{"id":3280,"date":"2020-07-23T11:33:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/?page_id=3280"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:58:03","slug":"sickle-cell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/sickle-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"Sickle Cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/McMahon-Lillian-184x184-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2510 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/McMahon-Lillian-184x184-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/McMahon-Lillian-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/lillian-e-mcmahon-md\" style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Lillian McMahon, MD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education:<\/strong> Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Para, Belem, Brazil (MD, 1963)<br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong> Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1965-1968)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong> Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1968-1969)<br \/>\nNew York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY (1969-1970)<br \/>\n<strong>Board Certification:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>Pediatrics (board eligible),\u00a0<\/span><span>Hematology\/Oncology (board eligible)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Special Interests<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>Adult Sickle Cell Hematology<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/andrew-b-wilks-md-ms\"><span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2024\/01\/Wilks.jpg\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>Andrew B. Wilks, MD, MS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span><\/span><span>Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Education:<\/strong><span> Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (MD, 2017)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong><span> University of Vermont Medical Center, Vermont (2017-2020)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong><span> University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, MA (2020-2023)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2025\/09\/Lofters-e1792175937245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" class=\"wp-image-5917 size-full alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2025\/09\/Lofters-e1792175937245.png 137w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2025\/09\/Lofters-e1792175937245-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/jason-lofters-md\">Jason Lofters, MBBS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span>Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong><span>: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Science, Mona, Jamaica (MBBS, 2014)<\/span><span><br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong> Englewood Hospital\/ Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, (2019-2022)<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong> Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (2023-2026)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sylvestre-Charlene-184x184-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sylvestre-Charlene-184x184-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/files\/2019\/08\/Sylvestre-Charlene-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/directory\/doctor\/alt\/charlene-m-sylvestre-np-msn-msw-rn-np-c-ccap-0\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Charlene Sylvestre, NP<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>Holy Names University, Oakland, CA (2015)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Board Certification<\/strong>:\u00a0<span>Nurse Practitioner-Certified (NP-C),\u00a0<\/span><span>Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP),\u00a0<\/span><span>Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hematology\/files\/2026\/10\/rogal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"174\" class=\"wp-image-6343 alignleft\" \/>Micaela Rogal, PA-C, MPAS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span>Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Education<\/strong><span>: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Manchester, NH (MS, 2024)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/hematology\/files\/2022\/01\/dockerty.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lillian McMahon, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Education: Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Para, Belem, Brazil (MD, 1963) Residency: Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1965-1968) Fellowship: Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1968-1969) New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY (1969-1970) Board Certification:\u00a0Pediatrics (board eligible),\u00a0Hematology\/Oncology (board eligible) Special Interests:\u00a0Adult Sickle Cell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6467,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}