Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Address:
DUMC 3350
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-1100

Office Telephone:
919-668-1124

Fax Telephone:
919-668-1180

• MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (Missouri), 1987

• Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital (Connecticut), 1987-1989

• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine (Connecticut), 1989-1992

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric oncology, pediatric leukemia, stem cell transplantation, infections in immunocompromised patients

Research Interests:
Stem cell transplant for pediatric malignancies.  Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Prevention and treatment of transplant related morbidity, particularly veno-occlusive disease of the liver, infections and pulmonary hemorrhage.

Representative Publications:
White MS, Martin PL, McLean TW. Acute myelogenous leukemia associated with Ollier disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Mar;50(3):645-6. (2008) Abstract

Prasad VK, Mendizabal A, Parikh SH, Szabolcs P, Driscoll TA, Page K, Lakshminarayanan S, Allison J, Wood S, Semmel D, Escolar ML, Martin PL, Carter S, Kurtzberg J. Unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders in 159 pediatric patients from a single center: influence of cellular composition of the graft on transplant outcomes. Blood. 2008 Jun 27. (2008) Abstract

Davies SM, Borowitz MJ, Rosner GL, Ritz K, Devidas M, Winick N, Martin PL, Bowman P, Elliott J, Willman C, Das S, Cook EH, Relling MV. Pharmacogenetics of minimal residual disease response in children with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2008 Mar 15;111(6):2984-90. (2008) Abstract

Borowitz MJ, Devidas M, Hunger SP, Bowman WP, Carroll AJ, Carroll WL, Linda S, Martin PL, Pullen DJ, Viswanatha D, Willman CL, Winick N, Camitta BM, . Clinical significance of minimal residual disease in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its relationship to other prognostic factors: a Children's Oncology Group study. Blood. 2008 Jun 15;111(12):5477-85. (2008) Abstract

Steinbach WJ, Addison RM, McLaughlin L, Gerrald Q, Martin PL, Driscoll T, Bentsen C, Perfect JR, Alexander BD. Prospective Aspergillus galactomannan antigen testing in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Jul;26(7):558-64. (2007) Abstract

Parikh SH, Szabolcs P, Prasad VK, Lakshminarayanan S, Martin PL, Driscoll TA, Kurtzberg J. Correction of chronic granulomatous disease after second unrelated-donor umbilical cord blood transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Dec;49(7):982-4. (2007) Abstract

Chauvenet AR, Martin PL, Devidas M, Linda SB, Bell BA, Kurtzberg J, Pullen J, Pettenati MJ, Carroll AJ, Shuster JJ, Camitta B. Antimetabolite therapy for lesser-risk B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia of childhood: a report from Children's Oncology Group Study P9201. Blood. 2007 Aug 15;110(4):1105-11. (2007) Abstract

Beam D, Poe MD, Provenzale JM, Szabolcs P, Martin PL, Prasad V, Parikh S, Driscoll T, Mukundan S, Kurtzberg J, Escolar ML. Outcomes of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Jun;13(6):665-74. (2007) Abstract

Martin PL. To stop or not to stop: how much support should be provided to mechanically ventilated pediatric bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients? Respir Care Clin N Am. 2006 Sep;12(3):403-19. (2006) Abstract

Martin PL, Carter SL, Kernan NA, Sahdev I, Wall D, Pietryga D, Wagner JE, Kurtzberg J. Results of the cord blood transplantation study (COBLT): outcomes of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood transplantation in pediatric patients with lysosomal and peroxisomal storage diseases. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006 Feb;12(2):184-94. (2006) Abstract

Steinbach WJ, Schell WA, Miller JL, Perfect JR, Martin PL. Fatal Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection in a paediatric stem-cell transplant patient treated with voriconazole and caspofungin and a review of Scopulariopsis infections in immunocompromised patients. J Infect. 2004 Jan;48(1):112-6. (2004) Abstract

Staba SL, Escolar ML, Poe M, Kim Y, Martin PL, Szabolcs P, Allison-Thacker J, Wood S, Wenger DA, Rubinstein P, Hopwood JJ, Krivit W, Kurtzberg J. Cord-blood transplants from unrelated donors in patients with Hurler's syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 6;350(19):1960-9. (2004) Abstract

Hall JG, Martin PL, Wood S, Kurtzberg J. Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for an infant with beta-thalassemia major. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Jun;26(6):382-5. (2004) Abstract

Hagen SA, Craig DM, Martin PL, Plumer DD, Gentile MA, Schulman SR, Cheifetz IM. Mechanically ventilated pediatric stem cell transplant recipients: effect of cord blood transplant and organ dysfunction on outcome. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Apr;4(2):206-13. (2003) Abstract

Richardson PG, Murakami C, Jin Z, Warren D, Momtaz P, Hoppensteadt D, Elias AD, Antin JH, Soiffer R, Spitzer T, Avigan D, Bearman SI, Martin PL, Kurtzberg J, Vredenburgh J, Chen AR, Arai S, Vogelsang G, McDonald GB, Guinan EC. Multi-institutional use of defibrotide in 88 patients after stem cell transplantation with severe veno-occlusive disease and multisystem organ failure: response without significant toxicity in a high-risk population and factors predictive of outcome. Blood. 2002 Dec 15;100(13):4337-43. (2002) Abstract

Benjamin DK Jr, Miller WC, Bayliff S, Martel L, Alexander KA, Martin PL. Infections diagnosed in the first year after pediatric stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Mar;21(3):227-34. (2002) Abstract

Wainwright MS, Martin PL, Morse RP, Lacaze M, Provenzale JM, Coleman RE, Morgan MA, Hulette C, Kurtzberg J, Bushnell C, Epstein L, Lewis DV. Human herpesvirus 6 limbic encephalitis after stem cell transplantation. Ann Neurol. 2001 Nov;50(5):612-9. (2001) Abstract

Barker JN, Martin PL, Coad JE, DeFor T, Trigg ME, Kurtzberg J, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner J. Low incidence of Epstein-Barr virus-associated posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorders in 272 unrelated-donor umbilical cord blood transplant recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2001;7(7):395-9. (2001) Abstract

Kurtzberg J, MARTIN PL, Chao N, Stevens C, Rubenstein P.  Unrelated placental blood in marrow transplantation.  Stem Cells  18(2):153-4, 2000. (2000)

Klock B, Pham T, Smith LS, Beris S, Lobo FM, Martin PL, Rappeport J, Fuleihan RL. When you hear hoof beats...do not forget the zebras. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2000 Apr;12(2):172-7. (2000) Abstract

Howrey RP, Martin PL, Driscoll T, Szabolcs P, Kelly T, Shpall EJ, Bearman SI, Slat-Vasquez V, Rubinstein P, Stevens CE, Kurtzberg J. Graft-versus-leukemia-induced complete remission following unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for acute leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2000 Dec;26(11):1251-4. (2000) Abstract

Martin PL, Rappeport JM. Bone marrow transplantation in the perinatal period. Semin Perinatol. 1990 Oct;14(5):416-22. (1990) Abstract