Vinod K. Prasad | Scholars@Duke

Vinod K. Prasad
Professor of Pediatrics

1. Expanding the role of umbilical cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders.
2. Impact of histocompatibility and other determinants of alloreactivity on clinical outcomes of unrelated cord blood transplants.
3. Studies to analyse the impact of Killer Immunoglobulin receptors on the outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation utilizing haploidentical, CD34 selected, familial grafts.
4. Propective longitudinal study of serial monitoring of adenovirus in allogenic transpants(SMAART)patients.
5. Use of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of GVHD

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics 2015
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2003

Contact Information

1400 Morreene Road, Durham, NC 27705
Box 3350 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
vinod.prasad@duke.edu (919) 668-1100

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 1994 - 1999
- Resident, Pediatrics, Cornell University 1995 - 1996
- Senior House Officer, Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children (UK) 1989 - 1991
- Senior Resident, Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College (India) 1986 - 1989
- Junior Resident, Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College (India) 1986 - 1989
- Junior Resident, Pediatrics & Orthopedics, Maulana Azad Medical College (India) 1983
- Rotating Internship, Pediatrics & Orthopedics, Maulana Azad Medical College (India) 1982
- M.B.B.S., Maulana Azad Medical College (India) 1981
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics 2013 - 2015
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics 2011 - 2013
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics 2003 - 2010
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 12, 2013 WRAL.com
  
  Argentine boy heads home after stem cell transplant at Duke
Research
Selected Grants
- Transfusion Medicine and Hematology awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2021
- CMX001-333 Registry awarded by Chimerix, Inc. 2016 - 2020
- Bluebird Bio ALD-103 awarded by Bluebird Bio 2015 - 2019
- Brincidofovir CMX001-304 awarded by Chimerix, Inc. 2014 - 2017
- CMX001-305 Historical Control awarded by Chimerix, Inc. 2015 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Conference Papers
  - Allewelt, HB, Page, K, Taskindoust, M, Troy, JD, Wood, S, Parikh, S, Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Long-Term Functional Outcomes following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Krabbe Disease." March 2016. Full Text
  - Allewelt, HB, Patel, S, Prasad, VK, Kurtzberg, J, Driscoll, TA, Martin, PL, Page, K, and Parikh, S. "Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia: A Single Center Experience Demonstrates Excellent Outcomes Using Myeloablative Preparative Regimens." March 2016. Full Text
  - Kurtzberg, J, Prockop, SE, Prasad, VK, Chaudhury, S, Teira, P, Nemecek, ER, Horn, B, Burke, E, Hayes, J, and Skerrett, D. "Effect of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Remestemcel-L) on Clinical Response and Survival Confirmed in a Large Cohort of Pediatric Patients with Severe High-Risk Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease." March 2016. Full Text
  - Patel, S, Allewelt, HB, Martin, PL, Page, K, Driscoll, TA, Prasad, VK, Kurtzberg, J, and Parikh, S. "Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis." March 2016. Full Text
  - Detweiler, CJ, Sung, AD, Saullo, JL, Prasad, VK, and Cardona, DM. "Brincidofovir (CMX001) Toxicity: Another Potential Mimicker of Gastrointestinal Graft Versus Host Disease." February 2016. Link to Item
  - Detweiler, CJ, Sung, AD, Saullo, JL, Prasad, VK, and Cardona, DM. "Brincidofovir (CMX001) Toxicity: Another Potential Mimicker of Gastrointestinal Graft Versus Host Disease." February 2016. Link to Item
  - Grimley, M, Papanicolaou, G, Maron, G, Chittick, G, Brundage, T, Bae, A, Mommeja-Marin, H, Nichols, WG, and Prasad, VK. "Improved Outcomes in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (allo HCT) Patients Treated with Brincidofovir (CMX001, BCV) for Disseminated Adenovirus (AdV) Disease Compared to Literature: Updated Preliminary Results from the AdVise (CMX001-304) Study." March 2015. Link to Item
  - Grimley, MS, Marón, GM, Prasad, VK, Jacobsohn, DA, Young, J-AH, Chittick, G, Brundage, TM, and Momméja-Marin, H. "Preliminary Results from the AdVise Study Evaluating Brincidofovir (CMX001, BCV) for the Treatment of Disseminated and High-Risk Adenovirus (AdV) Infection." February 2015. Full Text
