Blood Disorders Center
Pediatric
blood disorders include a wide range of conditions that affect red blood cells,
white blood cells, and platelets, as well as blood proteins related to bleeding
and clotting disorders. Some of these conditions are inherited and passed down
from parents who carry the abnormal (mutated) gene. Others are acquired.
Children
with blood disorders are treated through the Blood Disorders Center at
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, an integrated
pediatric hematology and oncology partnership between Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute and Boston Children's Hospital.
Our multidisciplinary approach to care ensures personalized management plans that
meet the medical, physical, emotional, and informational needs of each
hematology patient and family. Our hematology team integrates expertise from:
- Highly skilled and experienced pediatric hematologists, pediatric hematology nurse practitioners, and nurses
- Experts from every pediatric medical subspecialty, including immunologists and hematopathologists (pathologists specializing in childhood blood disorders), among others
- Social workers, child life specialists, psychologists, and clinical dietitians who provide supportive care before, during, and after treatment
Types of Blood
Disorders We Treat
Red blood cell and iron disorders
White blood cell disorders
Bone marrow failure syndromes
Bleeding disorders
Thrombosis and anticoagulation disorders
- Antithrombin deficiency
- Factor V Leiden
- Protein C deficiency
- Protein S deficiency
- Prothrombin gene mutation
- Stroke
- Thrombosis
Autoimmune blood cell disorders
Other blood disorders
Specialized
Treatment Programs for Childhood Blood Disorders
Please
visit the Boston Children’s Hospital website to learn more about our Blood Disorders Center, including information about: