Neuroblastoma

Our Experts

Meeting the needs of children with cancer and of their families requires a comprehensive approach by pediatric tumor surgeons, pediatric radiation oncologists, bone marrow experts, pediatric sub-specialists and outstanding radiologists and pathologists. A team of pediatric hematology-oncology doctors, pediatric nurse practitioners, social workers and a school liaison specialist coordinate care and provide information about your child's illness and treatment.

The pediatric hematology-oncology team at UCSF Children's Hospital holds leadership roles in the Children's Oncology Group, which conducts national clinical trials or studies for children with cancer. This group, made up of more than 150 pediatric cancer centers, has been responsible for major advances in improving survival of children with cancer.

Doctors

• Dr. Steven G. DuBois, pediatric cancer specialist

• Dr. Robert E. Goldsby, pediatric cancer specialist

• Dr. Daphne A Haas-Kogan, radiation oncologist

• Dr. Michelle L Hermiston, pediatric cancer specialist

• Dr. Biljana Horn, pediatric bone marrow transplant specialist

• Dr. Mignon L. Loh, pediatric cancer specialist

• Dr. Katherine K. Matthay, chief of pediatric hematology and oncology

• Dr. Richard O'Donnell, orthopedic surgeon

• Dr. Elizabeth Robbins, pediatric blood and cancer specialist

• Dr. Kevin Shannon, pediatric cancer specialist

Nurses

Julia Challinor is a special school liaison nurse and teacher who is available to patients and their families to help with school-related issues. Challinor founded the school program in 1993 and continues in the position of educational liaison. The services she provides include helping children re-enter school after hospitalization, securing home tutoring from a child's school, advocating for children and teens with learning problems and attending school meetings to discuss the impact that cancer may have on a child's education. She earned a bachelor of science degree in Early Childhood Education at Wheelock College in Boston, Mass., a master's degree in Education from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., a master's degree in Nursing from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. in Nursing from UCSF.

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Other Experts

Beatie Lazard is a social worker with expertise in children with cancer and blood disorders and their families.

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Ann Pearl is a social worker with expertise in children with cancer and blood disorders and their families.

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