Karen Quillen, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • Published 9/2/2025

    Avila Rodriguez AM, Hu X, Varga C, Comenzo R, Sarosiek S, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V, Doros G, Quillen K. Comparable peri-transplant mortality and incidence of febrile neutropenia after high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with plasma cell dyscrasias treated as outpatient versus inpatient. Br J Haematol. 2025 Sep 02. PMID: 40898649.

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  • Published 8/20/2023

    Sarosiek S, Lee MH, Doros G, Edwards CV, Quillen K, Brauneis D, Shelton AC, Sanchorawala V, Sloan JM. Safety and Efficacy of Propylene Glycol-Free Melphalan in Patients with AL Amyloidosis Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: Results of a Phase II Study. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Nov; 29(11):695.e1-695.e7. PMID: 37607644.

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  • Published 8/12/2022

    Hassan H, Verma K, Ferri G, Brauneis D, Quillen K, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V, Edwards CV. Modified High-Dose versus High-Dose Melphalan Conditioning in Older Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Nov; 28(11):761.e1-761.e7. PMID: 35970300.

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  • Published 8/31/2021

    Shevtsov A, Parada M, Burks EJ, Quillen K. Peripheral blood smear and hemoglobin electrophoresis of unsuspected hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis in a newborn. Int J Lab Hematol. 2022 Feb; 44(1):53-54. PMID: 34464034.

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  • Published 7/14/2021

    Kritselis M, Yambayev I, Prilutskiy A, Shevtsov A, Vadlamudi C, Zheng H, Elsadwai M, Ma L, Aniskovich E, Kataria Y, Higgins S, Sarita-Reyes C, Zuo T, Zhao Q, Quillen K, Burks EJ. Distinctive pseudopalisaded histiocytic hyperplasia characterizes the transition of exudative to proliferative phase of diffuse alveolar damage in patients dying of COVID-19. Hum Pathol. 2021 10; 116:49-62. PMID: 34273395.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Education

  • Queen's University, MD
  • Harvard University, AB