Peds Hematology/Oncology - Faculty

 

Albert S. Cornelius, MD    
    Program Director Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program
    Director of Education and Outreach
Medical School:     Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Residency:    William Beaumont Hospital Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program, Royal Oak, Michigan
Board Certification:     Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:   Professional education, outreach, neuro-oncology, liver tumors, vascular malformations, thrombophilia, neurofibromatosis, plexiform tumors

 

James B. Fahner, MD    
    Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
    Senior Administrative Physician for Philanthropy and Community Relations
Medical School:     University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Residency:    University of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fellowship:   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Board Certification:    Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Children's hospital program development, children's hospice, leukemia and lymphoma, hemophilia treatment

 

Richard A. Axtell, MD    
    Director of Clinical Services
Medical School:     Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Residency:    Strong Memorial Hospital Pediatric Residency Program, Rochester, New York
Fellowship:   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Board Certification:    Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Sickle cell disease, neuro-oncology and white cell disorders

 

Deanna S. Mitchell, MD    
    Director of Coagulation Disorders Program
Medical School:     University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas
Residency:    University of North Carolina Pediatric Residency Program, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Fellowship:   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Board Certification:    Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Coagulation disorders, thrombophilia, familial cancer syndromes, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive

 

David S. Dickens, MD    
    Medical Director of Pediatric Hospice Program
    Associate Director of Clinical Services
    Principal Investigator, Children's Oncology Group cooperative trials
Medical School:     State University of New York, Syracuse, New York
Residency:    Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatric Residency Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fellowship:   Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Board Certification:    Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    End-of-life care, cooperative group trials

 

Chi Braunreiter, MD


 

 

 

 

Medical School:     Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
Residency:    New York University Medical Center /Bellevue Hospital Center Pediatric Residency Program, New York, New York
Fellowship:   University of Utah Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Board Certification:    Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Sarcomas, thrombophilia

 

Beth Kurt, MD, MS    
    Assistant Director Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship Training Program
Medical School:     Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Residency:    Michigan State University/Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Fellowship:   St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Post graduate degree:   Masters in Epidemiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
Board Certification:    Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Cancer survivorship and late effects, supportive care

 

Sharon H. Smith, MD

   
Medical School:     Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Residency:    University of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fellowship:   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Board Certification:    Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Brain tumors, palliative care

 

Aly Abdel-Mageed, MD    
    Medical Director, Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Medical School:     Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Residency:    Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Fellowship:  

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Board Certification:    Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Leukemia, neuroblastoma purging, graft engineering with T-cell depletion

 

Uli Duffner, MD

   
Medical School:     Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Residency:   

University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Michigan State University/Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center Pediatric Residency Program, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fellowship:  

University of Michigan Cancer Center Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Michigan State University/Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Board Certification:    Pediatrics, board eligible for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Special Interests:    Graft versus host disease, primary immunodeficiencies, myelodysplastic syndrome, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia