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Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD

 

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Dr. Shimamura cares for children with bone marrow failure diseases and conducts research to find treatments to improve the lives of children with these diseases.

 

Title


Associate Member
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington
 
Attending Physician
Seattle Children's

 

 

Cancer Types / Diagnosis:

  • Aplastic Anemia - Children
  • Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAMT)
  • Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA)
  • Dyskeratosis Congenita (DKC)
  • Fanconi Anemia
  • Long-Term Follow-up (Child)
  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
  • Severe Congenital Neutropenia
  • Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS)

 

 

Clinical Expertise:


Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes and aplastic anemia
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, Fanconi anemia and Diamond Blackfan anemia

 

Experience:


  • Board Certified Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

 

 

Education And Training:

  • MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
  • Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston 


Akiko Shimamura





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