TheodosiaAKalfaMD

Pediatric Anemia and Red Blood Cell Hematology

Professor of Pediatrics

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Office
3333 Burnet Ave
# ML7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone+1 513-636-4266

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Dr. Theodosia Kalfa is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist in Cincinnati, OH. She received her medical degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Greek. She is experienced in thalassemias, bone marrow failure syndromes, hemolytic anemia, pediatric hematology and oncology, and sickle cell disease. She has more than 80 publications and over 500 citings.

PubMed

Three-generation female cohort with macrocytic anemia and iron overload.
Alexander A Boucher, Vanessa J Dayton, Annaliisa R Pratt, Nicolas N Nassar, Yasmin Elgammal
American Journal of Hematology. 2025-01-01
G-CSF resistance of ELANE mutant neutropenia depends on SERF1 containing truncated neutrophil elastase aggregates.
Ramesh C Nayak, Sana Emberesh, Lisa Trump, Ashley Wellendorf, Abhishek Singh
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2024-11-19
A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic analysis of l-glutamine for the treatment of sickle cell disease: Implications for understanding the mechanism of action and evaluati...
Alina Sadaf, Min Dong, Amanda Pfeiffer, Jennifer Korpik, Theodosia A Kalfa
British Journal of Haematology. 2024-09-01

Journal Articles

Abstracts/Posters

Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type I Due to Biallelic CDAN1 mutations: Report from the Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Registry (CDAR)
Theodosia A. Kalfa, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
VPS4A mutations Cause a Syndrome with Dyserythropoiesis, Hemolytic Anemia, and Neurodevelopmental Delay
Theodosia A. Kalfa, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019

Lectures

Laboratory and Translational Hematology
61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting - Orlando, FL - 12/7/2019
Evaluation of Phenotype-Genotype Correlation in Two Common PIEZO1 Mutations p.R2456H and p.L2495_E2495dup
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018

FORMA Therapeutics Announces Clinical Data for Sickle Cell Disease Candidate FT-4202, Demonstrating Multi-Modal Activity of PKR Activation Increases Oxygen Affinity and Decreases Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization, at 61st Annual ASH MeetingDecember 9th, 2019

The Role of Erythroblastic Islands in Anemia of InflammationNIH-NHLBI2020–2024
Rho GTPases in Terminal Erythroid MaturationNIH-NHLBI2012–2016
RAC1 And RAC2 Guanosine Triphosphatases In Erythroid Function And DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2012
RAC1 And RAC2 Guanosine Triphosphatases In Erythroid Function And DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2009