Department of Internal Medicine
Hematology Division

News and Announcements

• Dr. Guido Tricot (pictured at right), director of the Utah Blood/Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program here at the University of Utah, was recently featured in the University's Pulse newsletter in an article highlighting a new treatment for patients with multiple myeloma which increases the survival rate from 2.5 to 10 years. Dr. Tricot was also featured on local TV station KTVX's Good Things Utah in an interview airing Thursday February 7, 2008.
• Joining the Blood/Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program is Dr. Maurizio Zangari, who, as Director of Experimental Therapeutics here, brings over two decades of experience in cancer treatment and research.
  
• Dr. George Rodgers, a hematologist specializing in bleeding disorders here at the University of Utah, was recently interviewed on KUTV about von Willebrand disease, a relatively common inherited bleeding disorder affecting as many as 1 in 100 people.
• This year marks our second year as a Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology (CEMH). The CEMH supports research to identify genes and pathways involved in heme and metal metabolism. For more information on the University of Utah CEMH, please see their website.

The Division of Hematology

Who we are

Hematology, a subspecialty of Internal Medicine, involves the study of blood and blood-producing organs. At University Health Care, the Division of Hematology consists of twenty faculty members and over forty employees, including hematologists, Blood and Marrow Transplant physicians and research faculty. James P. Kushner, M.D., has been the Division Chief since 1987.

What we do

The goal of our physicians is to diagnose, treat or prevent diseases related to the blood or blood-producing organs. These diseases include both bleeding and clotting abnormalities, some of which, such as leukemia, are related to cancer. Our Blood and Marrow Transplant program performs transplants for treatment of assorted cancerous and non-cancerous diseases in both adults and children.

Our faculty also educate future generations of hematologists and scientists through an introductory hematology organ systems course for medical students, residency and fellowship training for medical school graduates, and courses in basic hematological science for both PhDs and MDs. Training grants are also available which provide training for six post-doctorate trainees and support for five graduate students.

Currently, the Hematology research program includes both clinical trials and basic science research, with grants totaling over $3,200,000 in annual awards.

Where we are located

Hematology research labs are located at the University's upper campus, primarily at the School of Medicine and Wintrobe buildings. Inpatient and outpatient Hematology services are through the clinic on the second floor of the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. Our Blood and Marrow Transplant program, in collaboration with Primary Children's Medical Center, performs transplants for children and adults at the University Hospital.