School of Medicine Homepage
Emory University Shield
  • About
    • Our Vision
    • Academic Departments
    • Our Leadership
    • Health Care Partnerships
    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Location
    • Supporting Our People
    • Our Faculty
    • History
    • News
    • Events
    • Contact Us
  • Education
    • Degree and Certificate Programs
    • Academic Departments
    • Residents & Fellows
    • Postdoctoral Training
    • Continuing Medical Education
    • Admissions
    • Cost and Financial Aid
    • Student Resources
  • Research
    • Research Innovation
    • Conducting Research
    • Core Facilities
    • Research Centers
    • Research Training
    • Academic Departments
    • Find a Researcher
    • Research News
  • Clinical Experience
    • Where We Work
    • Caring for a Diverse Population
    • Faculty Clinical Experience
    • Advanced Patient Care
    • Academic Departments
    • Community Learning
  • Giving
  • Directory

Directory section navigation

  • Faculty Profiles

Emory University School of Medicine

  • About
    • Sub link
      Our Vision
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Our Leadership
    • Sub link
      Health Care Partnerships
    • Sub link
      Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Sub link
      Location
    • Sub link
      Supporting Our People
    • Sub link
      Our Faculty
    • Sub link
      History
    • Sub link
      News
    • Sub link
      Events
    • Sub link
      Contact Us
  • Education
    • Sub link
      Degree and Certificate Programs
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Residents & Fellows
    • Sub link
      Postdoctoral Training
    • Sub link
      Continuing Medical Education
    • Sub link
      Admissions
    • Sub link
      Cost and Financial Aid
    • Sub link
      Student Resources
  • Research
    • Sub link
      Research Innovation
    • Sub link
      Conducting Research
    • Sub link
      Core Facilities
    • Sub link
      Research Centers
    • Sub link
      Research Training
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Find a Researcher
    • Sub link
      Research News
  • Clinical Experience
    • Sub link
      Where We Work
    • Sub link
      Caring for a Diverse Population
    • Sub link
      Faculty Clinical Experience
    • Sub link
      Advanced Patient Care
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Community Learning
  • Giving
  • Directory
  • Home School of Medicine Home
  • Directory

Profile

Carlos Alvarado MD

  • Department of Pediatrics
    Professor Emeritus
  • (404) 785-0908
  • calvara@emory.edu
Head shot of Carlos Alvarado

