Amanda E. Jacobson-Kelly, MD

Amanda Jacobson-Kelly, MD, MSc, serves as the director of the Iron Disorders and Nutritional Hematology Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. Dr. Jacobson-Kelly’s primary clinical and research interest is in congenital and acquired disorders of iron including iron deficiency and iron overload. She is a fierce advocate for recognition, diagnosis, and comprehensive treatment of iron deficiency and has grown the NCH intravenous iron program into one of the largest of its kind. Other clinical interests include histiocytic disorders, autoimmune blood disorders, bone marrow failure syndromes, and vascular anomalies. She serves as co-director of the NCH Vascular Anomalies Center.

Dr. Jacobson-Kelly completed her Masters of Medical Science from OSU while completing her fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at NCH. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Virginia. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.

Dr. Jacobson-Kelly was awarded the 2018 Nationwide Children’s Fellow Research Award, has won multiple American Society of Hematology (ASH) Abstract Achievement awards, and was awarded the 2021 and 2024 Hematology/Oncology/BMT Faculty Teacher of the Year. She is involved in a variety of professional societies including ASH, the Histiocyte Society, the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies, the Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders, the Pediatric ITP Consortium of North America, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and the Children’s Oncology Group. "