Melissa A. Mcnaull, MD

Melissa A. Mcnaull, MD

Professor

Department:
SOM-Peds-Hematology/Oncology

Email:
mmcnaull@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5286

Biography

Dr. McNaull is initially from Vermont, but completed her education in Virginia. She then completed her training at Vanderbilt University, where she transitioned from basic science research in erythropoiesis to clinical research in sickle cell anemia. In her personal life, she enjoys hiking, bicycling, kayaking, golfing, spending time with her family, and vegetarian cooking.

Education

Eastern Virginia Medical School, MD1999
Washington and Lee University, BA, Religion1995
Washington and Lee University, BS, Biology1995
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Pediatrics
Minneapolis Children's Hospital, Pain Management Certificate
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Medical Leadership Program
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Quality Improvement Essentials
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Red Cell Biology

Specialty Certification Licensure

NPI, National Provider Identifier
Certification, The American Board of Pediatrics and its Subboard of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, The American Board of Pediatrics11/2006 - 11/2026
Certification, The American Board of Pediatrics, The American Board of Pediatrics10/2002 - 10/2022
DEA, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE US DOJ DEA03/2011 - 04/2019
Certification, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure06/2024

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics02/2014 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2008 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2007 - 06/2008
Instructor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics07/2005 - 06/2007

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, Delta Family Medicine Sickle Cell Clinic, United Healthcare10/2021 - 10/2023
Extramural, HOPEKIDS2, GBT09/2021 - 07/2023
Extramural, EMBRACE, HRSA09/2021 - 08/2025
Extramural, HRSA09/2021 - 08/2025
Extramural, MSDH Sickle Cell Grant, MSDH07/2021 - 09/2024
Extramural, EMBRACE: Education and Mentoring to Bring Access to Care for SCD, NIH09/2017 - 08/2021
Extramural, DISPLACE: Dissemination and Implementation of Stroke Prevention Looking at the Care Environment, NIH08/2017 - 06/2022
Extramural, Sickle Cell Omega-3 Treatment Trial, Sancilio08/2017 - 07/2022
Extramural, Education of Pediatricians in the Delta, Coast, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Columbus, and Jackson Area About 2014 NHLBI Guidelines for Sickle Cell Disease, Mississippi Department of Health07/2017 - 06/2018
Extramural, Pediatric Sickle Cell/Hemoglobinopathy Case Management Services, Mississippi Department of Health07/2017 - 06/2018
Extramural, A Randomized, Open-Label, Active Controlled, Safety and Descriptive Efficacy Study in Pediatric Subjects Requiring Anticoagulation for the Treatment of a Venous Thromboembolic Event, Pfizer06/2017 - Present
Extramural, A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Rivipansel (GMI-1070) in The Treatment of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Hospitalized Subjects with Sickle Cell Disease, Pfizer03/2017 - Present
Extramural, Parent Pain Beliefs and Behaviors as Risk and Resilience Factors in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease, APA Society of Pediatric Psychology02/2017 - Present
Extramural, Baby Hug Follow-Up Study II, NIH01/2017 - 04/2018
Extramural, HUGKISS: Hydroxyurea Management in Kids: Intensive vs Stable Dosage Strategies, NIH04/2016 - 03/2019
Extramural, TCD with Transfusion Changing to Hydroxyurea (TWiTCH) Close Out, NIH/Children's Hospital Med Center03/2015 - 07/2015
Extramural, Pyruvate Kinase Disease Natural History Registry01/2015 - Present
Extramural, TCD with Transfusion Changing to Hydroxyurea, NIH/Children's Hospital Med Center08/2014 - 02/2015

Publications

Newspaper Column

Melissa McNaull A scientific synopsis of sickle cell disease Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS; September 26, 20192018

