Michael Verneris, MD

Professional Titles

• Professor of Pediatrics
• Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
• The Barton Family Endowed Chair of Bone Marrow Transplant

Research Interests

Publications

• Turcotte LM, DeFor TE, Newell LF, Cutler CS, Verneris MR, Wu J, Howard A, MacMillan ML, Antin JH, Vercellotti GM, Slungaard A, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Holtan SG. Donor and recipient plasma follistatin levels are associated with acute GvHD in Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network 0402. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29058696
• Magome T, Froelich J, Holtan SG, Takahashi Y, Verneris MR, Brown K, Dusenbery K, Wong J, Hui SK. Whole-Body Distribution of Leukemia and Functional Total Marrow Irradiation Based on FLT-PET and Dual-Energy CT. Mol Imaging. 2017 Jan-Dec;16:1536012117732203. PubMed PMID: 28948859
• Touma W, Brunstein CG, Cao Q, Miller JS, Curtsinger J, Verneris MR, Bachanova V. Dendritic Cell Recovery Impacts Outcomes after Umbilical Cord Blood and Sibling Donor Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28729150
• Holtan SG, Newell LF, Cutler C, Verneris MR, DeFor TE, Wu J, Howard A, MacMillan ML, Antin JH, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A. Low EGF in myeloablative allotransplantation: association with severe acute GvHD in BMT CTN 0402. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Sep;52(9):1300-1303. PubMed PMID: 28581470
• Fleischhauer K, Ahn KW, Wang HL, Zito L, Crivello P, Müller C, Verneris M, Shaw BE, Pidala J, Oudshorn M, Lee SJ, Spellman SR. Directionality of non-permissive HLA-DPB1 T-cell epitope group mismatches does not improve clinical risk stratification in 8/8 matched unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Sep;52(9):1280-1287. PubMed PMID: 28581467
• Angelos MG, Ruh PN, Webber BR, Blum RH, Ryan CD, Bendzick L, Shim S, Yingst AM, Tufa DM, Verneris MR, Kaufman DS. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor inhibition promotes hematolymphoid development from human pluripotent stem cells. Blood. 2017 Jun 29;129(26):3428-3439. PubMed PMID: 28533309
• Hui S, Brunstein C, Takahashi Y, DeFor T, Holtan SG, Bachanova V, Wilke C, Zuro D, Ustun C, Weisdorf D, Dusenbery K, Verneris MR. Dose Escalation of Total Marrow Irradiation in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul;23(7):1110-1116. PubMed PMID: 28396164
• Dourado KMC, Baik J, Oliveira VKP, Beltrame M, Yamamoto A, Theuer CP, Figueiredo CAV, Verneris MR, Perlingeiro RCR. Endoglin: a novel target for therapeutic intervention in acute leukemias revealed in xenograft mouse models. Blood. 2017 May 4;129(18):2526-2536. PubMed PMID: 28351936
• Turcotte LM, Cao Q, Cooley SA, Curtsinger J, Holtan SG, Luo X, Yingst A, Weisdorf DJ, Blazar BR, Miller JS, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. Monocyte subpopulation recovery as predictors of hematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30625388
• Askar M, Sayer D, Wang T, Haagenson M, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Madbouly A, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Thomas D, Zhang A, Sobecks RM, Majhail NS. Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Gamma Block of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Association with Clinical Outcomes of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30537553
• Madbouly A, Wang T, Haagenson M, Paunic V, Vierra-Green C, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Majhail NS, Lee SJ, Spellman SR, Maiers M. Investigating the Association of Genetic Admixture and Donor/Recipient Genetic Disparity with Transplant Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jun;23(6):1029-1037. PubMed PMID: 28263917
• Pingel J, Wang T, Hagenlocher Y, Hernández-Frederick CJ, Nagler A, Haagenson MD, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Lee SJ, Mohty M, Polge E, Spellman SR, Schmidt AH, van Rood JJ. The effect of NIMA matching in adult unrelated mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - a joint study of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT and the CIBMTR. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30279575
• Orlando EJ, Han X, Tribouley C, Wood PA, Leary RJ, Riester M, Levine JE, Qayed M, Grupp SA, Boyer M, De Moerloose B, Nemecek ER, Bittencourt H, Hiramatsu H, Buechner J, Davies SM, Verneris MR, Nguyen K, Brogdon JL, Bitter H, Morrissey M, Pierog P, Pantano S, Engelman JA, Winckler W. Genetic mechanisms of target antigen loss in CAR19 therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Med. 2018 Oct;24(10):1504-1506. PubMed PMID: 30275569
