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Naynesh R. Kamani, MD

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

Departments
Allergy and Immunology


Children’s Research Institute (CRI)
Center for Cancer and Immunology Research
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Specialties: Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bone Marrow Harvests, Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes , Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease
Board CertificationsAmerican Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Foreign LanguagesAmharic, Gujarati
National Provider Identifier1528146727
E-Mail
Service LocationsChildren's National Medical Center - Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
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Phone: 202-476-5000
Biography

Naynesh R. Kamani, MD, is chair of the Institutional Review Board and medical director of the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects at Children’s National. Prior to taking his current positions, Dr. Kamani was chief of the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Immunology.

Dr. Kamani is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and a member of the Executive Committee of the NMDP Board of Directors.

His research interests include hematopoietic cell transplants for non-malignant diseases, primary immune deficiencies, and immune reconstitution.
Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Undergraduate Education Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1968 -1970
Medical School Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDoctor of Medicine 1970 -1975

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Residency Program King's County Hospital Brooklyn, NYResident Pediatrics 1979 - 1981
Fellowship Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAFellow Pediatric Allergy/Immun & BMT 1981 - 1983
National & International Recognitions
AwardInstitutionEventYear
Top DoctorsNorthern Virginia Magazine2013
Top DoctorsU.S. News and World Report2011
Super DoctorsWashington Post Magazine2011

Affiliations and Memberships
TitleInstitutionCommittee / SectionYears
MemberAmerican Society of Hematology2002 - 2009
MemberAmerican Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation1995 - 2009
MemberClinical Immunology Society1988 - 2009
ChairPediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant ConsortiumNon-malignant Diseases Strategy Group1997 - 2007
Secretary/TreasurerPediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium1999 - 2001
Research
TitleStudy NameInstitutionYears
InvestigatorBMT-CTN 0601 Study of Unrelated Donor BMT for children with sickle cell disease- SCURT TrialNational Heart, Lung and Blood Institute2008 - 2012
Principal InvestigatorRole of Peritransplant immunosuppression on the outcome of stem cell transplantation for the primary immune deficienciesNational Institutes of Health2000 - 2006
Read more about the research interests of Naynesh R. Kamani
Publications
Journal Article, Bray RA, Hurley C, Kamani NR, Woolfrey A, Mueller C, Spellman S, Setterholm M, Confer DL (2008), National Marrow Donor Program HLA matching Guidelines for Unrelated Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplants, Biology of Blood & Marrow Transplantation, 14, 9, 44-53.

Journal Article, Perez-Albuerne ED, Eapen M, Klein JP, Gross TG, Lipton JM, Baker KS, Woolfrey AE, Kamani NR (2008), Outcome of unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for children with severe aplastic anemia, British Journal of Haematology, 141, 216-223.

Journal Article, Kamani N, Spellman S, Hurley CK, Barker JN, Smith FO, Oudshoorn M, Bray R, Smith A, Williams TM, Logan B, Eapen M, Anasetti C, Setterholm M, Confer DL (2008), State of the Art Review: HLA matching and Outcome of Unrelated Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants, Biology of Blood & Marrow Transplantation, 14, 1, 1-6.

Journal Article, Unguru Y, Coppes MJ, Kamani N (2008), Rethinking Pediatric Assent: From requirement to Ideal, Pediatric Clinics of North America, 55, 211-222.

Journal Article, Choi M, Rood B, Kamani N, Lafond D, Packer RJ, Santi MR, MacDonald TJ (2008), Feasibility of Metronomic Maintenance Chemotherapy Following High-Dose Chemotherapy for Malignant Central Nervous System Tumors in Children < 5 Years of Age, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 50, 970-975.

Journal Article, Rao A, Kamani N, Filipovich A, Lee S, Davies SM, Dalal J, and Shenoy S (2007), Successful bone marrow transplantation for IPEX syndrome following reduced intensity conditioning, Blood, 109, 383-385.

Journal Article, Kollman C, Howe CWS, Anasetti C, Antin JH, Davies SM, Filipovich AH, Hegland J, Kamani N, Kernan NA, King R, Ratanatharathorn V, Weisdorf D, Confer DL (2001), Donor characteristics as risk factors in recipients after transplantation of bone marrow from unrelated donors: the effect of donor age, Blood, 98, 2043-2051.

Journal Article, Kamani, N, Kattamis, A, Carroll, A, Campbell, DC, Bunin, N (2000), Immune reconstitution following autologous purged bone marrow transplantation in children, Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 22, 13-19.

Journal Article, Kamani NR, August CS, Bunin N, Bayever E, Leahey A, Goldwein J, Zusman J, Evans AE, D'Angio GJ (1996), A study of thiotepa, etoposide and fractionated total body irradiation as a preparative regimen for bone marrow transplantation in poor prognosis neuroblastoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, 17, 911-916.

Journal Article, Kamani, N.R. (1996), Autotransplants in neuroblastoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, 17, 301-304.


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