Sickle Cell Center - Towson, MDTowson 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 Towson * John A Nesbitt MD  Johns Hopkins Outpatient  University Maryland Cancer Ctr  Johns Hopkins At Charter Dr  Chitra Venkatraman MD PA  Ghousia Sultana MD  Kaiser Permanente Regnl Lab  National Institutes Of Health  National Institutes Of Health  Internal Medicine Center PA  Metro Region PET Center Towson, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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