• Lund TC, Ahn KW, Tecca HR, Hilgers MV, Abdel-Azim H, Abraham A, Diaz MA, Badawy SM, Broglie L, Brown V, Dvorak CC, Gonzalez-Vicent M, Hashem H, Hayashi RJ, Jacobsohn DA, Kent MW, Li CK, Margossian SP, Martin PL, Mehta P, Myers K, Olsson R, Page K, Pulsipher MA, Shaw PJ, Smith AR, Triplett BM, Verneris MR, Eapen M. Outcomes after Second Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed Acute Leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30244103
• Woolfrey A, Wang T, Lee SJ, Haagenson MD, Chen G, Fleischhauer K, Horan J, Hsu K, Verneris M, Spellman SR, Fernandez-Vina M. Donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies in unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation for non-malignant disorders. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30232414
• Turcotte LM, Wang T, Hemmer MT, Spellman SR, Arora M, Yingst A, Couriel D, Alousi A, Pidala J, Knight JM, Verneris MR. Proinflammatory Cytokine and Adipokine Levels in Adult Unrelated Marrow Donors Are Not Associated with Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jan;25(1):12-18. PubMed PMID: 30144561
• Arrieta-Bolaños E, Crivello P, Shaw BE, Ahn KW, Wang HL, Verneris MR, Hsu KC, Pidala J, Lee SJ, Fleischhauer K, Spellman SR. In silico prediction of nonpermissive HLA-DPB1 mismatches in unrelated HCT by functional distance. Blood Adv. 2018 Jul 24;2(14):1773-1783. PubMed PMID: 30042143
• Rothenberger M, Wagner JE, Haase A, Richman D, Grzywacz B, Strain M, Lada S, Estes J, Fletcher CV, Podany AT, Anderson J, Schmidt T, Wietgrefe S, Schacker T, Verneris MR. Transplantation of CCR5?32 Homozygous Umbilical Cord Blood in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Perinatally Acquired HIV Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 May;5(5):ofy090. PubMed PMID: 29868623
• Nemecek ER, Hilger RA, Adams A, Shaw BE, Kiefer D, Le-Rademacher J, Levine JE, Yanik G, Leung W, Talano JA, Haut P, Delgado D, Kapoor N, Petrovic A, Adams R, Hanna R, Rangarajan H, Dalal J, Chewning J, Verneris MR, Epstein S, Burroughs L, Perez-Albuerne ED, Pulsipher MA, Delaney C. Treosulfan, Fludarabine, and Low-Dose Total Body Irradiation for Children and Young Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Prospective Phase II Trial of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Aug;24(8):1651-1656. PubMed PMID: 29753157
• Mitchell R, Wagner JE, Brunstein C, Cao Q, McKenna DH, Verneris MR. Impact of Delayed Infusion Time in Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 May;23(5):836-839. PubMed PMID: 28214595
• Lindsley RC, Saber W, Mar BG, Redd R, Wang T, Haagenson MD, Grauman PV, Hu ZH, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Verneris MR, Hsu K, Fleischhauer K, Cutler C, Antin JH, Neuberg D, Ebert BL. Prognostic Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndrome after Stem-Cell Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 9;376(6):536-547. PubMed PMID: 28177873
• Brunstein CG, Cutler CS, DeFor TE, Kim H, Bejanyan N, Garfall A, Verneris MR, Chen YB, Warlick ED, Spitzer T, Miller JS, Antin JH, Weisdorf DJ, Soiffer R, Wagner JE, Ballen KK. Matching at Human Leukocyte Antigen-C Improved the Outcomes after Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Recipients of Two to Four of Six Human Leukocyte Antigen-Matched Grafts. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jan;23(1):126-133. PubMed PMID: 27989929
• Askar M, Sobecks R, Wang T, Haagenson M, Majhail N, Madbouly A, Thomas D, Zhang A, Fleischhauer K, Hsu K, Verneris M, Lee SJ, Spellman SR, Fernández-Viña M. MHC Class I Chain-Related Gene A (MICA) Donor-Recipient Mismatches and MICA-129 Polymorphism in Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantations Has No Impact on Outcomes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Mar;23(3):436-444. PubMed PMID: 27987385
• Bejanyan N, Brunstein CG, Cao Q, Lazaryan A, Luo X, Curtsinger J, Mehta RS, Warlick E, Cooley SA, Blazar BR, Miller JS, Weisdorf D, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. Delayed immune reconstitution after allogeneic transplantation increases the risks of mortality and chronic GVHD. Blood Adv. 2018 Apr 24;2(8):909-922. PubMed PMID: 29678809
• He F, Verneris MR, Cooley S, Blazar BR, MacMillan ML, Newell LF, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, DeFor T, Weisdorf DJ, Holtan SG. Low day 100 serum epidermal growth factor levels are associated with acute GvHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Feb;52(2):301-303. PubMed PMID: 27869812
• Pilbeam K, Wang H, Taras E, Bergerson RJ, Ettestad B, DeFor T, Borgatti A, Vallera DA, Verneris MR. Targeting pediatric sarcoma with a bispecific ligand immunotoxin targeting urokinase and epidermal growth factor receptors. Oncotarget. 2018 Feb 23;9(15):11938-11947. PubMed PMID: 29552283
