William Stevenson
Clinical Associate Professor
Haematology
The University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Dr Stevenson has been a member of the Leukaemia Foundation’s National Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee since 2008. Dr William Stevenson is a clinical haematologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney where he supervises the Cytogenetic and Molecular Haematology Laboratories. He was a graduate student at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne and has had further training as a Post- Doctoral Fellow within the Department of Leukaemia at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Research Interest
His interests include genetic diagnostics and novel medical therapies for leukaemia.
Publications
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A high-throughput sequencing test for diagnosing inherited bleeding, thrombotic, and platelet disorders.
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GFI1B variants associated with thrombocytopenia.
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Busulfan is effective second-line therapy for older patients with Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms intolerant of or unresponsive to hydroxyurea.