Letter

Al-Samkari H, van Beers EJ, Morton DH, Barcellini W, Eber SW, Glader B, Yaish HM, Chonat S, Kuo KHM, Kollmar N, Despotovic JM, Pospíšilová D, Knoll CM, Kwiatkowski JL, Pastore YD, Thompson AA, Wlodarski MW, Ravindranath Y, Rothman JA, Wang H, Holzhauer S, Breakey VR, Verhovsek MM, Kunz J, Sheth S, Sharma M, Rose MJ, Bradeen HA, McNaull MN, Addonizio K, Al-Sayegh H, London WB, Grace RF, Characterization of the severe phenotype of pyruvate kinase deficiency. American journal of hematology, 2020 Oct;95(10):E281-E2852020
van Beers EJ, van Straaten S, Morton DH, Barcellini W, Eber SW, Glader B, Yaish HM, Chonat S, Kwiatkowski JL, Rothman JA, Sharma M, Neufeld EJ, Sheth S, Despotovic JM, Kollmar N, Pospíšilová D, Knoll CM, Kuo K, Pastore YD, Thompson AA, Newburger PE, Ravindranath Y, Wang WC, Wlodarski MW, Wang H, Holzhauer S, Breakey VR, Verhovsek M, Kunz J, McNaull MA, Rose MJ, Bradeen HA, Addonizio K, Li A, Al-Sayegh H, London WB, Grace RF, Prevalence and management of iron overload in pyruvate kinase deficiency: report from the Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Natural History Study. Haematologica, 2019 Feb;104(2):e51-e532019
Rhodes M, Ashford L, Manes B, Calder C, Domm J, Frangoul H, Bone marrow transplantation in phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) deficiency. British journal of haematology, 2011 Feb;152(4):500-22011

Randomized Controlled Trial

Dampier CD, Telen MJ, Wun T, Brown RC, Desai P, El Rassi F, Fuh B, Kanter J, Pastore Y, Rothman J, Taylor JG, Readett D, Sivamurthy KM, Tammara B, Tseng LJ, Lozier JN, Thackray H, Magnani JL, Hassell KL, RESET Investigators, A randomized clinical trial of the efficacy and safety of rivipansel for sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis. Blood, 2023 Jan 12;141(2):168-1792023

