Victor Aquino, M.D.

Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Biography

Dr. Victor Aquino's clinical interest focus on pediatric bone marrow transplantation. He is active in the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium. He has served as PI on several research protocols, is a member of the Data Safety Management Committee of several protocols, and is a member of the Oncology and Supportive Care Subcommittees of the group. He is also collaborating as institutional PI on several studies in non-myeloablative transplant and unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant. His other research interests have focused on the prevention and management of infection in children with cancer receiving chemotherapy and those who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplant. He has performed research in immune reconstitution, management of infections, and developed protocols for outpatient management of febrile neutropenia. He is also an active member of the Children's Oncology Group and has served as a PI of a multi-institutional phase I study for the group.

Education

Medical School: State University of New York - Syracuse (1989)
Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical University (1992), Pediatrics
Fellowship: UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (1995), Pediatric Hematology/oncology

Research Interest

Development of stem cell transplant protocols for children with malignant and non-malignant disorders
Development of treatment strategies to manage the complications of stem cell transplant and chemotherapy
Management of bacterial and fungal infections in children with malignancies
Outpatient management of febrile neutropenia in selected patients with cancer
Phase I and II trials of new chemotherapeutic agents in children with cancer

Publications

Hematopoietic cell transplantation for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: a PIDTC report: Alexander JL, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Brazauskas R, Dammalapati SG, Griffith LM, Shah AJ, Shimano KA, Ochs HD, Bleesing JJ, Ebens CL, Kapadia M, Bauchat A, Kapoor N, Oved JH, Eissa H, Lust H, Keller MD, Haines H, Chandrakasan S, Talano JA, Rayes A, Madden L, Shereck E, Miller HK, Satter LF, Martinez C, Rozmus J, Bednarski JJ, Yu LC, Chellapandian D, Aquino VM, Knutsen A, Chong H, Chopek A, Gillio AP, Joshi A, Rangarajan H, Moore TB, Andolina JR, DeSantes KB, Vander Lugt M, Prockop SE, Shyr DC, Sullivan KE, Parikh S, Weinacht KG, Torgerson TR, Marsh R, Dvorak CC, Chan AY, Haddad E, Heimall JR, Pulsipher MA, Leiding JW, Kohn DB, Puck JM, Notarangelo LD, Rawlings DJ, Cowan MJ, Petrovic A, Pai SY, Burroughs LM Blood Advances 2026 Mar 10 1783-1798
Outcomes following matched sibling donor transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency: a report from the PIDTC: Rayes A, Logan BR, Liu X, Dara J, Buckley RH, Oved JH, Kapoor N, Kapadia M, Chandra S, Martinez CA, Bunin NJ, Chandrakasan S, Chen K, Bednarski JJ, Haines HL, Eissa H, Talano JA, Keller MD, Ebens CL, Chaudhury S, Shereck EB, Aquino VM, Knutsen AP, Alexander JL, Gillio AP, Chellapandian D, Shah AJ, Miller HK, Vander Lugt MT, Seroogy CM, Dorsey MJ, Mousallem T, Parrott RE, O'Reilly RJ, Aguayo-Hiraldo PI, Prockop SE, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Thakar MS, Burroughs LM, Torgerson TR, Leiding JW, Marsh RA, Griffith LM, Pulsipher MA, Kohn DB, Notarangelo L, Cowan MJ, Puck JM, Cuvelier GD, Heimall J, Haddad E, Pai SY, Dvorak CC Blood Advances 2026 Feb 10 887-900
Antiviral cellular therapy for enhancing T-cell reconstitution before or after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ACES): a two-arm, open label phase II interventional trial of pediatric patients with risk factor assessment: Keller MD, Hanley PJ, Chi YY, Aguayo-Hiraldo P, Dvorak CC, Verneris MR, Kohn DB, Pai SY, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Hanisch B, Quigg TC, Adams RH, Dahlberg A, Chandrakasan S, Hasan H, Malvar J, Jensen-Wachspress MA, Lazarski CA, Sani G, Idso JM, Lang H, Chansky P, McCann CD, Tanna J, Abraham AA, Webb JL, Shibli A, Keating AK, Satwani P, Muranski P, Hall E, Eckrich MJ, Shereck E, Miller H, Mamcarz E, Agarwal R, De Oliveira SN, Vander Lugt MT, Ebens CL, Aquino VM, Bednarski JJ, Chu J, Parikh S, Whangbo J, Lionakis M, Zambidis ET, Gourdine E, Bollard CM, Pulsipher MA Nature communications 2024 Dec 15
Relevance of lymphocyte proliferation to PHA in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and T cell lymphopenia: Abraham RS, Basu A, Heimall JR, Dunn E, Yip A, Kapadia M, Kapoor N, Satter LF, Buckley R, O'Reilly R, Cuvelier GD, Chandra S, Bednarski J, Chaudhury S, Moore TB, Haines H, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Chellapandian D, Rayes A, Chen K, Caywood E, Chandrakasan S, Lugt MT, Ebens C, Teira P, Shereck E, Miller H, Aquino V, Eissa H, Yu LC, Gillio A, Madden L, Knutsen A, Shah AJ, DeSantes K, Barnum J, Broglie L, Joshi AY, Kleiner G, Dara J, Prockop S, Martinez C, Mousallem T, Oved J, Burroughs L, Marsh R, Torgerson TR, Leiding JW, Pai SY, Kohn DB, Pulsipher MA, Griffith LM, Notarangelo LD, Cowan MJ, Puck J, Dvorak CC, Haddad E Clinical Immunology 2024 Apr 261