• Alsuliman A, Muftuoglu M, Khoder A, Ahn YO, Basar R, Verneris MR, Muranski P, Barrett AJ, Liu E, Li L, Stringaris K, Armstrong-James D, Shaim H, Kondo K, Imahashi N, Andersson B, Marin D, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. A subset of virus-specific CD161( ) T cells selectively express the multidrug transporter MDR1 and are resistant to chemotherapy in AML. Blood. 2017 Feb 9;129(6):740-758. PubMed PMID: 27821506
• Hoff GA, Fischer JC, Hsu K, Cooley S, Miller JS, Wang T, Haagenson M, Spellman S, Lee SJ, Uhrberg M, Venstrom JM, Verneris MR. Recipient HLA-C Haplotypes and microRNA 148a/b Binding Sites Have No Impact on Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jan;23(1):153-160. PubMed PMID: 27746218
• Lu H, Bhoopatiraju S, Wang H, Schmitz NP, Wang X, Freeman MJ, Forster CL, Verneris MR, Linden MA, Hallstrom TC. Loss of UHRF2 expression is associated with human neoplasia, promoter hypermethylation, decreased 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, and high proliferative activity. Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 15;7(46):76047-76061. PubMed PMID: 27738314
• Romee R, Cooley S, Berrien-Elliott MM, Westervelt P, Verneris MR, Wagner JE, Weisdorf DJ, Blazar BR, Ustun C, DeFor TE, Vivek S, Peck L, DiPersio JF, Cashen AF, Kyllo R, Musiek A, Schaffer A, Anadkat MJ, Rosman I, Miller D, Egan JO, Jeng EK, Rock A, Wong HC, Fehniger TA, Miller JS. First-in-human phase 1 clinical study of the IL-15 superagonist complex ALT-803 to treat relapse after transplantation. Blood. 2018 Jun 7;131(23):2515-2527. PubMed PMID: 29463563
• Pritchett JC, Green JS, Thomm AM, Knox KK, Verneris MR, Lund TC. CD4 T Cells Coexpressing CD134 (OX40) Harbor Significantly Increased Levels of Human Herpesvirus 6B DNA Following Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 15;214(12):1911-1915. PubMed PMID: 27703035
• Magome T, Froelich J, Takahashi Y, Arentsen L, Holtan S, Verneris MR, Brown K, Haga A, Nakagawa K, Holter Chakrabarty JL, Giebel S, Wong J, Dusenbery K, Storme G, Hui SK. Evaluation of Functional Marrow Irradiation Based on Skeletal Marrow Composition Obtained Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Nov 1;96(3):679-87. PubMed PMID: 27681765
• Goyal RK, Lee SJ, Wang T, Trucco M, Haagenson M, Spellman SR, Verneris M, Ferrell RE. Novel HLA-DP region susceptibility loci associated with severe acute GvHD. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jan;52(1):95-100. PubMed PMID: 27595289
• Shaw BE, Logan BR, Spellman SR, Marsh SGE, Robinson J, Pidala J, Hurley C, Barker J, Maiers M, Dehn J, Wang H, Haagenson M, Porter D, Petersdorf EW, Woolfrey A, Horowitz MM, Verneris M, Hsu KC, Fleischhauer K, Lee SJ. Development of an Unrelated Donor Selection Score Predictive of Survival after HCT: Donor Age Matters Most. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 May;24(5):1049-1056. PubMed PMID: 29454040
• Buturovic L, Shelton J, Spellman SR, Wang T, Friedman L, Loftus D, Hesterberg L, Woodring T, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Haagenson M, Lee SJ. Evaluation of a Machine Learning-Based Prognostic Model for Unrelated Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Donor Selection. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Jun;24(6):1299-1306. PubMed PMID: 29410341
• Maude SL, Laetsch TW, Buechner J, Rives S, Boyer M, Bittencourt H, Bader P, Verneris MR, Stefanski HE, Myers GD, Qayed M, De Moerloose B, Hiramatsu H, Schlis K, Davis KL, Martin PL, Nemecek ER, Yanik GA, Peters C, Baruchel A, Boissel N, Mechinaud F, Balduzzi A, Krueger J, June CH, Levine BL, Wood P, Taran T, Leung M, Mueller KT, Zhang Y, Sen K, Lebwohl D, Pulsipher MA, Grupp SA. Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia. N Engl J Med. 2018 Feb 1;378(5):439-448. PubMed PMID: 29385370
• Bejanyan N, Rogosheske J, DeFor TE, Lazaryan A, Arora M, Holtan SG, Jacobson PA, MacMillan ML, Verneris MR, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner JE, Brunstein CG. Sirolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil as Calcineurin Inhibitor-Free Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis for Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Nov;22(11):2025-2030. PubMed PMID: 27519278
• Turcotte LM, Wang T, Hemmer MT, Spellman SR, Arora M, Couriel D, Alousi A, Pidala J, Abdel-Azim H, Ahmed I, Beitinjaneh A, Buchbinder D, Byrne M, Callander N, Chao N, Choi SW, DeFilipp Z, Gadalla SM, Gale RP, Gergis U, Hashmi S, Hematti P, Holmberg L, Inamoto Y, Kamble RT, Lehmann L, MacMillan MA, McIver Z, Nishihori T, Norkin M, O'Brien T, Olsson RF, Reshef R, Saad A, Savani BN, Schouten HC, Seo S, Solh M, Verdonck L, Vij R, Wirk B, Yared J, Horowitz MM, Knight JM, Verneris MR. Donor body mass index does not predict graft versus host disease following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Jul;53(7):932-937. PubMed PMID: 29382954
