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Doctors and Researchers

The division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, led by Dr. Patricia J. Giardina, endeavors to care for children and their families afflicted with blood disorders and cancers. Please click on the name of the individual doctor to learn more about their honors/awards, professional education and clinical expertise.

Patricia Giardina, M.D.
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director of the Thalassemia Program


Suchitra Acharya, M.D.
Associate Attending Pediatrician
Associate Professor of Pediatric
Director of Sickle Cell Program


Alexander Aledo, M.D.
Associate Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director of the Pediatric Oncology Program


James Bussel, M.D.
Attending Pediatrician
Professor of Pediatric Medicine
Director of the ITP Program


Susanna Cunningham-Rundles, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology
Vice-chairman for Academic Affairs


Donna DiMichele, M.D.
Attending Physician
Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
Director, Regional Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Director, Special Coagulation Research, Laboratory NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Robert Grady, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of Pharmacology in Pediatrics
Director of the Iron Metabolism Laboratory


Rosandra Kaplan, M.D.
Assistant Professor

David Lyden, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics Medicine in Pediatrics
Director of the Cellular Oncology Laboratory

Stefano Rivella, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine in Pediatrics
Director of the Gene Therapy Laboratory



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