Vijay Sankaran | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
- Bone Marrow Failure Program
- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
- Precision Medicine Service
- Rare Anemias and Iron Disorders Program
- Sickle Cell Disease Program
- Thalassemia Program
Languages
- English
- Tamil
Vijay Sankaran | Education
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
2010
Internship
Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
2011, Boston, MA
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
2013, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital
2015, Boston, MA
Vijay Sankaran | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (General)
- American Board of Pediatrics (Hematology-Oncology)
Vijay Sankaran | Professional History
Dr. Sankaran is a physician-scientist focused on caring for patients with non-malignant hematologic disorders with a special interest in diseases of red blood cell production and hemoglobin disorders. Dr. Sankaran’s laboratory uses human genetics to understand blood cell production, hemoglobin gene regulation, and how this goes awry in disease. Dr. Sankaran’s laboratory website is: http://bloodgenes.org.
Dr. Sankaran serves as an expert for the Department of Hematology-Nonmalignant for Boston Children's Hospital Precision Medicine Service. For more information about the Precision Medicine Service please visit bostonchildrens.org/precisionmed.