University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Blood/Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
 
Board Certifications
Pediatrics

Sees Patients At
-University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
-Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
-Masonic Cancer Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Anemia
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Antithrombin 3 Deficiency
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Bladder Cancer
Bleeding Disorders
Blood Cancer
Bone Cancer
Brain Tumor
Breast Cancer
Carcinoma
Cervical Cancer
Chemotherapy
Clotting Disorders
Colon and Rectal Cancer
Colon Cancer
Colon Polyps
Colorectal Neoplasms
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Ewings Sarcoma
Factor V Leiden
Head and neck cancer
Hemophilia
Hodgkins Disease
Hurler Syndrome
Jaundice
Kidney Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Leukemia
Liver Cancer
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Male Breast Cancer
Mesothelioma
Oral Cancer
Otitis
Ovarian Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Penile Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Protein C and S Deficiency
Pulmonary Embolism
Radiation Therapy
Skin Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Throat Cancer
Thrombosis
Thyroid Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Von Willebrand Disease

Education
Medical School
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Site of Residency
Harvard Medical School; Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Site of Fellowship
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA and Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
             
Awards and Honors
Cooley's Anemia Foundation Travel Award, 2005
American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Young Investigator Travel Award, 2005
American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute, 2005
Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008

Research Interest(s)
Childhood Leukemia  (Toxicity of therapy)
New Drug Development (Implementation of clinical trials with new phase I/II agents)
Benign Hematology (Chronic Anemias and Iron Metabolism)

Selected Recent Publications
Miller SC. Kearney SL. Effect of in vivo administration of all trans-retinoic acid on the hemopoietic cell populations of the spleen and bone marrow: profound strain differences between A/J and C57BL/6J mice. Laboratory Animal Science. 48(1):74-80, 1998 Feb

Kearney S, Nemeth E, Neufeld E, Thapa D, Ganz T, Weinstein D, Cunningham M. Urinary Hepcidin Levels in Congenital Chronic Anemias. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. Online published 2005 Oct.

Kearney S, Levy D, Voss S, Silverman L. Asparaginase-Induced Pancreatitis in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Consortium. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual meeting. April 29th – May 3rd, 2006.