Bio
Prof. Agnieszka Czechowicz is our newest and youngest faculty member within the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine. Although a recent recruit, she previously spent a decade on the Farm as a Stanford undergraduate, medical student and graduate student and completed her PhD work with Prof. Irv Weissman one of the great leaders in stem cell biology. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Czechowicz subsequently did clinical training in Boston, completing her residency in Pediatrics at the prestigious Boston Children’s Hospital and pursued subspecialty training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute while simultaneously conducting postdoctoral research with Prof. Derrick Rossi and Prof. David Scadden. Her primary clinical interest is in bone marrow failure and aplastic anemia, and in other diseases commonly neccessitating stem cell transplantation.
Dr. Czechowicz is a strong physician-scientist and advocate of translational research. She has done pioneering work showing that hematopoietic stem cell depletion is a critical component to donor hematopoietic stem cell engraftment, and multiple pre-clinical and clinical therapies are in development based upon her studies. She is passionate about mentoring and training future generations of physicians and scientists, and is very supportive of helping diverse trainees on various traditional and non-traditional career paths. Dr. Czechowicz can best be reached through her administrative assistant Beth Ann Brown (bethannb@stanford.edu).
Clinical Focus
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Bone Marrow Failure
- Inherited Genetic Diseases
- Fanconi Anemia
- Aplastic Anemia
- Bone Marrow Metastasis
- Bone Marrow Harvesting
- Organ Tolerance
- Pediatrics
- Clinical Trials
- Gene Therapy / Gene-Editing
Administrative Appointments
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Member, Stanford Diabetes Research Center (2018 - Present)
Professional Education
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Fellowship:Stanford University Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship (2017) CA
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Clinical Fellowship III, Stanford University, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Transplant (2017)
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Clinical Fellowship I-II, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Transplant (2016)
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Fellowship:Boston Children's Hospital Training Verifications (2017) MA
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Clinical Residency, Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (2014)
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Residency:Boston Children's Hospital Training Verifications (2014) MA
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Medical Education:Stanford University School of Medicine Registrar (2012) CA
Patents
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Irving L. Weissman, Agnieszka Czechowicz, Deepta Bhattacharya, Daniel Kraft. "United States Patent Application US12447634 Selective immunodepletion of endogenous stem cell niche for engraftment", Leland Stanford Junior University
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Alexandra Glucksmann, Deborah Palestrant, Louis Anthony Tartaglia, Jordi Mata-Fink, Agnieszka Czechowicz, Alexis Borisy. "United States Patent Application US14536319 CRISPR-RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS WITH GOVERNING gRNAS", EDITAS MEDICINE Inc, University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Broad Institute Inc
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David T. Scadden, Rahul Palchaudhuri, Derrick J. Rossi, Agnieszka Czechowicz. "United States Patent Application US15148837 Compositions and methods for non-myeloablative conditioning", President And Fellows Of Harvard College, The General Hospital Corporation, The Children's Medical Center Corporation