Journal Article

Helton KJ, Adams RJ, Kesler KL, Lockhart A, Aygun B, Driscoll C, Heeney MM, Jackson SM, Krishnamurti L, Miller ST, Sarnaik SA, Schultz WH, Ware RE, Switch Investigators. Magnetic resonance imaging/angiography and transcranial Doppler velocities in sickle cell anemia: results from the SWiTCH trial Blood. 2014 Aug 7;124(6):891-8.2014
Sharma R, Rhodes M, Varga E, Kahwash SB. Hemoglobin K-Woolwich (Hb KW): Its Combination with Sickle Cell Trait. Open Journal of Pathology. 2014; 4:110-5.2014
Ralstrom E, Rhodes M, De Fonseca M, Amini H The impact of sickle cell disease on oral health-related quality of life Pediatric Dentistry. 2014; 36(1):24-8.2014
Wang WC, Brown RC, McNaull MA, Rogers ZR, Barton M, Dua MR, Hankins JS, Gossett J, Richardson J, Porter JS, Kang G, Estepp JH, Intensive hydroxyurea dosing in very young children with sickle cell anemia. Blood advances, 2023 Nov 28;7(22):6931-69352023
Jackson E, Karlson CW, Herring W, Okhomina VI, Lim CS, Morrow A, Daggett C, Arnold L, McNaull M, Prevalence of raised body mass index in paediatric sickle cell disease. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2022 Oct;58(10):1829-18352022
Karlson CW, Delozier AM, Seals SR, Britt AB, Stone AL, Reneker JC, Jackson EA, McNaull MM, Credeur DP, Welsch MA Physical Activity and Pain in Youth With Sickle Cell Disease Fam Community Health. 2020;43: 1-92020
Stone AL, Williams Z, McNaull M, Wilson AC, Karlson CW, Daily Associations between Child and Parent Psychological Factors and Home Opioid Use in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2020 Jan 1;54(1):61-662020
Patterson GD, Mashegu H, Rutherford J, Seals S, Josey D, Karlson C, McNaull M, May W, Carroll C, Barr FE, Majumdar S, Recurrent Acute Chest Syndrome in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Features and Risk Factors. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2018 Jan;40(1):51-552018
Grace RF, Bianchi P, van Beers EJ, Eber SW, Glader B, Yaish HM, Despotovic JM, Rothman JA, Sharma M, McNaull MM, Fermo E, Lezon-Geyda K, Morton DH, Neufeld EJ, Chonat S, Kollmar N, Knoll CM, Kuo K, Kwiatkowski JL, Pospíšilová D, Pastore YD, Thompson AA, Newburger PE, Ravindranath Y, Wang WC, Wlodarski MW, Wang H, Holzhauer S, Breakey VR, Kunz J, Sheth S, Rose MJ, Bradeen HA, Neu N, Guo D, Al-Sayegh H, London WB, Gallagher PG, Zanella A, Barcellini W, Clinical spectrum of pyruvate kinase deficiency: data from the Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Natural History Study. Blood, 2018 May 17;131(20):2183-21922018
Daak AA, Dampier CD, Fuh B, Kanter J, Alvarez OA, Black LV, McNaull MA, Callaghan MU, George A, Neumayr L, Hilliard LM, Sancilio F, Rabinowicz AL, Heeney MM, Double-blind, randomized, multicenter phase 2 study of SC411 in children with sickle cell disease (SCOT trial). Blood advances, 2018 Aug 14;2(15):1969-19792018
Sathyamoorthy M, Walker B, Rhodes MM, Eriator I, Spinal epidural hematoma following a thoracic epidural in a child with sickle cell disease. Clinical case reports, 2017 Jul;5(7):1115-11182017
Dowling MM, Quinn CT, Ramaciotti C, Kanter J, Osunkwo I, Inusa B, Iyer R, Kwiatkowski JL, Johnson C, Rhodes M, Owen W, Strouse JJ, Panepinto JA, Neumayr L, Sarnaik S, Plumb PA, Dlamini N, Kirkham F, Hynan LS, PFAST Investigators, Increased prevalence of potential right-to-left shunting in children with sickle cell anaemia and stroke. British journal of haematology, 2017 Jan;176(2):300-3082017
Rhodes MM, Koury ST, Kopsombut P, Alford CE, Price JO, Koury MJ, Stress reticulocytes lose transferrin receptors by an extrinsic process involving spleen and macrophages. American journal of hematology, 2016 Sep;91(9):875-822016
Ware RE, Davis BR, Schultz WH, Brown RC, Aygun B, Sarnaik S, Odame I, Fuh B, George A, Owen W, Luchtman-Jones L, Rogers ZR, Hilliard L, Gauger C, Piccone C, Lee MT, Kwiatkowski JL, Jackson S, Miller ST, Roberts C, Heeney MM, Kalfa TA, Nelson S, Imran H, Nottage K, Alvarez O, Rhodes M, Thompson AA, Rothman JA, Helton KJ, Roberts D, Coleman J, Bonner MJ, Kutlar A, Patel N, Wood J, Piller L, Wei P, Luden J, Mortier NA, Stuber SE, Luban NLC, Cohen AR, Pressel S, Adams RJ, Hydroxycarbamide versus chronic transfusion for maintenance of transcranial doppler flow velocities in children with sickle cell anaemia-TCD With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (TWiTCH): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet (London, England), 2016 Feb 13;387(10019):661-6702016
Wood JC, Cohen AR, Pressel SL, Aygun B, Imran H, Luchtman-Jones L, Thompson AA, Fuh B, Schultz WH, Davis BR, Ware RE, TWiTCH Investigators, Organ iron accumulation in chronically transfused children with sickle cell anaemia: baseline results from the TWiTCH trial. British journal of haematology, 2016 Jan;172(1):122-302016
Aygun B, Mortier NA, Kesler K, Lockhart A, Schultz WH, Cohen AR, Alvarez O, Rogers ZR, Kwiatkowski JL, Miller ST, Sylvestre P, Iyer R, Lane PA, Ware RE, Stroke With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (SWiTCH) Trial Investigators, Therapeutic phlebotomy is safe in children with sickle cell anaemia and can be effective treatment for transfusional iron overload. British journal of haematology, 2015 Apr;169(2):262-62015
DeBaun MR, Gordon M, McKinstry RC, Noetzel MJ, White DA, Sarnaik SA, Meier ER, Howard TH, Majumdar S, Inusa BP, Telfer PT, Kirby-Allen M, McCavit TL, Kamdem A, Airewele G, Woods GM, Berman B, Panepinto JA, Fuh BR, Kwiatkowski JL, King AA, Fixler JM, Rhodes MM, Thompson AA, Heiny ME, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirkham FJ, Dixon N, Gonzalez CE, Kalinyak KA, Quinn CT, Strouse JJ, Miller JP, Lehmann H, Kraut MA, Ball WS Jr, Hirtz D, Casella JF, Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia. The New England journal of medicine, 2014 Aug 21;371(8):699-7102014
Jackson JL, Lemanek KL, Clough-Paabo E, Rhodes M, Predictors of health-related quality of life over time among adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 2014 Dec;21(4):313-92014
Rhodes MM, Bates DG, Andrews T, Adkins L, Thornton J, Denham JM, Abdominal pain in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 2014 Feb;48(2):99-1052014
Soni S, Gross TG, Rangarajan H, Baker KS, Sturm M, Rhodes M, Outcomes of matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe sickle cell disease with myeloablative conditioning and intermediate-dose of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin. Pediatric blood & cancer, 2014 Sep;61(9):1685-92014
Helton KJ, Adams RJ, Kesler KL, Lockhart A, Aygun B, Driscoll C, Heeney MM, Jackson SM, Krishnamurti L, Miller ST, Sarnaik SA, Schultz WH, Ware RE, SWiTCH Investigators, Magnetic resonance imaging/angiography and transcranial Doppler velocities in sickle cell anemia: results from the SWiTCH trial. Blood, 2014 Aug 7;124(6):891-82014
Miller ST, Kim HY, Weiner D, Wager CG, Gallagher D, Styles L, Dampier CD, Investigators of the Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Research Network (SCDCRN), Inpatient management of sickle cell pain: a 'snapshot' of current practice. American journal of hematology, 2012 Mar;87(3):333-62012
Peters-Lawrence MH, Bell MC, Hsu LL, Osunkwo I, Seaman P, Blackwood M, Guillaume E, Bellevue R, Krishnamurti L, Smith WR, Dampier CD, Minniti CP, Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Research Network (SCDCRN), Clinical trial implementation and recruitment: lessons learned from the early closure of a randomized clinical trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 2012 Mar;33(2):291-72012
Dickerson AK, Klima J, Rhodes MM, O'Brien SH, Young adults with SCD in US children's hospitals: are they different from adolescents? Pediatric blood & cancer, 2012 May;58(5):741-52012
Bollinger LM, Nire KG, Rhodes MM, Chisolm DJ, O'Brien SH, Caregivers' perspectives on barriers to transcranial Doppler screening in children with sickle-cell disease. Pediatric blood & cancer, 2011 Jan;56(1):99-1022011
Jordan LC, McKinstry RC 3rd, Kraut MA, Ball WS, Vendt BA, Casella JF, DeBaun MR, Strouse JJ, Silent Infarct Transfusion Trial Investigators, Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging of children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics, 2010 Jul;126(1):53-612010
Poehling KA, Light LS, Rhodes M, Snively BM, Halasa NB, Mitchel E, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Griffin MR, Sickle cell trait, hemoglobin C trait, and invasive pneumococcal disease. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 2010 May;21(3):340-62010
O'Keeffe EK, Rhodes MM, Woodworth A, A patient with a previous diagnosis of hemoglobin S/C disease with an unusually severe disease course. Clinical chemistry, 2009 Jun;55(6):1228-31; discussion 1231-32009
Rhodes M, Akohoue SA, Shankar SM, Fleming I, Qi An A, Yu C, Acra S, Buchowski MS, Growth patterns in children with sickle cell anemia during puberty. Pediatric blood & cancer, 2009 Oct;53(4):635-412009
Rhodes MM, Kopsombut P, Bondurant MC, Price JO, Koury MJ, Adherence to macrophages in erythroblastic islands enhances erythroblast proliferation and increases erythrocyte production by a different mechanism than erythropoietin. Blood, 2008 Feb 1;111(3):1700-82008
Rhodes M, Miller J, Sipos L, Whitlock J. Chemoduck: the creation of an educational tool for young children with cancer Supportive and Palliative Cancer Care. 2007; 4: 13-162007
Rhodes MM, Delbeke D, Whitlock JA, Martin W, Kuttesch JF, Frangoul HA, Shankar S, Utility of FDG-PET/CT in follow-up of children treated for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2006 May;28(5):300-62006
Flanagan JM, Rhodes M, Wilson M, Beutler E, The identification of a recurrent phosphoglycerate kinase mutation associated with chronic haemolytic anaemia and neurological dysfunction in a family from USA. British journal of haematology, 2006 Jul;134(2):233-72006
Rhodes MM, Kopsombut P, Bondurant MC, Price JO, Koury MJ, Bcl-x(L) prevents apoptosis of late-stage erythroblasts but does not mediate the antiapoptotic effect of erythropoietin. Blood, 2005 Sep 1;106(5):1857-632005
Rhodes M, Lautz T, Kavanaugh-Mchugh A, Manes B, Calder C, Koyama T, Liske M, Parra D, Frangoul H, Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in pediatric stem cell transplant recipients. Bone marrow transplantation, 2005 Jul;36(2):139-442005
Guthrie SO, Rhodes M, Janco R, Stein SM, Jabs K, Engelhardt B, An infant with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome with associated renal hematoma and intussusception. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2005 Feb;25(2):143-52005
Ralstrom E, da Fonseca MA, Rhodes M, Amini H, The impact of sickle cell disease on oral health-related quality of life. Pediatric dentistry, 2014 Jan-Feb;36(1):24-8
Karlson CW, Delozier AM, Seals SR, Britt AB, Stone AL, Reneker JC, Jackson EA, McNaull MM, Credeur DP, Welsch MA, Physical Activity and Pain in Youth With Sickle Cell Disease. Family & community health, 2020 Jan Mar;43(1):1-9