  - Kurtzberg, J, Prockop, SE, Prasad, VK, Chaudhury, S, Teira, P, Nemecek, E, Horn, B, Burke, E, Hayes, J, and Skerrett, D. "Treatment with Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Remestemcel-L) Is Effective in Pediatric Patients with Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease." February 2015. Full Text
  - McFarren, A, Smith, PB, Page, K, Allewelt, HB, Parikh, S, Driscoll, TA, Martin, PL, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Outcomes of Second Unrelated Donor Cord Blood Transplants (UCBT) Performed in Children with Graft Failure of Autologous Recovery Following the First UCBT." February 2015. Full Text
  - Aldenhoven, M, Orchard, P, Kurtzberg, J, Wynn, R, O'Meara, A, Veys, P, Fischer, A, Valayannopoulos, V, Neven, B, Rovelli, A, Prasad, VK, Tolar, J, Shapiro, E, Jones, S, Parini, R, Renard, M, Bordon, V, Poe, M, de Koning, T, Wraith, E, Escolar, M, and Boelens, J-J. "Predictors of Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Hurler Syndrome Patients after Successful Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: An International Study." February 2014. Full Text
  - Allewelt, HB, Martin, PL, Prasad, VK, Page, K, and Kurtzberg, J. "Late Effects in Infants and Young Children Following Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Using Busulfan-Based, Myeloablative Non-TBI Conditioning Regimens." February 2014. Full Text
  - Grimley, M, Prasad, VK, Kurtzberg, J, Chemaly, RF, Brundage, TM, Wilson, C, and Mommeja-Marin, H. "Twice-Weekly Brincidofovir (CMX001) Shows Promising Antiviral Activity in Immunocompromised Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Adenovirus Viremia." February 2014. Full Text
  - McFarren, A, Page, K, Parikh, S, Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia." February 2014. Full Text
  - Pidala, J, Lee, SJ, Spellman, SR, Wang, H, Ahn, KW, Aljurf, MD, Askar, M, Dehn, J, Fernandez Viña, MA, Gratwohl, A, Gupta, V, Hanna, R, Hurley, CK, Inamoto, Y, Kassim, AA, Nishihori, T, Oudshoorn, M, Petersdorf, EW, Prasad, VK, Saber, W, Schultz, KR, Wood, WA, Storek, J, Woolfrey, AE, and Anasetti, C. "HLA-Mismatch Is Associated with Worse Outcomes after Myeloablative Conditioning and Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Cibmtr Analysis." February 2014. Full Text
  - Prasad, VK, Grimley, M, Papanicolaou, G, Yu, LC, Florescu, DF, Brundage, TM, Mommeja-Marin, H, and Kurtzberg, J. "Brincidofovir (CMX001) Is Well Tolerated in Highly Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients." February 2014. Full Text
  - Prasad, VK, Mendizabal, A, Page, K, Parikh, S, Wishnew, J, Driscoll, TA, Martin, PL, and Kurtzberg, J. "Interplay of Recipient-Donor Matching for HLA, Race/Ethnicity and Gender on Long Term Outcomes in 365 Pediatric Recipients of Single 4/6 Matched Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) after Myeloablative Therapy." February 2014. Full Text
  - Pidala, J, Wang, T, Haagenson, MD, Spellman, S, Askar, M, Battiwalla, M, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Bitan, M, Fernandez-Vina, M, Gandhi, M, Jakubowski, AA, Maiers, M, Marino, SR, Marsh, SGE, Oudshoorn, M, Palmer, J, Prasad, VK, Reddy, V, Ringden, O, Saber, W, Santarone, S, Schultz, KR, Setterholm, M, Trachtenberg, E, Turner, V, Woolfrey, A, Lee, SJ, and Anasetti, C. "Amino Acid Substitution At Peptide-Binding Pockets of HLA Class I Molecules Adversely Impacts Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes." November 16, 2012. Link to Item
  - Pidala, J, Wang, T, Haagenson, MD, Spellman, S, Askar, M, Battiwalla, M, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Bitan, M, Fernandez-Vina, M, Gandhi, M, Jakubowski, AA, Maiers, M, Marino, SR, Marsh, SGE, Oudshoorn, M, Palmer, J, Prasad, VK, Reddy, V, Ringden, O, Saber, W, Santarone, S, Schultz, KR, Setterholm, M, Trachtenberg, E, Turner, V, Woolfrey, A, Lee, SJ, and Anasetti, C. "Amino Acid Substitution At Peptide-Binding Pockets of HLA Class I Molecules Adversely Impacts Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes." November 16, 2012. Link to Item
  - Kanda, J, Kaynar, L, Kanda, Y, Prasad, VK, Parikh, SH, Rizzieri, DA, Long, GD, Sullivan, KM, Gasparetto, C, Chute, JP, Morris, A, Winkel, S, McPherson, J, Kurtzberg, J, Chao, NJ, and Horwitz, ME. "USE OF CYCLOSPORINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASE IN PRE-ENGRAFTMENT SYNDROME AFTER MYELOABLATIVE DUAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION." February 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Desai, SR, Tewari, P, Whelan, M, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION." February 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mahadeo, KM, Parikh, SH, Driscoll, TA, Page, K, Szabolcs, P, Martin, PL, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "DURABLE ENGRAFTMENT AND CORRECTION OF GENETIC DEFECT IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL AMEGAKARYOCYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA FOLLOWING MYELOABLATIVE UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION." February 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Mendizabal, A, Tewari, P, Page, K, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, TA, Martin, PL, and Kurtzberg, J. "DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF HLA-A, -B, AND-DRB1 MISMATCHING IN RELATION TO OTHER VARIABLES ON THE OUTCOMES OF MYELOABLATIVE UNRELATED SINGLE DONOR UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION FROM 4/6 MATCHED UNITS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS." February 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tewari, P, Allison, J, Waters-Pick, B, Cash, JV, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "SUPPORTIVE CARE." February 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tewari, P, Wood, S, Martin, PL, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Page, KM, Driscoll, T, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Transplantation Following Myeloablative Cytoreduction Results in Excellent Survival, Long-Term Engraftment, and Donor Chimerism in Children with Chronic Granulomatous Disease Across Donor and Graft Sources." November 20, 2009. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Gill, P, Vinesett, R, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, TA, Page, KM, Wood, S, Semmel, D, Martin, PL, and Kurtzberg, J. "Single Donor 4/6 Matched Banked Unrelated Cord Blood Is An Effective Graft Source for Children Undergoing Myeloablative Transplantation for Malignant and Nonmalignant Disorders: Single Center Analysis of 318 Patients." November 16, 2008. Link to Item
  - Mohamed, A, Niedzwiecki, D, Baker, JH, Vinesett, R, Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, Prasad, VK, Parikh, S, Kurtzberg, J, and Szabolcs, P. "THE USE, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF DACLIZUMAB FOR STEROID REFRACTORY GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE (GVHD) AFTER UNRELATED CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION (UCBT)." February 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Page, KM, Mendizabel, A, Waters-Pick, B, Avrutsky, S, Reese, M, Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "POST THAW COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFU) IS A STRONG INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF ENGRAFTMENT AFTER UNRELATED DONOR UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION (UCBT)." February 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Mendizabal, A, Martin, PL, Szabolcs, P, Prasad, VK, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzberg, J. "OUTCOMES OF UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME." February 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Mendizabal, A, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, T, Page, K, Lakshbinarayanan, S, Allison, J, Wood, S, Semmel, D, Escolar, ML, Martin, PL, Carter, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "OUTCOMES OF UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION IN 159 YOUNG PATIENTS WITH PEROXISOMAL AND LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISORDERS AT A SINGLE CENTER." February 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, D-F, Prasad, VK, Broadwater, G, Clark, A, Rizzieri, DA, Chao, NJ, and Reinsmoen, NL. "RELEVANCE OF INHIBITORY AND ACTIVATING KIR AND HLA LIGAND ON OUTCOMES IN REDUCED INTENSITY HAPLOIDENTICAL PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS." 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Lucas, KG, Kleiner, GI, Talano, J-AM, Jacobsohn, D, Szaboles, P, Monroy, R, and Kurtzberg, J. "Use of mesenchymal stem cells to treat pediatric patients with severe (Grade III-IV) acute graft versus host disease refractory to steroid and other agents on a compassionate use basis." November 16, 2007. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Medizabal, A, Parikh, SH, Szaboles, P, Driscoll, TA, Page, K, Lakshminarayan, S, Allison, J, Wood, S, Semmell, D, Escolar, ML, Martin, PL, Carter, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "Analysis of the cellular components of the graft and clinical characteristics of 159 children with lysosomal and peroxisomal disorders (LSD) undergoing unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation at a single center." November 16, 2007. Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Martin, PL, Prasad, VK, Szaboles, P, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzbeig, J. "Outcomes of matched related donor bone marrow transplantation in pediatric patients with myelodysplastic syndrome." February 2007. Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Mendizabal, A, Martin, PL, Szaboles, P, Prasad, VK, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzberg, J. "Outcomes of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation in pediatric patients with myelodysplastic syndrome." February 2007. Link to Item
