
Elliott Vichinsky
Director, Thalassemia Center · UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Thalassemia Center · UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
- Present
Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia Center · UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
- 1977–1978
Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center
- 1975–1977
Seattle Childrens Hospital and Medical Center
- 1974–1977
Seattle Childrens Hospital and Medical Center
- 1974–1975
Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center

State University of New York Downstate
Research
New England Journal of Medicine · 1998 · 1,411 citations
Pain in sickle cell disease. Rates and risk factors
New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 1,274 citations
Review · Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2018 · Last of 11 authors · 1,134 citations
- BL
34 papers

32 papers
- LS
31 papers

29 papers

28 papers
- LN
27 papers

24 papers · 4 as a resident

24 papers
Grants
- 2025–2027
Zinc Supplementation in SCD: A Precursor to the Think Zinc for Bones Trial
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R34
PI · $831.9K · University of California, San Francisco
- 2016–2024
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · U01
Contact PI · $4.1M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2012–2017
Phase 2 Study of Deferiprone in the Treatment of NBIA
Food and Drug Administration · R01
Contact PI · $1.6M · Children's Hospital & Res Ctr at Oakland
- 2000–2013
Modulation of Iron Deposition in SCD and Other Hemoglobinopathies
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.8M · Children's Hospital & Res Ctr at Oakland
Clinical trials
- 2014–2018
Long-term Deferiprone Treatment in Patients With Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
ApoPharma
- 2012–2017
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
ApoPharma
- 2010–2013
Multi-Center Study of Iron Overload: Survey Study (MCSIO)
Principal investigator · Completed
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
- 2009–2013
Multi-Center Study of Iron Overload: Pilot Study
Principal investigator · Completed
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland


