Dr. William B Slayton MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville FL, 32610Rating
5/5
About
" Dr. Bill" joined the division in 2002 with a focus on platelet disorders and leukemia. He is now the chief of the division of pediatric hematology/oncology, and also chairs the Children's Oncology ...
Education and Training
Univ of Fl Coll of Med, Gainesville Fl 1992
University of Florida College of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rapid, B lymphoid-restricted engraftment mediated by a primitive bone marrow subpopulation.
- Phenotypic distinction and functional characterization of pro-B cells in adult mouse bone marrow.
- Observations of residual differentiation potential during lineage commitment.
- Lineage-specific trisomy 21 in a neonate with resolving transient myeloproliferative syndrome.
- High incidence of epithelial cancers in mice deficient for DNA polymerase delta proofreading.
- Using fluorescence-activated cell sorting followed by fluorescence in situ hybridization to study lineage relationships: the 8;21 translocation is present in neutrophils but not monocytes in a patient with severe congenital neutropenia and a granuloc
- Response to intravenous immunoglobulin predicts splenectomy response in children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Dapsone therapy for children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Characterization of thymic progenitors in adult mouse bone marrow.
- Early stages of hematopoietic differentiation.
- PU.1 supports proliferation of immature erythroid progenitors.
- Umbilical cord blood produces small megakaryocytes after transplantation.
- Sites and kinetics of donor thrombopoiesis following transplantation of whole bone marrow and progenitor subsets.
- Bone marrow sinusoidal endothelial cells undergo nonapoptotic cell death and are replaced by proliferating sinusoidal cells in situ to maintain the vascular niche following lethal irradiation.
- MLL/AF-4 leukemic cells recruit new blood vessels but do not incorporate into capillaries in culture or in a NOD/SCID xenograft model.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- Eugene F. Tubbs M.D., J.D. Award, 1992 University of Florida College of Medicine
- Hugh and Cornelia Carithers Awards, 1992 University of Florida Department of Pediatrics
Treatments
- Bladder Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer And More
- Anemia
- Heart Disease
- Fever
- Brain Tumor
- Bone Cancer
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (aml)
- Leukemia
- Dermal Aesthetics
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
Fellowships
- University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 1996
- University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 1999
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