Principal Investigator, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Director, Joan Fellowship in Pediatric Hemostasis/Thrombosis
Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Dr. Kerlin received his BS in Medical Laboratory Science from Purdue University and his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Kerlin is a Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Principal Investigator in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute, and Director of The Joan Fellowship in Pediatric Hemostasis-Thrombosis at Nationwide Children’s Hospital; where he cares for patients with thrombotic and bleeding diseases. His research interests are in the translational aspects of coagulation signaling and mechanisms of thrombosis using basic and pre-clinical models and implementing observations from these models in clinical research. His work is currently supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and has previously been supported by HTRS, the CSL Behring Foundation, and the Novo Nordisk A/S Investigator-Sponsored Studies mechanism. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Society for Pediatric Research, American Pediatric Society, American Heart Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics. He has served on the HTRS Board of Directors since 2018.