Hayley Merkeley

Contact Information
West Coast Hematology 411-1200 Burrard St
Vancouver V6Z 2C7
https://www.providencehealthcare.org/hemoglobinopathy-multidisciplinary-clinic

Current Positions

  • Co-Director, Post-Graduate Training Program, Hematology, UBC
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
  • Hematologist; Apheresis Program, VGH
  • Hematologist, St. Paul’s Hospital 

 Research Interests

  • Sickle cell disease
  • Thalassemia
  • Porphyria
  • Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

Selected Publications

  1. Goubran M, McGinnis E, Stubbins R, Nicolson H, Pourshahnazari P, Belga S, Merkeley, H, Nevill T, Chen, LYYC (2023). A young woman with persistent sore throat, Epstein-Barr Virus, lymphadenopathy, and aberrant CD4+CD7- T-cells. American Journal of Hematology. 10.1002/ajh.26838. 
  2. Lai CMB, Setiadi A, Barlas A, Kanani A, Pourshahnazari P, Leitch HA, CAUSES Study, Merkeley H, Biggs CM. Targeted treatment of immune thrombocytopenia in CTLA4 insufficiency: A case report. British Journal of Haematology. 196. 10.1111/bjh.17866. 
  3. Hansen, S, Alduaij, W, Biggs, CM, Belga, S, Luecke, K, Merkeley, H, Chen, LYC. Ruxolitinib as adjunctive therapy for secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A case series. European Journal of Haematology. 106(5):654-661, 2021 May. 
  4. Al Moosawi M, Varghese J, Merkeley H, Bahmanyar M, Parkin S. (2021). IgD lambda plasma cell neoplasm with extensive AL amyloidosis. eJHaem. 2. 10.1002/jha2.234. 
  5. Merkeley H, Sandercock N, Halchuk L, Braga M, Verhovsek, M. (2021). A novel means of identifying hemoglobin Tacoma utilizing capillary electrophoresis with a hemoglobin A 1c software platform. Cogent Medicine. 8. 10.1080/2331205X.2021.2002502. 
  6. Fingrut W, Davis W, McGinnis E, Dallas K, Ramadan K, Merkeley H, Leitch H, Abou Mourad Y, Cassaday RD, Ross C, Leger C. Reevaluating Patient Eligibility for Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Based on CD22 Expression: Is Dim Expression Sufficient?. Current Oncology. 28(1):252-259, 2020 12 31. 
  7. Merkeley H, Bolster L. Thalassemia, CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(41):E1210, 2020 Oct 13. 
  8. Merkeley H, Iosfina J, Cessford T et al. Multipronged strategy to reduce routine-priority blood testing in intensive care unit patients. J Crit Care, 2016 31(1):212-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.09.013. Epub 2015 Sep 25. 
  9. Cheung C, Merkeley H, Srigley JA, Salh B, Webber D, Voyer S. IIeocecal ulceration and granulomatous ileitis as an unusual presentation of typhoid fever. CMAJ 2012 Nov 7;184(16):1808-10. Epub 2012 Aug 7. 

Education

  • MSc (Public Health), University of London, School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, 2019
  • FRCP(C) Hematology, University of British Columbia, 2016
  • FRCP(C) Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2015
  • MD, University of British Columbia, 2011
  • BSc with Distinction (Biopsychology and Spanish), University of Victoria, 2005