Oncology
Meet the Team

Meet the Oncology Team

Director

A photo of John 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

Faculty

A photo of Erin Breese.

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
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Karen C. Burns, MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
CBDI photoshoot. Dr. Ellen Chang.

Ellen K. Chang, MD, MS

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

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Targeted therapeutics for FLT3 mutant AML and resistance patterns in AML
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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...
Benjamin Mizukawa

Benjamin E. Mizukawa, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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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
Joseph Pressey

Joseph G. Pressey, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
The development of novel therapies for pediatric sarcomas and rare tumors.
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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
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Jeremy Rubinstein, MD, PhD

Assistant 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
A photo of Susanne Wells.

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
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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