Joan A. Esplin, MD, FRCPC
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Dr. Esplin’s academic interests are in Cancer Survivorship and Gaucher disease. 

Dr. Esplin will see patients with sarcomas, melanomas, and women’s cancers.  She will also see patients with hematologic malignancies, benign blood disorders, and patients with other cancers. 
Dr. Esplin specializes in Gaucher disease. 

1. Labuguen M, Esplin JA, Asensio J, Shulman I: The use of platelet transfusions for patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.  Transfusion Med 38:35-45, 1995.
2. Kaplan P, Mazur A, Manor 0, Charrow J, Esplin JA, Gribble J, Wappner R, Wisch J, Weinreb N: Acceleration of retarded growth in children with Gaucher disease after treatment with alglucerase (Ceredase®). J Pediatr 129:149-153,1996. 
3. Charrow J, Esplin JA, Gribble TJ, Kaplan P, Kolodny EH, Pastores GM, Scott CR, Wappner RS, Weinreb NJ, Wisch JS:  Gaucher disease:  Recommendations on diagnosis, evaluation, and monitoring.  Arch Intern Med 158:1754-1760, 1998. 
4. Dunbar CE, Kohn DB, Schiffmann R, Barton NW, Nolta JA, Esplin JA, Pensiero M, Long Z, Lockey C, Emmons RV, Csik S, Leitman S, Krebs CB, Carter C, Brady RO, Karlsson S:  Retroviral transfer of the glucocerebrosidase gene into CD34+ cells from patients with Gaucher disease:  In vivo detection of transduced cells without myeloablation.  Hum Gen Ther 9:2629-2640, 1998.