Andrew Staron, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Andrew Staron, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Hematology & Medical Oncology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He was appointed to this position after completing his residency (2015–2018) and fellowship (2019–2022) at Boston Medical Center. In his third year of fellowship, Dr. Staron was selected for the role of chief fellow. Additionally, he completed a year-long clinical and research fellowship in amyloidosis (2018–2019) at the Boston University Amyloidosis Center, under the mentorship of the director, Dr. Sanchorawala.
As a practicing hematologist at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Staron has a deep commitment to serving patients and families who are affected by various hematologic diseases and who come from diverse backgrounds, drawing upon his own upbringing in an immigrant family. His main research interest is in AL amyloidosis—a rare plasma cell disorder that leads to the accumulation of abnormal immunoglobulin light chain proteins in organs. He has been the lead author on several publications in peer-reviewed journals and given presentations related to AL amyloidosis at national and international meetings. Dr. Staron helps to oversee the clinical database at the Boston University Amyloidosis Center and is directly involved in research projects utilizing this resource. He has conducted natural history studies that described important trends in disease outcomes and explored the role of minimal residual disease assessment in AL amyloidosis. Dr. Staron is also a member of the International Society of Amyloidosis and a peer-reviewer for several journals.
Education
- New York Medical College, MD
- Cornell University, BS
Publications
- Published on 1/31/2025
Staron A, Sanchorawala V. Current landscape of clinical management for systemic light chain amyloidosis. Future Cardiol. 2025 Mar; 21(4):203-205. PMID: 39885778.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/10/2024
Abdallah M, Arters F, Patel J, Edwards C, Lerner A, Petrocca F, Dockerty M, Fuller B, Godfrey A, Staron A, Sanchorawala V, Sloan JM, Bertrand K, Szalat R. Febrile neutropenia in patients with Duffy-null-associated neutrophil counts and multiple myeloma or AL amyloidosis. Blood Adv. 2024 Dec 10; 8(23):5935-5938. PMID: 39348709.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/26/2024
Sanchorawala V, Barroso B, Shelton A, Goetz E, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Burke N, Sloan JM, Staron A. Defying the odds: 30 years in AL amyloidosis research-recent barriers to clinical trial enrollment. Blood Adv. 2024 Nov 26; 8(22):5826-5828. PMID: 39293090.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/14/2024
Staron A, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, Burke N, Sanchorawala V. Factors impeding organ recovery despite a deep haematological response in patients with systemic AL amyloidosis. Br J Haematol. 2024 Dec; 205(6):2268-2272. PMID: 39275899.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/11/2024
Anand SK, Staron A, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, Burke N, Sanchorawala V, Verma A. Machine-learning based subgroups of AL amyloidosis and cumulative incidence of mortality and end stage kidney disease. Am J Hematol. 2024 Nov; 99(11):2140-2151. PMID: 39257247.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/29/2024
Muchtar E, Gertz MA, Mwangi R, Hassan H, Dispenzieri A, Leung N, Buadi FK, Dingli D, Staron A, Sanchorawala V. Long-term outcomes of renal AL amyloidosis patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation: Validating the performance of the renal staging system. Am J Hematol. 2024 Nov; 99(11):2118-2126. PMID: 39207186.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/10/2024
Verma K, Staron A, Zheng L, Cetin O, Doros G, Sanchorawala V. Systemic AL Amyloidosis in Patients Younger Than 40 Years of Age: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2024 Dec; 24(12):869-872. PMID: 39214751.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/16/2024
Edwards CV, Ferri GM, Villegas-Galaviz J, Ghosh S, Bawa PS, Wang F, Klimtchuk E, Ajayi TB, Morgan GJ, Prokaeva T, Staron A, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V, Giadone RM, Murphy GJ. Abnormal global longitudinal strain and reduced serum inflammatory markers in cardiac AL amyloidosis patients without significant amyloid fibril deposition. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 16. PMID: 38558967.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/24/2023
Gustine JN, Staron A, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Gopal DM, Siddiqi OK, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V. Predictors of treatment response and survival outcomes in patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Blood Adv. 2023 Oct 24; 7(20):6080-6091. PMID: 37581513.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2023
Gustine JN, Szalat RE, Staron A, Joshi T, Mendelson L, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V. Light chain amyloidosis associated with Waldenström macroglobulinemia: treatment and survival outcomes. Haematologica. 2023 Jun 01; 108(6):1680-1684. PMID: 36546447.
Read at: PubMed
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