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Office
1 Childrens Pl
# Dv
Saint Louis, MO 63110Phone+1 314-454-6018Fax+1 844-621-4392
Education & Training
- Washington University in St. LouisMSCI, 2012 - 2014
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2011 - 2014
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011
- University of Texas Medical Branch School of MedicineClass of 2008
- Tulane UniversityBS, Cellular and molecular biology, cum lade, 2000 - 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- MO State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Clinical Research Training Institute Participant American Society of Hematology, 2016-2017
- Supplemental Funding Award Washington University in St. Louis Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Research Forum for Child Health, 2015
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 27 citationsA pilot study of parent education intervention improves early childhood development among toddlers with sickle cell disease.Melanie E. Fields, Catherine Hoyt-Drazen, Regina A. Abel, Mark Rodeghier, Janet Yarboi
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016-08-11 - 77 citationsRegional oxygen extraction predicts border zone vulnerability to stroke in sickle cell diseaseMelanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Dustin K. Ragan, Michael M. Binkley, Cihat Eldeniz
Neurology. 2018-03-27 - 12 citationsBulk volume susceptibility difference between deoxyhemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin for HbA and HbS: A comparative study.Cihat Eldeniz, Michael M. Binkley, Melanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Dustin K. Ragan
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2021-01-21
Journal Articles
- Silent Infarcts in Sickle Cell Anemia Occur in the Borderzone Region and Are Associated with Low Cerebral Blood FlowLori C Jordan, Andria L Ford, Melanie E Fields, Robert C McKinstry, Michael R DeBaun, Blood
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Suppression of the Hemodynamic Response Function Demonstrates Altered Cerebral Vasoreactivity in Sickle Cell DiseaseFields, M.E., Coalson, R., Comiskey, L.S., Ortega, M., Ragan, D., King, A., Shimony, J., Ford, A., Lee, JM., Dosenbach, N., American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, 12/2016
- Elevated Whole Brain and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Extraction Fraction Suggest Cerebral Metabolic Stress in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Unaffected ...Fields, M.E., Guilliams, K., Ragan, D. Eldeniz, C., Binkley, M., Hulbert, M.L., Vo, K., An, H., Ford, A., Lee, J.M., American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, 12/2015
- A Pilot Study of Parent Education Intervention Improves Early Childhood Development Among Toddlers with Sickle Cell DiseaseFields, M.E., Abel, R., Vesely, S.K., Hoyt-Drazen, C., King, A., American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, 12/2015
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Grant Support
- The Impact of Cerebral Metabolic Stress on the Development of the Structural and Functional Connectome in Pediatric Sickle Cell AnemiaNIH NHLBI2021–2026
- Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism and Functional Network Architecture in Pediatric Sickle Cell DiseaseNIH NHLBI2017–2021
- Fellow Scholar AwardAmerican Society of Hematology2017–2019
- Research Center Pilot Fund AwardWashington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities2016–2017
- K12 Clinical Hematology Research Career Development ProgramWashington University in St. Louis2014–2017
- Pilot Fund AwardMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology2015–2016
Professional Memberships
- Children's Oncology GroupMember
- Member
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology and OncologyMember
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