Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Care Team

Tanja Gruber, MD, is the chief of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation and the Director of the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases. She is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: acute myeloid leukemia and other high-risk leukemias

Catherine Aftandilian, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)

Jay Balagtas, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: pediatric leukemia and lymphoma

Kara Davis, DO, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: cancer immunotherapy, pediatric leukemia

Jennifer Kamens, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: acute myeloid leukemia and other high-risk leukemias

Norman Lacayo, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology.

Areas of expertise: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)

Michael Link, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Crystal Mackall, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology, pediatrics and internal medicine.

Areas of expertise: cancer immunotherapy, CAR-T cell therapy, pediatric cancers

Lianna Marks, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Sneha Ramakrishna, MD, PhD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: cancer immunotherapy, CAR-T cell therapy

Liora Schultz, MD, is board certified in pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: immune reconstitution, acute leukemia, graft-versus-host disease

Danielle Shin, MD, is board certified in pediatrics.

Areas of expertise: pediatric leukemia, cancer genomics