Pediatric Hematology / Oncology

Dedicated to improving healthcare for children in Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding Appalachian Region

 

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Marcela Popescu, MD

Professor

EDUCATION

Medical Education: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Targu-Mures, Romania
Residency:  University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin

CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE

American Board of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Trauma Informed Care Training

MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
International Society of Pediatric Oncology
American Society of Hematology
Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society
Histiocyte Society

PRESENTATIONS

Cantor M, Dorn M, Emberesh M, Popescu M. (2022, March) Clinical Phenotype of Bernard Soulier Syndrome Case Resulting from Compound Heterozygous Inheritance. Oral presentation at the Appalachian Student Research Forum.

Faust B, Deimundo-Roura C, Morin C, Popescu M. (March 2021). Cystic Nephroma in a Child with DICER 1 Mutations. Oral presentation at Appalachian Student Research Forum.

Deimundo Roura C, Cruz A, Popescu M, et al. (2020). Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Harbouring Novel Somatic MRC1-PDGFRB that exhibits Dasatinib sensitivity. Poster presentation at ASPHO meeting.

Vasileva A, Cruz A, Popescu M. (Feb 2020). Bilateral Wilms tumor in a patient with isolated hemihyperplasia. Poster presentation at Southern regional meeting.

Popescu M, et al. (April 2016). Speedy Delivery. Improving Time to Antibiotics in Febrile Neutropenic Patients. Poster presentation at St. Jude’s Affiliate Physician Conference.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lesmana, H., Popescu, M., Lewis, S., Sahoo, S. S., Goodings-Harris, C., Onciu, M., ... & Wlodarski, M. (2020, November). Germline Gain-of-Function JAK3 Mutation in Familial Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of NK Cells. In BLOOD (Vol. 136). 2021 L ST NW, SUITE 900, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY.

Stone, W. L., Klopfenstein, K. J., Hajianpour, M. J., Popescu, M. I., Cook, C. M., & Krishnan, K. (2017). Childhood cancers and systems medicine. Front Biosci.(Landmark Ed), 22, 1148-61.


Zaidi, A., Johnson, L. M., Church, C. L., Gomez-Garcia, W. C., Popescu, M. I., Margolin, J. F., & Ribeiro, R. C. (2014). Management of concurrent pregnancy and acute lymphoblastic malignancy in teenaged patients: two illustrative cases and review of the literature. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 3(4), 160-175.