Best Pediatric Hematologist Costa Mesa Near Me

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Dr. Andreea A. Nanci is a hematologist and oncologist who specializes in the medical treatment of patients with cancer and blood disorders.

She received her medical degree at Johann W. Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and completed a residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein College in New York City. Next she completed a fellowship in hematology-oncolgy at UCI Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at Northwest Hospital, the teaching hospital for the Johann W. Goethe University. Nanci also hold's a master's in business administration from the UCI Paul Merage School of Business.

Nanci is an active member of several national and international professional societies and has participated in improving training programs for fellow physicians through the Career Development Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She also is dedicated to training future hematologists and oncologists.

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A leading expert in pediatric oncology/hematology, Dr. Kirov serves as CHOC Specialists director of oncology, as well as the director of the lymphoma program and recurrent/refractory cancer program.

On the forefront of innovative research, Dr. Kirov’s clinical research interests include Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, leukemia, stem cell transplantation and innovative therapies for patients with recurrent cancer. He is a principal investigator for CHOC Oncology Group (COG) Phase I studies at CHOC Hospital, and co-investigator in all ongoing COG studies. Dr. Kirov is a principal investigator in several pharmaceutical industry sponsored clinical studies in the areas of chronic myeloid leukemia and stem cell transplantation. A prolific and respected author, Dr. Kirov has written many publications and has been published in a number of journals including Bone Marrow Transplant and the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Dedicated to clinical excellence, Dr. Kirov is board certified in pediatric hematology/oncology. He earned his medical degree from the Medical Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. He completed his residency training and fellowship in pediatric and adult hematology in Bulgaria where he went on to become a leading pediatric hematologist/oncologist for more than 12 years. When Dr. Kirov relocated to the United States, he became a visiting fellow in the bone marrow transplant program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Oncology Center. He then went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at Westchester County Medical Center, New York and postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at CHOC.

Ivan I Kirov MD is on staff at CHOC Hospital in Orange and CHOC Mission Hospital.

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the National Institute of Hematology, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Pediatrics Residency at Westchester County Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD

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Kirov I, Shen V, Sender L, Lones M. Pediatric Diffuse Large Cell Lymphomas in Primary Immunodeficiency have a Non-Germinal Center-B Phenotype.45th Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology, September 2013, Hong Kong. Pediatr Blood Cancer, September 2013, 60, suppl 3:82

Kirov I, Neudorf S, Sender L, Messina J, English M, Crook N. Da-EPOCH-R and EPOCH-R in Treatment of Adolescent Patients with DLBCL. Fourth International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, November 2012, New York, NY. British Journal of Hematology, 2012, 159, suppl 1:128

Huynh V, Kirov I, Neudorf S, Zadeh T, Lones M.Post-Transplant Lymphoprolipherative Disorders in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplanted Recipients Have Non-Germinal Center Phenotype and Unique Ctytogenetic Abnormalities. Fourth International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, November 2012, New York, NY. British Journal of Hematology, 2012, 159, suppl 1:107

Fraser C, Brown P, Megason G,, Hyo Seop Ahn, Cho B, Kirov I, Frankel L, Aplenc R, Bensen-Kennedy D, Munteanu M, Weaver J, Harker-Murray P. Open-Label Bendamustine for Pediatric Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemia: Safety and Efficacy Outcomes. In: 53rd ASH Annual Meeting, December 2011, San Diego, California. Blood. 2011 Nov; 118(21): 3602.

Richardson P, Smith A, Grupp S, Kernan N, Arai S, Haut P, Triplett B, Chan KW, Gillio A, Symons H, Adams R, Horn B, Lucas K, Martin PL, Mineishi S, Ball E, Boyer M, Fort J, Kirov I, Lehman L, Madigan C, Massaro J, D’Agostino R, Hannah AL, Tudone E, Hume R, Iacobelli M, Soiffer R, and the Defibrotide Study Group. Defibrotide (DF) in the Treatment of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease (VOD) in Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) and Non- SCT Patients (Pts): Results of a Treatment IND Expanded Access Protocol. In: 53rd ASH Annual Meeting, December 2011, San Diego, California. Blood. 2011 Nov; 118(21): 487.

Abla O, Sandlund JT, Sung L, Brock P, Corbett R, Kirov I, Griffin TC, Blaser S, Weitzman S. A case series of pediatric primary central nervous system lymphoma: favorable outcome without cranial irradiation. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2006 Dec;47(7):880-5.

Neudorf S, Nourani A, Kempert P, Shen V, Sender L, Kirov I. Chemotherapy and donor leukocyte infusion for relapsed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Bone Marrow Transplant, 2004; 33: 1069