Research

Publications

  • Bexarotene is active against subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma in adult and pediatric populations.
    Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk Volume: 12 Page(s): 20 - 25
    02/01/2012 Authors: Mehta N; Wayne AS; Kim YH; Hale GA; Alvarado CS; Myskowski P; Jaffe ES; Busam KJ; Pulitzer M; Zwerner J
  • Expression and functional role of inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein livin (BIRC7) in neuroblastoma.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun Volume: 400 Page(s): 53 - 59
    09/10/2010 Authors: Dasgupta A; Alvarado CS; Xu Z; Findley HW
  • PHA665752, a small-molecule inhibitor of c-Met, inhibits hepatocyte growth factor-stimulated migration and proliferation of c-Met-positive neuroblastoma cells.
    BMC Cancer Volume: 9 Page(s): 411
    11/25/2009 Authors: Crosswell HE; Dasgupta A; Alvarado CS; Watt T; Christensen JG; De P; Durden DL; Findley HW
  • Anaplastic large cell neuroblastoma.
    Pediatr Dev Pathol Volume: 12 Page(s): 1 - 5
    01/01/2009 Authors: Abramowsky CR; Katzenstein HM; Alvarado CS; Shehata BM
  • Tissue factor/FVIIa activates Bcl-2 and prevents doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells.
    BMC Cancer Volume: 8 Page(s): 69
    03/06/2008 Authors: Fang J; Gu L; Zhu N; Tang H; Alvarado CS; Zhou M
  • Topotecan is active against Wilms' tumor: results of a multi-institutional phase II study.
    Volume: 25 Page(s): 3130 - 3136
    07/20/2007 Authors: Metzger ML; Stewart CF; Freeman BB; Billups CA; Hoffer FA; Wu J; Coppes MJ; Grant R; Chintagumpala M; Mullen EA
  • Expression of hepatocyte growth factor and tissue factor in neuroblastoma tumor biopsies
    Volume: 66
    04/01/2006 Authors: Dasgupta A; Fang J; Gu L; Alvarado CS; Zhou M; Woods WG; Findley HW
  • Loss of PTEN expression induces tissue factor expression and resistance to doxorubicin in neuroblastoma
    Volume: 66
    04/01/2006 Authors: Fang J; Gu L; Zhu N; Findley HW; Alvarado CS; Zhou M
  • Expression of Livin, a novel member of the Inhibitor-of-Apoptosis Protein (IAP) family, in neuroblastoma: Possible prognostic significance
    Volume: 66
    04/01/2006 Authors: Dasgupta A; Gu L; Alvarado CS; Zhou M; Findley HW
  • Expression of inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein (IAP) livin in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells.
    Volume: 106 Page(s): 210B - 210B
    11/16/2005 Authors: Dasgupta A; Gu LB; Alvarado CS; Zhou MX; Findley HW
  • Expression of inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein (IAP) livin by neuroblastoma cells: correlation with prognostic factors and outcome.
    Pediatr Dev Pathol Volume: 8 Page(s): 621 - 629
    01/01/2005 Authors: Kim D-K; Alvarado CS; Abramowsky CR; Gu L; Zhou M; Soe M-M; Sullivan K; George B; Schemankewitz E; Findley HW
  • Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: a cause of chronic splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and cytopenias in children-report on diagnosis and management of five patients.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer Volume: 43 Page(s): 164 - 169
    08/01/2004 Authors: Alvarado CS; Straus SE; Li S; Dale JK; Mann K; Le A; Lauer SJ
  • "Hamartoma" of the spleen (splenoma) in children.
    Pediatr Dev Pathol Volume: 7 Page(s): 231 - 236
    01/01/2004 Authors: Abramowsky C; Alvarado C; Wyly JB; Ricketts R
  • The diagnosis of Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia type II in an infant with severe anemia and hepatosplenomegaly
    Volume: 53 Page(s): 297A - 297A
    04/01/2003 Authors: Kotzbauer D; Radhi M; Alvarado C
  • Unacceptable toxicity associated with recombinant human interleukin-II (rhIL-11) therapy in children with severe aplastic anemia
    Volume: 100 Page(s): 20B - 20B
    11/16/2002 Authors: Hord J; Blatt J; Rogers Z; Dinndorf P; Alvarado C
  • Phototherapy-induced second-degree burn and severe hemolytic anemia in an African-American male infant with congenital erytropoietic porphyria (CEP)
