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- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - North Haven6 Devine StreetNorth Haven, CT 06473
- Smilow Cancer HospitalSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park Street, Fl 7New Haven, CT 06511
Robert Bona, MD
Hematology & Oncology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Child, Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Board Certified in
Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
, and Hematology (Internal Medicine)
Titles
- Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
- Professor of Medicine, Hematology
- Director, Classical Hematology Program
- Medial Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Education & Training
- Non Degree ProgramUniversity of MA, Instructional Design-Certificate (2013)
- Fellow Hematology-OncologyUniversity of Connecticut (1986)
- Intern-ResidentBrown University-Rhode Island Hospital (1983)
- MDSUNY Upstate Medical Center (1980)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Hematology (Internal Medicine) (1986, recertified: 2015)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (1985)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1983)
Publications
- Butt A, Muradashvili T, Soliman S, Goshua G, Burns A, Bar N, Martin K, Borgman G, Bona R, Lee A, Neparidze N. Iron Infusion Reactions: Risk Factors and Real-World Experience Blood 2021, 138: 4154-4154. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-151048.
- Meizlish ML, Goshua G, Liu Y, Fine R, Amin K, Chang E, DeFilippo N, Keating C, Liu Y, Mankbadi M, McManus D, Wang SY, Price C, Bona RD, Chaar C, Chun HJ, Pine AB, Rinder HM, Siner JM, Neuberg DS, Owusu KA, Lee AI. Intermediate‐dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in‐hospital mortality in COVID‐19: A propensity score‐matched analysis American Journal Of Hematology 2021, 96: 471-479. PMID: 33476420, PMCID: PMC8013588, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26102.
- Meizlish ML, Goshua G, Liu Y, Fine R, Amin K, Chang E, DeFilippo N, Keating C, Liu Y, Mankbadi M, McManus D, Wang S, Price C, Bona RD, Chaar CIO, Chun HJ, Pine AB, Rinder HM, Siner J, Neuberg DS, Owusu KA, Lee AI. Intermediate-dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in-hospital mortality in COVID-19: a propensity score-matched analysis. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33469595, PMCID: PMC7814841, DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.12.21249577.
- Goshua G, Pine AB, Meizlish ML, Chang CH, Zhang H, Bahel P, Baluha A, Bar N, Bona RD, Burns AJ, Dela Cruz CS, Dumont A, Halene S, Hwa J, Koff J, Menninger H, Neparidze N, Price C, Siner JM, Tormey C, Rinder HM, Chun HJ, Lee AI. Endotheliopathy in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: evidence from a single-centre, cross-sectional study The Lancet Haematology 2020, 7: e575-e582. PMID: 32619411, PMCID: PMC7326446, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(20)30216-7.
- Malone RW, Tisdall P, Fremont-Smith P, Liu Y, Huang XP, White KM, Miorin L, Olmo EMD, Alon A, Delaforge E, Hennecker CD, Wang G, Pottel J, Bona R, Smith N, Hall JM, Shapiro G, Clark H, Mittermaier A, Kruse AC, García-Sastre A, Roth BL, Glasspool-Malone J, Francone V, Hertzog N, Fremont-Smith M, Ricke DO. COVID-19: Famotidine, Histamine, Mast Cells, and Mechanisms. Research Square 2020 PMID: 32702719, PMCID: PMC7336703, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-30934/v2.
- Yu E, Feinn R, Bona R, Brink B, Sindhar S, Kozel BA, Pober BR. Mild macrocytosis in Williams-Beuren syndrome. European Journal Of Medical Genetics 2020, 63: 103740. PMID: 31419598, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.103740.
- Juthani P, Ahmed D, Ahmed O, Bona R, Neparidze N, Lee A. Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Education Preferences Amongst Physicians and Patients: A Qualitative Needs Assessment Blood 2018, 132: 5810-5810. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119418.
- Usmani S, Choquette L, Bona R, Feinn R, Shahid Z, Lalla RV. Transient bacteremia induced by dental cleaning is not associated with infection of central venous catheters in patients with cancer. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology And Oral Radiology 2018, 125: 286-294. PMID: 29428697, PMCID: PMC5944361, DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2017.12.022.
