
Santosh Saraf
Director of Sickle Cell Center · University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Credentials: · · ·
History
- Present
Sickle Cell Center · University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
- Present
Clinical Research · University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

- 2003–2006
Internal Medicine
UIC School of Public Health
- 1999–2003
1995–1999
Research
Review · The Oncologist · 2011 · First of 3 authors · 147 citations
Differences in the clinical and genotypic presentation of sickle cell disease around the world
Review · Paediatric Respiratory Reviews · 2014 · First of 12 authors · Corresponding · 113 citations
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2016 · First of 20 authors · Corresponding · 111 citations

92 papers

35 papers
- MG
26 papers · 1 as a fellow

24 papers

20 papers

14 papers

13 papers

12 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Targeting the Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell-Related Kidney Disease Using SGLT2 Inhibitors
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2024–2029
Mentoring & Patient-Oriented Research in Sickle Cell-Related Kidney Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · K24
Contact PI · $274.4K · University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2023–2027
Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inherited Genetic Variation in Sickle Cell Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $3.1M · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2021–2026
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $3.2M · University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
Clinical trials
- 2026–2027
A Phase 1b, Open-Label Study of DISC-3405 in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 1
Disc Medicine, Inc
- 2024–2030
Site PI · Recruiting · Phase 3
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- 2022–2026
Site PI · Unknown
University of Tennessee