• Sarhan D, Cichocki F, Zhang B, Yingst A, Spellman SR, Cooley S, Verneris MR, Blazar BR, Miller JS. Adaptive NK Cells with Low TIGIT Expression Are Inherently Resistant to Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Res. 2016 Oct 1;76(19):5696-5706. PubMed PMID: 27503932
• Turcotte LM, Yingst A, Verneris MR. Erratum to: "Metabolic Syndrome after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: At the Intersection of Treatment Toxicity and Immune Dysfunction" [Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016;22:1159-1166]. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Dec;22(12):2286. PubMed PMID: 27500528
• Kornblit B, Wang T, Lee SJ, Spellman SR, Zhu X, Fleischhauer K, Müller C, Verneris MR, Müller K, Johansen JS, Vindelov L, Garred P. YKL-40 in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation after AML and myelodysplastic syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Dec;51(12):1556-1560. PubMed PMID: 27427920
• Lee C, Haneuse S, Wang HL, Rose S, Spellman SR, Verneris M, Hsu KC, Fleischhauer K, Lee SJ, Abdi R. Prediction of absolute risk of acute graft-versus-host disease following hematopoietic cell transplantation. PLoS One. 2018;13(1):e0190610. PubMed PMID: 29346409
• Ballen K, Woo Ahn K, Chen M, Abdel-Azim H, Ahmed I, Aljurf M, Antin J, Bhatt AS, Boeckh M, Chen G, Dandoy C, George B, Laughlin MJ, Lazarus HM, MacMillan ML, Margolis DA, Marks DI, Norkin M, Rosenthal J, Saad A, Savani B, Schouten HC, Storek J, Szabolcs P, Ustun C, Verneris MR, Waller EK, Weisdorf DJ, Williams KM, Wingard JR, Wirk B, Wolfs T, Young JH, Auletta J, Komanduri KV, Lindemans C, Riches ML. Infection Rates among Acute Leukemia Patients Receiving Alternative Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Sep;22(9):1636-1645. PubMed PMID: 27343716
• Gadalla SM, Wang T, Loftus D, Friedman L, Dagnall C, Haagenson M, Spellman SR, Buturovic L, Blauwkamp M, Shelton J, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Krstajic D, Hicks B, Jones K, Lee SJ, Savage SA. No association between donor telomere length and outcomes after allogeneic unrelated hematopoietic cell transplant in patients with acute leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Apr;53(4):383-391. PubMed PMID: 29269807
• Phelan R, Mann E, Napurski C, DeFor TE, Petryk A, Miller WP, Wagner JE, Verneris MR, Smith AR. Ovarian function after hematopoietic cell transplantation: a descriptive study following the use of GnRH agonists for myeloablative conditioning and observation only for reduced-intensity conditioning. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Oct;51(10):1369-1375. PubMed PMID: 27272448
• Williams RL, Cooley S, Bachanova V, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Miller JS, Verneris MR. Recipient T Cell Exhaustion and Successful Adoptive Transfer of Haploidentical Natural Killer Cells. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Mar;24(3):618-622. PubMed PMID: 29197679
• Lazaryan A, Wang T, Spellman SR, Wang HL, Pidala J, Nishihori T, Askar M, Olsson R, Oudshoorn M, Abdel-Azim H, Yong A, Gandhi M, Dandoy C, Savani B, Hale G, Page K, Bitan M, Reshef R, Drobyski W, Marsh SG, Schultz K, Müller CR, Fernandez-Viña MA, Verneris MR, Horowitz MM, Arora M, Weisdorf DJ, Lee SJ. Human leukocyte antigen supertype matching after myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation with 7/8 matched unrelated donor allografts: a report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. Haematologica. 2016 Oct;101(10):1267-1274. PubMed PMID: 27247320
• Arora M, Lee SJ, Spellman SR, Weisdorf DJ, Guan W, Haagenson M, Wang T, Horowitz MH, Verneris MR, Fleischhauer K, Hsu K, Thyagarajan B. Validation Study Failed to Confirm an Association between Genetic Variants in the Base Excision Repair Pathway and Transplant-Related Mortality and Relapse after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Aug;22(8):1531-1532. PubMed PMID: 27155583
• Eckfeldt CE, Randall N, Shanley RM, Yohe S, Bejanyan N, Dolan M, Warlick ED, Verneris MR, Brunstein CG, Wagner JE, Weisdorf DJ, Ustun C. Umbilical cord blood transplantation is a suitable option for consolidation of acute myeloid leukemia with FLT3-ITD. Haematologica. 2016 Aug;101(8):e348-51. PubMed PMID: 27125981
• William BM, Wang T, Haagenson MD, Fleischhauer K, Verneris M, Hsu KC, de Lima MJ, Fernandez-Viña M, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Hill BT. Impact of HLA Alleles on Outcomes of Allogeneic Transplantation for B Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Analysis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Apr;24(4):827-831. PubMed PMID: 29155319