    PEDIATRIC RESEARCH Volume: 51 Page(s): 260A - 260A
    04/01/2002 Authors: Radhi M; Kotzhauer D; Romero R; Gibbons T; Alvarado CS
  • Hemoglobin H hydrops fetalis due to compound heterozgozity for double alpha gene deletion and point mutation at codon 59, GGC-> GAC (gly-> Asp) of an alpha(2) gene in an infant of Asian descent.
    BLOOD Volume: 98 Page(s): 22B - 22B
    11/16/2001 Authors: Hewes LB; Alvarado CS; Holley LL; Gomez K; Dykes F; Kutlar A; Kutlar F
  • Fatal pediatric lead poisoning - New Hampshire, 2000 (Reprinted from MMWR, vol 50, pg 457-459, 2001)
    JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Volume: 286 Page(s): 38 - 39
    07/04/2001 Authors: Caron RM; DiPentima R; Alvarado C; Alexakos P; Filiano J; Gilson T; Greenblatt J; Robinson G; Twitchell N; Speikers L
  • Natural history and biology of stage A neuroblastoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Volume: 22 Page(s): 197 - 205
    01/01/2000 Authors: Alvarado CS; London WB; Look AT; Brodeur GM; Altmiller DH; Thorner PS; Joshi VV; Rowe ST; Nash MB; Smith EI
  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma and ovarian teratoma.
    Pediatr Radiol Volume: 29 Page(s): 901 - 903
    12/01/1999 Authors: Kiziltepe TT; Patrick E; Alvarado C; Parker P; Winn K
  • Prevalence of myeloperoxidase gene expression in infant acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Am J Clin Pathol Volume: 110 Page(s): 575 - 581
    11/01/1998 Authors: Austin GE; Alvarado CS; Austin ED; Hakami N; Zhao WG; Chauvenet A; Borowitz MJ; Carroll AJ
  • Prognostic significance of age, MYCN oncogene amplification, tumor cell ploidy, and histology in 110 infants with stage D(S) neuroblastoma: the pediatric oncology group experience--a pediatric oncology group study.
    J Clin Oncol Volume: 16 Page(s): 2007 - 2017
    06/01/1998 Authors: Katzenstein HM; Bowman LC; Brodeur GM; Thorner PS; Joshi VV; Smith EI; Look AT; Rowe ST; Nash MB; Holbrook T
  • Myeloperoxidase gene expression in infant leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.
    Leuk Lymphoma Volume: 29 Page(s): 145 - 160
    03/01/1998 Authors: Alvarado CS; Austin GE; Borowitz MJ; Shuster JJ; Carroll AJ; Austin ED; Zhou M; Zaki SR; Pullen J
  • Effective adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: a final update of a long-term prospective study in a single institution.
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Volume: 20 Page(s): 131 - 135
    01/01/1998 Authors: Ghim TT; Briones M; Mason P; Crocker I; Davis P; Bell B; Vega R; Corden B; Meacham L; Alvarado CS
  • Chemotherapy for patients with recurrent or refractory neuroblastoma: a POG Phase II study.
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Volume: 19 Page(s): 62 - 67
    01/01/1997 Authors: Alvarado CS; Kretschmar C; Joshi VV; Toledano S; Cantor A; Strother D; Nitschke R; Castleberry RP
  • Myeloperoxidase (MPO) gene expression in infant leukemia: A pediatric oncology group (POG) study.
    BLOOD Volume: 86 Page(s): 1306 - 1306
    11/15/1995 Authors: Alvarado CS; Austin GE; Borowitz M; Shuster J; Zaki S; Hakam N; Pullen J
  • Cisplatin in children: hearing loss correlates with iris and skin pigmentation.
    J Laryngol Otol Volume: 109 Page(s): 926 - 929
    10/01/1995 Authors: Todd NW; Alvarado CS; Brewer DB
  • MYELOPEROXIDASE MESSENGER-RNA AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN LYMPHOBLASTS OF INFANT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA
    LABORATORY INVESTIGATION Volume: 70 Page(s): A102 - A102
    01/01/1994 Authors: AUSTIN GE; ALVARADO C; ZAKI SR; GREER PW; RACINE M; ZHANG W; ZHAO WG; AUSTIN ED
  • Disseminated histoplasmosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum in an immunocompromised adolescent after exploration of a bat cave.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J Volume: 12 Page(s): 102 - 104
