Sarcomas

Our Experts

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

• Dr. Seymour Zoger, 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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