Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, cum laude, Tulane University, 2003
• MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 2008
• MSCI, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014

Training

• Resident Physician, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2008 - 2011
• Clinical Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, 2011 - 2014

Licensure and Board Certification

• General Pediatrics Board Certified , 2012
• MO, Missouri Medical License , 2013
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology , 2015

Honors

• Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Research Forum for Child Health Supplemental Funding Award, 2015
• American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute Participant, 2016

Recent Publications view all (4)

Publication Co-Authors

Ronald Jackups, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Monica Hulbert, M.D.

Allison King, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Philip C. Spinella, M.D., FCCM

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Fields, Melanie

1. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Ragan DK, Chen Y, Eldeniz C, Hulbert ML, Binkley MM, Rhodes JN, Shimony JS, McKinstry RC, Vo KD, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL.. Large-Vessel Vasculopathy in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Infarct Topography and Focal Atrophy Pediatric Neurology. 2016. PMID:28159432 
2. Fields ME, Hulbert ML, Chen L, Berlin AN, Jackups R, Spinella, PC. Red Blood Cell Storage Duration is Not Associated with Clinical Outcomes for Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Transfusion. 2015. PMID:26033266 
3. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Hulbert ML. Higher-than-expected prevalence of silent cerebral infarcts in children with hemoglobin SC disease Blood. 2015;125(2):416. PMID:25573975 
4. Fields ME, Hoty-Drazen C, Abel R, Rodeghier MJ, Yarboi JM, Compas BE, King AA. A Pilot Study of Parent Education Intervention Improves Early Childhood Development Among Toddlers with Sickle Cell Disease Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 63(12):2131-2138. PMID:27509845