George Buchanan, M.D.

Medical School	University of Chicago (1970)
Internship	Children's Memorial Medical Center - Chicago (1971)
Residency	Children's Memorial Medical Center - Chicago (1973)
Fellowship	Children's Hospital of Boston (1974)
Fellowship	Children's Hospital of Boston (1975)

• Cancer
• Hematology/Oncology
• Pediatrics

• Primary Interests
• Hematology
• Hereditary Spherocytosis
• Immune Thrombocytopenia
• Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Sickle Cell Disease

• Development of improved means of diagnosing and treating patients with hereditary blood coagulation disorders
• Epidemiology and pathophysiology of childhood anemias, including iron deficiency, hereditary spherocytosi and Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Management of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) during childhood, emphasizing outcome measures other than platelet count (e.g., bleeding signs and symptoms, cost of therapy, and quality of life)
• Prevention and treatment of complications of sickle cell disease
• Vascular complications following splenectomy

Featured Publications

50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics: familial idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Buchanan GR J. Pediatr. 2013 Apr 162 4 704

Paucity of Clinical Trials in Iron Deficiency: Lessons Learned From Study of VLBW Infants.

Buchanan GR Pediatrics 2013 Feb 131 2 e582-4

Prophylactic penicillin after 5 years of age in patients with sickle cell disease: A survey of sickle cell disease experts.

McCavit TL, Gilbert M, Buchanan GR Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012 Nov

Acute silent cerebral ischemia and infarction during acute anemia in children with and without sickle cell disease.

Dowling MM, Quinn CT, Plumb P, Rogers ZR, Rollins NK, Koral K, Buchanan GR Blood 2012 Nov 120 19 3891-7

Hemolytic non-uremic syndrome.

Chen KS, Neunert CE, Crary SE, Buchanan GR Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012 Jul 59 1 167-9

Extended spectrum of human glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 3 deficiency: novel genotypes and phenotypic variability in severe congenital neutropenia.

Boztug K, Rosenberg PS, Dorda M, Banka S, Moulton T, Curtin J, Rezaei N, Corns J, Innis JW, Avci Z, Tran HC, Pellier I, Pierani P, Fruge R, Parvaneh N, Mamishi S, Mody R, Darbyshire P, Motwani J, Murray J, Buchanan GR, Newman WG, Alter BP, Boxer LA, Donadieu J, Welte K, Klein C J. Pediatr. 2012 Apr 160 4 679-683.e2

Neutralizing antibodies against adeno-associated virus examined prospectively in pediatric patients with hemophilia.

Li C, Narkbunnam N, Samulski RJ, Asokan A, Hu G, Jacobson LJ, Manco-Johnson MJ, Monahan PE Gene Ther. 2012 Mar 19 3 288-94

Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in hereditary spherocytosis.

Crary SE, Ramaciotti C, Buchanan GR Am. J. Hematol. 2011 Dec 86 12 E73-6

Polyethylene Glycol-conjugated L-asparaginase versus native L-asparaginase in combination with standard agents for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in second bone marrow relapse: a Children's Oncology Group Study (POG 8866).

Kurtzberg J, Asselin B, Bernstein M, Buchanan GR, Pollock BH, Camitta BM J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. 2011 Dec 33 8 610-6

Tapered oral dexamethasone for the acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease.

Quinn CT, Stuart MJ, Kesler K, Ataga KI, Wang WC, Styles L, Smith-Whitley K, Wun T, Raj A, Hsu LL, Krishnan S, Kuypers FA, Setty Y, Rhee S, Key NS, Buchanan GR Br. J. Haematol. 2011 Oct 155 2 263-7

• American Academy of Pediatrics Special Recognition Award for Teaching
  (2012)
• American Association of Medical Colleges Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Award
  (2010)
• American Society of Hematology Mentor Award for Clinical Research
  (2008)
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Distinguished Career Award
  (2007)
• Alpha Omega Alpha
  (1970)
• Phi Beta Kappa
  (1965)
• America’s Top Doctors Award
  listed in publication in 2006, 2009, 2010 (0)
• Best Doctors in America
  listed in the publication/ database in 1991, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2013 (0)

• American Pediatric Society
• American Society of Hematology, Executive Committee, 2001-2005 and 2006-2008
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, President 1999-2002
• Hemophilia Thrombosis Research Society
• Society for Pediatric Research