Meet Our Faculty
Mignon Loh, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric ALL, JMML, Leukemia biology and genomics
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Hematology
Gavin Roach, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Prevention and management of thrombosis, stroke, and congenital and acquired thrombophilic disorders
2023 CBDC Teaching Award
Tiziana Coppola, MD
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: General hematology, hematopoeitic stem cell biology
Pavel Davizon-Castillo, MD
Clinical Team: Hematology, Bloodworks Northwest
Clinical/Research Interests: Platelet disorders and thrombosis; megakaryocyte and platelet biology; immunometabolism of megakaryocytes and platelets
Principle Investigator: Bloodworks Northwest
Chris Denton, MD
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Sickle Cell Disease
Charyse Angela Diaz, MD
Clinical Team: Hematology, Acute Care Oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education, Sickle cell disease, Quality improvement
Whitney Eng, MD, MPH
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Vascular anomalies
Amy Geddis, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Bone marrow failure syndromes
2024 CBDC Teaching Award
Kristine Karvonen, MD, MS
Clinical Teams: Hematology, Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Sickle cell disease, pediatric leukemias; systemic racism and social determinants of health as drivers of racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric hematology and oncology care and outcomes
Principal Investigator: Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology Program, Fred Hutch
Investigator: Behavioral and Clinical Outcomes Research Program, Ben Towne Center, SCRI
Kristin Maher, MD, MSc, PhD
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Bleeding and clotting disorders, hematology in the AYA population
Allison Wheeler, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Bleeding and thrombotic disorders, with an additional interest in coagulation laboratory medicine
Oncology
Todd Cooper, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: AML, Leukemia therapeutics, Early stage clinical trials, COG clinical trials
Katie Albert, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Sarcoma and other solid tumor therapies
Colleen Annesley, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: High-risk leukemias, immunotherapy, CAR T cells
Jack Brzezinski, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Wilms tumor genetics and epigenetics, epigenetic heterogeneity in solid tumors, cancer predisposition
Eric Chow, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Cancer Survivorship Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Cancer survivorship and late effects
Principal Investigator: Cancer Survivor Program, Fred Hutch
Erin Crotty, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric CNS tumors, Retinoblastoma, Immunotherapy for medulloblastoma
Mark Fluchel, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Histiocytic disorders, Disparities in pediatric oncology care for patients from rural and underserved communities, Medical education
Lisa Force, MD, MPH
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Global pediatric oncology, Cancer epidemiology, Cancer disparities
Rula Green Gladden, MD
Clinical Teams: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric AML, Single cell transcriptomics to elucidate mechanisms of AML resistance
Shireen Ganapathi, MD
Clinical Teams: Solid Tumors, Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Solid tumor therapeutic discovery, Exploiting the potential of bromodomain inhibitors in Ewing sarcoma
Anurekha Hall, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Cancer disparities, Barriers to access in pediatric oncology care
Douglas Hawkins, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric sarcomas, Sarcoma therapies
Kristine Karvonen, MD, MS
Clinical Teams: Hematology, Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Sickle cell disease, pediatric leukemias; systemic racism and social determinants of health as drivers of racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric hematology and oncology care and outcomes
Principal Investigator: Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology Program, Fred Hutch
Investigator: Behavioral and Clinical Outcomes Research Program, Ben Towne Center, SCRI
Camille Keenan, MD, MPH
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma, Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, hyperinflammation in cancer
Tyler Ketterl, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: AYA oncology, Fertility preservation, Cancer survivorship and exercise intervention in AYA population
Danielle Kirkey, MD
Clinical Teams: Leukemia/Lymphoma, Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric leukemias; novel immunotherapeutic targets for pediatric AML, biology of KMT2A-rearranged pediatric AML
Adam Lamble, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Immunotherapy and leukemia therapeutics, Clinical trials for leukemia
Sarah Leary, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric brain tumors, Precision medicine and therapy development in CNS tumors
Brittany Lee, MD, MA
Clinical Teams: Solid Tumors, Bioethics Consultation Service
Clinical/Research Interests: Bioethics, Palliative Care, Caregiver perspectives of genomic testing in pediatric oncology
Kasey Leger, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Cancer survivorship, Early identification and prevention of cancer therapy-induced cardiovascular disease
Priya Mahajan, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Thyroid cancer, germ cell tumors, medical education
David Noyd, MD, MPH
Clinical Team: CBDC Survivorship Clinic, Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical informatics, survivorship
Tim Ohlsen, MD, MS
Clinical Teams: Solid Tumors, Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Solid tumors; geographic and socioeconomic barriers to equitable pediatric oncology care; financial toxicities of pediatric cancer care
Behavioral and Clinical Outcomes Research Program, SCRI
James M. Olson, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric brain tumors, Protein therapeutics for pediatric cancers
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Ram Rao, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Engineering 3D models of osteosarcoma in vitro, role of extracellular matrix in tumorogenesis and chemoresistance
Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Rachel Rau, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Leukemia biology, genomics, and epigenomics, mechanisms of chemoresistance in ALL, DNMT3A function in normal and malignant hematopoiesis
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Julie Rivers, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric leukemias and lymphomas, Immunotherapy, Medical education
Rebecca Ronsley, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric CNS tumors, Medical education, Survivorship
2023 CBDC Teaching Award
Dan Runco, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Neuro-oncology clinical trials; etiology of cancer cachexia; nutrition and feeding dysfunction in children undergoing cancer treatment.
Joelle Straehla, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumor and Brain Tumor Programs
Clinical/Research Interests: Nanotechnology-based drug delivery platforms in pediatric brain and solid tumors, identifying nanoparticle-specific biomarkers, targeting nanotherapies across the blood-brain barrier
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Molly Taylor, MD
Clinical Team: Solid Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Solid tumors, AYA oncology, Biobehavioral pediatric oncology, Understanding the biology linking psychosocial and medical outcomes in childhood cancers
Principal Investigator: Biobehavioral Oncology Research Program, Seattle Children's/SCRI
2024 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Mentorship Award
Katherine Tarlock, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Focus: Pediatric leukemias and lymphomas, AML genomics and therapeutics, Early phase clinical trials, Global oncology
Amy Tellinghuisen, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, Quality improvement in pediatric oncology care
Nick Vitanza, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumor Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Epigenetic and immunotherapeutic targeting of pediatric CNS tumors, CAR T cell clinical trials
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Jennifer Wilkes, MD
Clinical Team: Leukemia/Lymphoma
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric leukemias, Quality improvement in pediatric oncology care
Blood and Marrow Transplant
K. Scott Baker, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Late effects of HSCT, HSCT for non-malignant disorders, HLH
Principal Investigator: Cancer Survivor Program, Fred Hutch
2023 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Mentorship Award
Neel Bhatt, MBBS, MPH
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT and cancer survivorship
Principal Investigator: Cancer Survivor Program, Fred Hutch
Marie Bleakley, MD, PhD, MMSc
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for high-risk leukemias, HSCT graft engineering, GVHD prevention, T cell immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Immunotherapy and Transplant Biology, Fred Hutch
Julie Boiko, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for malignant and non-malignant disorders, Molecular signatures of GVHD in peripheral blood
Lauri Burroughs, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for non-malignant blood disorders, HSCT clinical trials
Paul A. Carpenter, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for malignant and non-malignant disorders, GVHD prevention and treatment
Ann Dahlberg, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for high-risk leukemias, Cord blood transplant, HSCT transitional care
Michelle Choe, MD, FAAP
Clinical Teams: Blood and Marrow Transplant, Immunotherapy
Clinical/Research Interests: Immunotherapy and gene therapy to treat advanced pediatric malignancies, particularly sarcomas
John Colgan, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for high-risk leukemias, leukemia biology and functional genomics
Colleen Delaney, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Cord blood transplant, Off-the-shelf immunotherapies
Scott Furlan, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for high-risk leukemias, Transcriptomics and epigenomics of GVHD and immune reconstitution post HSCT, AML, Adoptive cellular therapies
Principal Investigator: Transplant Biology, Fred Hutch
Brandon Hadland, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for high-risk leukemias, HSC biology, Developmental hematopoiesis, Developmental ontogeny of pediatric leukemias
Principal Investigator: Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Program, Fred Hutch
Madhavi Lakkaraja, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for non-malignant disorders, Immune reconsitution following HSCT
Emily Merkel, MD, MS
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Palliative care and quality of life in the pediatric bone marrow transplant population
UW Cambria T32 Palliative Care Research Fellow
Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for AML, AML biology, genomics, and therapeutics, AML Immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Genetic Research and Therapeutics, Fred Hutch
Aleksandra Petrovic, MD
Clinical Teams: Blood and Marrow Transplant, Immunology
Clinical/Research Interests: Gene therapy and HSCT for immune disorders
Jay Sarthy, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for malignant disorders, Epigenetics and precision medicine in pediatric cancers
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Heather Schuback, MD
Clinical Teams: Acute Care Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Corinne Summers, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant, Immunotherapy
Clinical/Research Interests: CAR T-cell development, Post-HSCT immunotherapy
Monica Thakar, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for malignant and non-malignant disorders, Inherited immunodeficiencies, NK cell immunotherapy, Clinical trials for HSCT
Olatundun Williams, MD
Clinical Team: Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for primary immune deficiencies and immune regulation disorders
Acute Care Oncology
Steven Clifford Aller, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Acute Care Oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education, Quality improvement in pediatric hematology-oncology and HSCT patient care.
Heather Schuback, MD
Clinical Teams: Acute Care Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Janiine Grace Babcock, MD
Clinical Team: Acute Care Oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Charyse Angela Diaz, MD
Clinical Team: Acute Care Oncology, Hematology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education, Sickle cell disease, Quality improvement
Kelly J Faucette, MD
Clinical Team: Acute care oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Tristan Knight, MD
Clinical Teams: Acute Care Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education, Quality improvement
Nancy R McAllister, MD
Clinical Team: Acute Care Oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Kritika Patel, MD
Clinical Team: Acute Care Oncology
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education
Primary Research Faculty
Beth Lawlor, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Solid tumor biology, epigenetics, cell plasticity and tumor heterogeneity, tumor microenvironment
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Irwin D Bernstein, MD
Research Interests: HSC biology, Notch signaling, leukemia biology
Principal Investigator: Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Program, Fred Hutch
Myron Evans II, PhD
Research Interests: Pediatric brain tumor biology, Medulloblastoma therapies
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Katy Fladeboe, PhD
Research Interests: Developing evidence-based supportive care programs to meet the psychosocial and developmental needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Development and Psychosocial Outcomes Lab, SCRI
Heather Gustafson, PhD
Research Interests: Macrophage biology in the tumor microenvironment, Immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Vandana Kalia, PhD
Research Interests: Immunotherapy, T cell engineering
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Shan Lin, PhD
Research Interests: Role of programmed cell death in AML, functional genomic screening to identify novel therapies for pediatric AML.
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Shannon Oda, PhD
Research Interests: Tumor microenvironment, T-cell engineering to enhance immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Siobhan Pattwell, PhD
Research Interests: Neurodevelopment and genetics of pediatric brain tumors
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Surojit Sarkar, PhD
Research Interests: T cell immunology, Immunotherapy
Principal Investigator: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, SCRI
Affiliate Faculty & Research Mentors
Ralph P Ermoian, MD
Clinical/Research Interests: Pediatric tumors, soft tissue sarcoma, pediatric brain tumors, patient safety in radiation therapy
2023 CBDC Outside Faculty Teaching Award
Arti Dilip Desai, MD, MSPH
Clinical/Research Interests: Developing and testing innovative health information technology solutions to optimize comprehensive, coordinated and equitable care for children with chronic conditions
Research mentor for: Tim Ohlsen, MD
Principal Investigator: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
Juliane Gust, MD, PhD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumors
Research Interests: Impact of cancer treatment and inflammation on brain development; mechanisms of CAR T-cell neurotoxicity.
Principal Investigator: Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Steven Henikoff, PhD
Research Interests: Epigenetic regulation of developmental and disease processes, cancer epigenetics, development of novel chromatin profiling tools
Research mentor for: Jay Sarthy, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator: Basic Science Division, Fred Hutch
Geoffrey Hill, MD, FRACP, FRCPA
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT for malignant and non-malignant disorders, immunological mechanisms of GVHD, infection, relapse and immunological rejection post-HSCT, immunotherapy
Research mentor for: Julie Boiko, MD, MS
Principle Investigator: Immunotherapy and Transplant Biology, Fred Hutch
Hans-Peter Kiem, MD, PhD
Clinical/Research Interests: HSCT and gene therapy for patients with cancer, genetic and infectious diseases, Development of new gene-editing technologies
Research mentor for: Meera Srikanthan, MD
Principal Investigator: Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Program, Fred Hutch
Casey Lion, MD, MPH
Research mentor for: Tim Ohlsen, Melissa Martos
Clinical/Research Interests: patient-provider communication and language barriers in healthcare equity, QI research methods and the effect of QI on health equity
Principle Investigator: Equity, Navigation, Communication, and healthcare Outcomes REsearch (ENCORE) lab, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Jason Mendoza, MD, MPH
Clinical/Research Interests: Health disparities, Inequities in childhood physical activity and nutrition outcomes
Principal Investigator: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, SCRI
Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD
Clinical/Research Interests: Blood banking, Transfusion medicine
Aimee Sato, MD
Clinical Team: Brain Tumors
Clinical/Research Interests: Neurofibromatosis
Cole Trapnell, PhD
Research Interests: Developing new technologies to study gene regulation and cell-cell communication in development and disease, mapping the genetic control of cellular plasticity, stem cell biology, computational biology
Research mentor for: Rula Green Gladden, MD, Rhaghav Chawla, MD, Scott Furlan, MD, Brandon Hadland, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator: UW Genome Sciences
Christina M. Termini, MM, PhD
Research Interests: Hematopoietic stem cell function, proteoglycan biology in niche regulation of stem cells and hematologic malignancies
Principal Investigator: Stem Cell & Gene Therapy Program, Fred Hutch