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

• Kothari S, Herzig G, Slone S, Herzig R. Multiple isolated extramedullary relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell  transplant: a case report and review of literature. Springerplus. 2013 Dec;2(1):49. Epub 2013 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 23476896; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3586393.

• 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. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003509. PubMed PMID: 22399264.

• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.03.012. PubMed PMID: 19539211.

• 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. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.7827. PubMed PMID: 18467711.

• 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. PubMed PMID: 15923168.

• 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. PubMed PMID: 15020263.

• 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. PubMed PMID: 14750077.

• 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. PubMed PMID: 12796602.

• 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. PubMed PMID: 12813449.

• Metayer C, Curtis RE, Vose J, Sobocinski KA, Horowitz MM, Bhatia S, Fay JW,Freytes CO, Goldstein SC, Herzig RH, Keating A, Miller CB, Nevill TJ, Pecora AL, Rizzo JD, Williams SF, Li CY, Travis LB, Weisdorf DJ. Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia after autotransplantation for lymphoma: a multicenter  case-control study. Blood. 2003 Mar 1;101(5):2015-23. Epub 2002 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 12393427.