Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Faculty
Bertil Glader, MD, PhD
Stanford Medicine Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Leadership Role(s): RBC Special Studies Lab Medical Director
Research Interest: Bone marrow failure disorders, red blood cell/hemolytic disorders
Michael Jeng, MD
Professor
Research Interest: Transfusion related iron overload, histiocytic disorders, vascular anomalies
Clara Lo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Leadership Role(s): Interim Hematology Section Chief; Outpatient Medical Co-Director; Rotation Director, Pediatric Hematology Selective/Elective; Rotation Director, PEDS305A Pediatric Hematology Clerkship
Research Interest: Biomarkers and targeted therapy in pediatric immune thrombocytopenia, inherited platelet disorders
Catherine Aftandilian, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor
Research Interest: Infectious complications of pediatric cancer treatment
Jay Michael Balagtas, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Leadership Role(s): Outreach Program Director at John Muir Medical Center
Research Interest: General clinical oncology
Karen Chao, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Disparities experienced by pediatric oncology patients based on race/ethnicity and socioeconomics, child health equity
Jacquelyn Crane, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Leadership Role: Assistant Director, Fellowship Program
Research Interests: Therapeutic clinical trials, tumor genetics, and medical education
Harvey Cohen, MD, PhD
Deborah E. Addicott - John A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Family Professor
Leadership Role(s): Palliative Care Medical Director
Research Interest: Proteomics in ALL, brain tumors, biomarkers in pediatric diseases
Kara Davis, DO
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Cell Signaling in pediatric leukemia
Charles Gawad, MD
Associate Professor
Research Interest: Studying evolution at cellular resolution
Tanja Gruber, MD, PhD
Endowed Professor
Leadership Role(s): Division Chief, Director of the Bass Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Research Interests: KMT2A rearranged acute leukemia, ALL, AML, Genomics, High Throughput Drug Screening
Jen Kamens, MD
Instructor
Research Interests: translational research with a direct bridge from preclinical models to patients in the clinic with a specific focus on understanding and exploiting the role DNA damage repair in pediatric high risk acute leukemias
Norman Lacayo, MD
Associate Professor
Research Interest: Early phase clinical trials for relapsed leukemia and biomarkers for risk-stratification, genomic and proteomic analysis in de novo acute leukemia
Michael Link, MD
Lydia J. Lee Professor
Research Interest: Treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma
Crystal Mackall, MD
Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor
Leadership Role(s): Stanford Cancer Institute Associate Director; Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program Leader, Stanford Cancer Institute; Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Director at Stanford; Cancer Immunotherapy Program Director, Department of Pediatrics
Research Interest: Cancer immunotherapy
Robbie Majzner, MD
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Cancer immunotherapy, CAR T cells, neuroblastoma, sarcomas
Lianna Marks, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Research Interest: Treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, global oncology outreach
Allison Pribnow, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Clinical concentration in solid tumors with a focus on management of bone sarcomas. Treatment of recurrent/refractory OS and EWS, early phase clinical trials, AYA oncology and global oncology outreach
Julien Sage, PhD
Elaine & John Chambers Professor
Leadership Role(s): Cancer Biology PhD Program Co-Director
Research Interest: Mechanisms of action of retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene
Kathleen Sakamoto, MD, PhD
Shelagh Galligan Professor
Leadership Role(s): T32 Training Grant Program Director
Research Interest: Normal and aberrant hematopoiesis, targeted therapies
Liora Schultz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, translational immunotherapy, CAR T cell therapy
Stephanie Smith, MD, MPH
Instructor
Research Interests: Cancer survivorship, late effects, targeted therapy in Ph+ leukemias
Sheri Spunt, MD, MBA
Endowed Professor of Pediatric Cancer
Research Interest: Soft tissue sarcoma, cancer survivorship, and adolescent/young adult cancer care
John (Fritz) Tan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Interest: General clinical oncology
Crystal Wang, MD
Instructor
Research Interests: pediatric central nervous system leukemia, translational research
Peng Wu, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor
Research Interests: pediatric liver tumors, cancer genetics, pediatric solid tumor biology
Jennifer Duda, MD
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Mona Shah, MD
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Danielle Shin, MD
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Stephen Simko, MD
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Jennifer Tsai, MD
Adjunct Clinical Instructor