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Naomi L. Luban, MD
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Center of Excellence, Departments, and Programs
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Division Chief, Laboratory Medicine
Hematology
Director, Blood Donor Center
Children’s Research Institute (CRI)
Center for Clinical and Community Research
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Specialties: Hemophilia, Anemia (hemolytic), Thrombophilia and Thrombotic (Clotting) Disorders, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP)
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| Board Certifications |
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
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| Foreign Languages |
German |
National Provider Identifier
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| Practice Locations |
Children's National Medical Center - Main Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-476-5000
 
Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders of Northern Virginia
6565 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: 703-531-DOCS (3627)
703-531-1590 (fax)
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| Biography |
Naomi L. Luban, MD, is chief of the Division of Laboratory Medicine, director of the Blood Donor Center, associate program director for the General Clinical Research Center, and vice chair for Faculty Affairs at Children's National. She has been an attending physician at Children’s National Medical Center for more than 30 years.
Dr. Luban has published more than 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 40 book chapters. She has edited seven texts in pediatric transfusion medicine and is an editorial board member for Transfusion and the American Journal of Hematology. In addition, Dr. Luban is a peer reviewer for Transfusion, JAMA, Immunohematology, The Journal of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Blood and Cancer, among others.
Currently, Dr. Luban is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Chair of the Committee on Blood Disorders in Childhood of the American Society of Hematology, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Her clinical interests are focused in inherited platelet disorders and hemophilia.
Dr. Luban lives in Maryland and has two children.
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| Education |
| Type | School | Location | Degree | Field of Study | Years | | Undergraduate Education | Connecticut College | | | BA | 1964 -1968 | | Medical School | Mt. Sinai School of Medicine | | | | 1968 -1972 |
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| Training |
| Type | Institution | Location | Position | Specialty | Years | | Fellowship Program | Cornell Medical Center/New York Hospital | New York, NY | | | | | Internship Program | Children's National Medical Center | Washington, DC | Intern | Straight Pediatrics | 1972 - 1973 | | Residency Program | Children's National Medical Center | Washington, DC | Resident | Pediatric | 1973 - 1974 | | Fellowship Program | New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center | New York, NY | Fellow | | 1974 - 1976 |
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| National and International Recognition |
| Award | Institution | Event | Year | | Best Doctors in America | | Honors Edition | 2008 | | Marquis Who’s Who of American Women | | Honors Edition | 2007 | | Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians | | Honors Edition | 2006 | | Richard J. Davey Award | National Institutes of Health | | 2005 |
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| Affiliations and Memberships |
| Title | Institution | Committee / Section | Years | | Chair | American Society of Pediatric Hematology | Scientific Committee on Pediatric Hematology | 2005 - 2009 | | Consultant | National Institutes of Health | Stroke Prevention Trial I and II | 1989 - 2009 | | Member | American Pediatric Society | | | | Member | Society of Pediatric Research | | |
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| Publications |
Journal Article, Tatari-Calderone, Z., Minniti, C.P., Kratovil, T., Stojakovic, M., Vollmer, A., Barjaktarevic, I., Zhang, E., Hoang, A., Luban, N.L., Vukmanovic, S. (2009), rs660 polymorphism in Ro52 (SSA1; TRIM21) is a marker for age-dependent tolerance induction and efficiency of alloimmunization in sickle cell disease, Molecular Immunology.
Journal Article, Hassell, K., Pace, B., Wang, W., Kulkarni, R., Luban, N., Johnson, C.S., Eckman, J., Lane, P., Woods, W.G. (2009), Sickle cell disease summit: from clinical and research disparity to action, American Journal of Hematology, 84, 1 , 39-45.
Journal Article, Luban, N.L. (2008), Management of anemia in the newborn, Early Human Development, 84, 8 , 493-498.
Journal Article, Hillyer, C.D., Blumberg, N., Glynn, S.A., Ness, P.M. (2008), Transfusion recipient epidemiology and outcomes research: possibilities for the future , Transfusion, 48, 8 , 1530-1537.
Journal Article, Slonin, A.D., Luban, N.L. (2008), Too much, too little, too soon, too late? Transfusion and long-term survival in children, Transfusion, 48, 5 , 796-798.
Journal Article, Fasano, R., Luban, N.L. (2008), Blood component therapy, Pediatric Clinics of North America, 55, 2 , 421-445.
Journal Article, Slonim, A.D., Joseph, J.G., Turenne, W.M., Sharangpani, A., Luban, N.L. (2008), Blood transfusions in children: a multi-institutional analysis of practices and complications, Transfusion, 48, 1 , 73-80.
Conference Presentation - Poster, Luban, N. (2008), Transfusion Issues for SWITCH: Stroke with transfusions changing to hydroxyurea. , Poster session presented at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Conference Presentation - Poster, Luban, N. (2007), Selection of Blood and Blood Products. Best Practices in Transfusion Medicine for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Poster session presented at the National Sickle Cell Disease Program, Washington, DC
Conference Presentation - Poster, Luban, N. (2007), Sickle Cell Disease: From Bench to Bedside to Prevention, Poster session presented at the The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
For a more comprehensive list of publications for Naomi Luban, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database |
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