Specialists in Patient Care and Research
John P. Perentesis, MD, FAAP, serves as director of both the Cancer Program and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is a nationally known expert in the care of children with leukemia, lymphoma and other cancers, as well as in the development of pediatric clinical research studies.
Dr. Perentesis provides national leadership as a member of the Steering Committee for the National Cancer Institute Pediatric Phase I Consortium and for the Investigational Drug Steering Committee. For the Children’s Oncology Group, he chairs the Myeloid Leukemia Relapse Committee and serves on the Steering Committee for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer. These cooperative groups are developing the next generation of pediatric cancer therapies. Dr. Perentesis’s own laboratory focuses on the origins of childhood leukemia and the ways in which genetic differences influence how people respond to anticancer drugs.
Other members of the program’s multidisciplinary team who care for patients and conduct research include:
Oncology
Blood and Marrow Transplant
- Stella M. Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
- Jacob (Jack) J.H. Bleesing, MD, PhD
- Alexandra (Lisa) Filipovich, MD
- Richard E. Harris, MD
- Sonata Jodele, MD
- Michael B. Jordan, MD
- Parinda A. Mehta, MD
- Franklin O. Smith III, MD
Radiation Oncology
- John Breneman, MD
- Ruth Lavigne, MD
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
Neurology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Endocrinology and Fertility
Neuropsychology
Hematopathology
Pain Management and Palliative Care
Our team also includes some of the country’s most innovative laboratory researchers. Cincinnati Children’s scientists have made key discoveries about leukemia and its treatment, and they work closely with our physicians to speed advances from the laboratory to the clinic.
- Paul R. Andreassen, PhD
- Mohammed Azam, PhD
- Christopher Baum, MD
- Jose A. Cancelas, MD, PhD
- Stella M. Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
- Hartmut Geiger, PhD
- H. Leighton Grimes, PhD
- Gang Huang, PhD
- Ashish Kumar, MD, PhD
- Ruhikanta Meetei, PhD
- James Mulloy, PhD
- Janos Sumegi, MD, PhD
- George Thomas, PhD (UC/GRI)
- David A. Williams, MD
- Yi Zheng, PhD
Our experienced, highly qualified nurse practitioners include Angela Abbruzzese, RN, MSN, CNP, Lisa M. Hess, RN, MSN, CNP, and Diane Skierkiewicz, RN, MSN, CNP, CPON.
