Aleksandra (Sarah) Dain, MD

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Aleksandra (Sarah) Dain, MD, is an attending physician with the Division of Hematology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Residency

Categorical Pediatrics, Clinical-Translational Sciences Pathway - UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA

Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology Oncology - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2022

Dain AS, Raffini L, Whitworth H. Thrombotic events in critically ill children with coronavirus disease 2019 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2022 Jun 1;34(3):261-267. PMID: 35634699.

Xu F, Aref-Eshghi E, Wu J, Schubert J, Wertheim G, Bhatti T, Pogoriler J, Patel M, Cao K, Long A, Fan Z, Denenberg EH, Fanning EA, Wilmoth DM, Luo M, Conlin LK, Dain AS, Zelley K, Baldino S, Balamuth N, MacFarland S, Li MM, Zhong Y. A novel TP53 tandem duplication in a child with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2022 Apr 28;8(3):a006181. PMID: 35232817.

Takasaki K, Hehir D, Raffini L, Samelson-Jones BJ, Shih E, Dain AS. Andexanet alfa for reversal of rivaroxaban in a child with intracranial hemorrhage. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Jun;69(6):e29484. Epub 2021 Nov 22. PMID: 34811876.

2021

Dain AS, Whitworth H, Raffini L. Letter to the Editor in Response to “Coagulation Abnormalities and Clinical Complications in Children with SARS-COV-2: A Systematic Review of 48,322 Patients” published in December 2021. Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.

2016

Aguirre GK, Datta R, Benson NC, Prasad S, Jaconbson SG, Cideciyan AV, Bridge H, Watkins KE, Butt OH, Dain AS, Brandes L, Gennatas ED. Patterns of Individual Variation in Visual Pathway Structure and Function in the Sighted and Blind. PLoS One 2016; 11(11): e0164677. PMID: 27812129

2015

Dain AS, Bradley EH, Hurzeler R, Aldridge MD. Massage, Music, and Art Therapy in Hospice: Results of a National Survey. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2015; 49(6): 1035-41. PMID: 25555445.

2014

Edgar JC, Lanza MR, Daina AB*, et al. Missing and Delayed Auditory Responses in Young and Older Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2014; 8:417. PMID: 24936181.

2009

Shineman DW, Dain AS, Kim ML, Lee VM. Constitutively active Akt inhibits trafficking of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid precursor protein metabolites through feedback inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase. Biochemistry 2009; 48(17): 3787-94. PMID: 19236051.

Posters and Presentations

2022

Takasaki K, Hehir D, Raffini L, Samelson-Jones BJ, Shih E, Dain AS. Andexanet alfa for reversal of rivaroxaban in a child with intracranial hemorrhage. Virtual presentation along with Dr. Takasaki at SSC On the Case: Pediatric/Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis, International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis. February 10, 2022.

2021

Dain AS, Getz K, Raffini L, Kwiatkowski J. Hematology Fellows Consortium Progressive Vasculopathy in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Talk presented at Hematology Fellows Consortium, October 1-3, 2021. Awarded as a top 3 finalist.

Awards and Honors

2021, Top 3 research presentations, Hematology Fellows Consortium
2016, Graduation with Distinction in Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2015, Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society
2013, Summer Research Fellowship, Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR)
2013, Seymour L Kaplan Scholarship, academic scholarship
2010, Magna Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania
2006-2010, University of Pennsylvania Trustee Scholar, academic scholarship
2006- 2010, 2013-2016, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center Employee Scholarship, academic scholarship