    01/01/1993 Authors: Gordon SM; Reines SS; Alvarado CS; Nolte F; Keyserling HL; Bryan J
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Down's syndrome is highly responsive to chemotherapy: experience on Pediatric Oncology Group AML Study 8498.
    Blood Volume: 80 Page(s): 2210 - 2214
    11/01/1992 Authors: Ravindranath Y; Abella E; Krischer JP; Wiley J; Inoue S; Harris M; Chauvenet A; Alvarado CS; Dubowy R; Ritchey AK
  • Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in infants with t(1;22)(p13;q13) abnormality.
    Am J Clin Pathol Volume: 98 Page(s): 214 - 221
    08/01/1992 Authors: Chan WC; Carroll A; Alvarado CS; Phillips S; Gonzalez-Crussi F; Kurczynski E; Pappo A; Emami A; Bowman P; Head DR
  • ACUTE MEGAKARYOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN INFANCY WITH T(1-22) (P13, Q13) ABNORMALITY
    LABORATORY INVESTIGATION Volume: 66 Page(s): A76 - A76
    01/01/1992 Authors: CHAN WC; CARROLL A; ALVARADO CS; PHILLIPS S; GONZALEZCRUSSI F; KURCZYNSKI E; PAPPO A; EMAMI A; BOWMAN P; HEAD DR
  • The t(1;22) (p13;q13) is nonrandom and restricted to infants with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.
    Blood Volume: 78 Page(s): 748 - 752
    08/01/1991 Authors: Carroll A; Civin C; Schneider N; Dahl G; Pappo A; Bowman P; Emami A; Gross S; Alvarado C; Phillips C
  • Toxicity of high-dose cytosine arabinoside in the treatment of advanced childhood tumors resistant to conventional therapy. A Pediatric Oncology Group study.
    Cancer Volume: 66 Page(s): 2064 - 2067
    11/15/1990 Authors: Tebbi CK; Krischer J; Fernbach DJ; Mahoney DH; Alvarado C; Camitta B
  • Phase II trial of trimetrexate in the treatment of recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.
    J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 82 Page(s): 1641 - 1642
    10/17/1990 Authors: Pappo A; Dubowy R; Ravindranath Y; Alvarado C; Rao S; Whitehead VM; Vega R; Kamen B; Vietti T
  • Adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma in childhood.
    Cancer Volume: 63 Page(s): 1922 - 1926
    05/15/1989 Authors: Kim TH; McLaren J; Alvarado CS; Wyly JB; Crocker I; Winn K; Singhapakdi S; Ragab A
  • Natural killer cells in children with malignant solid tumors. Effect of recombinant interferon-alpha and interleukin-2 on natural killer cell function against tumor cell lines.
    Cancer Volume: 63 Page(s): 83 - 89
    01/01/1989 Authors: Alvarado CS; Findley HW; Chan WC; Hnath RS; Abdel-Mageed A; Pais RC; Kutner MH; Ragab AH
  • Clinical features and outcome in childhood T-cell leukemia-lymphoma according to stage of thymocyte differentiation: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.
    Blood Volume: 72 Page(s): 1891 - 1897
    12/01/1988 Authors: Crist WM; Shuster JJ; Falletta J; Pullen DJ; Berard CW; Vietti TJ; Alvarado CS; Roper MA; Prasthofer E; Grossi CE
  • Uridine-responsive hypogammaglobulinemia and congenital heart disease in a patient with hereditary orotic aciduria.
    J Pediatr Volume: 113 Page(s): 867 - 871
    11/01/1988 Authors: Alvarado CS; Livingstone LR; Jones ME; Ravielle A; McKolanis J; Elsas LJ
  • Splenic infarction at low altitude in a child with hemoglobin S-C disease.
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) Volume: 27 Page(s): 396 - 399
    08/01/1988 Authors: Alvarado CS; Wyly B; Buchanan I; Fajman WA
  • Natural killer cells in children with acute leukemia. The effect of interleukin-2.
    Cancer Volume: 60 Page(s): 2913 - 2918
    12/15/1987 Authors: Mageed AA; Findley HW; Franco C; Singhapakdi S; Alvarado C; Chan WC; Ragab AH
  • Phase II trial of mitoguazone in children with leukemia and lymphoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study.
    Cancer Treat Rep Volume: 70 Page(s): 1041 - 1042
    08/01/1986 Authors: Kinney TR; Krischer JP; Starling KA; Alvarado C; Kamen B
  • Use of VP-16-213 in the treatment of familial erythrophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
    Cancer Volume: 57 Page(s): 1097 - 1100
