Your child will be cared for by specialized doctors, nurses and a family support team who are all dedicated to pediatric cancer patients. The family support team consists of child life specialists, social workers, chaplains, teachers, psychologists and financial coordinators.
The following physicians and researchers focus their professional efforts on treating and finding a cure for pediatric cancer.
Leukemia/Lymphoma
D. John Bergsagel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in leukemia and lymphoma
Todd M. Cooper, D.O.
Director, Leukemia/Lymphoma Innovative Therapy Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials within COG in myeloid leukemia and development of novel therapies for children with relapsed leukemia
Marla Daves M.D., M.S.Cr.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics
Research interests: Applying informatic tools to improve guideline adherence in pediatrics and development of clinical research databases to improve the secondary use of clinical data for research
Frank G. Keller, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: PI of COG’s Hodgkin’s lymphoma trial; clinical trials in Hodgkin's disease, NHL and leukemia
Glen Lew, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Aflac Cancer Center Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: PI of COG’s trial for intermediate risk relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), etiology of childhood ALL and treatment of relapsed ALL
Himalee Sabnis M.D., MSc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Understanding the biology of the latent transcription factor STAT5, in particular its roles in normal hematopoietic stem cell function and its aberrant activation associated with a variety of hematologic malignancies
Tanya C. Watt, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Racial variation within AML; developing new therapies for relapsed leukemia
William G. Woods, M.D.
Professor and Program Director
Associate Chair of COG for Scientific Affairs; member of the COG Scientific Council and Executive Committees
Research interests: Clinical trials within COG in myeloid leukemia
Solid Tumors
Bradley A. George, M.D.
Clinical Director, Aflac Cancer Center of Children's at Scottish Rite
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sarcomas, neuroblastomas and other solid tumors
Kelly Goldsmith, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical research trials in neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor and other renal tumors of childhood
Howard M. Katzenstein, M.D.
Director, Clinical Research and Innovative Therapy Program
The Carter Samuel Martin Children's Chair for Innovative Therapy
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Principal Investigator (PI) of Children’s Oncology Group’s (COG) heptoblastoma trial; innovative therapy in liver tumors, neuroblastoma and solid tumors
Thomas A. Olson, M.D.
Clinical Director, Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s at Egleston
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Chair, COG’s Germ Cell Subcommittee; clinical trials in germ cell tumors, retinoblastoma and bone tumors
Louis B. Rapkin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in solid tumors; development of educational curriculum for house staff and fellows
Neuro-Oncology
Tobey J. MacDonald, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Basic and translational research of childhood brain tumors with primary research focus on the role of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) signaling in medulloblastoma
Dolly Aguilera, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Development of phase I and II clinical trials for children with recurrent brain tumors
Anna J. Janss, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Research interests: Phase I clinical trials (through the COG) and innovative therapeutics for brain tumors
Claire M. Mazewski, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: PI of COG high-risk medullo trial for young children; clinical trials, innovative therapeutics and late effects studies for children with brain tumors
Cancer Survivorship
Lillian R. Meacham, M.D.
Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program
The Kathelen V. Amos Children's Chair for Cancer Survivorship
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) and other clinical trials in late effects and endocrine late effects in oncology patients
Ann C. Mertens, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Research
Professor of Pediatrics
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Research interests: Childhood and adolescent cancer survivorship
Briana C. Patterson, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Late effects of cancer therapy in brain tumor patients; endocrine problems following cancer treatment
Karen J. Wasilewski-Masker, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Outcomes/cancer survivor research; adolescent/young adult oncology; intervention studies in cancer late effects
BMT
Ann E. Haight, M.D.
Medical Director, BMT Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: BMT in sickle cell disease and other non-malignant disease; supportive care in BMT and infections in the immunocompromised host; clinical research ethics
Kuang-Yueh (KY) Chiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in BMT, stem cell biology and growth factor mobilization
John T. Horan, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Non-myeloablative transplant for sickle cell disease; graft versus host disease and outcomes research
Leslie S. Kean, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Transplant immunology with a special interest in immune tolerance-induction after non-myeloablative transplant
Muna Qayed, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics