Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2003
• MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2009

Training

• Pediatrics Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, 2009 - 2012
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2012 - 2015

Licensure and Board Certification

• MO, Missouri Medical License, 2012 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics, 2012 - Pres
• American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2017 - Pres

Honors

• Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2013 - 2016

Recent Publications view all (7)

Publication Co-Authors

Shalini Shenoy, M.D.

Todd Druley, M.D., Ph.D.

Monica Hulbert, M.D.

Robert J. Hayashi, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Alok Kothari, M.D.

1. Celik H, Koh WK, Kramer AC, Ostrander EL, Mallaney C, Fisher DAC, Xiang J, Wilson WC, Martens A, Kothari A, Fishberger G, Tycksen E, Karpova D, Duncavage EJ, Lee Y, Oh ST, Challen GA. JARID2 Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in Myeloid Neoplasms by Repressing Self-Renewal in Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells. Cancer Cell. 2018;34(5):741-756.e8. PMCID:PMC6237100  PMID:30423295 
2. Chen L, Hsi AC, Kothari A, Dehner LP, Hayashi RJ, Coughlin CC. Granulomatous dermatitis secondary to vemurafenib in a child with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018. PMID:30216522 
3. Kramer AC, Kothari A, Wilson WC, Celik H, Nikitas J, Mallaney C, Ostrander EL, Eultgen E, Martens A, Valentine MC, Young AL, Druley TE, Figueroa ME, Zhang B, Challen GA. Dnmt3a regulates T-cell development and suppresses T-ALL transformation. Leukemia. 2017. PMID:28321121 
4. Kothari A, Ngwube A, Hayashi R, Murray L, Davis J, Haut P, Loechelt BJ, Shenoy S. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Using Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Is Successful in Children with Hematologic Cytopenias of Genetic Origin. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015;21(7):1321-5. doi:10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.03.019  PMID:25840334 
5. Kothari A, Hulbert ML, Cottrell CE, Nguyen TT. Aggressive congenital juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia associated with somatic KRAS p.G13D mutation and concurrent germline IGF1R duplication. Leuk Lymphoma. 2015;56(4):1175-8. doi:10.3109/10428194.2014.953152  PMID:25110823 
6. Celik H, Mallaney C, Kothari A, Ostrander EL, Eultgen E, Martens A, Miller CA, Hundal J, Klco JM, Challen GA. Enforced differentiation of Dnmt3a-null bone marrow leads to failure with c-Kit mutations driving leukemic transformation. Blood. 2015;125(4):619-28. doi:10.1182/blood-2014-08-594564  PMCID:PMC4304107  PMID:25416276 
7. Mallaney C, Kothari A, Martens A, Challen GA. Clonal-level responses of functionally distinct hematopoietic stem cells to trophic factors. Exp Hematol. 2014;42(4):317-327.e2. doi:10.1016/j.exphem.2013.11.015  PMCID:PMC4004675  PMID:24373928