Oncology
Meet the Team

Meet the Oncology Team

Director

A photo of John P. Perentesis.

John P. Perentesis, MD, FAAP

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular etiology and pharmacogenetics of pediatric cancers; Down syndrome-associated leukemia; new anticancer drug development
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Faculty

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Erin H. Breese, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Molecular pathogenesis of leukemia; novel therapeutics for childhood leukemia, especially for infants with MLL-rearranged leukemia
Karen C. Burns

Karen C. Burns, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Ellen K. Chang, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
AYA oncology; cancer survivorship; cardio-oncology
James Cronk

James C. Cronk, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immunotherapy for tumors of the central nervous system and peripheral solid tumors; targeting and use of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells...
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Peter de Blank, MD, MSCE

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cancer imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; MR relaxometry; magnetic resonance fingerprinting; developmental therapeutics
Michael Deel

Michael D. Deel, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Investigating new therapeutic approaches for difficult to treat sarcomas and other solid tumors
Thomas Galletta

Thomas J. Galletta, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cellular and immune therapies for the treatment of relapsed/refractory acute leukemias and viral infections; mechanisms of cancer predisposition and...
Richard Graham

Richard Graham, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Trent R. Hummel, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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LaQuita Jones, DO

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Targeted therapeutics for FLT3 mutant AML and resistance patterns in AML
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Jennifer Kamens

Jennifer Kamens, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Translational research in high risk leukemias with a specific focus on understanding DNA damage repair mechanisms in pediatric AML and the use of...
Lynn Lee

Lynn H. Lee, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Biology of acute myeloid leukemia & infant leukemia; alternative splicing and RNA processing; MAP kinase signaling; cancer genomics; disease...
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Benjamin Mizukawa

Benjamin E. Mizukawa, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Aaron Mochizuki

Aaron Y. Mochizuki, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Data science; tumor microenvironment
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Robin Norris, MD, MS, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Christine L. Phillips, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Joseph G. Pressey, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
The development of novel therapies for pediatric sarcomas and rare tumors.
Lisa Privette Vinnedge

Lisa M. Privette Vinnedge, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Breast cancer; gene expression; metastasis; cell cycle; DEK; oncogenes and tumor suppressors
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Scott I. Raskin, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Immunotherapy; developmental therapeutics; clinical trials
Jeremy Rubinstein

Jeremy Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Viral infections are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplant and antiviral...
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Mayur Sarangdhar, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Systems pharmacology; developmental pharmacology; cardio-oncology; drug-induced toxicities; drug repositioning
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William L. Seibel, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Brian K. Turpin, DO

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Lars Wagner, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical trial development for sarcoma and solid tumors; translational research for biomarkers and response assessment
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Susanne Wells, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cancer susceptibility; development and progression; squamous cell carcinoma; proton therapy; pluripotent stem cells and organ regeneration
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Peng Wu

Peng V. Wu, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric liver tumors; developmental biology; cancer genetics and genomics
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