Arun Gurunathan, MD

Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Apheresis

On staff since August 2019

Children's Title: Attending Physician, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Academic Title: Clinical Assistant Professor

"Each day at work is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families. I am committed to providing high-quality compassionate care that addresses not only the disease but also its physical and emotional impact. Additionally, I engage in collaborative quality improvement and clinical research to advance the care we provide for our patients. "

• Biography

  Arun Gurunathan, MD, completed his medical training at Rutgers University. He then went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for his pediatric residency; he met his wife (a Pediatric Hospitalist at Seattle Children's Hospital) there. Following residency, he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He then became an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Seattle Children's Hospital in 2019. His interests outside of work include hiking, spending time with family, and listening to all sorts of podcasts.

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• Awards and Honors

  Award Name	Award Description	Awarded By	Award Date
  ASH Abstract Achievement Award		American Society of Hematology	Dec. 2018
  CancerFree KIDS Research Grant		CancerFree KIDS	July 2018 - June 2019
  Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award		Arnold P. Gold Foundation	May 2012
  Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society			2011

• Publications

  Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

  • Gurunathan A, Ricci K, Iacobas I, Rednam SP, Wusik K, Fei L, Hammill AM
    Impact of vascular anomalies on the PTEN phenotype in children and young adults
    Pediatric blood & cancer, 2020 June
  • Itskovich SS, Gurunathan A, Clark J, Burwinkel M, Wunderlich M, Berger MR, Kulkarni A, Chetal K, Venkatasubramanian M, Salomonis N, Kumar AR, Lee LH
    MBNL1 regulates essential alternative RNA splicing patterns in MLL-rearranged leukemia
    Nature communications, 2020 May
  • Boucher AA, Gurunathan A, Taylor JM, Ricci KW, Vadivelu S, Quinn CT
    Hemoglobin Southampton complicated by cerebral ischemia, moyamoya, and hydroxyurea-induced methemoglobinemia.
    31095774 American journal of hematology, 2019 Aug. : 94(8)949-954
  • Gurunathan A, Tarango C, McGann PT, Niss O, Quinn CT
    Non-transfusion-dependent β-Thalassemia Because of a Single β-Thalassemia Mutation and Coinherited α-Globin Gene Triplication: Need for Increased Awareness to Prevent Incorrect and Delayed Diagnosis.
    30969263 Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2019 April 8
  • Gurunathan A, Desai AV, Bailey LC, Li Y, Choi JK, Rheingold SR
    Significance of CNS 2 cerebrospinal fluid status post-induction in pediatric and adolescent patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    30207055 Pediatric blood & cancer, 2019 Jan. : 66(1)e27433
  • Gurunathan A, Boucher AA, Mark M, Prus KM, O'Brien MM, Breese EH, Mizukawa BE, Absalon MJ, Nelson AS, Jordan MB, Grimley MS, Lorsbach RB, Rotz SJ, Mathanda R, Kumar AR
    Limitations of HLH-2004 criteria in distinguishing malignancy-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
    30272386 Pediatric blood & cancer, 2018 Dec. : 65(12)e27400
  • Gurunathan A, T Teachey D, Chikwava KR, Witmer C, Desai AV
    Behcet Disease Initially Presenting as Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Case Report.
    28437291 Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 2017 July : 39(5)410-412

  Book Chapters

  • Gurunathan A, Patel NS, Freedman JL
    Chapter 14: Mucositis and Pain in the Peri-HSCT Period
    Brown VI, ed. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist. 1st ed, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International, 2018
  • Gurunathan A, Bailer J, Freedman JL
    Chapter 13: Nutrition in the Peri-HSCT Period
    Brown VI, ed. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist. 1st ed, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International, 2018
  • Talekar MK, Gurunathan A, Foster J
    Chapter 64: Selected Topics in Oncology.
    Bell L, Dean T, eds. Nelson Pediatrics Board Review: Certification and Recertification. 1st ed, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2018 - 2018
  • Gurunathan A.
    Chapter 36: Erythrocyte Disorders
    Bell L, Dean T, eds. Nelson Pediatrics Board Review: Certification and Recertification. 1st ed, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2018

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• Presentations

  Presentations Title	Event	Location	Date
  Concept Proposal: A Randomized Double-Blinded Trial of Xylitol Dental Wipes for the Prophylaxis of Bloodstream Infections from Oral Organisms in Pediatric Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia	Children's Oncology Group	Virtual	March 2021
  Clostridium Difficile Infection Standard Practice Updates	Children's Oncology Group Conference	Virtual	March 2020
  All That Glitters is Not Gold – How We Differentiate Primary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) from Fake News	American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) Conference	New Orleans, LA	May 2019
  MLL-Fusion Leukemia Dependence on MBNL1 is Associated with Alternative Splicing of Oncogenic Proteins	American Society of Hematology Conference	San Diego, CA	Dec. 2018
  Clinical Utility of PET/CT in Patients with Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Treated with Imatinib	ASPHO Conference	Pittsburgh, PA	May 2018
  Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis of β- Thalassemia: α-Globin Gene Triplication as a Covert Genetic Modifier	ASPHO Conference	Pittsburgh, PA	May 2018
  HLH Masking Malignancy	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center HLH Conference	Cincinnati, OH	Sept. 2017
  Molecular signature and responses to targeted therapies in 285 relapsed and therapy-refractory young adult (AYA) and childhood cancers	American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conference	Chicago, Illinois	May 2017
  Identification of Patients with CNS 2 Status Post-Induction and Outcomes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conference	Chicago, Illinois	May 2015