Alexandra Cathcart, MD, MS
Locations: Main Building, Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Alexandra Cathcart, MD, MS
Titles
Attending Physician
Certifications
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2023, TL1 Blue Ribbon Award at Translational Science 2023 Conference in Washington, DC
2021, Hasbro Children's Hospital Teaching Award
2015, University of Pittsburgh Children's Literature Program Paper Prize Winner
2015, Carol Gay Award Winner: National prize for Children's Literature Scholarship
2014-2018, Benjamin and Mary Siddons Measey Foundation Medical Scholarship
2014, Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh
2014, Phi Beta Kappa Induction
Leadership and Memberships
2023-present, American Society of Hematology
2021-present, Children's Oncology Group
2021-present, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
2018-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
Editorial and Academic Positions
2022-present, Peer Review Manuscript: Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MS in Clinical Research - Emory University, DeKalb County, GA
Medical Degree
MD - Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Template University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics - Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI
Fellowship
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (Chief Fellow)
Publications
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2023
Cathcart A, Castellino SM, Sohn H, DeGroote ND, Mertens A., Ji X: Association Between Structural Racism and Acuity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors. Poster presented at Emory University Health Services Research Day. Atlanta, GA May 2023.
Cathcart A, Castellino SM, Sohn H, Mertens A., Ji X: Association Between Structural Racism and Acuity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors. Presented at the Aflac Spring Research Retreat, Atlanta, GA May 2023.
Cathcart A, Castellino SM, Sohn H, DeGroote ND, Mertens A., Ji X: Association Between Structural Racism and Acuity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors. Poster presented at Emory/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Early Career Researcher Conference. Atlanta, GA August 2023.
Jain T, Ji X, DeGroote ND, Himes A, Coxhead C, Khanna-Farber A, Cathcart A, Miller TP, Blum KA, Tarquinio KM, Mertens A, Castellino SC: Association of Age with Acuity and Severity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Leukemia. Oral and Poster Presentation at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington D.C. December 2023.
Lectures by Invitation
2023
Cathcart A. "Association Between Structural Racism and Acuity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors." Poster presented at Translational Science. Washington, D.C. Apr 2023.
Cathcart A. "Association Between Structural Racism and Acuity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors." Poster presented at Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference. Pine Garden, GA. Mar 2023.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2023
Cathcart A, White M: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. In: Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects. In: Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects, Fourth Edition. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science, 2023 Notes: Accepted.