, Smith C, Carroll WL, Raetz EA, Bowman WP, Larsen EC, Maloney KW, Martin PL, Mattano LA Jr, Winick NJ, Mardis ER, Fulton RS, B..., J Clin Oncol, 1/20/2016
Genomic Profiling of Adult and Pediatric B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Liu YF, Wang BY, Zhang WN, Huang JY, Li BS, Zhang M, Jiang L, Li JF, Wang MJ, Dai YJ, Zhang ZG, Wang Q, Kong J, Chen B, Zhu YM, Weng XQ, Shen ZX, Li JM, Wang J, Yan XJ..., EBioMedicine, 1/8/2016
MicroRNAs Form Triplexes with Double Stranded DNA at Sequence-Specific Binding Sites; a Eukaryotic Mechanism via which microRNAs Could Directly Alter Gene Expression
Paugh SW, Coss DR, Bao J, Laudermilk LT, Grace CR, Ferreira AM, Waddell MB, Ridout G, Naeve D, Leuze M, LoCascio PF, Panetta JC, Wilkinson MR, Pui CH, Naeve CW, Uberba..., PLoS Comput Biol, 1/4/2016
Global Pediatric Oncology: Lessons From Partnerships Between High-Income Countries and Low- to Mid-Income Countries
Ribeiro RC, Antillon F, Pedrosa F, Pui CH, J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2016
Redefining "rare" in paediatric cancers
Pui CH, Pappo A, Gajjar A, Downing JR, Lancet Oncol, 1/1/2016
NUDT15 polymorphisms alter thiopurine metabolism and hematopoietic toxicity
Moriyama T, Nishii R, Perez-Andreu V, Yang W, Klussmann FA, Zhao X, Lin TN, Hoshitsuki K, Nersting J, Kihira K, Hofmann U, Komada Y, Kato M, McCorkle R, Li L, Koh K, N..., Nat Genet, 1/1/2016
Longitudinal Assessment of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated on a Contemporary Chemotherapy Protocol
Jacola LM, Krull KR, Pui CH, Pei D, Cheng C, Reddick WE, Conklin HM, J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2016
Influence of Cranial Radiotherapy on Outcome in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated With Contemporary Therapy
Vora A, Andreano A, Pui CH, Hunger SP, Schrappe M, Moericke A, Biondi A, Escherich G, Silverman LB, Goulden N, Taskinen M, Pieters R, Horibe K, Devidas M, Locatelli F,..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