- Bona R. Hypercoagulable States: What the Oral Surgeon Needs to Know. Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics Of North America 2016, 28: 491-495. PMID: 27745619, DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2016.06.002.
- Metersky ML, Eldridge N, Wang Y, Jaser L, Bona R, Eckenrode S, Bakullari A, Andrawis M, Classen D, Krumholz HM. Predictors of warfarin‐associated adverse events in hospitalized patients: Opportunities to prevent patient harm Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 11: 276-282. PMID: 26662851, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2528.
- Selinger HA, Ballesteros E, Bona R. Concurrent polycythemia vera and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: treatment response to pegylated interferon alpha 2a. American Journal Of Hematology 2013, 88: 535-6. PMID: 23553722, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23449.
- Bona R. ACP Journal Club: review: factor Xa inhibitors reduce DVT more than LMWH in total knee or hip replacement. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 157: JC2-5. PMID: 22910959, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-4-201208210-02005.
- Linkins LA, Dans AL, Moores LK, Bona R, Davidson BL, Schulman S, Crowther M. Treatment and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest 2012, 141: e495S-e530S. PMID: 22315270, PMCID: PMC3278058, DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2303.
- Bockorny M, Chakravarty S, Schulman P, Bockorny B, Bona R. Severe heart failure after bortezomib treatment in a patient with multiple myeloma: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Haematologica 2012, 128: 244-7. PMID: 22964848, DOI: 10.1159/000340050.
- Staron M, Wu S, Hong F, Stojanovic A, Du X, Bona R, Liu B, Li Z. Heat-shock protein gp96/grp94 is an essential chaperone for the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex. Blood 2011, 117: 7136-44. PMID: 21576699, PMCID: PMC3143555, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-01-330464.
- Bendel SD, Bona R, Baker WL. Dabigatran: an oral direct thrombin inhibitor for use in atrial fibrillation. Advances In Therapy 2011, 28: 460-72. PMID: 21533567, DOI: 10.1007/s12325-011-0025-1.
- Usmani SZ, Bona RD, Chiosis G, Li Z. The anti-myeloma activity of a novel purine scaffold HSP90 inhibitor PU-H71 is via inhibition of both HSP90A and HSP90B1. Journal Of Hematology & Oncology 2010, 3: 40. PMID: 20977755, PMCID: PMC2974653, DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-3-40.
- Liu B, Yang Y, Qiu Z, Staron M, Hong F, Li Y, Wu S, Li Y, Hao B, Bona R, Han D, Li Z. Folding of Toll-like receptors by the HSP90 paralogue gp96 requires a substrate-specific cochaperone. Nature Communications 2010, 1: 79. PMID: 20865800, PMCID: PMC2982182, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1070.
- Roper N, Storer B, Bona R, Fang M. Validation and comparison of pharmacogenetics-based warfarin dosing algorithms for application of pharmacogenetic testing. The Journal Of Molecular Diagnostics : JMD 2010, 12: 283-91. PMID: 20228265, PMCID: PMC2860463, DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090110.
- Usmani SZ, Bona R, Li Z. 17 AAG for HSP90 inhibition in cancer--from bench to bedside. Current Molecular Medicine 2009, 9: 654-64. PMID: 19601813, DOI: 10.2174/156652409788488757.
- Aglieco F, Manickaratnam S, Bona R, Kaplan AA. A case report of refractory warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia treated with plasmapheresis and rituximab. Therapeutic Apheresis And Dialysis : Official Peer-reviewed Journal Of The International Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Dialysis Therapy 2008, 12: 185-9. PMID: 18387171, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2008.00568.x.
- Kapadia P, Bona R. Acquired deficiency of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors due to brodifacoum ingestion. Connecticut Medicine 2008, 72: 207-9. PMID: 18478986.
- Shafique S, Bona R, Kaplan AA. A case report of therapeutic leukapheresis in an adult with chronic myelogenous leukemia presenting with hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis. Therapeutic Apheresis And Dialysis : Official Peer-reviewed Journal Of The International Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Dialysis Therapy 2007, 11: 146-9. PMID: 17381536, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2007.00417.x.
Patient Care Organizations
Titles
- Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
- Professor of Medicine, Hematology
- Director, Classical Hematology Program
- Medial Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Education & Training
- Non Degree ProgramUniversity of MA, Instructional Design-Certificate (2013)
- Fellow Hematology-OncologyUniversity of Connecticut (1986)
- Intern-ResidentBrown University-Rhode Island Hospital (1983)
- MDSUNY Upstate Medical Center (1980)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Hematology (Internal Medicine) (1986, recertified: 2015)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (1985)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1983)
Publications
- Butt A, Muradashvili T, Soliman S, Goshua G, Burns A, Bar N, Martin K, Borgman G, Bona R, Lee A, Neparidze N. Iron Infusion Reactions: Risk Factors and Real-World Experience Blood 2021, 138: 4154-4154. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-151048.
- Meizlish ML, Goshua G, Liu Y, Fine R, Amin K, Chang E, DeFilippo N, Keating C, Liu Y, Mankbadi M, McManus D, Wang SY, Price C, Bona RD, Chaar C, Chun HJ, Pine AB, Rinder HM, Siner JM, Neuberg DS, Owusu KA, Lee AI. Intermediate‐dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in‐hospital mortality in COVID‐19: A propensity score‐matched analysis American Journal Of Hematology 2021, 96: 471-479. PMID: 33476420, PMCID: PMC8013588, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26102.
- Meizlish ML, Goshua G, Liu Y, Fine R, Amin K, Chang E, DeFilippo N, Keating C, Liu Y, Mankbadi M, McManus D, Wang S, Price C, Bona RD, Chaar CIO, Chun HJ, Pine AB, Rinder HM, Siner J, Neuberg DS, Owusu KA, Lee AI. Intermediate-dose anticoagulation, aspirin, and in-hospital mortality in COVID-19: a propensity score-matched analysis. MedRxiv : The Preprint Server For Health Sciences 2021 PMID: 33469595, PMCID: PMC7814841, DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.12.21249577.
- Goshua G, Pine AB, Meizlish ML, Chang CH, Zhang H, Bahel P, Baluha A, Bar N, Bona RD, Burns AJ, Dela Cruz CS, Dumont A, Halene S, Hwa J, Koff J, Menninger H, Neparidze N, Price C, Siner JM, Tormey C, Rinder HM, Chun HJ, Lee AI. Endotheliopathy in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: evidence from a single-centre, cross-sectional study The Lancet Haematology 2020, 7: e575-e582. PMID: 32619411, PMCID: PMC7326446, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(20)30216-7.
- Malone RW, Tisdall P, Fremont-Smith P, Liu Y, Huang XP, White KM, Miorin L, Olmo EMD, Alon A, Delaforge E, Hennecker CD, Wang G, Pottel J, Bona R, Smith N, Hall JM, Shapiro G, Clark H, Mittermaier A, Kruse AC, García-Sastre A, Roth BL, Glasspool-Malone J, Francone V, Hertzog N, Fremont-Smith M, Ricke DO. COVID-19: Famotidine, Histamine, Mast Cells, and Mechanisms. Research Square 2020 PMID: 32702719, PMCID: PMC7336703, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-30934/v2.
- Yu E, Feinn R, Bona R, Brink B, Sindhar S, Kozel BA, Pober BR. Mild macrocytosis in Williams-Beuren syndrome. European Journal Of Medical Genetics 2020, 63: 103740. PMID: 31419598, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.103740.
- Juthani P, Ahmed D, Ahmed O, Bona R, Neparidze N, Lee A. Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Education Preferences Amongst Physicians and Patients: A Qualitative Needs Assessment Blood 2018, 132: 5810-5810. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119418.
- Usmani S, Choquette L, Bona R, Feinn R, Shahid Z, Lalla RV. Transient bacteremia induced by dental cleaning is not associated with infection of central venous catheters in patients with cancer. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology And Oral Radiology 2018, 125: 286-294. PMID: 29428697, PMCID: PMC5944361, DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2017.12.022.
- Bona R. Hypercoagulable States: What the Oral Surgeon Needs to Know. Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics Of North America 2016, 28: 491-495. PMID: 27745619, DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2016.06.002.
