Victor Gordeuk

Dr. Victor Gordeuk

Sickle cell disease, iron overload and iron deficiency, malaria, and congenital polycythemia are among the health issues Dr. Victor Gordeuk has studied — as a primary-care physician at a rural hospital in South Africa and as a field researcher. He focused on iron metabolism while at the University of Zimbabwe, on malaria in rural southern Zambia and on congenital polycythemia in Russia.

Gordeuk, a professor of medicine in the division of hematology/oncology, specializes in the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease and in conducting research to understand new ways to prevent complications of the disease.