• He F, Warlick E, Miller JS, MacMillan M, Verneris MR, Cao Q, Weisdorf D. Lymphodepleting chemotherapy with donor lymphocyte infusion post-allogeneic HCT for hematological malignancies is associated with severe, but therapy-responsive aGvHD. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Aug;51(8):1107-12. PubMed PMID: 27064686
• Turcotte LM, Yingst A, Verneris MR. Metabolic Syndrome after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: At the Intersection of Treatment Toxicity and Immune Dysfunction. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Jul;22(7):1159-1166. PubMed PMID: 27013015
• Vallera DA, Felices M, McElmurry R, McCullar V, Zhou X, Schmohl JU, Zhang B, Lenvik AJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Verneris MR, Tolar J, Cooley S, Weisdorf DJ, Blazar BR, Miller JS. IL15 Trispecific Killer Engagers (TriKE) Make Natural Killer Cells Specific to CD33 Targets While Also Inducing Persistence, In Vivo Expansion, and Enhanced Function. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Jul 15;22(14):3440-50. PubMed PMID: 26847056
• Knorr DA, Wang H, Aurora M, MacMillan ML, Holtan SG, Bergerson R, Cao Q, Weisdorf DJ, Cooley S, Brunstein C, Miller JS, Wagner JE, Blazar BR, Verneris MR. Loss of T Follicular Helper Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 May;22(5):825-33. PubMed PMID: 26806586
• Wilke C, Holtan SG, Sharkey L, DeFor T, Arora M, Premakanthan P, Yohe S, Vagge S, Zhou D, Holter Chakrabarty JL, Mahe M, Corvo R, Dusenbery K, Storme G, Weisdorf DJ, Verneris MR, Hui S. Marrow damage and hematopoietic recovery following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemias: Effect of radiation dose and conditioning regimen. Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jan;118(1):65-71. PubMed PMID: 26653357
• Brunstein CG, Miller JS, McKenna DH, Hippen KL, DeFor TE, Sumstad D, Curtsinger J, Verneris MR, MacMillan ML, Levine BL, Riley JL, June CH, Le C, Weisdorf DJ, McGlave PB, Blazar BR, Wagner JE. Umbilical cord blood-derived T regulatory cells to prevent GVHD: kinetics, toxicity profile, and clinical effect. Blood. 2016 Feb 25;127(8):1044-51. PubMed PMID: 26563133
• Turcotte LM, DeFor TE, Newell LF, Cutler CS, Verneris MR, Wu J, Howard A, MacMillan ML, Antin JH, Vercellotti GM, Slungaard A, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Holtan SG. Donor and recipient plasma follistatin levels are associated with acute GvHD in Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network 0402. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Jan;53(1):64-68. PubMed PMID: 29058696
• Turcotte LM, Verneris MR. Is It Better to Be Rich or Relaxed? Sociobiology Meets Bone Marrow Transplant. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Jan 1;22(1):6-8. PubMed PMID: 26482045
• Cichocki F, Cooley S, Davis Z, DeFor TE, Schlums H, Zhang B, Brunstein CG, Blazar BR, Wagner J, Diamond DJ, Verneris MR, Bryceson YT, Weisdorf DJ, Miller JS. CD56dimCD57 NKG2C NK cell expansion is associated with reduced leukemia relapse after reduced intensity HCT. Leukemia. 2016 Feb;30(2):456-63. PubMed PMID: 26416461
• Brunstein CG, Petersdorf EW, DeFor TE, Noreen H, Maurer D, MacMillan ML, Ustun C, Verneris MR, Miller JS, Blazar BR, McGlave PB, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner JE. Impact of Allele-Level HLA Mismatch on Outcomes in Recipients of Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Mar;22(3):487-92. PubMed PMID: 26431630
• Cichocki F, Verneris MR, Cooley S, Bachanova V, Brunstein CG, Blazar BR, Wagner J, Schlums H, Bryceson YT, Weisdorf DJ, Miller JS. The Past, Present, and Future of NK Cells in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Adoptive Transfer. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2016;395:225-43. PubMed PMID: 26037048
• Sachs K, Sarver AL, Noble-Orcutt KE, LaRue RS, Antony ML, Chang D, Lee Y, Navis CM, Hillesheim AL, Nykaza IR, Ha NA, Hansen CJ, Karadag FK, Bergerson RJ, Verneris MR, Meredith MM, Schomaker ML, Linden MA, Myers CL, Largaespada DA, Sachs Z. Single-cell gene expression analyses reveal distinct self-renewing and proliferating subsets in the leukemia stem cell compartment in acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Res. 2019 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31784425
• Knight JM, Rizzo JD, Wang T, He N, Logan BR, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Verneris MR, Arevalo JMG, Cole SW. Molecular Correlates of Socioeconomic Status and Clinical Outcomes Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Leukemia. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019 Dec;3(4):pkz073. PubMed PMID: 31763620