- Metersky ML, Eldridge N, Wang Y, Jaser L, Bona R, Eckenrode S, Bakullari A, Andrawis M, Classen D, Krumholz HM. Predictors of warfarin‐associated adverse events in hospitalized patients: Opportunities to prevent patient harm Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2015, 11: 276-282. PMID: 26662851, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2528.
- Selinger HA, Ballesteros E, Bona R. Concurrent polycythemia vera and chronic lymphocytic leukemia: treatment response to pegylated interferon alpha 2a. American Journal Of Hematology 2013, 88: 535-6. PMID: 23553722, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23449.
- Bona R. ACP Journal Club: review: factor Xa inhibitors reduce DVT more than LMWH in total knee or hip replacement. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 157: JC2-5. PMID: 22910959, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-4-201208210-02005.
- Linkins LA, Dans AL, Moores LK, Bona R, Davidson BL, Schulman S, Crowther M. Treatment and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest 2012, 141: e495S-e530S. PMID: 22315270, PMCID: PMC3278058, DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2303.
- Bockorny M, Chakravarty S, Schulman P, Bockorny B, Bona R. Severe heart failure after bortezomib treatment in a patient with multiple myeloma: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Haematologica 2012, 128: 244-7. PMID: 22964848, DOI: 10.1159/000340050.
- Staron M, Wu S, Hong F, Stojanovic A, Du X, Bona R, Liu B, Li Z. Heat-shock protein gp96/grp94 is an essential chaperone for the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex. Blood 2011, 117: 7136-44. PMID: 21576699, PMCID: PMC3143555, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-01-330464.
- Bendel SD, Bona R, Baker WL. Dabigatran: an oral direct thrombin inhibitor for use in atrial fibrillation. Advances In Therapy 2011, 28: 460-72. PMID: 21533567, DOI: 10.1007/s12325-011-0025-1.
- Usmani SZ, Bona RD, Chiosis G, Li Z. The anti-myeloma activity of a novel purine scaffold HSP90 inhibitor PU-H71 is via inhibition of both HSP90A and HSP90B1. Journal Of Hematology & Oncology 2010, 3: 40. PMID: 20977755, PMCID: PMC2974653, DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-3-40.
- Liu B, Yang Y, Qiu Z, Staron M, Hong F, Li Y, Wu S, Li Y, Hao B, Bona R, Han D, Li Z. Folding of Toll-like receptors by the HSP90 paralogue gp96 requires a substrate-specific cochaperone. Nature Communications 2010, 1: 79. PMID: 20865800, PMCID: PMC2982182, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1070.
- Roper N, Storer B, Bona R, Fang M. Validation and comparison of pharmacogenetics-based warfarin dosing algorithms for application of pharmacogenetic testing. The Journal Of Molecular Diagnostics : JMD 2010, 12: 283-91. PMID: 20228265, PMCID: PMC2860463, DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090110.
- Usmani SZ, Bona R, Li Z. 17 AAG for HSP90 inhibition in cancer--from bench to bedside. Current Molecular Medicine 2009, 9: 654-64. PMID: 19601813, DOI: 10.2174/156652409788488757.
- Aglieco F, Manickaratnam S, Bona R, Kaplan AA. A case report of refractory warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia treated with plasmapheresis and rituximab. Therapeutic Apheresis And Dialysis : Official Peer-reviewed Journal Of The International Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Dialysis Therapy 2008, 12: 185-9. PMID: 18387171, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2008.00568.x.
- Kapadia P, Bona R. Acquired deficiency of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors due to brodifacoum ingestion. Connecticut Medicine 2008, 72: 207-9. PMID: 18478986.
- Shafique S, Bona R, Kaplan AA. A case report of therapeutic leukapheresis in an adult with chronic myelogenous leukemia presenting with hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis. Therapeutic Apheresis And Dialysis : Official Peer-reviewed Journal Of The International Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Apheresis, The Japanese Society For Dialysis Therapy 2007, 11: 146-9. PMID: 17381536, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2007.00417.x.
Patient Care Organizations
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1 of 2
- Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center - North Haven6 Devine StreetNorth Haven, CT 06473
- Smilow Cancer HospitalSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park Street, Fl 7New Haven, CT 06511