Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BA, Saint Louis University, 2010
• MD, Honors in Bioethics and Professionalism, Stritch School of Medicine, 2014

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Advocate Children's Hospital- Park Ridge, 2014 - 2017
• Pediatric Chief Resident, Advocate Children's Hospital- Park Ridge, 2017 - 2018
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis, 2018 - 2021

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2017 - PresIllinois State Medical License
• 2017 - PresDiplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics
• 2018 - PresMissouri State Medical License

Honors and Awards

• ASH MEI Cohort 2020-2021, 2020

Recent Publications view all (2)

Publication Co-Authors

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

Robert J. Hayashi, M.D.

Vikas Dharnidharka, M.D., M.P.H.

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

1. Semkiu KM, Dharnidharka VR, Hayashi RJ. Successful treatment of CNS involvement in a patient with widely disseminated PTLD through the addition of intrathecal methotrexate to standard therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021;e29236. PMID:34260152 
2. Semkiu KM, Oliveira JL, Nguyen PL, Porter TR, Wilson DB. Hb F-Wentzville [^Gγ24(B6)Gly→Glu; HBG2: c.74G>A, p.Gly25Glu]: An Unstable ^Gγ-Globin Variant Associated with Neonatal Hemolytic Anemia. Hemoglobin. 2020;44(1):67-69. PMID:31985299