Kaitlin Strumph, DO

Kaitlin L. Strumph, DO, MS, is Assistant Director, Pediatric Sickle Cell at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus centers on benign hematology with a focus on hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell disease and thalassemias, as well as other qualitative and quantitative red blood cell disorders.

After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Muhlenberg College in 2009, Dr. Strumph earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York Institute of Technology in 2014. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Connecticut in 2017 before completing a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in 2021. Dr. Strumph then earned her Master of Science in clinical research methods at Montefiore Einstein in 2021.

Dr. Strumph's research is focused on understanding the etiology and downstream effects of ischemic cerebral injury in sickle cell disease. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, and she has given several invited presentations. Dr. Strumph has been a reviewer for Pediatric Blood & Cancer, PLOS ONE and the Journal Pediatric Infectious Disease.

Dr. Strumph is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology Oncology. She is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, the American Society of Hematology and the Children’s Oncology Group. In 2020, she received the Leo M. Davidoff Society Teaching Award.