Laurence Alan Boxer, M.D.
 
Faculty Appointment: Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
 
Additional Titles: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Associate Chair, Director of Faculty Affairs
Henry and Mala Dorfman Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
 
Specialty: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
 
Clinical Interests: Dr. Boxer has had a life-long professional interest in clinical disorders of the neutrophil such as chronic granulomatous disease, as well as the diagnosis and therapy of chronic neutropenias. He also has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of anemias, thrombocytopenia, and aplastic anemia.
 
Research Interests: Through his interest in neutropenia, Dr. Boxer has been one of the founders of the Severe Chronic Neutropenia International Registry and is one of the executive officers of the Registry. The Registry is involved in monitoring the treatment of patients with severe chronic neutropenia including those with severe congenital neutropenias, cyclic neutropenias, and severe chronic idiopathic neutropenias, response to G-CSF. The Registry is also interested in the outcome of patients who have undergone a stem cell transplant for treatment of neutropenia or leukemia, or those patients with severe congenital neutropenia who develop leukemia.
 
Degree: M.D., 1966, Stanford University
 
Professional Organizational Fellowships: FAAP, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
FACP, Fellow American College of Physicians
FAAAS, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
 
Residency: 1968-69, Stanford
1966-68, Yale New Haven Hospital
 
Fellowships: Hematology, 1974, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
Hematology & Oncology, 1974, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
 
Certifications: 1971, Pediatrics
1974, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
 
Added Qualifications: Member, Association of American Physicians
Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, American Clinical and Climatological Association
Member, American Pediatric Society
 
Faculty Appointment Date: 9/1/1982
 
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