  - Szaboles, P, Martin, RL, Parikh, S, Prasad, VK, Vinesett, R, Escolar, ML, and Kurtzberg, J. "Chronic graft-versus host disease (GVHD) in children with mucopolysacharidoses (MPS) two years after unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT)." February 2007. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Wu, J, Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, Parikh, SH, Semmel, D, Moffet, J, Stafford, L, Shonkwiler, A, Carter, S, Szabolcs, P, and Kurtzberg, J. "Melphalan containing cytoreduction results in a good overall survival (OS) in pediatric patients with relapse or refractory AML undergoing unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT)." November 16, 2006. Link to Item
  - Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, Szabolcs, P, Parikh, SH, Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Busulfan/melphalan is an effective and well tolerated conditioning regimen for pediatric AML and MDS patients receiving a matched sibling bmt." February 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Chen, DF, Reinsmoen, NL, Broadwater, G, Chao, NJ, and Rizzieri, DA. "Impact of donor KIR genotype and recipient hla ligand incompatibility on relapse related mortality and acute graft versus host disease in high-risk patients undergoing haploidentical non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplants: Differences between lymphoid and myeloid malignancies." February 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Wu, J, Parikh, SH, Driscoll, TA, Szabolcs, P, Martin, PL, Carter, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "Single center experience of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBDT) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 97 pediatric patients: Impact of disease status and cytoreductive regimen." February 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lakshminarayanan, S, Szabolcs, P, Prasad, VK, Parikh, S, Allison, J, Wood, SJ, Escolar, M, and Kurtzberg, J. "Transplant outcomes and stabilization of neurological function in young children with MPS III (Sanfilippo syndrome) after unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation." November 16, 2005. Link to Item
  - Chen, DF, Prasad, VK, Broadwater, G, Rizzieri, DA, Chao, NJ, and Reinsmoen, NL. "Impact of donor KIR genotype and recipient HLA ligand incompatibility on relapse-related mortality in high-risk patients undergoing haploidentical non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplants: Differences between lymphoid and myelloid malignanc." November 2005. Link to Item
  - Richardson, P, Soiffer, RJ, Antin, JH, Jin, Z, Vredenburgh, JJ, Kurtzberg, J, Martin, PL, Hockenbery, D, Steinbach, G, Murray, KF, Vogelsang, GB, Chen, A, Krishnan, A, Prasad, VK, Warren, DL, Momtaz, P, Batchelder, A, Wei, LJ, Rifai, N, Bradwin, G, Iacobelli, M, McDonald, GB, and Guinan, EC. "Defibrotide (DF) is effective in the treatment of severe veno-occlusive disease (VOD) and multi-system organ failure (MOF) post stem cell transplantation (SCT): Results of a phase II, multicenter, randomized study." November 16, 2003. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Patel, SA, Allewelt, HA, Troy, JD, Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, Prasad, VK, Kurtzberg, J, Page, KM, and Parikh, SH. "Durable Chimerism and Long-Term Survival after Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Single-Center Experience." Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 23, no. 10 (October 2017): 1722-1728. Full Text
  - Iyer, S, Sharma, M, Kishore, P, Mathew, J, Vijayaraghavan, S, Ramu, J, Wakure, A, Reddy, R, Mali Chetan, S, Varma, V, Chaudhari, A, Dhake, S, Omkumar, A, and Prasad, V. "First two bilateral hand transplantations in India (Part 1): From vision to reality." Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery 50, no. 2 (May 1, 2017): 148-152. Full Text
  - Grimley, MS, Chemaly, RF, Englund, JA, Kurtzberg, J, Chittick, G, Brundage, TM, Bae, A, Morrison, ME, and Prasad, VK. "Brincidofovir for Asymptomatic Adenovirus Viremia in Pediatric and Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial." Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 23, no. 3 (March 2017): 512-521. Full Text
  - Kim, J, Sun, Z, Ezekian, B, Schooler, GR, Prasad, VK, Kurtzberg, J, Rice, HE, and Tracy, ET. "Gallbladder abnormalities in children with metachromatic leukodystrophy." The Journal of surgical research 208 (February 2017): 187-191. Full Text
