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Fields, Melanie
fields_m@kids.wustl.edu
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Neurology
Hematology and Oncology
phone: (314) 454-6018
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
2012
-
2022
General Pediatrics Board Certified
2013
-
Pres
MO, Missouri Medical License
2015
-
2025
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Honors and Awards
Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Research Forum for Child Health Supplemental Funding Award (NCATS UL1TR000448)
,
2015
American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute Participant
,
2016
American Society of Hematology Advocacy Leadership Institute
,
2017
Key Opinion Leader for Sickle Cell Disease Poster Walk at the 2020 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
,
2020
Mentor, External Mentorship Pilot Program in Non-Malignant Hematology in ASH Medical Education Institute
,
2021
- 2022
NHLBI Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge - First Place
,
2021
Key Opinion Leader for Sickle Cell Disease Poster Walk at the 2021 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
,
2021
Recent Publications
view all (19)
Publication Co-Authors
Ronald Jackups, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Monica Hulbert, M.D.
Allison King, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Kristin Guilliams, MD MSCI
Wang Y, Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Fellah S, Binkley MM, Reis M, Vo KD, Chen Y, Ying C, Blinder M, King AA, Hulbert ML, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL.
Silent Infarcts, White Matter Integrity, and Oxygen Metabolic Stress in Young Adults With and Without Sickle Cell Trait.
Stroke
.
2022;101161STROKEAHA121036567.
PMID:
35545940
Ouyang A, Gadiraju M, Gadiraju V, Power L, Gadiraju V, Liu G, Guilliams KP, Binkley MM, Badawy SM, Fields ME.
GRAPES: Trivia game increases sickle cell disease knowledge in patients and providers and mitigates healthcare biases.
Pediatr Blood Cancer
.
2022;e29717.
PMID:
35441455
Wilson DB, Fields ME.
With age comes resilience.
Blood
.
2022;139
(15):
2266-2268.
PMID:
35420686
Fields ME, Mirro AE, Binkley MM, Guilliams KP, Lewis JB, Fellah S, Chen Y, Hulbert ML, An H, Ford AL, Lee JM.
Cerebral oxygen metabolic stress is increased in children with sickle cell anemia compared to anemic controls.
Am J Hematol
.
2022.
PMID:
35113471
Mayer SL, Fields ME, Hulbert ML.
Neurologic and Cognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease from Infancy through Adolescence.
Neoreviews
.
2021;22
(8):
e531-e539.
PMID:
34341160
Wang Y, Fellah S, Fields ME, Guilliams KP, Binkley MM, Eldeniz C, Shimony JS, Reis M, Vo KD, Chen Y, Lee JM, An H, Ford AL.
Cerebral Oxygen Metabolic Stress, Microstructural Injury, and Infarction in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease.
Neurology
.
2021.
PMID:
34172536
Eldeniz C, Binkley MM, Fields ME, Guilliams KP, Ragan DK, Comiskey L, Chen Y, Lee J-M, Ford AL, An H..
Bulk Volume Susceptibility Difference Between Deoxyhemoglobin and Oxyhemoglobin for HbA and HbS: A Comparative Study
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
.
2021;85
(6):
3383-3393.
PMID:
33475200
Fields ME, Mirro AE, Guilliams KP, Binkley MM, Gil Diaz L, Tan J, Fellah S, Eldeniz C, Chen Y, Ford AL, Shimony JS, King AA, An H, Smyser CD, Lee JM.
Functional Connectivity Decreases with Metabolic Stress in Sickle Cell Disease.
Ann Neurol
.
2020;88
(5):
995-1008.
PMCID:
PMC7592195
PMID:
32869335
Fields ME.
Personalizing transfusion in sickle cell disease: where is the canary in the mine?
Transfusion
.
2019;59
(8):
2493-2495.
PMID:
31374145
Hood AM, King AA, Fields ME, Ford AL, Guilliams KP, Hulbert ML, Lee JM, White DA.
Higher executive abilities following a blood transfusion in children and young adults with sickle cell disease.
Pediatr Blood Cancer
.
2019;66
(10):
e27899.
doi:
10.1002/pbc.27899
PMCID:
PMC6707832
PMID:
31267645
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last updated: 05/24/2022
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