Laurence Boxer, MD - Video Profile
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Channel: Michigan Medicine · 2014 · Science & Technology
Professor, Pediatrics Specialties: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatrics Clinical Interests: Dr. Boxer has had a life-long professional interest in clinical disorders of the neutrophil such as chronic granulomatous disease, as well as the diagnosis and therapy of chronic neutropenias. He also has expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of anemias, thrombocytopenia, and aplastic anemia. Dr. Laurence Boxer is a graduate of Stanford University Medical School. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Hospital and Stanford University and served as chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Boxer then completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston (Harvard University) and served as an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard University. In 1975, he was appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at Indiana University and rose through the ranks to professor. In 1982, Dr. Boxed joined the faculty of the University of Michigan as professor and director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Boxer is nationally recognized for his research in granulocyte cell biology and disorders of granulocyte function and number.
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