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
Rukhmi V. Bhat, MD
Section Head, Hematology; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; A. Watson and Sarah Armour Professorship in Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases
Sonali Chaudhury, MD
Section Head, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
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
Amy L. Walz, MD
Section Head, Oncology; Clinical Practice Director, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders
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
Sherif Badawy, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Comprehensive Thalassemia Program; Associate Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program
Christina M. Barriteau, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Medical Director, Blood Bank
Rachel S. Bercovitz, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Rukhmi V. Bhat, MD
Section Head, Hematology; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; A. Watson and Sarah Armour Professorship in Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases
John H. Fargo, DO
Director, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Quality Improvement; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Heather L. Kligfeld, DO
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Samantha Scanlon, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Pediatric Oncologists
Tara O. Henderson, MD, MPH
Chair of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Founders' Board Centennial Professorship in Pediatrics
Ammar Hayani, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Aroop K. Kar, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Loretta S. Li, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Kyle L. MacQuarrie, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Elaine Morgan, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; The Bridges Program - Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Jennifer L. Reichek, MD, MSW
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, STAR Program (Survivors Taking Action & Responsibility)
Jenna E. Rossoff, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Elizabeth Sokol, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Amy L. Walz, MD
Section Head, Oncology; Clinical Practice Director, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders
Joanna L. Weinstein, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Director, Cancer Predisposition Program
Sara Zarnegar-Lumley, MD
Medical Director, Hematological Malignancy Program (Leukemia/Lymphoma); Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Stem Cell Transplant Specialists
Sonali Chaudhury, MD
Section Head, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Hannah Lust, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Kevin O. McNerney, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Veronika Polishchuk, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Jennifer Schneiderman, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Lily Zeng, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Stewart Goldman, MD Research Scholar
Pediatric Neuro-Oncologists
Rudy J. Allen, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Miriam A. Bornhorst, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Max Lacewell Endowed Brain Tumor Research Scholar
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
Ashley S. Plant-Fox, MD
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; A.M. Khokhar Research Scholar
Maggie D. Seblani, DO, MPH
Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
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
Advanced Practice Providers
Alexis Baby, APRN-NP, MSN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology, Solid Tumors
Melissa Barnett, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Katelyn Baumann, APRN-NP, PNP-AC
Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
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
Karina Danner-Koptik, MSN, APRN-CNS, CPON
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Yael Derman, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Meghan Dzurovcik, APRN-NP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Katherine J. Engelke, APRN-NP, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Edith M. Freyer, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Susan Gamerman, MS, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Cassandra E. Hardin, APRN-NP, PNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Meghan M. Harris, APRN-NP, PNP-AC
Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Maureen Haugen, MS, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC, CPON
Advanced Practice Nurse Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Tracy Kruger, APRN-NP, CPNP
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Molly M. Kusma, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CPHON
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Carly Lindquist, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Barbara Lockart, DNP, APRN-NP, PC, CPON
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery
Melissa Lopez, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Sarah V. Macabuhay, APRN-NP, MSN
Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Rebekah Maloney, APRN-CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Stephanie Matthies, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Erin McDonough, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Meghan Meehan, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Stephanie O'Brien, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Anna K. Person, APRN-NP, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Anna M. Pokriefka, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Kimberly Powers, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Jenny Shoop, APRN-NP, DNP, PCP-PC, CPN
Advanced Practice Nurse, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Rachel Simon, APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Mary Stoelinga, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Megan R. Urban, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Amanda J. Williams, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Genetic Counselors
Kristin Clemenz, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor III, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation
Shelly McQuaid, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor III, Genetics, Genomics and Metabolism; Polsky Family Genetic Counselor