Zora Rogers, M.D.

• Characterization of the natural history and improvement of the treatment of children and adolescents with non-malignant hematologic diseases such as congenital bone marrow failure syndromes, aplastic anemia thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and immune cytopenias
• Development of optimum management approaches to major clinical events in children with sickle cell disease (febrile illness, chest syndrome, painful crisis, avascular necrosis, stroke)
• Use of hydroxyurea, transfusion, stem cell transplantation and other therapies, particularly in young children, to prevent the morbidity of sickle cell anemia

Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Clinical Report

Author Collaboration AS, Author Collaboration AC, Author Collaboration AS, Powers JM, Heeney MM, Hord J, Lehmann CU, Abrams SA, Buchanan GR, Wetmore C, Allen CC, Dickens D, Rogers ZR, Sheikh I, Stoffman J, Warwick A, Yates A, Corkins MR, Blanco CC, Fuchs GJ, Goday PS, Hannon TS, Wesley Lindsey C, Rome ES, DiPaola J, Graham D, Hastings C, Leavey P, Alexander S, Hord J, Pace B, Sharma M, Velez MC, Wechsler D Pediatrics 2026 Jul 158

Modified Delphi panel consensus recommendations for management of severe aplastic anemia

Babushok DV, DeZern AE, de Castro CM, Rogers ZR, Beenhouwer D, Broder MS, Fanning SR, Gibbs SN, Hanna R, Maciejewski JP, Scott BL, Tantravahi SK, Wlodarski MW, Yermilov I, Patel BJ Blood Advances 2024 Aug 8 3946-3960

Health Supervision for Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Report

Author Collaboration So, Yates AM, Aygun B, Nuss R, Rogers ZR, Wetmore C, Dickens D, Majumdar S, Rogers ZR, Stoffman J, Warwick A, Yates A, Sheikh I, Mendonca EA, Michel JJ, Kirkwood S, Graham D, Hastings C, DiPaola J, Hord J, Alexander S, Huh W, Jeng M, Velez M, Wechsler D, Hooker R Pediatrics 2024 Aug 154

A Pediatrician’s Quick Guide to Sickle Cell Trait

Rogers ZR Pediatrics in review 2023 Apr 44 240-242

Intensive hydroxyurea dosing in very young children with sickle cell anemia

Author Collaboration HI, Wang WC, Brown RC, McNaull MA, Rogers ZR, Barton M, Dua MR, Hankins JS, Gossett J, Richardson J, Porter JS, Kang G, Estepp JH Blood Advances 2023 7 6931-6935

The Diagnosis and Management of Recurrent Ischemic Priapism, Priapism in Sickle Cell Patients, and Non-Ischemic Priapism: An AUA/SMSNA Guideline

Bivalacqua TJ, Allen BK, Brock GB, Broderick GA, Chou R, Kohler TS, Mulhall JP, Oristaglio J, Rahimi LL, Rogers ZR, Terlecki RP, Trost L, Yafi FA, Bennett NE Journal of Urology 2022 Jul 208 43-52

Acute Ischemic Priapism: An AUA/SMSNA Guideline

Bivalacqua TJ, Allen BK, Brock G, Broderick GA, Kohler TS, Mulhall JP, Oristaglio J, Rahimi LL, Rogers ZR, Terlecki RP, Trost L, Yafi FA, Bennett NE Journal of Urology 2021 Nov 206 1114-1121

L-leucine improves anemia and growth in patients with transfusion-dependent Diamond-Blackfan anemia: Results from a multicenter pilot phase I/II study from the Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Registry

Vlachos A, Atsidaftos E, Lababidi ML, Muir E, Rogers ZR, Alhushki W, Bernstein J, Glader B, Gruner B, Hartung H, Knoll C, Loew T, Nalepa G, Narla A, Panigrahi AR, Sieff CA, Walkovich K, Farrar JE, Lipton JM Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2020 Dec 67

Real-world experience measurement of liver iron concentration by R2 vs. R2 star MRI in hemoglobinopathies

Zahr RA, Burkhardt BE, Ehsan L, Potersnak A, Greil G, Dillenbeck J, Rogers Z, Hussain T Diagnostics 2020 Oct 10

Connecting the Dots from Fever of Unknown Origin to Myelodysplastic Syndrome: GATA2 Haploinsufficiency

Montiel-Esparza R, Reys B, Rogers ZR, Evans AS, Wysocki CA, Timmons C, Dickerson KE Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2020 Jul 42 e365-e368

 Featured Books

 Bone marrow failure syndromes. In Werner E, de Alarcon P, Christensen RD, eds. Neonatal Hematology: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management of Hematologic Problems. 2nd ed.

Rogers ZR, Alter BP. (2013). Cambridge University Press; 47-64.

 Anemia Due to Diminished Red Blood Cell Production. In Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM, Lister G, First LR, Gershon AA, eds. Rudolph's Pediatrics. 22nd ed.

Rogers ZR. (2011). McGraw-Hill; 1549-1551.

 Chediak-Higashi syndrome. In Roach ES, Miller VS, eds. Neurocutaneous Disorders.

Farah RA, Rogers ZR. (2004). Cambridge University Press; 296-300.

• Best Pediatric Specialists in Dallas
  D Magazine (2015-2017)
• Mom-Approved Doctor
  Child Magazine (2015)
• Physician Scientist Award, Fellow
  Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund (1990-1993)
• American Cancer Society
  Texas Division Oncology, Research Fellowship (1989)
• Phi Beta Kappa
  Alpha of California (1978)

• American Academy of Pediatrics (1987)
• American Pediatric Society
• American Society of Hematology (1990)
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (1989)
• Society for Pediatric Research