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Pediatric Physicians and Researchers
The Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta continues to build a world-class program that includes clinical services at Children's at Egleston and Children's at Scottish Rite, as well as a close working collaboration with Emory University's Department of Pediatrics and the Emory Winship Cancer Institute. Our 40-plus physicians and researchers at the Aflac Cancer Center hold Emory University faculty appointments. Laboratory-based research, both basic and translational, is performed by our researchers at the Emory campus, in conjunction with vibrant clinical research activities at Children's.
Leadership
- William G. Woods, M.D.
Professor, Director and Daniel P. Amos Children's Chair for the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service, Dr. Woods is a distinguished physician and research scientist who leads some of the country's most admired pediatric hematology/oncology physicians.
- Bradley George, M.D.
Medical Director, Aflac Cancer Center of Children's at Scottish Rite
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Thomas A. Olson, M.D.
Medical Director, Aflac Cancer Center of Children's at Egleston
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Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)
- Ann E. Haight, M.D.
Director, BMT Program
Assistant 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.
Assistant 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.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Transplant immunology with a special interest in immune tolerance-induction after non-myeloablative transplant
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Hematology
- Peter A. Lane, M.D.
Director, Hematology Disease Program
Aflac Field Force Children’s Chair for Sickle Cell Disease
Research interests: Newborn screening, health outcomes and clinical trials in sickle cell disease
General Hematology
- Carolyn M. Bennett, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Bone marrow failure syndromes, hemostasis and thrombosis
- Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Bone marrow failure syndromes, hemolytic anemias and white cell disorders
- Michael A. Briones, D.O.
Program Director, Aflac Cancer Center Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: General hematology and histiocytosis
- Jeanne E. Hendrickson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Pathology and transfusion medicine
- Cassandra D. Josephson, M.D.
Assistant Director, Children’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Research interests: Clinical transfusion medicine and blood safety in hemophilia, sickle cell disease, neonatology and open heart surgery
- Marianne E. McPherson, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, specifically transfusion therapy for these disorders and reversal of chronic organ damage
Hemophilia and Thrombosis
- Carolyn M. Bennett, M.D., M.S.C.R.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Platelet disorder including immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Congenital platelet disorders
- Michael A. Briones, D.O.
Program Director, Aflac Cancer Center Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Central lines and thrombosis; clinical trials in thrombosis
- Amy L. Dunn, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Joint disease in hemophilia; clinical trials in hemophilia and women with bleeding disorders
- Jeanne E. Hendrickson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Pathology and transfusion medicine
- Shawn M. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Platelet physiology
- Cassandra D. Josephson, M.D.
Assistant Director, Children’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Research interests: Clinical transfusion medicine and blood safety in hemophilia, sickle cell disease, neonatology and open heart surgery
- Christine L. Kempton, M.D. M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in hemophilia with an emphasis on inhibitors
- Shannon L. Meeks, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Factor VIII inhibitors; hemophilia; mild bleeding disorders
Sickle Cell Disease
- Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in thalassemia
- R. Clark Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Targeted therapies for thalassemia and sickle cell disease
- Iris D. Buchanan, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Sickle cell disease pain management and pulmonary disease
- Carlton D. Dampier, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; measurement science of patient and parent-reported outcomes, symptom management in sickle cell disease, particularly pain
- Beatrice E. Gee, M.D.
Director, Hematology and Sickle Cell Disease Program at Children's at Hughes Spalding
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Vascular pathophysiology that contributes to sickle cell disease complications and red blood cell membrane proteins
- Anne G. James-Herry, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; comprehensive sickle cell pulmonary and pain clinics
- Peter A. Lane, M.D.
Director, Hematology and Sickle Cell Disease Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Newborn screening, health outcomes and clinical trials in sickle cell disease
- Marianne E. McPherson, M.D., M.Sc.
Clinical Instructor
Research interests: Sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, specifically transfusion therapy for these disorders and reversal of chronic organ damage
- Tamara N. New, M.D.
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease
- Ifeyinwa (Ify) Osunkwo, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; chronic transfusion and hydroxyurea for the treatment of complications of sickle cell disease; and blood and marrow transplant for sickle cell disease
- Yih-Ming Yang, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease, newborn screening for hemoglobinopathies and strategies to raise fetal hemoglobin
Fellows
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Childhood 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
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Oncology
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
- 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
- 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 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
Associate 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
Associate 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
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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
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Neuropsychology
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Research/Innovative Therapy
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Basic and Translational Researchers
- David R. Archer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant for genetic disease, particularly sickle cell disease, and use of stem cells in regenerative medicine
- Kevin D. Bunting, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Laboratory focused studies on normal cytokine signaling in hematopoiesis and dysregulated signaling associated with leukemogenesis
- Robert C. Castellino, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Pediatric neuro-oncology, cell signalling in neuronal development, drug development
- Christopher B. Doering, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Development of modified blood coagulation factors and implementation in gene transfer-based therapies
- Amy L. Dunn, M.D.
Research interests: Basic mechanisms of hemophilic arthropathy
- Jacques Galipeau, M.D.
Research interests: Tumor immunology and biological and cellular therapies for autoimmune and alloimmune disorders; pediatric biopharmaceutical strategies for catastrophic diseases with unmet medical needs
Professor of Pediatrics
- Kelly Goldsmith, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor and other renal tumors of childhood
- Lubing Gu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in childhood cancer and leukemia
- Shawn M. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Platelet physiology
- Leslie S. Kean, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Transplant immunology with a special interest in immune tolerance-induction after non-myeloablative transplant
- John Sherman (Pete) Lollar III, M.D.
Director, Hemostasis Research
Chair, Hemophilia of Georgia Inc.
Research interests: Development of novel recombinant factor VIII (fVIII) molecules for use in preventing and treating hemophilia patients with inhibitors; basic research in biosynthesis and expression of fVIII
- 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
- Shannon L. Meeks, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Factor VIII inhibitors; hemophilia; mild bleeding disorders
- Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Endothelial barrier function involving leukocyte recruitment and angiogenesis, particularly as it relates to sickle cell disease; gene regulation in haematopoiesis and sickle cell disease
- H. Trent Spencer, Ph.D.
Director, Gene Therapy Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar
Research interests: Gene therapy for treatment of cancer and inherited disease via recombinant retroviral vectors and drug resistance immunotherapy
- Zhengqi Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Study of STAT5 and its function in signaling mechanisms in leukemogenesis; hematopoietic stem cell biology and transplant
- Muxiang Zhou, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Signaling pathways and regulators of apoptosis as they relate to drug resistance in ALL
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Physicians and researchers at the Aflac Cancer Center are faculty members at Emory University School of Medicine.
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