Paibel Aguayo-Hiraldo, MD

Medical Director, Transplant and Cellular Therapy Section

Director, Advanced Fellowship Transplant and Cellular Therapy Cancer and Blood Disease Institute

Attending Physician; Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Hematology-Oncology

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Clinical Interests

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant for non-malignant disorders, especially HLH, Congenital Immunodeficiencies, and immune dysregulation. Immune reconstitution after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Management and reduction of post-transplant toxicity, specifically Graft versus host disease and Transplant associated Thrombotic microangiopathy.

Education

Medical School

San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, Puerto Rico

Residency

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Fellowship

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital- Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant-Advanced fellowship

Accomplishments

Certifications

Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Memberships

American Society for Transplant and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT, previously ASBMT)
Histiocyte Society
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Consortium (PTCTC) [previously Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)]
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis-Hematopoietic Stem cell transplant cohort (PALISI-HSCT)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)