    03/15/1986 Authors: Alvarado CS; Buchanan GR; Kim TH; Zaatari G; Sartain P; Ragab AH
  • INVITRO CLONAL GROWTH-CHARACTERISTICS OF LEUKEMIC-CELLS FROM CHILDREN WITH ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (ANLL) - A PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP (POG) STUDY
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH Volume: 27 Page(s): 202 - 202
    03/01/1986 Authors: FINDLEY HW; ALVARADO C; STEUBER CP; WILLIAMS DL; KRISCHER JP; RUTHENBERG NA; RAGAB AH
  • Sequential testicular biopsies in childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Cancer Volume: 57 Page(s): 1038 - 1041
    03/01/1986 Authors: Kim TH; Hargreaves HK; Chan WC; Brynes RK; Alvarado C; Woodard J; Ragab AH
  • INHIBITION OF ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (ANLL) PROGENITOR CELLS BY RETINOIC ACID (RA) AND LOW-DOSE CYTOSINE-ARABINOSIDE (ARA-C)
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH Volume: 27 Page(s): 412 - 412
    03/01/1986 Authors: FINDLEY HW; ALVARADO CS; RUTHENBERG NA; WILLIAMS DL; STEUBER CP; RAGAB AH
  • Sequential quantitative EEG analysis in acute lymphocytic leukemia of children.
    Clin Electroencephalogr Volume: 16 Page(s): 208 - 212
    10/01/1985 Authors: Epstein CM; Humphries LL; Alvarado CS; Kutner MH; Ragab AH
  • Testicular biopsy in children with leukemia and cryptorchidism: is confirmatory biopsy of undescended testis necessary?
    Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Volume: 7 Page(s): 205 - 208
    01/01/1985 Authors: Kim TH; Chan WC; Woodard J; Alvarado C; Ragab AH
  • Plasma dopa and catecholamines in the diagnosis and follow-up of children with neuroblastoma.
    Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Volume: 7 Page(s): 221 - 227
    01/01/1985 Authors: Alvarado CS; Faraj BA; Kim TH; Camp VM; Bain RP; Ragab AH
  • SEQUENTIAL QUANTITATIVE EEG ANALYSIS IN ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA OF CHILDREN
    ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY Volume: 58 Page(s): P31 - P31
    01/01/1984 Authors: EPSTEIN CM; ALVARADO CS; HUMPHRIES LL; RAGAB AH
  • Malignant histiocytosis after lymphoblastic lymphoma.
    Am J Dis Child Volume: 137 Page(s): 474 - 476
    05/01/1983 Authors: Kim TH; Chan WC; Alvarado C; Zarrouk SO; Ragab AH
  • A NEW CELL-LINE WITH COMMON-ALL PHENOTYPE ESTABLISHED FROM A CHILD WITH ALL
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH Volume: 24 Page(s): 2 - 2
    01/01/1983 Authors: FINDLEY HW; KIM TH; ALVARADO CS; VERRAS A; RAGAB AH
  • Two new acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines with early B-cell phenotypes.
    Blood Volume: 60 Page(s): 1305 - 1309
    12/01/1982 Authors: Findley HW; Cooper MD; Kim TH; Alvarado C; Ragab AH
  • Emperipolesis of neutrophils by dysmorphic megakaryocytes.
    Am J Hematol Volume: 13 Page(s): 303 - 311
    12/01/1982 Authors: Parmley RT; Kim TH; Austin RL; Alvarado CS; Ragab AH
  • Late-onset pulmonary fibrosis and chest deformity in two children treated with cyclophosphamide.
    J Pediatr Volume: 92 Page(s): 443 - 446
    03/01/1978 Authors: Alvarado CS; Boat TF; Newman AJ
  • PULMONARY FIBROSIS, A DELAYED COMPLICATION OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
    PEDIATRIC RESEARCH Volume: 11 Page(s): 478 - 478
    01/01/1977 Authors: NEWMAN AJ; ALVARADO C; GROSS S
Read more publications Fewer publications
Directory
  • Faculty Profiles
Emory University Homepage

Contact & Location

Emory University School of Medicine
100 Woodruff Circle
Atlanta, GA  30322 USA
  • Contact Us
  • Maps & Directions
  • Careers

Information For

  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Patients
  • Residents & Fellows
  • Students
Support the School of Medicine School of Medicine Intranet
facebook facebook twitter twitter linkedin linkedin instagram instagram youtube youtube
© 2025 Emory University
  • Privacy Policy
  • Emergency Information
  • EEO Employer-Disability/Veteran Statements