Biography
Dr. Abraham earned her Doctor Medicine degree from Pariyaram Medical College, India. Following this she completed her Pediatric Residency at Nassau University Medical Center, New York and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship at Primary Children's Medical Center, Utah.
Personal Statement
My primary interest is in bleeding disorders and thrombosis in children. I am the institutional PI for the hemophilia studies. I am an executive committee member of the Mountain States Hemophilia Network. In my role as the HTC director, I also serve as the Medical Director of the Hemophilia Camp. I partner with our coagulation lab in the management of our patients especially with many new treatments coming down the pipeline. I have been collaborating with different teams in the hospital including Pediatric ER, PICU and pharmacy in creating protocols and guidelines for the management of our pediatric patients with thrombosis.
Areas of Specialty
Hemophilia
VonWillebrand disease
Thrombosis
Various anemias
Leukemia
Certifications
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
BLS
PALS
Achievements & Awards
Faculty Speaker award 2014: by UNM Medical students
Albuquerque Top Docs 2016-2020 Pediatric faculty service awards 2016, 2017, 2020
Best Doctors in America 2015-2018
Nominated for department of Pharmacy Exceeding excellence Constant contributor award 2020, Nominated for Golden headed cane faculty award 2017
Nominated for UNM sHERO award 2021
Languages
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Arabic
Courses Taught
Phase II lecture on Anemia for Medical Students -Case Based discussion for medical students
Resident school lectures: Interpretation of CBC, Hemophilia
Nursing education: Vaccines for patients with bleeding disorders and post bone marrow transplant, Leukemia, bleeding disorders
Bleeding disorders review at EMS and Critical care conference
Research and Scholarship
S.Abraham Ode from an aching heart, Pediatric Blood and Cancer Nov 2020
J.Koury, C.Schnajenberg,C.Villasenor, S.Abraham: A distinctive approach to venous thromboembolism treatment in a pediatric hemodialysis patient: a case report. The journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics May 2020
K.Haley, R.Sidonio, S.Abraham et al. A cross-sectional study of women and girls with congenital bleeding disorders: The American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network Cohort. J ournal of Women’s Health, Jan 2020
C.Ferreira, D.Chen, S.Abraham et al. Combined alpha-delta platelet storage pool deficiency is associated with mutations in GFI1B.Molecular Genetics and Metabolism(accepted for publication Dec. 2016)
S.Abraham, ‘A Song’, On Children, Blood and Cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, August 2, 2016