Roger H. Herzig, M.D.

Roger H. Herzig, M.D. Professor of Hematology, Medicine and Pediatrics Chief, Division of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Marion F. Beard Chair of Hematology James Graham Brown Cancer Center 529 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202 502-562-4363 - Office

Clinical Expertise

Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma

Education and Training

• Medical School: Case Western Reserve University

• Residency: University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio

• Fellowship: University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio

Recent Publications

• Leventhal J, Abecassis M, Miller J, Gallon L, Ravindra K, Tollerud DJ, King B, Elliott MJ, Herzig G, Herzig R, Ildstad ST. Chimerism and Tolerance Without GVHD or Engraftment Syndrome in HLA-Mismatched Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Mar 7;4(124):124ra28.

• Jacobsohn DA, Arora M, Klein JP, Hassebroek A, Flowers ME, Cutler CS, Urbano-Ispizua A, Bolwell BJ, Antin JH, Boyiadzis M, Cahn JY, Cairo MS, Herzig RH, Isola LM, Klumpp TR, Lee SJ, Petersdorf EW, Santarone S, Gale RP, Schouten HC, Spellman SR, Weisdorf DJ, Wingard JR, Horowitz MM, Pavletic SZ. Risk factors associated with increased nonrelapse mortality and with poor overall survival in children with chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 2011 Oct 20;118(16):4472-9. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

• Kebriaei P, Isola L, Bahceci E, Holland K, Rowley S, McGuirk J, Devetten M, Jansen J, Herzig R, Schuster M, Monroy R, Uberti J. Adult human mesenchymal stem cells added to corticosteroid therapy for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jul;15(7):804-11.

• Lazarus HM, Phillips GL, Herzig RH, Hurd DD, Wolff SN, Herzig GP. High-dose melphalan and the development of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: 25 years later. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 10;26(14):2240-3.

• Kurian S, Qazilbash M, Fay J, Wolff S, Herzig R, Hobbs G, Bunner P, Weisenborn R, Aya-Ay M, Lynch J, Ericson S. Complete response after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplatation in metastatic breast cancer results in survival benefit. Breast J. 2006 Nov-Dec;12(6):531-5.

• Slone SP, Ahmed Z, Cole LA, Elin RJ, Martin AW, Herzig RH, Herzig GP, Miller JJ. Positive pregnancy tests in a nongravid, premenopausal woman due to hCG beta-chain production by multiple myeloma. Am J Clin Pathol. 2005 Jul;124(1):108-12.

• Zhai QL, Qiu LG, Li Q, Meng HX, Han JL, Herzig RH, Han ZC. Short-term ex vivo expansion sustains the homing-related properties of umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Haematologica. 2004 Mar;89(3):265-73.

• Vose JM, Rizzo DJ, Tao-Wu J, Armitage JO, Bashey A, Burns LJ, Christiansen NP, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Gibson J, Giralt SA, Herzig RH, Lemaistre CF, McCarthy PL Jr, Nimer SD, Petersen FB, Schenkein DP, Wiernik PH, Wiley JM, Loberiza FR, Lazarus HM, van Biesen K, Horowitz MM. Autologous transplantation for diffuse aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma in first relapse or second remission. Biol Blood  Marrow Transplant. 2004 Feb;10(2):116-27.

• Fleming DR, Ziegler C, Baize T, Mudd L, Goldsmith GH, Herzig RH. Cefepime versus ticarcillin and clavulanate potassium and aztreonam for febrile neutropenia therapy in high-dose chemotherapy patients. Am J Clin Oncol. 2003 Jun;26(3):285-8.

• Linker C, Anderlini P, Herzig R, Christiansen N, Somlo G, Bensinger W, Fay J, Lynch JP, Goodnough LT, Ashby M, Benyunes MC, Jones DV, Yang TA, Miller LL, Weaver C. Recombinant human thrombopoietin augments mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells for autologous transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2003 Jun;9(6):405-13.