Neil Dunavin, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Hematologist with interests in leukemia, stem cell transplantation, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms, aplastic anemia, bone marrow failure, rare diseases, and clinical trials.

Education & Training

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• Hematology Fellowship National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center 06/2016
• MS Clinical Research Duke University Medical School 05/2016
• Internal Medicine Residency Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center 06/2012
• MD Medicine University of Kansas Medical School 05/2009

Publications (19)

Top publication keywords:
Multiple MyelomaHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistone Deacetylase 6Lymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingGraft vs Host DiseaseWharton JellyChemokine CXCL10T-LymphocytesLymphocyte DepletionHodgkin DiseaseAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsTransplantation, AutologousLeukemia, Large Granular LymphocyticLymphoma, Mantle-CellHydroxamic Acids

• A Case of EBV-Negative Aggressive NK-cell Leukemia: Use of Next-Generation Sequencing in Demystifying a Diagnostic Dilemma and Guiding Clinical Care.
  Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia 2021 Kennedy VE, Ruiz-Cordero R, Jangam D, Wen KW, Dunavin N, Ohgami RS, Bhargava P, Ai W, Fakhri B
• WJMSC-derived small extracellular vesicle enhance T cell suppression through PD-L1.
  Journal of extracellular vesicles 2021 Li M, Soder R, Abhyankar S, Abdelhakim H, Braun MW, Trinidad CV, Pathak HB, Pessetto Z, Deighan C, Ganguly S, Dawn B, McGuirk J, Dunavin N, Godwin AK
• A Phase I Study to Evaluate Two Doses of Wharton's Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of De Novo High-Risk or Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease.
  Stem cell reviews and reports 2020 Soder RP, Dawn B, Weiss ML, Dunavin N, Weir S, Mitchell J, Li M, Shune L, Singh AK, Ganguly S, Morrison M, Abdelhakim H, Godwin AK, Abhyankar S, McGuirk J
• Adherent cell depletion promotes the expansion of renal cell carcinoma infiltrating T cells with optimal characteristics for adoptive transfer.
  Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 2020 Braun MW, Abdelhakim H, Li M, Hyter S, Pessetto Z, Koestler DC, Pathak HB, Dunavin N, Godwin AK
• Health Care Reimbursement, Service Utilization, and Outcomes among Medicare Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma Receiving Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings.
  Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2020 Dunavin N, Mau LW, Meyer CL, Divine C, Abdallah AO, Leppke S, D'Souza A, Denzen E, Saber W, Burns LJ, Ganguly S

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• Functional cooperativity of p97 and histone deacetylase 6 in mediating DNA repair in mantle cell lymphoma cells.
  Leukemia 2019 Vekaria PH, Kumar A, Subramaniam D, Dunavin N, Vallurupalli A, Schoenen F, Ganguly S, Anant S, McGuirk JP, Jensen RA, Rao R
• Upregulation of chemokine CXCL10 enhances chronic pulmonary inflammation in tree shrew collagen-induced arthritis.
  Scientific reports 2018 Gao B, Lin J, Jiang Z, Yang Z, Yu H, Ding L, Yu M, Cui Q, Dunavin N, Zhang M, Li M
• Utility of Routine Surveillance Imaging for Hodgkin Disease following Autologous Transplant: Experiences from a Single Institution.
  Acta haematologica 2018 Mohyuddin GR, Clark AE, Roller J, Shune L, Lin T, Dunavin N, Dias A, Ganguly S, Abhyankar S, McGuirk J, Singh A
• Utility of routine surveillance imaging for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma post autologous transplant: A single center experience.
  Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy 2017 Mohyuddin GR, Clark AE, Roller J, Shune L, Lin T, Dunavin N, Dias A, Ganguly S, Abhyankar S, McGuirk J, Singh A
• Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: What Is the Mechanism in Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease?
  Biomedicines 2017 Dunavin N, Dias A, Li M, McGuirk J
• Cellular immune profiling after sequential clofarabine and lenalidomide for high risk myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia.
  Leukemia research reports 2017 Jain P, Klotz J, Dunavin N, Lu K, Koklanaris E, Draper D, Superata J, Chinian F, Yu Q, Keyvanfar K, Wong S, Muranski P, Barrett AJ, Ito S, Battiwalla M
• Improved reproducibility and quality of GvHD biomarker assay: application of multiplex microfluidic channel system.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2016 Anandi P, Tian X, Chinian F, Cantilena CR, Dunavin N, Hensel N, Draper D, Koklanaris E, Maxwell S, Superata J, Muranski P, Battiwalla M, Paczesny S, Barrett AJ, Ito S
• Epigenetic landscape of the TERT promoter: a potential biomarker for high risk AML/MDS.
  British journal of haematology 2016 Zhao X, Tian X, Kajigaya S, Cantilena CR, Strickland S, Savani BN, Mohan S, Feng X, Keyvanfar K, Dunavin N, Townsley DM, Dumitriu B, Battiwalla M, Rezvani K, Young NS, Barrett AJ, Ito S
• CD34+ selection and the severity of oropharyngeal mucositis in total body irradiation-based allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2015 Anand A, Anandi P, Jain NA, Lu K, Dunavin N, Hourigan CS, Le RQ, Chokshi PD, Ito S, Stroncek DF, Sabatino M, Barrett AJ, Battiwalla M
• Clinical comorbidity predictive measures in ex vivo T-cell-depleted allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2015 Le RQ, Tian X, Jain NA, Lu K, Ito S, Draper DA, Anandi P, Hourigan CS, Dunavin N, John Barrett A, Battiwalla M
• Minor ABO Incompatibility Does Not Impact Nonrelapse Mortality in T Cell-Depleted Human Leukocyte Antigen-Matched Sibling Transplantation.
  Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2015 Chokshi P, Anandi P, Jain N, Dunavin N, Le RQ, Ito S, Barrett J, Battiwalla M
• Mutational profiling of second primary lung cancers in patients who have received radiation for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease.
  Cancer investigation 2015 Bond DA, Dunavin N, Otterson GA
• Reduced dose pentostatin for initial management of hairy cell leukemia patients who have active infection or risk of hemorrhage is safe and effective.
  Haematologica 2014 Andritsos LA, Dunavin N, Lozanski G, Jones JA, Blachly JS, Lucas DM, Byrd JC, Kraut E, Grever MR
• Early versus delayed autologous stem cell transplant in patients receiving novel therapies for multiple myeloma.
  Leukemia & lymphoma 2012 Dunavin NC, Wei L, Elder P, Phillips GS, Benson DM, Hofmeister CC, Penza S, Greenfield C, Rose KS, Rieser G, Merritt L, Ketcham J, Heerema N, Byrd JC, Devine SM, Efebera YA