Sickle Cell Center - Hayward, CAHayward Hematologist Doctors for Sickle CellType of Physician: Hematologist What is a Hematologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine. Hematologists treat diseases of the blood, spleen, and lymph glands such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma. They perform special types of transfusions and biopsy the bone marrow for analysis. Specialty: Hematology Common Name: Blood Doctor Hematologist Doctors in Hayward * Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford University Med Ctr TRA  Stanford University Med Ctr TRA  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Cancer Center  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford University Med Ctr TRA  Stanford Cancer Center  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Comprehensive Cncr Ctr  Stanford Blood/Marrow Transplnt  Stanford Hospital & Clinics HEM  Stanford Hospital & Clinics HEM  Stanford Blood/Marrow Transplnt  Stanford Cancer Center  Childrens Hosp Hemtlgy Onclgy  Childrens Hosp Hemtlgy Onclgy  Childrens Hosp Hemtlgy Onclgy  Childrens Hosp Hemtlgy Onclgy  Childrens Hosp Hemtlgy Onclgy  Genentech  Kaiser Permanente  Susan K Sorensen MD  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Pathology Medical Group  Blood Centers of The Pacific  Blood Centers of The Pacific  Blood Centers of The Pacific  UCSF Hematolgy Bone Mrw Trnsplt  UCSF Hematolgy Bone Mrw Trnsplt  UCSF Hematolgy Bone Mrw Trnsplt  UCSF Hematolgy Bone Mrw Trnsplt  UCSF Hematolgy Bone Mrw Trnsplt  San Francisco VA Med Ctr HMP  Michael C Kushlan MD Inc  Michael C Kushlan MD Inc  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Shaninder Kaur MD  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Sutter Medical Oncology  UC Davis Medical Grp Pathlgy  UC Davis Medical Grp Pathlgy  UC Davis Medical Grp Pathlgy  UC Davis Medical Grp Pathlgy  UC Davis Medical Grp Pathlgy Hayward, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-07-11
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