Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Summa Cum Laude, Creighton University, 1995
• PhD, Northwestern University, 2000
• MD, Northwestern University, 2005

Training

• Residency in Pediatrics, Washington Univeristy School of Medicine, 2005 - 2008
• Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008 - 2011

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2005 - PresMO, Missouri Medical License
• 2009 - 2019General Pediatrics
• 2013 - 2023Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Honors and Awards

• David Gilstrap Award, 2008
• James P.Keating Oustanding Resident Award, 2008
• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, 2009
• Scholar of the Child Health Research Center of Excellence in Developmental Biology, 2012 - Pres
• Faculty Scholar Award, Children's Discovery Institute of Washington University, 2013 - Pres

Recent Publications view all (31)

Publication Co-Authors

Megan A. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.

Todd Druley, M.D., Ph.D.

Matthew I. Goldsmith, M.D.

Marwan Shinawi, M.D.

Jeffrey J. Bednarski, M.D., Ph.D.

Mary C. Dinauer, M.D., Ph.D.

Jeffrey Magee, M.D., Ph.D.

Sima Bhatt

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD, MSCI

Andrew Cluster

David B. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.

Dorothy Katherine Grange, M.D.

Isaiah turnbull

Yi-Shan Lee

Manish Aggarwal

R. Mark Grady, M.D.

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

1. Brioschi S, Wang WL, Peng V, Wang M, Shchukina I, Greenberg ZJ, Bando JK, Jaeger N, Czepielewski RS, Swain A, Mogilenko DA, Beatty WL, Bayguinov P, Fitzpatrick JAJ, Schuettpelz LG, Fronick CC, Smirnov I, Kipnis J, Shapiro VS, Wu GF, Gilfillan S, Cella M, Artyomov MN, Kleinstein SH, Colonna M. Heterogeneity of meningeal B cells reveals a lymphopoietic niche at the CNS borders. Science. 2021;373(6553). PMID:34083450 
2. Cugurra A, Mamuladze T, Rustenhoven J, Dykstra T, Beroshvili G, Greenberg ZJ, Baker W, Papadopoulos Z, Drieu A, Blackburn S, Kanamori M, Brioschi S, Herz J, Schuettpelz LG, Colonna M, Smirnov I, Kipnis J. Skull and vertebral bone marrow are myeloid cell reservoirs for the meninges and CNS parenchyma. Science. 2021;373(6553). PMID:34083447 
3. Aluri J, Cooper MA, Schuettpelz LG. Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in the Establishment and Function of the Immune System. Cells. 2021;10(6). PMCID:PMC8228919  PMID:34199501 
4. Aluri J, Bach A, Kaviany S, Chiquetto Paracatu L, Kitcharoensakkul M, Walkiewicz MA, Putnam CD, Shinawi M, Saucier N, Rizzi EM, Harmon MT, Keppel MP, Ritter M, Similuk M, Kulm E, Joyce M, de Jesus AA, Goldbach-Mansky R, Lee YS, Cella M, Kendall PL, Dinauer MC, Bednarski JJ, Bemrich-Stolz C, Canna SW, Abraham SM, Demczko MM, Powell J, Jones SM, Scurlock AM, De Ravin SS, Bleesing JJ, Connelly JA, Rao VK, Schuettpelz LG, Cooper MA. Immunodeficiency and bone marrow failure with mosaic and germline TLR8 gain of function. Blood. 2021;137(18):2450-2462. PMCID:PMC8109013  PMID:33512449 
5. Yang Y, Liu XR, Greenberg ZJ, Zhou F, He P, Fan L, Liu S, Shen G, Egawa T, Gross ML, Schuettpelz LG, Li W. Open conformation of tetraspanins shapes interaction partner networks on cell membranes. EMBO J. 2020;39(18):e105246. PMCID:PMC7507038  PMID:32974937 
6. Monlish DA, Greenberg ZJ, Bhatt ST, Leonard KM, Romine MP, Dong Q, Bendesky L, Duncavage EJ, Magee JA, Schuettpelz LG. TLR2/6 signaling promotes the expansion of premalignant hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the NUP98-HOXD13 mouse model of MDS. Exp Hematol. 2020. PMID:32652111 