  - Rieber, N, Gazendam, RP, Freeman, AF, Hsu, AP, Collar, AL, Sugui, JA, Drummond, RA, Rongkavilit, C, Hoffman, K, Henderson, C, Clark, L, Mezger, M, Swamydas, M, Engeholm, M, Schüle, R, Neumayer, B, Ebel, F, Mikelis, CM, Pittaluga, S, Prasad, VK, Singh, A, Milner, JD, Williams, KW, Lim, JK, Kwon-Chung, KJ, Holland, SM, Hartl, D, Kuijpers, TW, and Lionakis, MS. "Extrapulmonary Aspergillus infection in patients with CARD9 deficiency." JCI insight 1, no. 17 (October 20, 2016): e89890-. Full Text
  - Allewelt, H, El-Khorazaty, J, Mendizabal, A, Taskindoust, M, Martin, PL, Prasad, V, Page, K, Sanders, J, and Kurtzberg, J. "Late Effects after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Very Young Children after Busulfan-Based, Myeloablative Conditioning." Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 22, no. 9 (September 2016): 1627-1635. Full Text
  - Prasad, VK. "Bone Marrow Transplantation and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Inborn Errors of Metabolism." BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART A-CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TERATOLOGY 106, no. 5 (May 2016): 361-361. Link to Item
  - Hashmi, S, Ahmed, M, Murad, MH, Litzow, MR, Adams, RH, Ball, LM, Prasad, VK, Kebriaei, P, and Ringden, O. "Survival after mesenchymal stromal cell therapy in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease: systematic review and meta-analysis." The Lancet. Haematology 3, no. 1 (January 2016): e45-e52. Full Text
  - Mahadeo, KM, Tewari, P, Parikh, SH, Driscoll, TA, Page, K, Martin, PL, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Durable engraftment and correction of hematological abnormalities in children with congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia following myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation." Pediatric transplantation 19, no. 7 (November 2015): 753-757. Full Text
  - Gulack, BC, Schweitzer, M, Englum, BR, Kuchibhatla, M, Prasad, VK, and Adibe, OO. "Predictors of gastrostomy placement in children with inherited metabolic diseases treated by umbilical cord blood transplantation." Journal of pediatric surgery 50, no. 7 (July 2015): 1109-1111. Full Text
  - Aldenhoven, M, Wynn, RF, Orchard, PJ, O'Meara, A, Veys, P, Fischer, A, Valayannopoulos, V, Neven, B, Rovelli, A, Prasad, VK, Tolar, J, Allewelt, H, Jones, SA, Parini, R, Renard, M, Bordon, V, Wulffraat, NM, de Koning, TJ, Shapiro, EG, Kurtzberg, J, and Boelens, JJ. "Long-term outcome of Hurler syndrome patients after hematopoietic cell transplantation: an international multicenter study." Blood 125, no. 13 (March 2015): 2164-2172. Full Text
  - Pidala, J, Lee, SJ, Ahn, KW, Spellman, S, Wang, H-L, Aljurf, M, Askar, M, Dehn, J, Fernandez Viña, M, Gratwohl, A, Gupta, V, Hanna, R, Horowitz, MM, Hurley, CK, Inamoto, Y, Kassim, AA, Nishihori, T, Mueller, C, Oudshoorn, M, Petersdorf, EW, Prasad, V, Robinson, J, Saber, W, Schultz, KR, Shaw, B, Storek, J, Wood, WA, Woolfrey, AE, and Anasetti, C. "Nonpermissive HLA-DPB1 mismatch increases mortality after myeloablative unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation." Blood 124, no. 16 (October 2014): 2596-2606. Full Text
  - Page, KM, Mendizabal, A, Betz-Stablein, B, Wease, S, Shoulars, K, Gentry, T, Prasad, VK, Sun, J, Carter, S, Balber, AE, and Kurtzberg, J. "Optimizing donor selection for public cord blood banking: Influence of maternal, infant, and collection characteristics on cord blood unit quality." Transfusion 54, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 340-352. Full Text
  - Page, KM, Mendizabal, A, Betz-Stablein, B, Wease, S, Shoulars, K, Gentry, T, Prasad, VK, Sun, J, Carter, S, Balber, AE, and Kurtzberg, J. "Optimizing donor selection for public cord blood banking: influence of maternal, infant, and collection characteristics on cord blood unit quality." Transfusion 54, no. 2 (February 2014): 340-352. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK. "Stem-cell transplantation for chronic granulomatous disease." Lancet 383, no. 9915 (February 1, 2014): 390-392. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK. "Stem-cell transplantation for chronic granulomatous disease." The Lancet 383, no. 9915 (January 1, 2014): 390-392. Full Text
  - Pidala, J, Wang, T, Haagenson, M, Spellman, SR, Askar, M, Battiwalla, M, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Bitan, M, Fernandez-Viña, M, Gandhi, M, Jakubowski, AA, Maiers, M, Marino, SR, Marsh, SGE, Oudshoorn, M, Palmer, J, Prasad, VK, Reddy, V, Ringden, O, Saber, W, Santarone, S, Schultz, KR, Setterholm, M, Trachtenberg, E, Turner, EV, Woolfrey, AE, Lee, SJ, and Anasetti, C. "Amino acid substitution at peptide-binding pockets of HLA class I molecules increases risk of severe acute GVHD and mortality." Blood 122, no. 22 (November 21, 2013): 3651-3658. Full Text
