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 - 2022
• MO, Missouri Medical License, 2013 - Pres
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2015 - 2025

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
• American Society of Hematology Advocacy Leadership Institute, 2017

Recent Publications view all (9)

Publication Co-Authors

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

Monica Hulbert, M.D.

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

Allan Doctor, M.D.

Kristin Guilliams, M.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. Fields ME, Guilliams KP, Ragan D, Binkley MM, Mirro A, Fellah S, Hulbert ML, Blinder M, Eldeniz C, Vo K, Shimony JS, Chen Y, McKinstry RC, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL. Hydroxyurea reduces cerebral metabolic stress in patients with sickle cell anemia. Blood. 2019. PMID:30858231 
2. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Dowling MM. Advances in Understanding Ischemic Stroke Physiology and the Impact of Vasculopathy in Children With Sickle Cell Disease. Stroke. 2019;50(2):266-273. PMCID:PMC6385587  PMID:30661504 
3. Ford AL, Ragan DK, Fellah S, Binkley MM, Fields ME, Guilliams KP, An H, Jordan LC, McKinstry RC, Lee JM, DeBaun MR. Silent infarcts in sickle cell anemia occur in the borderzone region and are associated with low cerebral blood flow. Blood. 2018. PMID:30061156 
4. Fields ME, Guilliams KP, Ragan DK, Binkley MM, Eldeniz C, Chen Y, Hulbert ML, McKinstry RC, Shimony JS, Vo KD, Doctor A, An H, Ford AL, Lee JM. Regional oxygen extraction predicts border zone vulnerability to stroke in sickle cell disease. Neurology. 2018. PMID:29500287 
5. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Ragan DK, Eldeniz C, Binkley MM, Chen Y, Comiskey LS, Doctor A, Hulbert ML, Shimony JS, Vo KD, McKinstry RC, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL. Red cell exchange transfusions lower cerebral blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction in pediatric sickle cell anemia. Blood. 2017. PMID:29255068 
6. 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 
7. 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. 2016;63(12):2131-2138. PMID:27509845 
8. 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 
9. 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