Overview
Dr. Ayala is the director of the Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She also is the hematology leader of the Young Women Bleeding Disorders/Menorrhagia Clinic, which focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to bleeding symptoms in girls and young women. Dr. Ayala also is involved in the Immune Dysregulation Clinic, which evaluates patients with autoimmune cytopenias in a multidisciplinary approach. Dr. Ayala joined the hospital in 2000. She was the chair of the Division of Hematology/Oncology between 2013-2017 and also served as interim director for the division between 2015-2016. Dr. Ayala's research experience includes multicenter national and international projects. Dr. Ayala received her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, her residency training at the San Juan City Hospital in Puerto Rico and her fellowship training at the Emory University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Ayala is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society.
Dr. Ayala is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are Hemophilia A, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Blood Clots, and Evans Syndrome.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 14 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Infantile Neutropenia.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 700, Suite 7, Suite 700, Suite 7, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Ayala has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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3 Clinical Trials
Aleksandra Petrovic is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Petrovic is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Vitrectomy.
Gregory Hale is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Hale is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD), Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), and Bone Marrow Transplant.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Chellapandian is the division chief of blood and marrow transplant and specializes in bone marrow transplant as a hematologist-oncologist and serves as Director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy for Non-Malignant Conditions (CCGNC) in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He joined the hospital staff in 2017. Dr. Chellapandian earned his medical degree from Madurai Medical College and then trained at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, both in India. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Chellapandian completed a pediatric hematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto and an advanced fellowship on bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Chellapandian's clinical and research interests include hematopoietic stem cell transplant for primary immunodeficiency, immune dysregulation disorders, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and treatment of histiocytic disorders. He has special focus on ex-vivo graft engineering techniques and autologous gene therapy. He has adapted new methods of T- cell depletion using haploidentical transplantation to transplant patients lacking a suitable matched donor. He has numerous scientific papers and review articles published in this field. Dr. Chellapandian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Non-Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis, Infantile Neutropenia, Reticulohistiocytoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Blood ClotsDr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Blood Clots.
- Evans SyndromeDr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Evans Syndrome.
- Hemophilia ADr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Hemophilia A.
- Hemophilic ArthropathyDr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Hemophilic Arthropathy.
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)Dr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Ayala isExperienced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.