Review Article

Koury M, Rhodes M How to approach chronic anemia Hematology 2012 (ASH Education Program). 2012; 183-1902012

Abstracts

Lezon-Geyda K, Rose MJ, McNaull MA, Knoll C, Yaish HM, Pastore YD, Eber SW, Glader B, Bianchi P, Grace RF, Gallagher PG PKLR Intron Splicing-Associated Mutations and Alternate Diagnoses are Common in Pyruvate Kinase Defeicent Patients with Single or No PKLR Coding Mutations American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 20182018
Alvarez OA, Daak AA, Heeney MM, Fuh B, Dampier CD, Kanter J, Black LV, McNaull MA, Callaghan MU, George A, Neumayr L, Hilliard LM, Rabinowicz AL Effect of Long Term Treatment with SC411 on Sickle Cell Crisis Rate in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, 20182018
Daak AA, Heeney MM, Dampier CD, Fuh B, Kanter J, Alvarez OA, Black LV, McNaull MA, Callaghan MU, George A, Neumayr L, Hilliard LM, Rabinowicz AL SC411 for Treatment of Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose-Finding, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group, Multi-Center Study (SCOT Trial) Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Annual Convention; Baltimore, MD, 20182018
Rhodes M, Adkins L, Andrews T, Thornton J, Ramachandra S, McClead R. Reducing 30 day readmissions in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease Presented as a Plenary Presentation at the 7th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium2013
Rhodes M, Adkins L, Andrews T, Thornton J, Denham J. Abdominal pain in a child with sickle cell disease: so many possibilties! Presented as a Plenary Presentation at the 6th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium2012
Rhodes M, Adkins L, Andrews T, Thornton J, Jaggi P. Meningococcal vaccination in children with sickle cell disease: who is responsible? Presented as an oral presentation at the 6th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium2012
Ralstorm E, daFonseca M, Amini H, Rhodes M. The Impact of Oral Health in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Academy of Dental Research2010
Poehling K, Simms L, Rhodes M, Snively B, Halasa N, Mitchel E, Schaffner W, Craig A, Griffin M Sickle cell trait, hemoglobin C trait and invasive pneumococcal disease Epidemiology. 2010; 21: 340-3462010
Audino A, Cua C, Tang L, Barry N, Cismowski M, Rhodes M. Prognostic value of pro-BNP and VEGF in children with sickle cell disease Presented as a poster at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Academic Societies meeting2010
Rhodes M, Akohoue S, Shankar S, flemming I, An A, Yu C, Acra S, Buchowski M Growth patterins in children with sickle cell anemia during puberty Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2009; 53: 635-6412009
O'Keeffe E, Rhodes M, Woodworth A. To C or not to C-- Interesting diagnostic challenges of hemoglobinopathies Clinical Chemistry. 2009; 55: 1228-12332009
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Price J, Koury M. Persistence of transferrin receptors on RBCs produced during stress erythropoiesis. Presented as a poster at the American Society of Hematology2008
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Bondureant M, Price J, Koury M Adherence to macrophages in erythroblastic islands enhances erythroblast proliferation and increases erythrocyte production by a different mechanism than erythropoietin Blood. 2008; 111: 1700-17082007
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Price J, Bondurant M, Koury M. Direct interaction with macrophages increases proerythroblasts proliferation while preserving erythropoietin dependence. Presented as a poster at the American Society of Hematology2006
Flangan J, Rhodes M, Beutler E. The identification of a recurrent Phosphoglycerate Kinase mutation associated with chronic hemolytic anemia and neurological dysfunction in a family from the USA. British Journal of Hematology. 2006; 134: 233-2372006
Rhodes M, Delbeke D, Whitlock J, Martin W, Kuttesch J, Frangoul H, Shankar S. Utility of FDG-PET in follow-up of children treated for Hodgkin's Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2006; 28: 300-3062006
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Price J, Boundurant M, Koury M. Erythroblasts and reticulocytes have specific extracellular interactions during terminal differentation. Presented as a poster the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Academic Societies meeting2006
Rhodes M, Flanagan J, Beutler E. Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency associated with hemolytic anemia and neurologic dysfunction: a recurrent genetic mutation. Presented as a poster at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Academic Societies meeting2006
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Bondurant M, Price J, Koury M. Bcl-xl prevents apoptosis of late-stage erythroblasts but does not mediate the anti-apoptotic effects of erythropoietin. Blood.2005; 106: 1857-18632005
Rhodes M, Delbeke D, Shankar S. FDG-PET and CT scans in children following treatment of Hodgkin's Disease and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Presented as a poster at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Academic Socities meeting2005
Rhodes M, Lautz T, Manes B, Calder C, Kavanaugh-Mchugh A, Frangoul H. Pericadial effusion and cardiac tamponade in pediatric stem cell transplant recipients Presented as a poster at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Academic Societies meeting2005
Rhodes M, Kopsombut P, Bondurant M, Price J, Koury M. Bcl-x prevents apoptosis of late-stage erythroblasts but does not mediate the anti-apoptotic effects of erythropoietin Presented as a poster at The Red Cell Club2004
Rhodes M, Burke B, Satin-Smith M. Heart rate variability as an indicator of suvclinical autonomic neuropathy in children and adolescents with Type I diabetes mellitus Presented as a poster at the American Academy of Pediatrics2001

