Pediatric Oncologists & Hematologists

The following physicians and advanced practice nurses specialize in treating children with cancer and blood disorder-related complications. Please note, not all of our specialists are available at every location. Select their names to learn more about their special interest areas and locations.

Leadership

Robert I. Liem, MD

Division Head, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program; Meryl Suzanne Weiss Distinguished Professorship in Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

Call 1.800.543.7362

Rukhmi V. Bhat, MD

Interim Section Head, Hematology; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Sonali Chaudhury, MD

Section Head, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies

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Angela Waanders, MD, MPH, MS

Section Head, Neuro-Oncology; Director, Precision Medicine Oncology; Executive Board Chair, Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium; Gus Foundation Chair in Neuro-Oncology

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Amy L. Walz, MD

Section Head, Oncology; Clinical Practice Director, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders

Call 312.227.4769

Pediatric Hematologists

Robert I. Liem, MD

Division Head, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program; Meryl Suzanne Weiss Distinguished Professorship in Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

Call 1.800.543.7362

Sherif Badawy, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Comprehensive Thalassemia Program; Associate Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program

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Christina M. Barriteau, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Medical Director, Blood Bank

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Rachel S. Bercovitz, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Rukhmi V. Bhat, MD

Interim Section Head, Hematology; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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John H. Fargo, DO

Director, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Quality Improvement; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Heather L. Kligfeld, DO

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Samantha Scanlon, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Pediatric Oncologists

Ammar Hayani, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Aroop K. Kar, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Loretta S. Li, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Kyle L. MacQuarrie, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Sharon B. Murphy, MD and Steven T. Rosen, MD Research Scholar in Cancer Biology & Chemotherapy

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Elaine Morgan, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care

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Jennifer L. Reichek, MD, MSW

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, STAR Program (Survivors Taking Action & Responsibility)

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Jenna E. Rossoff, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

Call 312.227.4090

Elizabeth Sokol, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Amy L. Walz, MD

Section Head, Oncology; Clinical Practice Director, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders

Call 312.227.4769

Joanna L. Weinstein, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Cancer Predisposition Program

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Sara Zarnegar-Lumley, MD

Medical Director, Hematological Malignancy Program (Leukemia/Lymphoma); Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Stem Cell Transplant Specialists

Sonali Chaudhury, MD

Section Head, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies

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Hannah Lust, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Kevin O. McNerney, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Veronika Polishchuk, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Jennifer Schneiderman, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Lily Zeng, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Pediatric Neuro-Oncologists

Rudy J. Allen, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Miriam A. Bornhorst, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Max Lacewell Endowed Brain Tumor Research Scholar

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Alicia C. Lenzen, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Program Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship; Rory David Deutsch Malignant Brain Tumor Research Scholar

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Ashley S. Plant-Fox, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; A.M. Khokhar Research Scholar

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Maggie D. Seblani, DO, MPH

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Angela Waanders, MD, MPH, MS

Section Head, Neuro-Oncology; Director, Precision Medicine Oncology; Executive Board Chair, Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium; Gus Foundation Chair in Neuro-Oncology

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Advanced Practice Providers

Alexis Baby, APRN-NP, MSN, CPNP-PC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology, Solid Tumors

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Melissa Barnett, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Katelyn Baumann, APRN-NP, PNP-AC

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Rebecca Boumstein, APRN-NP, FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

Kelly D. Coyne, CPNP, CPHON

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Karina Danner-Koptik, MSN, APRN-CNS, CPON

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Yael Derman, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Meghan Dzurovcik, APRN-NP

Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Katherine J. Engelke, APRN-NP, FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Edith M. Freyer, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Susan Gamerman, MS, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Cassandra E. Hardin, APRN-NP, PNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Meghan M. Harris, APRN-NP, PNP-AC

Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Maureen Haugen, MS, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC, CPON

Advanced Practice Nurse Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Elizabeth Horan, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Tracy Kruger, APRN-NP, CPNP

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Molly M. Kusma, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CPHON

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Carly Lindquist, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Barbara Lockart, DNP, APRN-NP, PC, CPON

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery

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Melissa Lopez, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Sarah V. Macabuhay, APRN-NP, MSN

Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Rebekah Maloney, APRN-CNS

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Stephanie Matthies, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Erin McDonough, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Meghan Meehan, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Stephanie O'Brien, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Anna K. Person, APRN-NP, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Anna M. Pokriefka, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Kimberly Powers, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Jenny Shoop, APRN-NP, DNP, PCP-PC, CPN

Advanced Practice Nurse, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Rachel Simon, APRN-NP, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Mary Stoelinga, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Megan R. Urban, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Amanda J. Williams, PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Genetic Counselors

Kristin Clemenz, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor III, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

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Shelly McQuaid, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor III, Genetics, Genomics and Metabolism

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