Hematology at Pennsylvania Hospital
The study of diseases of the blood and bone
marrow is called hematology. At Pennsylvania
Hospital, hematologists treat people with conditions
such as anemia, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma,
sickle cell disease, bleeding and clotting disorders.
Our physicians have expertise in the evaluation
and treatment of anemia (low red blood counts).
Treatments may include oral and intravenous
iron supplementation as well as growth factors
(erythropoietin).
Physicians at the hospital
have been very active in treatment and research
for special populations with anemia, including
obstetric/gynecologic patients, in pre-and
post-operative patients (with techniques to
reduce blood loss and the need for transfusions),
cancer patients with anemia, and in patients
who elect to defer blood transfusions
entirely (Jehovah's witnesses and others who
enroll in Pennsylvania Hospital's Center
for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery).
Pennsylvania Hospital also has an active
coagulation laboratory for diagnosis of bleeding
and clotting disorders.
Our physicians have expertise in treating
hematologic malignancies such as leukemia,
myeloma and lymphoma as part of the Joan
Karnell Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital.
Treatments may include chemotherapy, molecularly
targeted therapies such as monoclonal antibodies,
and autologous peripheral stem cell transplants.
Other hematologic disorders commonly treated
include myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic
syndromes and disorders of the white blood
cells and platelets.
Pennsylvania Hospital's Sickle Cell Disease Program
is one of the three major centers in Philadelphia
for the management of adult patients with sickle
cell anemia. This program partners with several
pediatric sickle cell anemia centers to transition
patients into an adult program. Pennsylvania
Hospital is also home to the Adult Gaucher's
Disease Center, one of the two such centers in
Philadelphia.
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