Book Chapter

Rhodes M, Hahn A, Lemanek K "Sickle Cell Disease" in Handbook of Pediatric Psychology, 5th Edition. 2017;269-283. Edited by Michael Roberts and Ric Steele.2017
Reed S and Rhodes MM. Approach to Anemia AAP Succinct Pediatrics, 2015; Edited by Leonard G. Feld, MD, PhD, MMM, FAAP, and John D. Mahan, MD, FAAP2015
Koury MJ, Mahmud N, Rhodes MM. "Origin and Development of Blood Cells" Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 12th ed.; 2009; 79-1052009

Clinical Trial

Jordan LC, Roberts Williams DO, Rodeghier MJ, Covert Greene BV, Ponisio MR, Casella JF, McKinstry RC, Noetzel MJ, Kirkham FJ, Meier ER, Fuh B, McNaull M, Sarnaik S, Majumdar S, McCavit TL, DeBaun MR, Children with sickle cell anemia with normal transcranial Doppler ultrasounds and without silent infarcts have a low incidence of new strokes. American journal of hematology, 2018 Jun;93(6):760-7682018
King AA, Rodeghier MJ, Panepinto JA, Strouse JJ, Casella JF, Quinn CT, Dowling MM, Sarnaik SA, Thompson AA, Woods GM, Minniti CP, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirby-Allen M, Kirkham FJ, McKinstry R, Noetzel MJ, White DA, Kwiatkowski JK, Howard TH, Kalinyak KA, Inusa B, Rhodes MM, Heiny ME, Fuh B, Fixler JM, Gordon MO, DeBaun MR, Silent cerebral infarction, income, and grade retention among students with sickle cell anemia. American journal of hematology, 2014 Oct;89(10):E188-922014
DeBaun MR, Sarnaik SA, Rodeghier MJ, Minniti CP, Howard TH, Iyer RV, Inusa B, Telfer PT, Kirby-Allen M, Quinn CT, Bernaudin F, Airewele G, Woods GM, Panepinto JA, Fuh B, Kwiatkowski JK, King AA, Rhodes MM, Thompson AA, Heiny ME, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirkham FJ, Sabio H, Gonzalez CE, Saccente SL, Kalinyak KA, Strouse JJ, Fixler JM, Gordon MO, Miller JP, Noetzel MJ, Ichord RN, Casella JF, Associated risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia: low baseline hemoglobin, sex, and relative high systolic blood pressure. Blood, 2012 Apr 19;119(16):3684-902012