7. Paracatu LC, Schuettpelz LG. Contribution of Aberrant Toll Like Receptor Signaling to the Pathogenesis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Front Immunol. 2020;11:1236. PMCID:PMC7313547  PMID:32625214 
8. Greenberg ZJ, Monlish DA, Bartnett RL, Yang Y, Shen G, Li W, Bednarski JJ, Schuettpelz LG. The Tetraspanin CD53 Regulates Early B Cell Development by Promoting IL-7R Signaling. J Immunol. 2020;204(1):58-67. PMCID:PMC6926393  PMID:31748347 
9. Brown P, Inaba H, Annesley C, Beck J, Colace S, Dallas M, DeSantes K, Kelly K, Kitko C, Lacayo N, Larrier N, Maese L, Mahadeo K, Nanda R, Nardi V, Rodriguez V, Rossoff J, Schuettpelz L, Silverman L, Sun J, Sun W, Teachey D, Wong V, Yanik G, Johnson-Chilla A, Ogba N. Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Version 2.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020;18(1):81-112. PMID:31910389 
10. Fuchs A, Monlish DA, Ghosh S, Chang SW, Bochicchio GV, Schuettpelz LG, Turnbull IR. Trauma Induces Emergency Hematopoiesis through IL-1/MyD88-Dependent Production of G-CSF. J Immunol. 2019;202(10):3020-3032. PMCID:PMC6504560  PMID:30988118 
11. Aggarwal M, Schuettpelz L, Kolodziej J, Grady RM. Rapid development of pulmonary hypertension during treatment of paediatric cancer. Cardiol Young. 2019;29(3):286-289. doi:10.1017/S1047951118002196  PMID:30678742 
12. Bagaitkar J, Huang J, Zeng MY, Pech NK, Monlish DA, Perez-Zapata LJ, Miralda I, Schuettpelz LG, Dinauer MC. NADPH oxidase activation regulates apoptotic neutrophil clearance by murine macrophages. Blood. 2018. PMID:29618478 
13. Monlish DA, Bhatt ST, Duncavage EJ, Greenberg ZJ, Keller JL, Romine MP, Yang W, Aplan PD, Walter MJ, Schuettpelz LG. Loss of toll-like receptor 2 results in accelerated leukemogenesis in the NUP98-HOXD13 mouse model of MDS. Blood. 2018. PMID:29358180 
14. Trompouki E, Mullen L, Fernandez-Reyes D, Yodoi J, Kim S, Schuettpelz LG. Editorial: Inflammatory Signaling in Bone Marrow Failure and Hematopoietic Malignancy. Front Immunol. 2017;8:660. PMCID:PMC5454062  PMID:28626462 
15. Karpova D, Ritchey J, Holt M, Abou-Ezzi G, Monlish D, Batoon L, Millard S, Spohn G, Wiercinska E, Chendamarai E, Yang W, Christ S, Gehrs L, Schuettpelz LG, Dembowsky K, Pettit AR, Rettig M, Boenig H, DiPersio JF. Continuous blockade of CXCR4 results in dramatic mobilization and expansion of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Blood. 2017. PMID:28400375 
16. Monlish DA, Bhatt ST, Schuettpelz LG. The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Hematopoietic Malignancies. Front Immunol. 2016;7:390. PMCID:PMC5039188  PMID:27733853 
17. Herman AC, Monlish DA, Romine MP, Bhatt ST, Zippel S, Schuettpelz LG. Systemic TLR2 agonist exposure regulates hematopoietic stem cells via cell-autonomous and cell-non-autonomous mechanisms. Blood Cancer J. 2016;6:e437. PMID:27315114 
18. Porter SN, Cluster AS, Signer RA, Voigtmann J, Monlish DA, Schuettpelz LG, Magee JA. Pten Cell Autonomously Modulates the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Response to Inflammatory Cytokines. Stem Cell Reports. 2016;6(6):806-14. PMCID:PMC4911494  PMID:27185281 
19. Schuettpelz LG, Borgerding JN, Christopher MJ, Gopalan PK, Romine MP, Herman AC, Woloszynek JR, Greenbaum AM, Link DC. G-CSF regulates hematopoietic stem cell activity, in part, through activation of Toll-like receptor signaling. Leukemia. 2014;28(9):1851-60. doi:10.1038/leu.2014.68  PMCID:PMC4130805  PMID:24518205 
20. Greenbaum A, Hsu YM, Day RB, Schuettpelz LG, Christopher MJ, Borgerding JN, Nagasawa T, Link DC. CXCL12 in early mesenchymal progenitors is required for haematopoietic stem-cell maintenance. Nature. 2013;495(7440):227-30. doi:10.1038/nature11926  PMCID:PMC3600148  PMID:23434756 
21. Schuettpelz LG, Link DC. Regulation of hematopoietic stem cell activity by inflammation. Front Immunol. 2013;4:204. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2013.00204  PMCID:PMC3715736  PMID:23882270 
22. Schuettpelz LG, Gopalan PK, Giuste FO, Romine MP, van Os R, Link DC. Kruppel-like factor 7 overexpression suppresses hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell function. Blood. 2012;120(15):2981-9. doi:10.1182/blood-2012-02-409839  PMCID:PMC3471512  PMID:22936656 
23. Link DC, Schuettpelz LG, Shen D, Wang J, Walter MJ, Kulkarni S, Payton JE, Ivanovich J, Goodfellow PJ, Le Beau M, Koboldt DC, Dooling DJ, Fulton RS, Bender RH, Fulton LL, Delehaunty KD, Fronick CC, Appelbaum EL, Schmidt H, Abbott R, O'Laughlin M, Chen K, McLellan MD, Varghese N, Nagarajan R, Heath S, Graubert TA, Ding L, Ley TJ, Zambetti GP, Wilson RK, Mardis ER. Identification of a novel TP53 cancer susceptibility mutation through whole-genome sequencing of a patient with therapy-related AML. JAMA. 2011;305(15):1568-76. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.473  PMCID:PMC3170052  PMID:21505135 
24. Schuettpelz LG, Link DC. Niche competition and cancer metastasis to bone. J Clin Invest. 2011;121(4):1253-5. doi:10.1172/JCI57229  PMCID:PMC3069798  PMID:21436576 
25. Schuettpelz LG, McDonald S, Whitesell K, Desruisseau DM, Grange DK, Gurnett CA, Wilson DB. Pilocytic astrocytoma in a child with Noonan syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009;53(6):1147-9. doi:10.1002/pbc.22193  PMID:19621452 
26. Schuettpelz LG, Behrens D, Goldsmith MI, Druley TE. Severe ceftriaxone-induced hemolysis complicated by diffuse cerebral ischemia in a child with sickle cell disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009;31(11):870-2. doi:10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181b7eda2  PMID:19829151 
27. Meng Y, Graves L, Do TV, So J, Fishman DA. Upregulation of FasL by LPA on ovarian cancer cell surface leads to apoptosis of activated lymphocytes. Gynecol Oncol. 2004;95(3):488-95. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.07.052  PMID:15581951 
28. Graves LE, Ariztia EV, Navari JR, Matzel HJ, Stack MS, Fishman DA. Proinvasive properties of ovarian cancer ascites-derived membrane vesicles. Cancer Res. 2004;64(19):7045-9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-1800  PMID:15466198 
29. Segal SP, Graves LE, Verheyden J, Goodwin EB. RNA-Regulated TRA-1 nuclear export controls sexual fate. Dev Cell. 2001;1(4):539-51. PMID:11703944 
30. Graves LE, Segal S, Goodwin EB. TRA-1 regulates the cellular distribution of the tra-2 mRNA in C. elegans. Nature. 1999;399(6738):802-5. doi:10.1038/21682  PMID:10391248 
31. Jan E, Motzny CK, Graves LE, Goodwin EB. The STAR protein, GLD-1, is a translational regulator of sexual identity in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO J. 1999;18(1):258-69. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.1.258  PMCID:PMC1171120  PMID:9878068