Hematology / Oncology Fellowship

Current Fellows

Learn more about the fellows currently participating in the Hematology / Oncology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

First Year Fellows l Second Year Fellows l Third Year Fellows l Fourth Year Fellow

First Year Fellows
Kathleen Dorris, MD	Education: Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine Internship: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Residency: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Research Experience: Clinical study on Quality of Life of Survivors of Posterior Fossa Syndrome at Children’s Memorial Hospital (September 2006 to present).
Teresa Finke, MD	Education: Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine Internship: Indiana University School of Medicine Residency: IU School of Medicine Combined Medicine & Pediatrics Research Experience: Engraftment kinetics after truly non-myeloahlative matched related and Unrelated allergeneic transplantation (June 2006).
Sarah Fitzgerald, MD	Education: Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Internship: Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital / University Hospital of Cleveland Residency: Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital / University Hospital of Cleveland Research Experience: Examining hypersensitivity reactions in all patients receiving PEF-asparaginase; Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Science Day Project.
Alex George, MD, PhD	Education: Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine. Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Research Experience: PhD in molecular and human genetics, Baylor College of Medicine.
Jennifer Pope, MD	Education: Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Internship: Medical College of Wisconsin Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin Research Experience: Pediatric Oncology Education Program at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Second Year Fellows
Adrienne Hammil MD, PhD	Education: Medical School: University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Research Interest: Cell cycle control and how its failure leads to cancer, particularly in a hereditary or potentially hereditary way.
Ted Johnson, MD, PhD	Education: Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Internship: Medical College of Georgia Residency: Medical College of Georgia Research Interest: Mechanisms of immune tolerance, the role they plan in the establishment and maintenance of neoplastic states, and the potential to exploit such tolerance to improve engraftment rates in bone marrow transplant; and the immunobiology of AML and the development and characterization of immunotherapeutic anti-neoplastic agents.
Kasiani Myers, MD	Education: Medical School: Case Western Reserve University Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Research Interest: Gene expression and its effect on tumor responsiveness and prognosis and targeted therapies.
Ben Mizukawa, MD	Education: Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Research Interest: Investigation of the role of Rac GTPases in myeloid leukemogenesis and their potential as therapeutic targets using Rac knockout mice and retrovirus-mediated gene transfer techniques.
Third Year Fellows
Christine Phillips, MD	Education: Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine Internship: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago Residency: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago Research Interest: Pharmocogenetics in leukemia, particularly AML. She is also researching the response of patients with genetic instability syndromes, such as Fanconi anemia, to DNA damage induced by diagnostic CT scans.
Melissa Rayburg, MD	Education: Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Internship: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio Residency: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio Research Interest: Risk Stratification of the febrile neutropenic pediatric patients.
Fourth Year Fellow
Ajay Perumbeti, MD	Education: Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine Internship: Upstate Medical University Residency: Upstate Medical University Research Interest: The use of gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease.