Hematology-Oncology

The Division's Clinical Care Program continues to expand. The program is organized as a series of multidisciplinary disease oriented treatment programs. The programs include Leukemia/Lymphoma, Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors, Neuro Tumors, and Hematology. In addition, the Radiation Oncology Program of the Institution is housed within the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Several special programs serve specific clinical and research needs of our patient population, including the long term information follow-up and education program (LIFE), for long term survivors of childhood cancer, the Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant program (ABMT) which studies innovative protocols using marrow ablative therapy and either bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant for the treatment of resistant cell tumors, the Behavioral Sciences program which provides a basis for both psychological support and intervention services for patients as well as active research and education programs in Behavioral Sciences as they relate to the pediatric and adolescent hematology oncology population, and Kids Count, an assembly of programs that address the unmet psychological needs of patients with cancer and their families including Teen Impact, and a comprehensive parent and patient education program.

National and International Recognition

Stuart Siegel, M.D - Professor of Pediatrics

• Commendation, Honorary Gray Davis, Governor, State of California
  Caring Institute, National Caring Award Hall Of Fame, Washington, D.C.
  Who’s Who in America
  America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly

Thomas Coates, M.D - Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• President Elect, Medical Information Systems Physicians’ Association (MISPA)

Yuen Kai Fung, PhD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• Elected President of the Association of Chinese Geneticists in America

Charles Gomer, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Chair, Annual Meeting, American Society for Photobiology

Barry Maurer, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

• Stop Cancer Development Award, Stop Cancer Foundation

Kathleen S. Ruccione, MPH., RN - Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Marion Vannier Award, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Robert Seeger, MD - Professor of Pediatrics

• H. Russell Smith Award for Outstanding Biomedical Research

National Key Committees

Anat Erdreich-Epstein, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, Leventhal Scholars Committee, Women in Cancer Research

Cecilia Hsing-I Fu, MD - Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Children’s Oncology Group, Infant ALL Study Committee
• Children’s Oncology Group, CML Study Committee
• Children’s Oncology Group, ALL: New Agents Task Force

Charles Gomer, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, Scientific Committee, European Society for Photobiology Congress, Lillihammer, Norway
• Member, NCI Clinical Program Project Parent Committee

Nora Heisterkamp, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Grant reviewer for the Dutch Cancer Society
• And US – Israel Binational Science Foundation

Janet Franklin, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, Adolescent and Young Adults Strategy Committee, Children’s Oncology Group

Douglas Hyder, MD - Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Founding Member, Children’s Neuro-Oncology Consortium
• Member, Neuroscience Committee, Children’s Oncology Group

Arthur Olch, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology, Membership Committee
• Member, Physics of Quality Assurance for Clinical Trials, American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Ernest Katz, PhD - Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Member, Adaptation in Childhood Cancer Consortium,

Jan Van Tornout, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics And Preventive Medicine

• Member, California EMF Program Field Scientific Advisory Panel, Public Health Institute

Robert Lavey, MD, MPH - Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• Executive Member, Radiation Oncology Discipline Committee, Southwest Oncology Group
• Chief Radiation Oncologist, Gynecologic Cancer Committee, Southwest Oncology Group

Robert Seeger, MD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, Neuroblastoma Biology Studies (ANBL00B1)
• Member, Neuroblastoma Strategy Group and Steering Committee
• Member, A Randomized Study of Purged vs. Unpurged Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant following Dose Intensive Induction Therapy for High Risk Neuroblastoma

Stuart Siegel, MD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Member, Global Board, Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Foundation for the Children’s Oncology Group
• Member, Grant Review Committee, Concern Foundation

C. Patrick Reynolds, MD, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• US Food & Drug Administration, Standing Member, Pediatric Subcommittee of the Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee

Marcio Malogolowkin, M.D - Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Member, Soft Tissue Tumor Strategy Group, Childrens Oncology Group
• Member, Specimen Submission Guidelines Committee, Childrens Oncology Group
• Member, Wilms’ Tumor Strategy Group, Childrens Oncology Group
• Member, Clinical Research Assistants Committee, Childrens Oncology Group
• Member, National Wilms’ Tumor Study Committee

Office Held

Stuart Siegel, M.D - Professor of Pediatrics

• Chairman, Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Foundation for the Children’s Oncology Group
• President, Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California
• Vice President, Board of Directors, National Leukemia Broadcast Council
• Chair, Grant Review Committee, Children’s Cancer Research Fund

Marcio Malogolowkin, M.D - Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Chair, Children’s Oncology Group, Liver Tumors Disease Strategy Committee
• Co-Chairman, Intergroup Hepatoblastoma Study, Childrens Oncology Group
• Co-Chairman, P9749 Pilot Intergroup Study of High-Dose Cisplatin, Etoposide and Bleomycin (HD-PEB Combined with Amifostine in Children with High Risk Malignant Germ Cell Tumor, Childrens Oncology Group
• Co-Chairman, Pilot Intergroup Study of Cyclophosphamide, Cisplatin, Etoposide in Children with High-Rise Malignant Germ Cell Tumor, Childrens Oncology Group

Paul Gaynon, MD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Chair, Institutional Performance Monitoring Committee, Childrens Oncology Group
• Vice Chair, ALL Strategy Group, Childrens Oncology Group

Robert Lavey, MD, MPH - Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• Chair, Membership Committee, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
• Vice Chair, ALL Strategy Group, Childrens Oncology Group

Arthur Olch, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Chairman, Childrens Cancer Group Physics subcommittee of the Radiation Oncology Committee
• Chairman, Childrens Cancer Group, New Technologies subcommittee of the Radiation Therapy Committee

Patrick Reynolds, MD, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Chair, Children’s Oncology Group A3973 High-Risk Neuroblastoma Phase III Study Committee
• Vice Chair, Neuroblastoma Strategy Group Childrens Oncology Group

Kathleen S. Ruccione, MRH, RN - Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

• Chair, Nursing Committee, Childrens Oncology Group
• Editorships and Associate Editorships

Erlinda Gordon, MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Martine Torres, PhD - Assistant Professor of Research

• Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology

Stuart Siegel, MD - Professor of Pediatrics

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Publications

Peer reviewed scientific journals 79
Book chapters published 6
Abstracts published 24
Non peer reviewed journals 4