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Rein Saral MD

  • Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
    Professor Emeritus
  • (404) 778-4437
  • rsaral@emory.edu
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Overview

Rein Saral, MD is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University. Dr. Saral arrived at Emory in 1991 to lead the bone marrow transplantation program.

Dr. Saral's major accomplishments include being the first physician to use bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of AIDS-related malignancies and among the first to use it in the treatment of sickle cell anemia and other inherited blood disorders; and being the first to demonstrate effectiveness of a safe antiviral (acyclovir) therapy against herpesviruses in transplant patients. Dr. Saral headed the National Institutes of Health Bone Marrow Transplant Study Section to determine appropriate use of bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of human disease.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncololgy, Hematology and Medical Oncology Department, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

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  • MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • BA from Grinnell College

Research

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  • A prospective randomized trial of buffy coat versus CD34-selected autologous bone marrow support in high-risk breast cancer patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy.
    Blood Volume: 90 Page(s): 4313 - 4320
    12/01/1997 Authors: Shpall EJ; LeMaistre CF; Holland K; Ball E; Jones RB; Saral R; Jacobs C; Heimfeld S; Berenson R; Champlin R
  • FK506 (Tacrolimus) monotherapy for prevention of graft-versus-host disease after histocompatible sibling allogenic bone marrow transplantation.
    Blood Volume: 87 Page(s): 3514 - 3519
    04/15/1996 Authors: Fay JW; Wingard JR; Antin JH; Collins RH; Pieiro LA; Blazar BR; Saral R; Bierer BE; Przepiorka D; Fitzsimmons WE
  • Association of busulfan area under the curve with veno-occlusive disease following BMT.
    Bone Marrow Transplant Volume: 17 Page(s): 225 - 230
    02/01/1996 Authors: Dix SP; Wingard JR; Mullins RE; Jerkunica I; Davidson TG; Gilmore CE; York RC; Lin LS; Devine SM; Geller RB
  • A mathematical model for concentration of blood affecting erythrocyte sedimentation.
    Comput Biol Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 1 - 7
    01/01/1996 Authors: Sharma GC; Jain M; Saral RN
  • American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation guidelines for training.
    Biol Blood Marrow Transplant Volume: 1 Page(s): 56
    11/01/1995 Authors: Appelbaum F; Fay J; Herzig G; Kersey J; Parkman R; Petersdorf E; Przepiorka D; Saral R; Shpall E; Wolf J
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