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Clinical trial locations
HIBISCUS2

Visit ClinicalTrials.org for our complete list of participating sites:

Canadian sites

Alberta

Calgary (Active)
Foothills Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kelsey Uminski
403-944-5222 ext. 1
Kelsey.Uminski@albertahealthservices.ca

British Columbia

Vancouver (Planned)
BC Children's Hospital 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Amid 
604-875-2406
ali.amid@cw.bc.ca

Ontario

London (Planned)
LHSC - Victoria Hospital 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Soumitra Tole 
519-685-8500 x52679
Soumitra.Tole@lhsc.on.ca

Toronto (Planned)
The Hospital for Sick Children
Principal Investigator: Dr. Suzan Williams
Contact: Manuela Merelles-Pulcini
Manuela-merelles-pulcini@sickkids.ca

Quebec

Montreal (Planned)

Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jules Mercier-Ross
Contact: Chantal Gosselin  
urcoh.eligibilite.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

United States sites

Arizona

Phoenix (Planned)

Phoenix Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Maa-Ohui Quarmyne
Contact: Aisha Tabor
602-933-3940
atabor@phoenixchildrens.com

California

Los Angeles (Active)
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Principal Investigator: Dr Saranya Veluswamy
Contact: Obdulio Carreras
+1 323 361-4663 
ocarreras@chla.usc.edu

Palo Alto (Planned)
Stanford Healthcare/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. May Chien
Contact: Stephanie Gam

sgam@stanford.edu

Torrance (Active)
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Moran Gotesman
Contact: Eva Villa-Lopez 
310-357-9023 
evilla@lundquist.org

Delaware

Wilmington (Active)
Nemours Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robin Miller
Contact: Nicole Wittmeyer 
302-438-3033
Nicole.Wittmeyer@nemours.org

Florida

Hollywood (Active)
Memorial Healthcare 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Foluso Ogunsile
Contact: Ivan Puente Davalillo
954-265-3029
ipuentedavalillo@mhs.net

Georgia

Atlanta (Active)
Children's Healthcare Atlanta 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Amy Tang
Contact: Rogers Burke 
404-785-8138  
rogers.burke@choa.org

Louisianna

​New Orleans (Planned)
Children's Hospital-New Orleans
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dana LeBlanc
Contact: Margaret Meyers, RN, BSN  
margaret.meyers@lcmchealth.org

Missouri

St. Louis (Active)
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator: Dr. Melanie Fields
314-454-6118 
pedshemonctrialreferral@wustl.edu

Nebraska

Omaha (Active)
Children's Nebraska 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chittalsinh Raulji
Contact: Priya Bhatnagar

pbhatnagar@unmc.edu

New Jersey

Newark (Planned)
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shalu Narang
Contact: Pari Sheerer
973-803-7218
Pari.sheerer2@rwjbh.org

New York 

Bronx (Active)
Jacobi Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kenneth Rivlin
Contact: Subahete Zeqiraj
718-918-6973
zeqirajs@nychhc.org

Bronx (Planned)
Montefiore Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kaitlin Strumph
Contact: Marzia Islam
718-741-2050
marislam@montefiore.org

Brooklyn (Active)
Interfaith Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Edouard Guillaume

Contact: Miren Blackwood
718-613-6875

MBlackwood@interfaithmedical.org

Brooklyn (Active)
Kings County Hospital Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Muthu
718-245-8183
john.muthu@nychhc.org

Mount Kisco (Planned)
Northern Westchester Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Cheryl Mensah
Contact: Aneri Shah
ashah52@northwell.edu

New Hyde Park (Active)
Cohen Children's Medical Center

Principal Investigator: Dr. Appiah-Kubi
Contact: Dr. Abena Appiah-Kubi

(718) 470-3460

aappiah@northwell.edu

North Carolina 

Durham (Active)
Duke Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jennifer Rothman
Contact: Morgan Low
919-613-4676
Morgan.low@duke.edu

Durham (Active)
Duke Comprehensive Sickle Cell
Principal Investigator: Dr. Marilyn Telen
Contact: Lindsey Ford 
lindsey.ford@duke.edu

Winston-Salem (Active)
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alex George
Contact: Julie Fountain
336-716-1240
jmfounta@wakehealth.edu

Ohio

Columbus (Active)
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sherraine Della-Moretta
Contact: Krissy Landes 
614.366.8445 
Kristina.Landes@osumc.edu

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City (Active)
University of OK Health Sciences Center

Principal Investigator: Dr. Ashley Baker
Contact: Christina Gonzalez 
Christina-Gonzalez@ouhsc.edu

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia (Active)
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nataly Apollonsky
Contact: Bianca Ferreira 
bianca.ferreira@towerhealth.org

Philadelphia (Planned)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alexis Thompson
Contact: Eliza Moore 
mooree8@chop.edu or   
SickleCellCenter@chop.edu

Texas

Houston (Active)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Modupe Idowu
Contact: Eyuel Baherey 
713-486-0093
eyuel.l.baherey@uth.tmc.edu

Virginia 

Fairfax (Planned)
Inova Health System
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sheinei Alan
Contact 1: Adela Mahmutovic 
adela.mahmutovic@inova.org
Contact 2: Archana Vardhan 
archana.vardhan@inova.org

Norfolk (Planned)
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Owen
757-668-7243
William.Owen@chkd.org
CCBDCresearch@chkd.org

Richmond (Active)
VCU Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thokozeni Lipato
Contact: Sarah-Kate Peterson 
804-628-2973
sarahkatherine.peterson1@vcuhealth.org

Washington 

Tacoma (Active)
Mary Bridge Children's Health
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Irwin
Contact: Diane Deaver

diane.deaver@multicare.org

Washington, D.C. 

Children's National Medical Center (Active)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Campbell
Contact: Taylor Quinn 
202-476-2281
tquinn@childrensnational.org

MedStar Washington Hospital (Active)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hedy Smith
Contact: Devona Quasie-Woode  
202-877-0746

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