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Name/Title

Residency and
Fellowship

Research and Clinical
Interests

Richard Lemons,
MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief,
Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology,
Director of Fellowship
Program

Johns Hopkins,
St. Judes

Acute Leukemias and
Lymphomas, Solid
tumors.
Long-term follow-up for
late effects and quality
of life issues, pain and
palliative care with
NACHRI. 		lemons

Zeinab Afify, MD,
Associate Professor

Riley Childrens
Hospital, Indiana
University

Non Hodgkin's
Lymphoma and
supportive care. 		afify

Philip Barnette,
DVM, MD
Assistant Professor

Oregon/
University of
Utah

Acute leukemias, clinical
trials research,
institutional principal
investigator, Children’s
Oncology Group and
therapeutic advances in
childhood leukemia
consortium. 		barnette

Carol Bruggers, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

University of
Colorado,
Denver
Duke University
Medical Center,
NC

Director,
Multidisciplinary neuro-
oncology program;
retention, promotion and
tenure committee
member; Intern
selection committee. 		bruggers

Richard Michael
Engel, MD
Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt
University
Medical Center,
Monroe Carell Jr.
Children’s
Hospital,
Vanderbilt
University
Medical Center

Pediatric leukemias,
lymphomas and
myelodysplastic
syndromes, bone
marrow failure
syndrones, pediatric solid
tumors.
Molecular pathogenesis
of pediatric malignancy
with emphasis on the
acute leukemias.
Translational research in
pediatric cancer,
investigator, Huntsman
Cancer Institute and
Center for Children’s
Cancer Research. 		engel

Mark Fluchel, MD
Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics

Seattle
Children's
Hospital and
Regional Medical
Center/Children's
Hospital of
Philadelphia

Neuroblastoma,
sarcomas, subspecialty
outreach to immigrant
and rural populations. 		fluchel

J. Kimble Frazer,
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in
Pediatrics, Research
Instructor in
Oncological Sciences,
Co-director for
Research Fellowship
Program

University of
Utah

DNA Methylation
patterns in Y lymphocyte
development and
malignancy;
Zebrafish models of
T cell leukemia
and lymphoma. 		frazer

Stephen Lessnick,
PhD, MD
Associate Professor of
Pediatrics,
Investigator,
Huntsman Cancer
Institute, Adjunct
Assistant Professor of
Oncological Sciences

Children’s
Hospital,
Boston/Dana-
Farber Cancer
Institute

Molecular mechanisms
of Ewing’s sarcoma
development and
translation to clinical
realm. 		lessnick

Joshua Schiffman,
MD
Assistant Professor -
Peds Adjunct
Instructor - HCI

Stanford
University
School of
Medicine
Pediatric,
Stanford School
of Medicine
Hematology
Oncology

Genetic predisposition -
cancer. 		Schiffman

Holly Spraker, MD,
MS
Assistant Professor

Emory
University,
St.Judes
Children’s
Research
Hospital

Pediatric sarcomas,
palliative care, early
phase clinical trials,
adolescent and young
adult oncology. 		spraker

Nikolaus Trede,
PhD, MD
Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics;
Investigator,
Huntsman Cancer
Institute; Adjunct
Assistant Professor of
Oncological Sciences

Children’s
Hospital,
Boston/Dana
Farber Cancer
Institute

Modeling diseases of the
immune system
(immune deficiencies,
leukemias and
autoimmunity) using the
zebrafish system 		fTrede

Hassan Yaish, MD
Professor of
Pediatrics; Medical
Director, the
Hemophilia Treatment
Center; Director,
Hematology program.

William
Beaumont
Medical Center,
MI; BMT
fellowship, Fred
Hutchinson
Cancer Center,
Seattle, WA.

Hematology, esp.
hemoglobinopathies,
Thalassemia, neonatal
hematology, morphology
and bleeding disorders. 		yaish

Jennifer Wright, MD
Assistant Professor

Indiana
University,
University of
Texas
Southwestern

Late effects and long
term effects in cancer
survivor. 		wright

Stem Cell Transplant Faculty

Name/Title

Residency and
Fellowship

Research and Clinical
Interests

 

Michael Boyer, MD
Associate Professor
(Clinical); Adjunct
Associate Professor of
Medicine

University of
Minnesota

Graft-vs-leukemia
reactions; graft-vs-
host disease.

boyer

Michael Pulsipher,
MD
Associate Professor

Stanford
University School
of Medicine
Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia
Children's Hospital
Dana Farber
Cancer Institute

Allogeneic
transplantation
of acute
lymphoblastic
leukemia,
reduced intensity /
nonmyeloablative
transplantation,
allogeneic donor
safety.

pulsipher
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