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Why Choose Us?
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Best in Northern CA

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Nahal Lalefar

MD

Pediatric hematologist-oncologist
Bone marrow transplant specialist

About me

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Education

UC Davis School of Medicine, MD, 2008
Residencies

UCSF-Fresno, Children’s Hospital of Central California, Pediatrics, 2011
Fellowships

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2015
Academic Title

Associate Professor

Where I see patients (3)

Selected research

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Effect of rabbit ATG PK on outcomes after TCR-αβ/CD19-depleted pediatric haploidentical HCT for hematologic malignancy.
Blood advances
December 2024
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Pathobiological signatures of dysbiotic lung injury in pediatric patients undergoing stem cell transplantation.
Nature medicine
May 2024
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The Adverse Event Landscape of Stem Cell Transplant: Evidence for aGVHD Driving Early Transplant Associated Toxicities.
Transplantation and cellular therapy
April 2024
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