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Outreach to Rural Communities: Combining Specialty and Primary Care, Department of Pediatrics, UMMC06/2024
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Using Mindfulness Meditation to Treat Pain and Anxiety.... or Just to Live a Better Life, Mississippi Psychology Association, Biloxi, Mississippi09/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nationwide Children's Hospital 1st Annual Symposium on Stem Cell Transplant in Sickle Cell Disease, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio10/2013
Invited Symposia, A novel peer mentoring program for adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease., 7th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium, Miami, Florida04/2013
Invited Symposia, Pulmonary Function Testing in infants and toddlers with Sickle Cell Disease (Clinical Research Session), 7th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium, Miami, Florida04/2013
Invited Symposia, Reducing 30 day readmissions in children and young adults with sickle cell disease (Plenary), 7th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium, Miami, Florida04/2013
Invited Symposia, section on clinical research, Section Co-Chair, 7th Annual Foundatin for Sickle Cell Research National Meeting, Miami, Florida04/2013
Invited Symposia, Abdominal Pain in a Child with Sickle Cell Disease (Plenary), 6th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium, Hollywood, Florida03/2012
Invited Symposia, Meningococcal Vaccination: Whose Responsibility is It?, 6th Annual Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium, Hollywood, Florida03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Clinical and Translational Seminar Series
Predicting Cardiac and Pulmonary Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease, Nationwide Children's Hospital Research Institute
05/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pulmonary Function in Infants and Toddlers with Sickle Cell Disease, Hematology Lecture Series, Cincinnati Children's Hospital12/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Diversity Education at Nationwide Children's Hospital: Jehovah Witness Families and Blood Conservation, Nationwide Chidlren's Hospital08/2009
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Red Cell Gordon Conference International Meeting: Macrophages mediate extrinsic loss of transferrin receptors from ciruclating reticulocytes., Gordon Conference, Portland, Maine06/2009
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Baxter Pharmaceuticals southeast Educational Conference
ITP: Clinical Decision Making in 2007, Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Franklin, Tennessee
06/2007
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Erythroblast Proliferation: The Island Effect, Red Cell Club National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois11/2006
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia International Family Conference Aplastic Anemia, MDS, and PNH in Children08/2006
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Abdominal Tumors in Children, Williamsburg Pediatric Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia11/2005
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on Anemia, Williamsburg Pediatric Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia11/2005
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on Sickle Cell Disease, Throughout Mississippi
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Implicit Bias, Greenville Mississippi

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Impact Award, Delta Family Medicine Residency Program2024
Pediatrics Outstanding Innovation Award, UMMC2022
Columbus Ohio City Council Resolution2013
Faith Thomas Foundation Partnership Award2013
Nationwide Children's Hospital Innovation Award Nominee2013
Top Pediatrician, International Association of Pediatricians2010
Service from the Heart Nominee, Nationwide Children's Hospital2010
Top Performer Physician Excellence Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center2008
Elliott Newman Society, Physician-scientist society at Vanderbilt2006
Elliott Newman Award Finalist, Vanderbilt Basic Science Research Award2004
Resident Research Award, Eastern Virginia Medical School2002
American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Research Grant Recipient2000
Etheridege-Shoabi Award in Pediatrics1999
Floyd Foundation Scholarship, Eastern Virginia Medical School1996
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society1994
Commonwealth of Virginia Scholar1991
Washington and Lee University Honors Scholar1991
National Merit Scholar1991

Professional Membership and Service

National Association of Sickle Cell Centers, Member2022 - Present
Sickle Cell Adult Provider's Network, Member2018 - Present
Medical Research Council of the U.K. Hematology Grant Section, Reviewer, Grant Proposal2012 - Present
Red Cell Gordon Conference, Invited Member2009 - Present
Red Cell Club, Invited Member2006 - 2009
Children's Oncology Group, Member2002 - Present
American Society of Hematology, Member2002 - Present
American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Member2002 - Present

Committee Service

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Adolescent and Young Adult Special Interest Group, Member2018 - Present
American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hemoglobinopathy Special Interest Group, Steering Comittee Member2018 - Present
Pediatric Stroke Pathway Committee, Member2018 - Present
Faculty Mentorship Committee, Dr. S. Arya, Member2018 - 2020
Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Jessica Seaborn, Member2017 - 2018
Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Laura Newman, Member2016 - 2017
Sickle Cell Length of Stay Review Committee, Member2015 - 2016
Transfusion Committee, Member2015 - 2019
Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Dereck Davis, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT Fellow, Member2015 - 2017
Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Hafsat Mashegu, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT Fellow, Chair2015 - 2015
Pediatric Heme/Onc/BMT Fellowship Review Committee, Member2014 - Present
CHA Discharge Collaborative: QI Project to Decrease 30 Day Readmissions Rates in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Member2011 - 2013
Blood Conservation Committee, Member2009 - 2014
Medical Reserve Corps of Ohio, Member2009 - 2014
Transfusion Committee, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Member2009 - 2014
Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Stephen Corns, Member2008 - 2009
Ohio Sickle Cell Association for Research, Member2008 - 2014
Vanderbilt Hematology Grand Rounds Organizing Committee, Vice Chair2005 - 2008
Vanderbilt-Meharry Sickle Cell Alliance Steering Committee, Member2004 - 2008
CHKD Bioethics Committee, Resident Representative2000 - 2002

