Divisions & Faculty

Background

• Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
• Residency:  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Fellowship:  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pediatrics
• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Interests

• Bone marrow failure
• Mycloid malignancies
• Pediatric Hematology
• Pediatric Oncology
• Pediatric palliative care

Honors and Awards

• Seby Jones Scholarship Award, Appalachian State University, 1987-1991
• Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, 1988
• AR Smith Scholarship Award in Chemistry, Appalachian State University, 1988-1991
• Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, 1990
• Outstanding Senior Award, Dept. of Chemistry, Appalachian State University, 1991
• Honors/Merit Award, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1991-1992, 1993-1995
• Foreign Fellowship Award, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1994
• American Medical Women's Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, 1995
• ASH Travel Award, The American Society of Hematology, New Orleans, 1999
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1995-present
• Nominee for Pediatric Faculty Teaching Award 2006, 2007

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Children's Hospice International
• Children's Oncology Group

Selected Publications

Soeder R.W., Bowers K., Pegram L.D., and Cartaya-Marin C.P.:  A One Pot Synthesis of 5,7-Diphenyl-2,3-Dihydro-1H-Pyrrolizine.  Synthetic Communications 22:2737-2740, 1992.

Pegram L.D., Megonigal M.D., Lange B.J., Nowell P.C., Rowley J.D., Rappaport E.F., Felix C.A.: t(3;11) translocation in treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia fuses MLL with the GMPS (Guanosine 5’-Monophosphate Synthetase) gene.  Blood 96:4360-4362, 2000.

 Himelstein B.P., Jackson N.L., Pegram L.:  The Power of Silence.  Journal of Clinical Oncology 19(19):3996, 2001.

 Szerlip N.J., Fox E., Manosca F., Pegram L.D., and Lonser R.R.:  Pancreatoblastoma metastases to the brain.  J.Neurosurg: Pediatrics 106:169, 2007.