Meghan C. McCormick, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Dr. McCormick received her Bachelor of Science degree from The College of New Jersey in 2011, graduating Magna cum laude. She received her Medical Degree from Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2014 having earned accolades including Alpha Omega Alpha, the Women In Medicine Achievement Award and the NJMS Excellence in Pediatrics Award. She completed her Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship training at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh from 2014-2017 and 2017-2020 respectively. She obtained a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Research with a focus on Clinical Trial Development at the University of Pittsburgh during her fellowship training.

Dr. McCormick joined the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2020. Dr. McCormick cares for children with a wide range of hematologic and oncologic diagnoses. She is a member of the Vascular Anomalies Center, a multi-disciplinary center caring for children with vascular malformations and their associated complications. She is site Primary Investigator of the Consortium of Investigators of Vascular Anomalies, a multi-institutional research consortium for vascular anomalies. She is Clinical Director of Pediatric Hematology Services at UPMC Pinnacle and she serves as a member of the coagulation team at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is active in clinical research and quality improvement work, with a focus on improving supportive care practices for children with hematologic and oncologic disease.

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO), 2017-Present
  • American Society of Hematology (ASH), 2017-Present

Education & Training

  • BS, Biology, magna cum laude, The College of New Jersey, 2011
  • MD, Rutgers University, 2014
  • Residency in Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh-UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2014-2017

Selected Publications

McCormick M, Delaney M. Transfusion Support: Considerations in Pediatric Populations. Semi Hematol. 2020; 57(2): 65-72.

McCormick M, Triulzi D. The use of premedications for platelet transfusions in pediatric patients. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2020 (1): 523-526.

Dreyzin A, McCormick M, Zullo J, Shah SS, Kalpatthi R. Impact of PCV-13 vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in hospitalized children: a multi-institutional analysis. Acta Paediatr.2021; 110(2): 624-630.

Gunawardena N, McCormick M, Liu Y, Ritchey A. Successful treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and mast cell proliferation in a patient with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021; Aug;68(8):e29012.

McCormick M, Lapinski J, Friehling F, Smith K. Pre-Medication Prior to PEG-asparaginase is Cost-Effective in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021; Aug;68(8):e29051

Eddens T, Mack M, McCormick M, Chong H & Kalpatthi R. Trends in Pediatric Primary Immunodeficiency: Incidence, Utilization, Transplantation and Mortality. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022; 10(1):286-296.

McCormick M, Richardson T, Rapkin L, Kalpatthi R. Risk Factors for Readmission Following Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Oncology Patients. Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology. 2023. 45(4):e496-e501. 

Stewart M, McCormick M, Windreich RM, Munro C, Meade J. A mismatched syndrome: A five-year-old girl with high risk leukemia and Lynch syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023; e30660.
 

Full Publication List via NIH PubMed »

Academic and Research Interests

  • Hematology
  • Coagulation
  • Benign hematology

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