Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Co-director Core Laboratory; Director Hematology Section Core Laboratory

• Core Laboratory
• Hematology Section Core Laboratory
• Hematology and Oncology
• Laboratory Medicine
• Patient Oriented Research

Dr. Luchtman-Jones graduated from the University of California, San Diego and received her medical degree from the School of Medicine there. Following the completion of a pediatric residency through the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, she joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics for one year. She then joined the Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in 1991 as a fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. Upon completion of her fellowship in 1994, she joined the Division of Clinical Laboratories as the Medical Director of the Hematology Laboratory at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Dr. Luchtman-Jones also the Medical Director of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic.

Her research interests are in thrombosis and hemostasis. She is currently involved in clinical trials of low molecular weight heparin in pediatric patients and in evaluation of new imaging technology for venous thrombosis. Additional ongoing clinical trials include evaluation of point-of-care monitors for oral anti coagulation and in ECMO patients. She is also the institutional PI for multicenter studies of an investigational agent for the treatment of sickle cell vaso-occlusive crises. She is the institutional PI for the Children's Oncology Group and an attending physician in Hematology/ Oncology and General Pediatrics.

Education

• B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1982
• M.D., University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 1987

Training

• Resident in Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 1987-1990
• Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Washington University School of Medicine, 1991-1992
• Research Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Washington University School of Medicine, 1992-1994

Licensure and Board Certification

• Missouri License, 1994
• American Board of Pediatrics, 1990
• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 1996

Honors

• Missouri Affiliate Fellow, American Heart Association, 1994-1996

Selected Publications

1. Koenker R, Luchtman LA, Willis RC, Seegmiller JE, Gruber HE: The biochemical mechanism of metabolic cooperation. Adv Exp Med Biol 1986; 195:183-187.

2. Luchtman-Jones L, Broze GJ Jr.: The current status of coagulation. Ann Int Med 1995; 27:47-52.

3. Luchtman-Jones L, Schwartz AL, Wilson DB (Eds. Fanaroff AA, Martin RJ): The blood and hematopoietic system: Diseases of the fetus and infant in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 6th ed., 1997; Mosby-Year Book Inc., Philadelphia, pp. 1201-1253.

4. Luchtman-Jones L, Schwartz AL (Eds. Oldham KT, Foglia RP, Colombani PM): Blood in Surgery in Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practice 1997; JB Lippincott Co., pp. 309-325.

5. Horn B, Heideman R, Geyer R, Pollack I, Packer R, Goldwein J, Tomita T, Schomberg P, Ater J, Luchtman-Jones L, Rivlin K, Lamborn K, Prados M, Bollen A, Berger M, Dahl G, McNeil E, Patterson K, Shaw D, Kubalik M, Russo C: A multi-institutional retrospective study of intracranial ependymoma in children: identification of risk factors. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1999; 21:203-211.