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Faculty
Matthew A. Saxonhouse, M.D.
Assistant Professor
College
Emory University
Medical School
University of Florida
Residency
University of Florida
Fellowship
University of Florida
Number of years at UF as Faculty
3
Research Interests
- Neonatal Platelet Function
- Neonatal thrombosis and hemorrhage
- Neonatal thrombocytopenia
- Recombinant Factor VIIa
Active Research Projects/Grants
- Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association/Puerto Rico Affiliate, “Platelet Function in Term and Preterm Neonates”. Project funding period July 2005 through June 2008. Matthew A. Saxonhouse, P.I.
- NIH/NHLBI PA-03-015 Innovative Research Grant Program 12/1/07-11/30/09
Platelet Transfusions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Role: Collaborating Investigator
Publications over the last five years:
- Saxonhouse MA, Bhatti TM, Driebe WT, Freeman BE, Maria BL, Carney PR: Primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting with a branch retinal artery occlusion in a 15-year old male. J Child Neurol. 2002 May;17(5):392-4.
- Saxonhouse MA, Behnke M, Williams JL, Richards D, Weiss MD: Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII presenting with isolated neonatal ascites. J Perinatol. 2003 Jan;23(1): 73-5.
- Saxonhouse MA, Rimsza LM, Christensen RD, Hutson, AD, Stegner JJ, Koenig JM, Sola MC: Effects of anoxia on megakaryocyte progenitors derived from cord blood CD34pos cells. Eur J Haematol 2003: 71: 359-365.
- Saxonhouse MA, Christensen RD, Sullivan DM, Hutson AD, Sola MC: The Concentration of Circulating Megakaryocyte Progenitors in Preterm Neonates is a Function of Post-Conceptional Age, Early Hum Dev. 2004 Jul;78(2):119-24.
- Rimsza LM, Douglas VK, Tighe P, Saxonhouse MA, Calhoun DA, Christensen RD, Sola MC: Benign B-Cell Precursors (Hematogones) are the Predominant Lymphoid Population in the Bone Marrow of Preterm Infants, Biol Neonate. 2004;86(4):247-53.
- Saxonhouse MA, Sola MC, Pastos KM, Ignatz ME, Hutson AD, Christensen RD, Rimsza LM: Reticulated platelet percentages in term and preterm neonates, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Dec;26(12):797-802.
- Koenig JM, Stegner JJ, Schmeck AC, Saxonhouse MA, Kenigsberg L: Neonatal neutrophils with prolonged survival exhibit enhanced inflammatory and cytotoxic responsiveness, Pediatr Res. 2005 Mar;57(3):424-9.
- Saxonhouse MA, Yachnis AT, Burchfield DJ, Quisling R, Sullivan MP, Pincus DW: Neonatal hypothalamic hamartoma: A differentiating non-lethal "hamartoblastoma". J neurosurge (Pediatrics 3) 103:277-281, 2005.
- Saxonhouse MA, Rimsza LM, Stevens G, Jouei N, Christensen RD, Sola MC: Effects of hypoxia on megakaryocyte progenitors obtained from the umbilical cord blood of term and preterm neonates. Biol Neonate 2006;89:104-108.
- Saxonhouse MA, Sleasman JW: Immunodeficiency Diseases of the Neonate, In Neonatal Hematology, DeAlarcon PA and Werner EJ, editors. Cambridge University In Press 2005.
- Sola MC, Slayton W, Saxonhouse MA: Platelet Transfusions in the Infant and Child, In Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine, Ronald Strauss, editor. Elsevier Science, 2004.
- Saxonhouse MA, Sola-Visner MC: Current Issues in the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neonatal Thrombocytopenia, In Questions and Controversies in Neonatology Series: Hematology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases Volume. Ohls R and Yoder M, editors. Elsevier Science, in press.
- Saxonhouse MA, Brown R, Sola-Visner MC: Neonatal Thrombocytopenia: what we do and don’t know, In Management of Haematological Disorders in the Newborn. Murray N, editor. Elsevier Science, in press.
- Carney PR, Geyer JD, Gomez CR, Saxonhouse MA: Pediatric Stroke, Acute, In Stroke and Vascular Neurology, A Practical Approach. Geyer JD and Gomez CR, editors. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008, In press.
- Carney PR, Geyer JD, Gomez CR, Saxonhouse MA: Pediatric Stroke, In Pediatric Neurology. Geyer JD and Gomez CR, editors. McGraw Hill, 2008, in press.
- Saxonhouse MA, Sola MC: Platelet Function in Term and Pre-Term Neonates. Clin Perinatol. 2004 Mar;31(1):15-28.
Other Clinical Interests
- Management of Ocular Discharge in Premature Neonates
- Practice Parameters in Neonates
Clinical Positions
Assistant Medical Director, NICU, Shands & UF
National/Local Committees
- Transfusion Committee-Shands & UF
- International committee on Neonatal use of Recombinant Factor VIIa
- Morbidity and Mortality Conference Leader, Department of Pediatrics
- Housestaff Selection Committee, Department of Pediatrics, Shands & UF
- PBE Case Review and Development Committee
- Co-coordinator, Pediatric Science Day, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida
- Pediatric Quality Improvement Committee, Shands & UF
Reviewer:
- Health Research Board in Ireland
- Archives of Medical Research
- Thrombosis Research
- American Heart Association Grants Review
- Stem Cells and Development