• Newell LF, DeFor TE, Cutler C, Verneris MR, Blazar BR, Miller JS, Antin JH, Howard A, Wu J, MacMillan ML, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Weisdorf DJ, Holtan SG. Follistatin and Soluble Endoglin Predict 1-Year Nonrelapse Mortality after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31715306
• Bader P, Salzmann-Manrique E, Balduzzi A, Dalle JH, Woolfrey AE, Bar M, Verneris MR, Borowitz MJ, Shah NN, Gossai N, Shaw PJ, Chen AR, Schultz KR, Kreyenberg H, Di Maio L, Cazzaniga G, Eckert C, van der Velden VHJ, Sutton R, Lankester A, Peters C, Klingebiel TE, Willasch AM, Grupp SA, Pulsipher MA. More precisely defining risk peri-HCT in pediatric ALL: pre- vs post-MRD measures, serial positivity, and risk modeling. Blood Adv. 2019 Nov 12;3(21):3393-3405. PubMed PMID: 31714961
• Tsamadou C, Fürst D, Wang T, He N, Lee SJ, Spellman SR, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Paczesny S, Verneris MR, Schrezenmeier H, Mytilineos J. Donor HLA-E Status Associates with Disease-Free Survival and Transplant-Related Mortality after Non In Vivo T Cell-Depleted HSCT for Acute Leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Dec;25(12):2357-2365. PubMed PMID: 31425756
• Keating AK, Gossai N, Phillips CL, Maloney K, Campbell K, Doan A, Bhojwani D, Burke MJ, Verneris MR. Reducing minimal residual disease with blinatumomab prior to HCT for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Adv. 2019 Jul 9;3(13):1926-1929. PubMed PMID: 31243002
• Lou H, Li H, Ho KJ, Cai LL, Huang AS, Shank TR, Verneris MR, Nickerson ML, Dean M, Anderson SK. The Human TET2 Gene Contains Three Distinct Promoter Regions With Differing Tissue and Developmental Specificities. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2019;7:99. PubMed PMID: 31231651
• Fernandez IZ, Baxter RM, Garcia-Perez JE, Vendrame E, Ranganath T, Kong DS, Lundquist K, Nguyen T, Ogolla S, Black J, Galambos C, Gumbart JC, Dawany N, Kelsen JR, de Zoeten EF, Quinones R, Eissa H, Verneris MR, Sullivan KE, Rochford R, Blish CA, Kedl RM, Dutmer CM, Hsieh EWY. Correction: A novel human IL2RB mutation results in T and NK cell-driven immune dysregulation. J Exp Med. 2019 Jun 3;216(6):1465. PubMed PMID: 31088899
• Fernandez IZ, Baxter RM, Garcia-Perez JE, Vendrame E, Ranganath T, Kong DS, Lundquist K, Nguyen T, Ogolla S, Black J, Galambos C, Gumbart JC, Dawany N, Kelsen JR, de Zoeten EF, Quinones R, Eissa H, Verneris MR, Sullivan KE, Rochford R, Blish CA, Kedl RM, Dutmer CM, Hsieh EWY. A novel human IL2RB mutation results in T and NK cell-driven immune dysregulation. J Exp Med. 2019 Jun 3;216(6):1255-1267. PubMed PMID: 31040184
• Keating AK, Langenhorst J, Wagner JE, Page KM, Veys P, Wynn RF, Stefanski H, Elfeky R, Giller R, Mitchell R, Milano F, O'Brien TA, Dahlberg A, Delaney C, Kurtzberg J, Verneris MR, Boelens JJ. The influence of stem cell source on transplant outcomes for pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2019 Apr 9;3(7):1118-1128. PubMed PMID: 30952678
• Tufa DM, Yingst AM, Shank T, Shim S, Trahan GD, Lake J, Woods R, Jones KL, Verneris MR. Transient Expression of GATA3 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells Facilitates Helper Innate Lymphoid Cell Differentiation. Front Immunol. 2019;10:510. PubMed PMID: 30949172
• Green JS, Shanley RM, Brunstein CG, Young JH, Verneris MR. Mixed vs full donor engraftment early after hematopoietic cell transplant: Impact on incidence and control of cytomegalovirus infection. Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Jun;21(3):e13070. PubMed PMID: 30864271
• Koo J, Silverman S, Nuechterlein B, Keating AK, Verneris MR, Foreman NK, Mulcahy Levy JM. Safety and feasibility of outpatient autologous stem cell transplantation in pediatric patients with primary central nervous system tumors. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 Oct;54(10):1605-1613. PubMed PMID: 30783209
• Sopfe J, Pyle L, Keating AK, Campbell K, Liu AK, Wadwa RP, Verneris MR, Giller RH, Forlenza GP. Malglycemia is associated with poor outcomes in pediatric and adolescent hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Blood Adv. 2019 Feb 12;3(3):350-359. PubMed PMID: 30718242
• Turcotte LM, Cao Q, Cooley SA, Curtsinger J, Holtan SG, Luo X, Yingst A, Weisdorf DJ, Blazar BR, Miller JS, Wagner JE, Verneris MR. Monocyte Subpopulation Recovery as Predictors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 May;25(5):883-890. PubMed PMID: 30625388
• Askar M, Sayer D, Wang T, Haagenson M, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Madbouly A, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Thomas D, Zhang A, Sobecks RM, Majhail NS. Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Gamma Block of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Association with Clinical Outcomes of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Apr;25(4):664-672. PubMed PMID: 30537553