Community Service

Adolescent Sickle Cell Retreat, Organizer and Physician07/2019 - Present
Camp Sickle Stars, Camp Physician06/2019 - 06/2019
Camp Sickle Stars, Camp Physician06/2018 - 06/2018
Mississippi Department of Corrections, Volunteer Group Leader/Mentor10/2017 - 12/2019
Camp Sickle Stars, Camp Physician06/2017 - 06/2017
Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation, Board Member04/2017 - Present
Camp Sickle Stars, Camp Physician06/2016 - 06/2016
Mississippi SIckle Cell Foundation Board Member, Board Member05/2016 - 12/2023
Camp Sickle Stars, Camp Physician06/2015 - 06/2015
R U Hungry?, Volunteer, provide dinner and conversation to homeless in Smith Park06/2015 - Present
Jackson Insight Meditation Group, Member05/2015 - Present
Harbor House Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, Volunteer Speaker07/2014 - Present
State of Tennessee Child Welfare, Expert Witness02/2013 - 04/2013
U. S. Immigration Court, Expert Witness11/2012 - 11/2012
NCH Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Camp Ohio, Camp Physician07/2012 - 07/2012

Other Service

Clinical Genetics07/2018 - 06/2018
Pediatric Quality and Safety07/2017 - 06/2018
Pediatrics07/2016 - 06/2018
Medical Research Council of the U.K.04/2012 - 04/2012
Journal of Child Neurology07/2010 - 06/2018
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine07/2010 - 06/2018
Blood07/2010 - 06/2018
Pediatric Blood and Cancer07/2010 - 06/2018
Journal of BMT07/2010 - 06/2018
Pediatric Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Director12/2008 - 12/2014
Pediatric Sickle Cell Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Director2007 - 12/2008

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Sickle Cell Disease Clinical CorrelationFall 2022
Lecture, Guest Presenter, Implicit BiasAnnual 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Implicit BiasAnnual 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference: Non Opioid Pain Management 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellows' Conference: ITP: are we following national guidelines? 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellow Conference: Sickle Cell Research at UMMC 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lectures: Platelets, coag, and bleeding 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Grand Rounds- Pediatric Pain Management 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Emergency Medicine Resident Lecture Series: Sickle Cell Emergencies 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference: Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes, the Sad Story of an Empty Marrow 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellow Conference: Sickle Cell Emergencies 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lectures: Anemia 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Grand Rounds- Sickle Cell Disease: It's not Just Blood 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference- Thalassemia, Why is it so Confusing? 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellow Conference: Update on Sickle Cell Disease 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference: Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Nelson Lecture- Hemolytic Anemia 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Resident Lecture: The Abnormal CBC 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Grand Rounds: Cardiopulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellow Conference: Sickle Cell Emergencies 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Fellow Conference: Hemoglobin Structure and Function 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference: Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology Conference: Thalassemia Journal Club 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, UMMC Grenada Grand Rounds: Sickle Cell Disease, It's Not Just About Blood 2014

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, ENRICH
2022 - Present
Mentor, Advised: Meg Francis2020 - 2024
Preceptor, Advised:2020 - 2024
Pre-Medical Advisor, Advised: Tyler McKenzie2018 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Caroline Daggett2017 - Present
Preceptor2014 - Present

Fellows supervised

UMMC Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 8 fellows supervised02/2014 - Present
Natiowide Children's Hospital, Attending Physician, 18 fellows supervised07/2008 - 12/2013
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Attending Physician, 6 fellows supervised07/2005 - 06/2008

Residency Training

UMMC Pediatrics, Advisor2018 - Present
Psychology Internship at UMMC, Research Advisor2016 - 06/2017
UMMC Pediatrics, Advisor2016 - 07/2017
UMMC Pediatrics, Attending Physician2014 - Present
Ohio State University School of Dentistry, Research Advisor2010 - 06/2011