St. Christopher’s is designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services as a regional leader in specialty care for newborns and children with hemophilia or hemoglobinopathies in the eastern half of Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. St. Christopher’s also cares for children with other common or rare blood disorders of red blood cells, platelets, clotting factors or white blood cells.
The Hematology Program provides children with medical care, psychological and social services through the Marian Anderson Sickle Cell Care and Research Center. The Center provides acute care, routine follow-up care, genetic counseling, patient and family education and counseling, and school and vocational assistance for children of all ages with sickle cell disease. The Center is one of only 10 sickle cell centers in the country funded by the National Institutes of Health for its recognized excellence in patient care and research.
Researchers at the Center are testing new medications and treatments for sickle cell pain and are sponsoring numerous research programs to develop a better understanding of this complex disease. New programs are also being developed to help patients reach their fullest potential as individuals, and to support the special needs of families with infants with sickle cell disease.
Appointments: 215-427-5096
Lewis L. Hsu, MD, PhD
Interim Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Special Training:
Residency: Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Fellowship: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Staff Appointment: 2003
Special Interests: Sickle cell disease
Appointments: 215-427-5096
Lori Luck, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
Special Training:
Residency: Wayne State University/Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, CA
Staff Appointment: 2004
Special Interests: Sickle cell disease
Appointments: 215-427-5096
Nkechi Mba, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Nigeria, School of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria; St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
Special Training:
Residency: Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), East Meadow, NY
Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Staff Appointment: 2004
Special Interests: Sickle cell disease
Appointments: 215-427-5096
Frank E. Shafer, MD
Director, General Hematology, Thalassemia and Hemophilia Clinical Programs
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Special Training:
Residency: University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO
Fellowship: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Staff Appointment: 1994
Special Interests: Sickle cell disease, thalassemia, laboratory analysis and newborn screening of hemoglobinopathies, general pediatric hematology (thrombocytopenia, anemia, neutropenia, bleeding disorders)
Appointments: 215-427-5096