David K Buchbinder

David K. Buchbinder, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. His academic career focuses on pediatric hematology and oncology with particular expertise in hematopoietic cell transplantation and healthcare access research.

Dr. Buchbinder's research interests span multiple critical areas of transplantation medicine:

• Hematopoietic cell transplantation for pediatric and adult patients
• Health services research examining access to transplantation
• Health disparities related to socioeconomic status and geography
• Leukemia treatment and outcomes research
• Policy implications for improving transplantation access

His work demonstrates a consistent focus on understanding and addressing barriers to transplantation services, with particular attention to how poverty, rural location, and minority status affect access to life-saving treatments. Dr. Buchbinder's research has shown that patients from areas with higher poverty rates are significantly less likely to undergo unrelated donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation compared to patients from wealthier counties.

Analysis of Dr. Buchbinder's publications reveals a strong emphasis on population-based research using large national databases including SEER and CIBMTR. His work spans multiple subfields including racial disparities in transplant outcomes, donor selection impacts, cost analysis of transplantation, geographic barriers to care, and long-term survivorship issues.

Dr. Buchbinder has received significant research support from the National Institutes of Health, including grants U24 CA076518 from the National Cancer Institute and U24 HL138660 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.