Associate Professor, Pathology/Laboratory Medicine and Pediatrics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Patricia Zerra, MD is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology at Connecticut College, followed by two years as a research technician at Boston Children’s Hospital. She then earned her MD at Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, followed by completion of a pediatrics residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami. Dr. Zerra moved to Atlanta in 2014 and completed Pediatric Hematology & Oncology fellowship at Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, followed by an additional Transfusion Medicine fellowship.
As a physician-scientist, she provides care to pediatric patients with hematologic disorders, covers the transfusion medicine and apheresis services, and serves as Assistant Medical Director of the Special Coagulation Laboratory at Emory University Hospital. She is the Principal Investigator of an R01-funded research lab, which integrates hematology and immunology and is dedicated to identifying novel therapeutics to improve the care of patients with hematologic disorders including sickle cell disease and hemophilia.
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