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Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine
United States of America
POSTGRADUATE: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA Residency: Pediatric Children’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology MEDICAL SCHOOL: Tufts University School of Medicine Degree: Doctor of Medicine UNDERGRADUATE: University of California Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Physiology
Dr. Gee’s lab focuses on dissecting mechanisms leading to cerebral artery stenosis in young children with sickle cell anemia. Children with sickle cell anemia at high risk for stroke have elevated levels of biomarkers of vascular remodeling, cerebral ischemia and activated coagulation. Red cell transfusion therapies reduce stroke risk and the levels of several of these biomarkers, suggesting that they may be involved mechanistically in the development of arterial stenosis and stroke. Identification of highly predictive stroke risk biomarkers will enable personalized medicine with earlier and accurate targeting of intensive therapies to children with sickle cell anemia who most need them.