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Sally P. Stabler, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Co-Head Division of Hematology

 

Medical School:  Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 

Postgraduate training:

1978-1979       Intern in Medicine, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas

1979-1981              Junior & Senior Resident, Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas

1981-1982       Clinical Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

1982-1984       Research Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

 

 

When arrived at UCD: 1981

 

Past and current professional positions:

1984-1985       Instructor in Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

1984-Present   Adult Hemophilia Care Coordinator for Mountain States Regional Hemophilia Program

1986-1992       Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

1992-1998       Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

1998-Present   Co-Division Head, Division of Hematology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

2000-Present   Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

2004 -              Cleo Scott & Mitchell Vincent Allen Endowed Chair in Hematology Research

 

 

Memberships and other information:        

American Society of Hematology

 

Board Certification:

            Internal Medicine - 1982

            Medical Oncology - 1983

            Hematology - 1984

 

 

Awards received:

 

1978                Graduated with honors from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 

 

Major Scientific Interest:  Cobalamin, folate, homocysteine and inborn errors of methionine metabolism.

 

Major Clinical Interest:  Anemia, cytopenias, chronic leukemias, myeloproliferative diseases, congenital bleeding disorders.

 

 

Representative Publications:

  1. Stabler, Sally P., Marcell, Paul D., Podell, Elaine R., Allen, Robert H. and Lindenbaum, John.  Assay of methylmalonic acid in the serum of patients with cobalamin deficiency using capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.  J Clin Invest 77:1606-1613, 1986.
  2. Stabler, Sally P., Marcell Paul D., Podell, Elaine R., Savage, David G., Lindenbaum, John and Allen, Robert H. Elevation of total homocysteine in the serum of patients with cobalamin or folate deficiency detected by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Clin Invest 81:466-474, 1988.
  3. Pennypacker, Leslye C., Allen, Robert H., Kelly, James P., Mathews, L. Mary, Grigsby, Jim, Kaye, Kathryn, Lindenbaum, John and Stabler, Sally P.  High prevalence of cobalamin deficiency in elderly outpatients.  J Am Geriatr Soc 40:1197-1204, 1992.
  4. Stabler, Sally P., Allen, Robert H., Fried, Linda P., Pahor, Marco, Kittner, Steven J., Penninx, Brenda WJH, and Guralnik, Jack M.  Racial differences in prevalence of cobalamin and folate deficiencies in disabled elderly women. Am J Clin Nutr 70:911-919, 1999.
  5. Stabler SP and Allen RH. Quantification of serum and urinary S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine by stable-isotope-dilution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Clin Chem 50:365-72, 2004.
  6. Stabler SP, Allen RH, Dolce ET, Johnson MA. Elevated serum S-adenosylhomocysteine in cobalamin deficient elderly and response to treatment. AJCN 84:1422-1429, 2006.
  7. Allen RH and Stabler SP.  Identification and quantitation of cobalamin and cobalamin analogues in human feces.  Am J Clin Nutr 87:1324-1335, 2008.
  8. Stabler SP, Sekhar J, Allen RH, O'Neill HC, White CW.  alpha-Lipoic acid induces elevated S-adenosylhomocysteine and depletes S-adenosylmethionine.  Free Radic Biol Med 47:1147-1153, 2009.
  9. Bor MV, von Castel-Roberts KM, Kauwell GP, Stabler SP, Allen RH, Maneval DR, Bailey LB, Nexo E.  Daily intake of 4 to 7 ug dietary vitamin B-12 is associated with steady concentrations of vitamin B-12-related biomarkers in a healthy young population.  Am J Clin Nutr 91:571-577, 2010.
  10. Johnson, MA, Hausman DB, Davey  A, Poon LW, Allen RH, Stabler SP for the Georgia Centenarian Study.  Vitamin B12 deficiency in African-American and white octogenarians and centenarians in Georgia. J Nutr Health Aging 14:339-345, 2010.
  11. Medici V, Peerson JM, Stabler SP, French SW, Gregory III JF, Virata MC, Albanese A, Bowlus CL, Devaraj S, Panacek EA, Rahim N, Richards JR, Rossaro L, Halsted CH.  Impaired homocysteine transsulfuration is a predictor of alcoholic liver disease.  In Press, J Hepatol, 2010.