Susan Kearney, M.D.

Mayo Mail Code 484
420 Delaware St. S.E.
Minneapolis , MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-0063
Fax: (612) 626-2815
kearn054@umn.edu
Preferred method of contact:  phone (assistant Stacey McQuillan – 612 624 6926)

Dr. Kearney received her bachelor's degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology from McGill University , in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . She then attended Mayo Medical School in Rochester , Minnesota , where she received her M.D. degree in 2000. Following medical school, Dr. Kearney completed her pediatric residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Harvard University and her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Childrens Hospital of Boston and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Kearney is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation in the Department of Pediatrics.

Honors and Awards

• 1995 IMS Research Grant, University of Toronto
• 1996-2000 Mayo Merit Scholarship, Mayo Medical School
• 1997 Harry Hoffman Scholarship for Clinical Work in underserved areas, Mayo Medical School – Kampala , Uganda .
• 1998 Harry Hoffman Scholarship for Clinical Work in underserved areas, Mayo Medical School - Quito , Ecuador
• 2003 Schliesman Award for Medical Work in Underserved Areas, Boston Combined Residency Program, Harvard University – Montevideo , Uruguay .
• 2005 Cooley's Anemia Foundation Travel Award
• 2005 American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Young Investigator Travel Award
• 2005 American Society of Hematology Clinical Research Training Institute

Research Interests

1. Childhood leukemia
• Toxicity of therapy
2. New Drug Development
• Implementation of clinical trials with new phase I/II agents
3. Benign Hematology
   • Chronic Anemias
   • Iron metabolism

Selected Publications

Miller SC. Kearney SL. Effect of in vivo administration of all trans-retinoic acid on the hemopoietic cell populations of the spleen and bone marrow: profound strain differences between A/J and C57BL/6J mice. Laboratory Animal Science. 48(1):74-80, 1998 Feb

Kearney S, Nemeth E, Neufeld E, Thapa D, Ganz T, Weinstein D, Cunningham M. Urinary Hepcidin Levels in Congenital Chronic Anemias. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. Online published 2005 Oct.

Kearney S, Levy D, Voss S, Silverman L. Asparaginase-Induced Pancreatitis in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Consortium. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual meeting. April 29th – May 3rd, 2006.