  - Kanda, J, Kaynar, L, Kanda, Y, Prasad, VK, Parikh, SH, Lan, L, Shen, T, Rizzieri, DA, Long, GD, Sullivan, KM, Gasparetto, C, Chute, JP, Morris, A, Winkel, S, McPherson, J, Kurtzberg, J, Chao, NJ, and Horwitz, ME. "Pre-engraftment syndrome after myeloablative dual umbilical cord blood transplantation: risk factors and response to treatment." Bone Marrow Transplant 48, no. 7 (July 2013): 926-931. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boelens, JJ, Aldenhoven, M, Purtill, D, Ruggeri, A, Defor, T, Wynn, R, Wraith, E, Cavazzana-Calvo, M, Rovelli, A, Fischer, A, Tolar, J, Prasad, VK, Escolar, M, Gluckman, E, O'Meara, A, Orchard, PJ, Veys, P, Eapen, M, Kurtzberg, J, Rocha, V, Eurocord, , Inborn Errors Working Party of European Blood and Marrow Transplant group, , Duke University Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, , and Centre for International Blood and Marrow Research, . "Outcomes of transplantation using various hematopoietic cell sources in children with Hurler syndrome after myeloablative conditioning." Blood 121, no. 19 (May 9, 2013): 3981-3987. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kanda, J, Kaynar, L, Kanda, Y, Prasad, VK, Parikh, SH, Lan, L, Shen, T, Rizzieri, DA, Long, GD, Sullivan, KM, Gasparetto, C, Chute, JP, Morris, A, Winkel, S, McPherson, J, Kurtzberg, J, Chao, NJ, and Horwitz, ME. "Pre-engraftment syndrome after myeloablative dual umbilical cord blood transplantation: Risk factors and response to treatment." Bone Marrow Transplantation 48, no. 7 (2013): 926-931. Full Text
  - Schultz, RKR, Baker, KS, Boelens, JJ, Bollard, CM, Egeler, RM, Cowan, M, Ladenstein, R, Lankester, A, Locatelli, F, Lawitschka, A, Levine, JE, Loh, M, Nemecek, E, Niemeyer, C, Prasad, VK, Rocha, V, Shenoy, S, Strahm, B, Veys, P, Wall, D, Bader, P, Grupp, SA, Pulsipher, MA, and Peters, C. "Challenges and opportunities for international cooperative studies in pediatric hematopoeitic cell transplantation: Priorities of the westhafen intercontinental group." Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 19, no. 9 (2013): 1279-1287. Full Text
  - Rocha, V, Spellman, S, Zhang, M-J, Ruggeri, A, Purtill, D, Brady, C, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Baudoux, E, Bergamaschi, P, Chow, R, Freed, B, Koegler, G, Kurtzberg, J, Larghero, J, Lecchi, L, Nagler, A, Navarrette, C, Prasad, V, Pouthier, F, Price, T, Ratanatharathorn, V, van Rood, JJ, Horowitz, MM, Gluckman, E, Eapen, M, and Eurocord-European Blood and Marrow Transplant Group and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, . "Effect of HLA-matching recipients to donor noninherited maternal antigens on outcomes after mismatched umbilical cord blood transplantation for hematologic malignancy." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18, no. 12 (December 2012): 1890-1896. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tewari, P, Martin, PL, Mendizabal, A, Parikh, SH, Page, KM, Driscoll, TA, Malech, HL, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Myeloablative transplantation using either cord blood or bone marrow leads to immune recovery, high long-term donor chimerism and excellent survival in chronic granulomatous disease." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18, no. 9 (September 2012): 1368-1377. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, D-F, Prasad, VK, Broadwater, G, Reinsmoen, NL, DeOliveira, A, Clark, A, Sullivan, KM, Chute, JP, Horwitz, ME, Gasparetto, C, Long, GD, Yang, Y, Chao, NJ, and Rizzieri, DA. "Differential impact of inhibitory and activating Killer Ig-Like Receptors (KIR) on high-risk patients with myeloid and lymphoid malignancies undergoing reduced intensity transplantation from haploidentical related donors." Bone Marrow Transplant 47, no. 6 (June 2012): 817-823. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Lucas, KG, Kleiner, GI, Talano, JAM, Jacobsohn, D, Broadwater, G, Monroy, R, and Kurtzberg, J. "Efficacy and safety of ex vivo cultured adult human mesenchymal stem cells (Prochymal™) in pediatric patients with severe refractory acute graft-versus-host disease in a compassionate use study." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17, no. 4 (April 2011): 534-541. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boelens, JJ, Prasad, VK, Tolar, J, Wynn, RF, and Peters, C. "Current international perspectives on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders." Pediatr Clin North Am 57, no. 1 (February 2010): 123-145. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Cord blood and bone marrow transplantation in inherited metabolic diseases: scientific basis, current status and future directions." Br J Haematol 148, no. 3 (February 2010): 356-372. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Transplant outcomes in mucopolysaccharidoses." Semin Hematol 47, no. 1 (January 2010): 59-69. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Umbilical cord blood transplantation for non-malignant diseases." Bone Marrow Transplant 44, no. 10 (November 2009): 643-651. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Mendizabal, A, Martin, PL, Prasad, VK, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzberg, J. "Unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation in pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome: a single-center experience." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 15, no. 8 (August 2009): 948-955. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boelens, JJ, Rocha, V, Aldenhoven, M, Wynn, R, O'Meara, A, Michel, G, Ionescu, I, Parikh, S, Prasad, VK, Szabolcs, P, Escolar, M, Gluckman, E, Cavazzana-Calvo, M, Kurtzberg, J, EUROCORD, and Inborn error Working Party of EBMT and Duke University, . "Risk factor analysis of outcomes after unrelated cord blood transplantation in patients with hurler syndrome." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 15, no. 5 (May 2009): 618-625. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hwang, EI, Camitta, MGW, Vinesett, R, Mendizabal, A, Wood, S, Semmel, D, Page, K, Driscoll, TA, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Kurtzberg, J, and Prasad, VK. "PERICARDIAL EFFUSION FOLLOWING UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION: ANALYSIS IN A COHORT OF 423 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS TRANSPLANTED AT A SINGLE CENTER." BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 15, no. 2 (February 2009): 73-74. Full Text Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Mendizabal, A, Betz-Stablein, B, Martin, PL, Szabolcs, P, Prasad, VK, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzberg, J. "OUTCOMES OF UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES." BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 15, no. 2 (February 2009): 72-72. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Mendizabal, A, Gill, P, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, TA, Page, K, Wood, S, Semmel, D, Martin, PL, Carter, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION FROM A SINGLE 4/6 MATCHED UNIT IS AN EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT DIAGNOSES: GOOD SURVIVAL, LOW GRAFT FAILURE AND GRAFT-VS-HOST DISEASE IN A SINGLE CENTER ANALYSIS OF 314 PATIENTS." BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 15, no. 2 (February 2009): 27-27. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Chen, D-F, Broadwater, G, Reinsmoen, NL, Clark, A, Chao, NJ, and Rizzieri, DA. "Differential Impact of Inhibitory and Activating Killer Ig-Like Receptors and HLA Ligand on Outcomes of Transplantation for Myeloid and Lymphoid Malignancies." BLOOD 112, no. 11 (November 16, 2008): 1118-1118. Link to Item
  - Kurtzberg, J, Prasad, VK, Carter, SL, Wagner, JE, Baxter-Lowe, LA, Wall, D, Kapoor, N, Guinan, EC, Feig, SA, Wagner, EL, Kernan, NA, and COBLT Steering Committee, . "Results of the Cord Blood Transplantation Study (COBLT): clinical outcomes of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation in pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies." Blood 112, no. 10 (November 15, 2008): 4318-4327. Full Text Link to Item
  - Page, KM, Mendizabal, AM, Prasad, VK, Martin, PL, Parikh, S, Wood, S, Sempowski, GD, Szabolcs, P, and Kurtzberg, J. "Posttransplant autoimmune hemolytic anemia and other autoimmune cytopenias are increased in very young infants undergoing unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 14, no. 10 (October 2008): 1108-1117. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Mendizabal, A, Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Driscoll, TA, Page, K, Lakshminarayanan, S, Allison, J, Wood, S, Semmel, D, Escolar, ML, Martin, PL, Carter, S, and Kurtzberg, J. "Unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders in 159 pediatric patients from a single center: influence of cellular composition of the graft on transplantation outcomes." Blood 112, no. 7 (October 1, 2008): 2979-2989. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hollingsworth, CL, Frush, DP, Kurtzburg, J, and Prasad, VK. "Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the role of imaging." Radiology 248, no. 2 (August 2008): 348-365. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, and Kurtzberg, J. "Emerging trends in transplantation of inherited metabolic diseases." Bone Marrow Transplant 41, no. 2 (January 2008): 99-108. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Parikh, SH, Szabolcs, P, Prasad, VK, Lakshminarayanan, S, Martin, PL, Driscoll, TA, and Kurtzberg, J. "Correction of chronic granulomatous disease after second unrelated-donor umbilical cord blood transplantation." Pediatr Blood Cancer 49, no. 7 (December 2007): 982-984. Full Text Link to Item
