Overview
Innovative research and clinical care for children with blood diseases and cancer have been major activities at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since Dr. Kenneth Blackfan served as the first Rachford Professor of Pediatrics from 1920 - 1923.
Major Areas Within Hematology / Oncology:
Primary Objective
The primary objective of the Division of Hematology / Oncology is to improve the lives and potentially provide a cure for children and adolescents with cancer, blood, and immune disorders. This mission is achieved by offering compassionate, state of the art clinical care to patients and their families; advancing our understanding of these diseases through basic and translational research; and educating future health care providers and leaders in the field.
Our Leaders
Dr. Franklin O. Smith, III assumed the leadership of the Hematology/Oncology division in 2001. The Division of Hematology/Oncology pursues coordinated basic research activities with the affiliated Experimental Hematology Division
Our Team
Within the Division of Hematology / Oncology, 24 faculty (including emeritus faculty, Dr. Beatrice Lampkin and Dr. Donald Rucknagel) participate in clinical care and/or research along with PhD psychologists. Approximately 150 individuals including nurse practitioners, nurse specialists, social workers, specialists in school intervention and Child Life, data managers, secretaries, and laboratory associates support the program.
The Hematology / Oncology business unit is incorporated with the inpatient / outpatient nursing and affiliated services. Clinical research activities are supported by our Clinical Management and Research Support Core (CMRSC) with 17 clinical research associates, research nurses and medical writers.
