Faculty Biography

Keith Hoots, MD

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Education:

AB: English and Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

M.D.: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Internship and Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas

Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology Oncology: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. AIDS Risk Reduction and HIV in Children
2. Pediatric Hemophilia
3. Resident Education and Training

Publications (selected):

• Hoots WK, Shapiro A: History of Hemophilia for the Hemophilia Educational Resource Organization (HERO), a CME/CE curriculum for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. 2001
• Kessler CM, Lillicrap DP, Hay CRM, Arkin S, Young G, Ragni MV, Shapiro A, Hoots WK, Hagstrom JN, Gruppo, RA: Clinical Profiles: Case Studies in the management of patients with Hemophilia.
• Abshire T, Rickles F, Peter J, Sullivan K, Hoots WK, Davis P, Gaglio P and Fried M: Early Response to Combination Therapy (Interferon (IFN)+ Ribavirin (RIB) for Treatment of Patients (pts) with Inherited Coagulation Disorders and Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV). Submitted to the World Federation of Hemophilia Meeting in Montreal, Canada, July 14-22, 2000.
• Donfield S, Winkler C, Lynn H, Hoots WK, Hilgartner M, Gomperts E, Wong W, Chernoff D, Arkin S. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance, viral load (vl) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in HIV-infected and uninfected hemophiliacs. Accepted for presentation at the 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Chicago, IL, Feb. 4-8, 2001.
• Hoots WK, Blanchette V, Shapiro A, Navale L, Spotts G, Rogy S, Ewenstein B: Clinical evaluation of an advanced category recombinant FVIII, antihemophilic factor (recombinant) plasma/albumin-free method (rAHF/PFM) in pediatric previously treated patients. Poster presented at XIX Congress of ISTH, July 12-18, 2003, Birmingham, UK.
• Manno CS, Glader B, Hutchison S, Dake M, Razavi M, Herzog RW, McClelland A, Rustagi P, Johnson F, Rasko JEJ, Hoots WK, Blatt P, Leonard DGB, Addya K, Konkle B, Chew A, Couto LB, Arruda VR, Kaye R, Ozelo MC, Pierce G, High KA, Kay MA: A phase I/II trial of AAV-mediated, liver-directed gene transfer for hemophilia B. Abstract presented at XIX Congress of ISTH, July 14, 2003, Birmingham, UK.
• Hoots WK, Shapiro AD: Biology and normal function of factor VIII and factor IX. Submitted to UpToDate (an online clinical reference library), 2000.
• Daar, ES, Hoots, WK, et al: Hepatitis C Viral Load is Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Disease Progression in Hemophiliacs. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001. Hoots WK, Leissinger C, Stabler S, Schwartz BA, White G, Dasani H, Massion C, Negrier C, Schindel F and Schulman: Continuous intravenous infusion of a plasma-derived factor IX concentrate (Mononine®) in haemophilia B. Haemophilia 2003;9(2): 164-72.
• Schreiber MA, Holcomb JB, Hedner U, Brundage SI, Macaitis JM, Aoki N, Meng ZH, Tweardy DJ, Hoots K: The Effect of Recombinant Factor VIIa on Noncoagulopathic Pigs with Grade V Liver Injuries. Journal of American College of Surgeons 2003;196(5):691-7.
• Holcomb JB, Neville HL, Fischer CF, Hoots K: Use of recombinant FVIIa for Intraperitoneal Coagulopathic Bleeding in a Septic Patient. Current Surgery 2003;60(4):423-7. Hoots WK: Comprehensive Care for Hemophilia and Related Inherited Bleeding Disorders: Why it Matters. Current Hematology Reports 2003;2:395-401.
• Soucie JM, Cianfrini C, Janco RL, Kulkarni R, Hambleton J, Evatt B, Forsyth A, Geraghty S, Hoots WK, Abshire T, Curtis R, Forsberg, Huszti H, Wagner M, White II, GC: Joint Range of Motion Limitations among young males with Hemophilia: Prevalence and Risk Factors. Blood 2004;103(7):2467-73.

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Keith Hoots, MD
  Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Pediatric Hematology
• Director, Fellowship Program Department of Hematology/Oncology The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center with affiliation to The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
• Professor of Pediatrics and Section Head, Division of Hematology The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Medical Director, Principal Investigator for PHS Region VI, Gulf States Hemophilia & Thrombophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Center
• Associate Director, University Clinical Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Associate Clinical Professor The University of Texas Dental School
• Gulf States Hemophilia Center
  6655 Travis Street, HMC 400 Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-8360
  e-mail: Keith.Hoots@ uth.tmc.edu