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Grand Rounds: Genetic Risk Factors and Admixture using Comparative Genomics in Hispanic Children of Different Ancestry with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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Speaker:      Samuel Pabon-Rivera, MD, FAAP

Samuel Pabon-Rivera, MD, FAAP has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Dr. Samuel Pabon-Rivera, is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute.  Dr. Pabon completed his undergraduate studies in 2011 at University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, where graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in General Biology and Industrial Microbiology. Before applying to medical school, Dr. Pabon spent one year teaching basic science to high school students at Antilles Military Academy in Puerto Rico. In 2016 he obtained his medical degree from Ponce Health Sciences University. Subsequently, he completed a Pediatric residency at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences campus obtaining his initial certification from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2020. Recently, Dr. Pabon completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UT Health San Antonio and will be joining the faculty during the summer of 2023.  Dr. Pabon’s research interest is focused on genetic risk factors and admixture in Hispanic children from South Texas and Puerto Rico with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

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Disclosure to Learners

The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator.

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