Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy

Mitchell Eric Horwitz, MD

Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center
Campus mail 2400 Pratt St Suite 5000, DUMC Box 3961, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 668-1000
Email address mitchell.horwitz@duke.edu

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation using umbilical cord blood grafts; Allogenic stem cell transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease; Prevention of acute graft versus host disease through donor stem cell graft manipulation; Improving immune recovery following alternative donor stem cell transplantation using donor graft manipulation or third party thymus transplantation.

In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Northwestern University, 1992 - 1995
  • M.D., Rush University, 1992

Grants

Publications

Smith, Patrick J., Meagan Lew, Yen Lowder, Kristi Romero, Jillian C. Thompson, Lauren Bohannon, Alyssa Pittman, et al. “Cognitive impairment in candidates for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.” In Bone Marrow Transplant, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-021-01470-z.

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34667271
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Herrera, Alex F., Kwang Woo Ahn, Carlos Litovich, Yue Chen, Amer Assal, Qaiser Bashir, Ruthee-Lu Bayer, et al. “Autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma-type Richter syndrome.” Blood Adv 5, no. 18 (September 28, 2021): 3528–39. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004865.

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Islam, Prioty, Helen Tang, Haesu Jin, Felicia Cao, Lauren M. Bohannon, Yi Ren, Nelson J. Chao, et al. “Female Sex Is Associated with Improved Long-Term Survival Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.” Transplant Cell Ther 27, no. 9 (September 2021): 784.e1-784.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.06.012.

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Bohannon, Lauren, Helen Tang, Kristin Page, Yi Ren, Sin-Ho Jung, Alexandra Artica, Anne Britt, et al. “Decreased Mortality in 1-Year Survivors of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant vs. Matched Related or Matched Unrelated Donor Transplant in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies.” Transplant Cell Ther 27, no. 8 (August 2021): 669.e1-669.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.05.002.

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Koning, Coco de, Weiyang Tao, Amelia Lacna, Karin van Veghel, Mitchell E. Horwitz, Guillermo Sanz, Madan H. Jagasia, et al. “Lymphoid and myeloid immune cell reconstitution after nicotinamide-expanded cord blood transplantation.” Bone Marrow Transplantation, July 26, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-021-01417-4.

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Ponce, Doris M., Ioannis Politikos, Amin Alousi, Paul A. Carpenter, Filippo Milano, Margaret L. MacMillan, Juliet N. Barker, Mitchell E. Horwitz, and Mitchell E. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Cord Blood Special Interest Group. “Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Graft-versus-Host Disease after Cord Blood Transplantation.” Transplant Cell Ther 27, no. 7 (July 2021): 540–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.03.012.

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34210500
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Horwitz, Mitchell E., Patrick Joseph Stiff, Corey S. Cutler, Claudio G. Brunstein, Rabi Hanna, Richard T. Maziarz, Andrew R. Rezvani, et al. “Omidubicel Versus Standard Myeloablative Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: Results of a Phase III Randomized Study.” Blood, June 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021011719.

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Pabon, Cindy M., Zhiguo Li, Therese Hennig, Carlos de Castro, Jadee L. Neff, Mitchell E. Horwitz, Thomas W. LeBlanc, et al. “Morphologic leukemia-free state in acute myeloid leukemia is sufficient for successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.” Blood Cancer J 11, no. 5 (May 16, 2021): 92. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00481-9.

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Giri, Vinay K., Kristin G. Kegerreis, Yi Ren, Lauren M. Bohannon, Erica Lobaugh-Jin, Julia A. Messina, Anita Matthews, et al. “Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Reduces the Incidence of Bloodstream Infections in Adults Undergoing Inpatient Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.” Transplant Cell Ther 27, no. 3 (March 2021): 262.e1-262.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.01.004.

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Racioppi, Alessandro, Tara Dalton, Sendhilnathan Ramalingam, Kristi Romero, Yi Ren, Lauren Bohannon, Consuelo Arellano, et al. “Assessing the Feasibility of a Novel mHealth App in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients.” Transplant Cell Ther 27, no. 2 (February 2021): 181.e1-181.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2020.10.017.

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33830035
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