• Pingel J, Wang T, Hagenlocher Y, Hernández-Frederick CJ, Nagler A, Haagenson MD, Fleischhauer K, Hsu KC, Verneris MR, Lee SJ, Mohty M, Polge E, Spellman SR, Schmidt AH, van Rood JJ. The effect of NIMA matching in adult unrelated mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - a joint study of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT and the CIBMTR. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jun;54(6):849-857. PubMed PMID: 30279575
• Murphy LA, Miller K, Winters AC, Franklin ARK, Verneris MR, Keating AK. Time to transplantation and pediatric acute myeloid leukemia outcomes. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36496523
• McLaughlin L, DeZoeten E, Verneris MR. Can allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation be curative in classical Crohn's disease?. Br J Haematol. 2022 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36352551
• Schultz LM, Eaton A, Baggott C, Rossoff J, Prabhu S, Keating AK, Krupski C, Pacenta H, Philips CL, Talano JA, Moskop A, Baumeister SHC, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Mavroukakis S, Egeler E, Li Y, Mackall CL, Curran KJ, Verneris MR, Laetsch TW, Stefanski H. Outcomes After Nonresponse and Relapse Post-Tisagenlecleucel in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jan 10;41(2):354-363. PubMed PMID: 36108252
• Stefanski H, Eaton A, Baggott C, Rossoff J, Verneris MR, Keating AK, Prabhu S, Pacenta HL, Phillips CL, Talano JA, Moskop A, Margossian SP, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston ML, Satwani P, Krupski C, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Goksenin AY, Egeler E, Mavroukakis S, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM. Higher doses of tisagenlecleucel associate with improved outcomes: a report from the pediatric real-world CAR consortium. Blood Adv. 2022 Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35938863
• Hsieh EM, Myers RM, Yates B, Annesley C, John S, Taraseviciute A, Steinberg SM, Sheppard J, Chung P, Chen L, Lee DW, DiNofia A, Grupp SA, Verneris MR, Laetsch TW, Bhojwani D, Brown PA, Pulsipher MA, Rheingold SR, Gardner RA, Gore L, Shah NN, Lamble AJ. Low rate of subsequent malignant neoplasms after CD19 CAR T-cell therapy. Blood Adv. 2022 Sep 13;6(17):5222-5226. PubMed PMID: 35834728
• Moskop A, Pommert L, Baggott C, Prabhu S, Pacenta HL, Phillips CL, Rossoff J, Stefanski HE, Talano JA, Margossian SP, Verneris MR, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston ML, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating AK, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Goksenin AY, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Guest EM, Breese EH, Schultz LM. Real-world use of tisagenlecleucel in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Adv. 2022 Jul 26;6(14):4251-4255. PubMed PMID: 35580324
• Lamble A, Myers RM, Taraseviciute A, John S, Yates B, Steinberg SM, Sheppard JD, Kovach AE, Wood BL, Borowitz MJ, Stetler-Stevenson M, Yuan CM, Pillai V, Foley T, Chung P, Chen L, Lee DW, Annesley C, DiNofia A, Grupp SA, Verneris MR, Gore L, Laetsch TW, Bhojwani D, Brown PA, Pulsipher MA, Rheingold SR, Gardner RA, Shah NN. Preinfusion factors impacting relapse immunophenotype following CD19 CAR T cells. Blood Adv. 2022 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35482927
• Shim SH, Tufa D, Woods R, George TD, Shank T, Yingst A, Lake J, Cobb L, Jones D, Jones K, Verneris MR. SAHA Enhances Differentiation of CD34 CD45 Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells Concomitant with an Increase in Hemogenic Endothelium. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2022 May 27;11(5):513-526. PubMed PMID: 35349707
• Schultz LM, Baggott C, Prabhu S, Pacenta HL, Phillips CL, Rossoff J, Stefanski HE, Talano JA, Moskop A, Margossian SP, Verneris MR, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating AK, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Rouce RH, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Barsan VV, Goksenin AY, Li Y, Mavroukakis S, Egeler E, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW. Disease Burden Affects Outcomes in Pediatric and Young Adult B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia After Commercial Tisagenlecleucel: A Pediatric Real-World Chimeric Antigen Receptor Consortium Report. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Mar 20;40(9):945-955. PubMed PMID: 34882493