  - Beam, D, Poe, MD, Provenzale, JM, Szabolcs, P, Martin, PL, Prasad, V, Parikh, S, Driscoll, T, Mukundan, S, Kurtzberg, J, and Escolar, ML. "Outcomes of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 13, no. 6 (June 2007): 665-674. Full Text Link to Item
  - Seo, SK, Regan, A, Cihlar, T, Lin, DC, Boulad, F, George, D, Prasad, VK, Kiehn, TE, and Polsky, B. "Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis in a bone marrow transplant recipient receiving antiviral maintenance: clinical and molecular evidence of drug resistance." Clin Infect Dis 33, no. 9 (November 1, 2001): e105-e108. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulad, F, Gillio, A, Small, TN, George, D, Prasad, V, Torok-Castanza, J, Regan, AD, Collins, N, Auerbach, AD, Kernan, NA, and O'Reilly, RJ. "Stem cell transplantation for the treatment of Fanconi anaemia using a fludarabine-based cytoreductive regimen and T-cell-depleted related HLA-mismatched peripheral blood stem cell grafts." Br J Haematol 111, no. 4 (December 2000): 1153-1157. Link to Item
  - Antunes, NL, Boulad, F, Prasad, V, Rosenblum, M, Lis, E, and Souweidane, M. "Rolandic encephalopathy and epilepsia partialis continua following bone marrow transplant." Bone Marrow Transplant 26, no. 8 (October 2000): 917-919. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Heller, G, Kernan, NA, O'Reilly, RJ, and Yang, SY. "The probability of HLA-C matching between patient and unrelated donor at the molecular level: estimations based on the linkage disequilibrium between DNA typed HLA-B and HLA-C alleles." Transplantation 68, no. 7 (October 15, 1999): 1044-1050. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Kernan, NA, Heller, G, O'Reilly, RJ, and Yang, SY. "DNA typing for HLA-A and HLA-B identifies disparities between patients and unrelated donors matched by HLA-A and HLA-B serology and HLA-DRB1." Blood 93, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 399-409. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Kernan, NA, Heller, G, O'Reilly, RJ, and Yang, SY. "HLA-C disparity between patients and unrelated donors matched for HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 alleles: impact of serological vs. DNA typing for HLA-A and -B loci." Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 5, no. 2 (1999): 77-85. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK. "HI.a-dqb1 disparity between patients and unrelated marrow donors (urd) matched for hla-a. -b, and -drb1 by dna typing." Experimental Hematology 26, no. 8 (1998): 691--.
  - Prasad, VK, Kim, IK, Farrington, K, and Bussel, JB. "TTP following ITP in an HIV-positive boy." J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 18, no. 4 (November 1996): 384-386. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Lewis, IJ, Aparicio, SR, Heney, D, Hale, JP, Bailey, CC, and Kinsey, SE. "Progressive glomerular toxicity of ifosfamide in children." Medical and Pediatric Oncology 27, no. 3 (September 1, 1996): 149-155. Full Text
  - Prasad, VK, Lewis, IJ, Aparicio, SR, Heney, D, Hale, JP, Bailey, CC, and Kinsey, SE. "Progressive glomerular toxicity of ifosfamide in children." Med Pediatr Oncol 27, no. 3 (September 1996): 149-155. Full Text Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, and Yang, SY. "Allele assignment for HLA-A, -B, and -C genes to the Tenth International Histocompatibility Workshop cell lines." Tissue Antigens 47, no. 6 (June 1996): 538-546. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Aronson, DC, Gerald, WL, Meyers, PA, and La Quaglia, MP. "Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia in infant antenatally exposed to steroids." Lancet 346, no. 8971 (August 5, 1995): 371-. (Letter) Link to Item
  - McClure, RJ, Prasad, VK, and Brocklebank, JT. "Treatment of hyperkalaemia using intravenous and nebulised salbutamol." Arch Dis Child 70, no. 2 (February 1994): 126-128. Link to Item
  - Prasad, VK, Corlett, SA, Abaasi, K, Heney, D, Lewis, I, and Chrystyn, H. "Ifosfamide enantiomers: pharmacokinetics in children." Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 34, no. 5 (1994): 447-449. Link to Item
  - Kumar, H, Aneja, S, Prasad, VK, Arora, SK, and Mullick, DN. "Tetanus neonatorum: clinico-epidemiological profile." Indian Pediatr 25, no. 11 (November 1988): 1054-1057. Link to Item

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