Deepakbabu Chellapandian
Experienced in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

Dr. Deepakbabu Chellapandian

Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
Clinical Trials:Currently Recruiting for 1 Trial

Experienced in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Overview

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 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). His top areas of expertise are Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Non-Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis, Infantile Neutropenia, Reticulohistiocytoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).

Residency
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2013
Specialties
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Licenses
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2017
Hospital for Sick Children, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2016
Languages Spoken
English
Hindi
Tamil
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-767-4176

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Chellapandian 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.

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


2 Clinical Trials

A Phase II Trial of Reduced Intensity Conditioning and Partially HLA-mismatched (HLA-haploidentical) Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation for High-risk Solid Tumors
A Phase II Trial of Reduced Intensity Conditioning and Partially HLA-mismatched (HLA-haploidentical) Related Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation for High-risk Solid Tumors
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: March 11, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Radiation
Study Drugs: Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, Melphalan, Tacrolimus
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Randomized Trial of Low Versus Moderate Exposure Busulfan for Infants With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Receiving TCRαβ+/CD19+ Depleted Transplantation: A Phase II Study by the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)
A Randomized Trial of Low Versus Moderate Exposure Busulfan for Infants With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) Receiving TCRαβ+/CD19+ Depleted Transplantation: A Phase II Study by the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: November 21, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Drug: Busulfan
Study Phase: Phase 2
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10 Total Publications

Improved outcome of HSCT in STAT1 gain-of-function disease following JAK inhibition bridging.
Improved outcome of HSCT in STAT1 gain-of-function disease following JAK inhibition bridging.
Journal: Journal of human immunity
Published: October 27, 2025
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Saint Petersburg, FL 
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727-767-4176
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St Petersburg, FL 
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727-767-4176
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