Cancer Genetics, The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
Chapter: Genetic abnormalities in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pui CHEditors: Murty, V.Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London2015
Abeloff’s clinical oncology
Chapter: Chapter 96 Childhood leukemia
Campana D, Pui CHEditors: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshaw JH, Kastan MB, and Tepper JE.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2014
Neoplastic Diseases of the Blood
Chapter: Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Campana D, Pui CHEditors: Wiernik P, Goldman J, Dutcher JP & Kyle RA.SpringerEdition 5th,2013
ASH-SAP American Society Hematology Self-assessment Program
Chapter: Chapter 19. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma
DeAngelo DJ W, Pui CHEditors: McCrae KR and Steensma DP.The American Society of Hematology, Washington, DCEdition 5th,2013
Childhood Leukemias
Pui CHCambridge University Press, Cambridge, UKEdition 3rd,2012
Childhood Leukemias
Chapter: Chapter 13. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pui CHEditors: Pui CH.Cambridge Press, UKEdition 3rd,2012
Childhood Leukemias
Chapter: Chapter 2. Diagnosis and classification
Onciu M, Pui CHEditors: Pui CH.Cambridge Press, UKEdition 3rd,2012
Childhood Leukemias
Chapter: Chapter 23. Acute leukemia in countries with limited resources
Ribeiro RC, Howard SC, Pui CHEditors: Pui CH.Cambridge Press, UKEdition 3rd,2012
Childhood Leukemias
Chapter: Chapter 29. Acute complications
Howard SC, Ribeiro RC, Pui CHEditors: Pui CH.Cambridge Press, UKEdition 3rd,2012
Proceedings of the third International Congress on Leukemia-Lymphoma-Myeloma
Chapter: Treatment strategies of high-risk childhood ALL
Pui CHTurkish Society of Hematology2011
Educational symposium of long-term results of large prospective clinical trials for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (1985-2000)
Pui CHLeukemia2010
Postgraduate Haematology
Chapter: Chapter 25. Childhood actue lymphoblastic leukemia
Campana D, Pui CHEditors: Hoffbrand AV, Catovsky D, Tuddenham EGD & Green AR.Wiley-Blackwell, MAEdition 6th,2010
Williams Hematology
Chapter: Chapter 93. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pui CHEditors: Kaushansky K, Lichtman MA, Beutler E, Kipps TJ, Seligsohm U, and Prchal JT.McGraw-Hill Medical, NYEdition 8th,2010
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2010 Education Book
Chapter: Optimal treatment for adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Mullighan CG, Pui CH, Hunger SPEditors: Govindan R.2010
ASH-SAP American Society Hematology Self-assessment Program
Chapter: Chapter 17. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma
Stock W, Pui CHEditors: Gregory SA and McCrae KR.The American Society of Hematology, Washington, DCEdition 4th,2010
Cancer Medicine
Chapter: Chapter 14. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Faderl S, Pui CH, O’Brien S, Kantarjian HMEditors: James F Holland, Emil Frei III.B.C. Decker, New YorkEdition 8th,2010
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Pui CHSeminar in Hematology2009
Hematology
Chapter: Chapter 65. Treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Jeha S, Pui CHEditors: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Shattil SJ, Furie B, Silberstein LE, McGlave P, Heslop H.Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2009
Encyclopedia References of Cancer
Chapter: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Pui CHEditors: Manfred Schwab.Spring-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New YorkEdition 2nd,2009
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bimedicine (IEEE BIBM 2009)
Chapter: Integrated Analysis of Pharmacokinetic, Clinical, and SNP Microarray Data using Projection onto the Most Interesting Statistical Evidence with Adaptive Permutation Testing
Pounds S, Cao X, Cheng C, Campana D, Evans WE, Pui CH, and Relling MV2009
Abeloff’s clinical oncology
Chapter: Chapter 101 Childhood leukemia
Campana D, Pui CHEditors: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MD, and Mckenna WG.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2008
SIOP Education Book
Chapter: Current management of central-nervous-system disease in childhood leukemia
Pui CHEditors: Agarwal B, Calaminus G, Henze G, Egeler M.2008
Childhood Leukemias.
Pui CHCambridge University Press, Cambridge, UKEdition 2nd,2006
Clinical Hematology
Chapter: Chapter 32 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Ribeiro RC, Pui CHEditors: Young NS, Gerson SL, High KA.Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PA2006
Childhood Leukemias
Chapter: Acute leukemia in countries with limited resources
Ribeiro RC, Howard SC, Pui CHEditors: Pui CH.Cambridge University Press, UKEdition 2nd,2006
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Abstracts/Posters

Germline RUNX1 Variation and Predisposition to T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children
Ching-Hon Pui, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Identification of New Risk Loci and Regulatory Mechanisms Influencing Genetic Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Ching-Hon Pui, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Lack of Benefit of Extended Vincristine and Dexamethasone Pulses during Maintenance Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Multicenter Randomized Contr...
Ching-Hon Pui, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
Venetoclax in Combination with High-Dose Chemotherapy Is Active and Well-Tolerated in Children with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid LeukemiaClinically Relevant Ab...
Ching-Hon Pui, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
The Genomic Landscape of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ching-Hon Pui, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
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Lectures

Traumatic and Bloody Lumbar Puncture at Diagnosis in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A St. Jude Total XV and Total Xvi Cohort Study
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
How the Experts Treat Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Discussions From Adolescent to Adult
60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting - 11/30/2018

Other

Tumor lysis syndrome: Definition, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, etiology and risk factors
Pui C, Larson RA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/tumor-lysis-syndrome-definition-pathogenesis-clinical-manifestation
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-18
Tumor lysis syndrome: Prevention and treatment
Pui C, Larson RA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/tumor-lysis-syndrome-prevention-and-treatment
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-12

Press Mentions

New Directions in ALL, CML, and CLL TreatmentOctober 14th, 2024
Cellular Therapy Shows Promise in Children with Relapsed LeukemiaDecember 31st, 2022
Simultaneous CD19/CD22- CAR T Cell Therapy Resulted in a 99% Complete Response Rate in Children with a Type of LeukemiaNovember 8th, 2022
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