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Listed 1st due to specialty in DBA
New York
Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry of North America
Long Island Jewish/Schneiders Children's Hospital
Hematology/Oncology/SCT
269-01 76th Ave
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
USA

Jeffery Lipton M. D.
 Email: jlipton@lij.edu

Adrianna Vlachos  M.D. Email: avlachos@lij.edu

Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry of North America  www.dbar.org

DBA team -  Physicians:  Adrianna Vlachos, MD - Director of the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry (DBAR) and the DBA Surveillance
and Awareness Program (DBA / SAP)
Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD, PhD  
Johnson Liu, MD
DBA Staff:
 Eva Atsidaftos, MA - Clinical Research Associate, for the DBAR
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Ellen Muir, RN, MSN - Clinical Nurse Specialist, for the DBA SAP
Michelle Vera  - Medical Secretary E-mail: mvera@lij.edu   Phone: 718-470-3024

Tel: 1-(888)884-3227
or locally at (718)-470-3610
Fax: (718)343-2961
This is answered by Michelle and directed to any of us as needed. Soon this will primarily be the number for questions  related to the DBAR,
enrollment, consent, and questionnaire (Eva's - primary responsibility), as we are adding a second toll-free line.
The new number
1-877-DBA-NURSE (1-877-322-6877) will be for specific medical questions
(Ellen's primary responsibility)
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Arizona
Phoenix Childrens Hospital
1919 E. Thomas Rd
Phoenix AZ 85016
602-564-0920
California
Santa Barbra Cottage Hospital
Daniel J Greenfield, M.D.  Speciality:
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Ped. Hem/Oncology-SBCH
Phone: (805) 569-8394  
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Fax: (805) 569-8398  

Thomas C. Hofstra M.D.
Childrens Hospital Los Angelas
CHLA, Hematology/Oncology, #54
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:  (323) 669-2567
Fax:  (323) 660-7128
Delaware
Dr. Christopher Frantz
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for
Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, Delaware
19803-3607
Phone: (302) 651-5500
Fax: (302) 651-5510
Florida
Dr. Stuart Toledano &
Joanna Davis
- Division of
Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology -
University of Miami - Miami, FL
305-585-5635




             Roy T. Smith, MD                    
13 Sundew Road
           Savannah, GA 31411                   
Phone (912) 598-8310


Dept. of Pediatrics Hem/Onc C&E Anderson Cancer Institute
at Memorial Health Univ. Med. Ctr.
Tribahawan S. Vats, MD  
4700 Waters Avenue
Savannah, GA 31403
Phone (912)350-8194    fax (912) 350-8427
       
 vatstr1@memorialhealth.com                       
Michigan
Dr. Laurence A. Boxer
University of Michigan Health System
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Telephone Number: (734) 764-7127 or (734)
764-7126
Fax Number: (734) 615-0464

Dr. Raymond Hutchinson
(Same address)
Maryland
Dr. Linda Smith-Resar
John Hopkins University Hospital
(formally pediatrics but now has an adult clinic)-in contact with Dr. Lipton.
E-mail her at :
lresar@jhmi.edu
Phone:  410-614-0167 (Linda Thomas is her receptionist)

Clifford Takemoto M.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology-Recommended by Dr. Lipton
In contact with Dr. Lipton
Phone: 410-955-6132
Fax: 910-955-8208
E-mail:
ctakemot@jhmi.edu

Both are located at John Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland.
Contact the Division to set up appointments with these doctors:
Consultation: (410) 955-6132
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital
Dr Richard Drachtman - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - The Cancer
Institute of New Jersey - New Brunswick, NJ - 732-235-6777

Margaret Masterson M. D.
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 (get directions)
phone: (732) 235-6777
Coastal Hem/Onc P.C
Brian K. Kim, MD
 bkim@chosav.com
O. George Negrea, MD  ognegrea@worldnet.att.net
500 Eisenhower Drive
Savannah, GA 31406
Phone(912)351-9500  fax (912)351-9506


Savannah Hem/Onc Associates
Summit Cancer Care
Harvey Lebos, MD
Mark A. Taylor, MD
 Mtayl03@yahoo.com
L.E. Bud Robertson, MD
Ayer Bala, MD
abala@savannah-hem-onc.com
Barry Luskey, MD  bdlmdtx@yahoo.com
5400 Sutlive Street
Savannah, GA 31405
Phone (912) 354-6187
fax (912) 355-3327 or (912)355-9807
Georgia
*These Georgia physicians are recommended by Dr. Lipton and Dr. Vlachos of the DBAR*