George McDonald, MD

Professor Emeritus, Gastroenterology / Hepatology, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch
Professor, Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Phone: 206.667.6932

Email: gmcdonal@fredhutch.org

Fax: 206.667.5255

Background

Education

Sabbatical, Gastroenterology, University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford UK, 1983-1984

Fellowship, Gastroenterology, University of Washington, 1972-1975

Residency, University of Washington, 1967-1969

MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 1967

BS, Chemistry, St. Benedict’s College, 1963

Research Interests

Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation

Outcomes research in hematopoietic cell transplantation: clinical parameters and biomarkers

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of alkylating agents

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for treatment of patients with severe Crohn’s Disease

Current Projects

Protocol 2551: Crohn’s Allogeneic Transplant Study

Outcomes of hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with Gilbert’s Syndrome

Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis C after hematopoietic cell transplantation

Cirrhosis of the liver in long-term survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation

Plasma biomarkers in patients at risk for acute graft-vs.-host disease

Stories

All news

Big gains in bone marrow transplant survival since mid-2000s Despite older, sicker patients, mortality rate dropped by one-third within 10-year period January 20, 2020

How a phone call helped shape the field of bone marrow transplant A lifesaving new leukemia treatment was harming some patients’ digestive organs, and no one really understood why. So, over 40 years, Dr. George McDonald helped fill in the gaps. January 30, 2019

Common genetic disorder linked to increased death rate from cancer drug Researchers recommend ‘caution’ when using the chemotherapy busulfan in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome October 27, 2016