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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael Boeckh is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across several subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Hematology, and Surgery.

The main topics addressed in their work comprise:

  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases

Recent notable publications include:

  • Analysis of a SARS-CoV-2-Infected Individual Reveals Development of Potent Neutralizing Antibodies with Limited Somatic Mutation, 2020, Immunity
  • Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Washington state, 2020, Science
  • Survival, Nonrelapse Mortality, and Relapse-Related Mortality After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Comparing 2003-2007 Versus 2013-2017 Cohorts, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • A human coronavirus evolves antigenically to escape antibody immunity, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Evidence for Limited Early Spread of COVID-19 Within the United States, January-February 2020, 2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Boeckh include:

  • Janet A. Englund
  • Keith R. Jerome
  • Alpana Waghmare
  • Terry Stevens-Ayers
  • Wendy M. Leisenring

The scientist's work has been published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Blood

Michael Boeckh has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Alison G. Freifeld;Eric J. Bow;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Michael J. Boeckh

  • Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a global perspective.

    Marcie Tomblyn;Tom Chiller;Hermann Einsele;Ronald Gress

  • Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a global perspective

    M. Tomblyn;T. Chiller;H. Einsele;R. Gress

  • Reduced mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation.

    Ted A. Gooley;Jason W. Chien;Jason W. Chien;Steven A. Pergam;Steven A. Pergam;Sangeeta Hingorani;Sangeeta Hingorani

  • Invasive aspergillosis in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: changes in epidemiology and risk factors

    Kieren A. Marr;Rachel A. Carter;Michael Boeckh;Paul Martin

  • Letermovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation

    Francisco M Marty;Per Ljungman;Roy F Chemaly;Johan Maertens

  • Definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients for Use in Clinical Trials.

    Per Ljungman;Per Ljungman;Michael Boeckh;Michael Boeckh;Hans H Hirsch;Filip Josephson

  • Cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia-guided early treatment with ganciclovir versus ganciclovir at engraftment after allogeneic marrow transplantation: a randomized double-blind study

    Michael Boeckh;Ted A. Gooley;David Myerson;Terri Cunningham

  • Combination Antifungal Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis

    Kieren A. Marr;Kieren A. Marr;Michael Boeckh;Michael Boeckh;Rachel A. Carter;Hyung Woo Kim

  • Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

    Per Ljungman;Morgan Hakki;Michael Boeckh;Michael Boeckh

  • Late cytomegalovirus disease and mortality in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants: importance of viral load and T-cell immunity.

    Michael Boeckh;Wendy Leisenring;Stanley R. Riddell;Raleigh A. Bowden

  • Prolonged fluconazole prophylaxis is associated with persistent protection against candidiasis-related death in allogeneic marrow transplant recipients: long-term follow-up of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Kieren A. Marr;Kristy Seidel;Monica A. Slavin;Raleigh A. Bowden

  • Cytomegalovirus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients.

    Ajit P. Limaye;Katharine A. Kirby;Gordon D. Rubenfeld;Wendy M. Leisenring

  • Invasive Aspergillosis following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Outcomes and Prognostic Factors Associated with Mortality

    Arlo Upton;Katharine A. Kirby;Paul Carpenter;Michael Boeckh

  • How we treat cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients

    Michael Boeckh;Per Ljungman

  • Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus: Methodologic Aspects and Clinical Applications

    Michael Boeckh;Guy Boivin

  • Emergence of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus disease among recipients of solid-organ transplants

    Ajit P Limaye;Lawrence Corey;Lawrence Corey;David M Koelle;David M Koelle;Connie L Davis

  • Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Alison G. Freifeld;Eric J. Bow;Kent A. Sepkowitz;Michael J. Boeckh

  • Risks and outcomes of invasive fungal infections in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants after nonmyeloablative conditioning.

    Takahiro Fukuda;Michael Boeckh;Michael Boeckh;Rachel A. Carter;Rachel A. Carter;Brenda M. Sandmaier;Brenda M. Sandmaier

  • High Risk of Death Due to Bacterial and Fungal Infection among Cytomegalovirus (CMV)—Seronegative Recipients of Stem Cell Transplants from Seropositive Donors: Evidence for Indirect Effects of Primary CMV Infection

    W. Garrett Nichols;Lawrence Corey;Lawrence Corey;Ted Gooley;Chris Davis

  • Cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: Current status, known challenges, and future strategies.

    Michael Boeckh;W.Garrett Nichols;Genovefa Papanicolaou;Robert Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital
Lawrence Corey
Lawrence Corey Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Wendy Leisenring
Wendy Leisenring Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Keith R. Jerome
Keith R. Jerome Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jane Kuypers
Jane Kuypers University of Washington
Paul J. Martin
Paul J. Martin Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ajit P. Limaye
Ajit P. Limaye University of Washington
Kieren A. Marr
Kieren A. Marr Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Brenda M. Sandmaier
Brenda M. Sandmaier Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Barry E. Storer
Barry E. Storer Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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