• Fabrizio VA, Phillips CL, Lane A, Baggott C, Prabhu S, Egeler E, Mavroukakis S, Pacenta H, Rossoff J, Stefanski HE, Talano JA, Moskop A, Margossian SP, Verneris MR, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating AK, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Goksenin AY, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM. Tisagenlecleucel outcomes in relapsed/refractory extramedullary ALL: a Pediatric Real World CAR Consortium Report. Blood Adv. 2022 Jan 25;6(2):600-610. PubMed PMID: 34794180
• Fabrizio VA, Boelens JJ, Mauguen A, Baggott C, Prabhu S, Egeler E, Mavroukakis S, Pacenta H, Phillips CL, Rossoff J, Stefanski HE, Talano JA, Moskop A, Margossian SP, Verneris MR, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating AK, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Goksenin AY, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM, Curran KJ. Optimal fludarabine lymphodepletion is associated with improved outcomes after CAR T-cell therapy. Blood Adv. 2022 Apr 12;6(7):1961-1968. PubMed PMID: 34788386
• Barsan V, Li Y, Prabhu S, Baggott C, Nguyen K, Pacenta H, Phillips CL, Rossoff J, Stefanski H, Talano JA, Moskop A, Baumeister S, Verneris MR, Myers GD, Karras NA, Cooper S, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating A, Fabrizio V, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM. Tisagenlecleucel utilisation and outcomes across refractory, first relapse and multiply relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a retrospective analysis of real-world patterns. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Nov;65:102268. PubMed PMID: 37954907
• McNerney KO, Moskop A, Winestone LE, Baggott C, Talano JA, Schiff D, Rossoff J, Modi A, Verneris MR, Laetsch TW, Schultz L. Practice Preferences for Consolidative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Following Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37816472
• Cruz Cruz J, Allison KC, Page LS, Jenkins AJ, Wang X, Earp HS, Frye SV, Graham DK, Verneris MR, Lee-Sherick AB. Inhibiting efferocytosis reverses macrophage-mediated immunosuppression in the leukemia microenvironment. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1146721. PubMed PMID: 36960055
• McNerney KO, Si Lim SJ, Ishikawa K, Dreyzin A, Vatsayan A, Chen JJ, Baggott C, Prabhu S, Pacenta HL, Philips C, Rossoff J, Stefanski HE, Talano JA, Moskop A, Verneris M, Myers D, Karras NA, Brown P, Bonifant CL, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski C, Keating AK, Baumeister SHC, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Egeler E, Mavroukakis S, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM. HLH-like toxicities predict poor survival after the use of tisagenlecleucel in children and young adults with B-ALL. Blood Adv. 2023 Jun 27;7(12):2758-2771. PubMed PMID: 36857419
• Murphy LA, Miller K, Winters AC, Franklin ARK, Verneris MR, Keating AK. Time to transplantation and pediatric acute myeloid leukemia outcomes. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2023 Mar;58(3):343-345. PubMed PMID: 36496523
• McLaughlin L, DeZoeten E, Verneris MR. Can allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation be curative in classical Crohn's disease?. Br J Haematol. 2023 Mar;200(5):541-542. PubMed PMID: 36352551
• Schultz LM, Eaton A, Baggott C, Rossoff J, Prabhu S, Keating AK, Krupski C, Pacenta H, Philips CL, Talano JA, Moskop A, Baumeister SHC, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Kunicki M, Mavroukakis S, Egeler E, Li Y, Mackall CL, Curran KJ, Verneris MR, Laetsch TW, Stefanski H. Outcomes After Nonresponse and Relapse Post-Tisagenlecleucel in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jan 10;41(2):354-363. PubMed PMID: 36108252
• Stefanski HE, Eaton A, Baggott C, Rossoff J, Verneris MR, Prabhu S, Pacenta HL, Phillips CL, Talano JA, Moskop A, Margossian SP, Myers GD, Karras NA, Brown PA, Qayed M, Hermiston M, Satwani P, Krupski MC, Keating AK, Wilcox R, Rabik CA, Fabrizio VA, Chinnabhandar V, Goksenin AY, Curran KJ, Mackall CL, Laetsch TW, Schultz LM. Higher doses of tisagenlecleucel are associated with improved outcomes: a report from the pediatric real-world CAR consortium. Blood Adv. 2023 Feb 28;7(4):541-548. PubMed PMID: 35938863
• Lamble AJ, Myers RM, Taraseviciute A, John S, Yates B, Steinberg SM, Sheppard J, Kovach AE, Wood B, Borowitz MJ, Stetler-Stevenson M, Yuan CM, Pillai V, Foley T, Chung P, Chen L, Lee DW, Annesley C, DiNofia A, Grupp SA, Verneris MR, Gore L, Laetsch TW, Bhojwani D, Brown PA, Pulsipher MA, Rheingold SR, Gardner RA, Shah NN. Preinfusion factors impacting relapse immunophenotype following CD19 CAR T cells. Blood Adv. 2023 Feb 28;7(4):575-585. PubMed PMID: 35482927

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• Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, Board Certification