Posttransplantation late complications increase over time for patients with SCID: A Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) landmark study: Eissa H, Thakar MS, Shah AJ, Logan BR, Griffith LM, Dong H, Parrott RE, O'Reilly RJ, Dara J, Kapoor N, Forbes Satter L, Chandra S, Kapadia M, Chandrakasan S, Knutsen A, Jyonouchi SC, Molinari L, Rayes A, Ebens CL, Teira P, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Burroughs LM, Chaudhury S, Chellapandian D, Gillio AP, Goldman F, Malech HL, DeSantes K, Cuvelier GD, Rozmus J, Quinones R, Yu LC, Broglie L, Aquino V, Shereck E, Moore TB, Vander Lugt MT, Mousallem TI, Oved JH, Dorsey M, Abdel-Azim H, Martinez C, Bleesing JH, Prockop S, Kohn DB, Bednarski JJ, Leiding J, Marsh RA, Torgerson T, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Pulsipher MA, Puck JM, Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Buckley RH, Cowan MJ, Heimall J Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2024 Jan 153 287-296
Genotype, oxidase status, and preceding infection or autoinflammation do not affect allogeneic HCT outcomes for CGD: Leiding JW, Arnold DE, Parikh S, Logan B, Marsh RA, Griffith LM, Wu R, Kidd S, Mallhi K, Chellapandian D, Si Lim SJ, Grunebaum E, Falcone EL, Murguia-Favela L, Grossman D, Prasad VK, Heimall JR, Touzot F, Burroughs LM, Bleesing J, Kapoor N, Dara J, Williams O, Kapadia M, Oshrine BR, Bednarski JJ, Rayes A, Chong H, Cuvelier GD, Forbes Satter LR, Martinez C, Vander Lugt MT, Yu LC, Chandrakasan S, Joshi A, Prockop SE, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Aquino V, Broglie LA, Ebens CL, Madden LM, DeSantes K, Milner J, Rangarajan HG, Shah AJ, Gillio AP, Knutsen AP, Miller HK, Moore TB, Graham P, Bauchat A, Bunin NJ, Teira P, Petrovic A, Chandra S, Abdel-Azim H, Dorsey MJ, Birbrayer O, Cowan MJ, Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Kohn DB, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Puck JM, Pulsipher MA, Torgerson TR, Malech HL, Kang EM Blood 2023 Dec 142 2105-2118
Retrospective Observational Assessment of the Impact of Cefepime Prophylaxis in Neutropenic Pediatric Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Almatrafi MA, Dassner AM, Aquino V, Slone T, Sebert M Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2023 Aug 12 471-476
Measuring the effect of newborn screening on survival after haematopoietic cell transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency: a 36-year longitudinal study from the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium: Thakar MS, Logan BR, Puck JM, Dunn EA, Buckley RH, Cowan MJ, O'Reilly RJ, Kapoor N, Satter LF, Pai SY, Heimall J, Chandra S, Ebens CL, Chellapandian D, Williams O, Burroughs LM, Saldana BD, Rayes A, Madden LM, Chandrakasan S, Bednarski JJ, DeSantes KB, Cuvelier GD, Teira P, Gillio AP, Eissa H, Knutsen AP, Goldman FD, Aquino VM, Shereck EB, Moore TB, Caywood EH, Lugt MT, Rozmus J, Broglie L, Yu LC, Shah AJ, Andolina JR, Liu X, Parrott RE, Dara J, Prockop S, Martinez CA, Kapadia M, Jyonouchi SC, Sullivan KE, Bleesing JJ, Chaudhury S, Petrovic A, Keller MD, Quigg TC, Parikh S, Shenoy S, Seroogy C, Rubin T, Decaluwe H, Routes JM, Torgerson TR, Leiding JW, Pulsipher MA, Kohn DB, Griffith LM, Haddad E, Dvorak CC, Notarangelo LD The Lancet 2023 Jul 402 129-140
Rare circulating lymphoblasts with striking eosinophilia: A rare case of B-lymphoblastic leukemia with PAX5::ZCCHC7: Kwon A, Fuda F, Gagan J, John S, Aquino V, Chen W American Journal of Hematology 2023 Jun 98 989-990
The diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency: Implementation of the PIDTC 2022 Definitions: Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Heimall J, Dunn E, Cowan MJ, Pai SY, Kapoor N, Satter LF, Buckley RH, O'Reilly RJ, Chandra S, Bednarski JJ, Williams O, Rayes A, Moore TB, Ebens CL, Davila Saldana BJ, Petrovic A, Chellapandian D, Cuvelier GD, Vander Lugt MT, Caywood EH, Chandrakasan S, Eissa H, Goldman FD, Shereck E, Aquino VM, Desantes KB, Madden LM, Miller HK, Yu L, Broglie L, Gillio A, Shah AJ, Knutsen AP, Andolina JP, Joshi AY, Szabolcs P, Kapadia M, Martinez CA, Parrot RE, Sullivan KE, Prockop SE, Abraham RS, Thakar MS, Leiding JW, Kohn DB, Pulsipher MA, Griffith LM, Notarangelo LD, Puck JM Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2023 Feb 151 547-555.e5

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics (1989)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (1996)
American Society of Hematology (1997)
Children's Oncology Group
Dallas County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association (1996)
Society of Pediatric Research (2002)