Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship at the University of Utah

Name/Title	Residency and Fellowship	Research and Clinical Interests
Richard Lemons, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology	Johns Hopkins, St. Judes	Acute Leukemias and Lymphomas, Solid tumors. Long-term follow-up for late effects and quality of life issues, pain and palliative care with NACHRI.
Zeinab Afify, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Fellowship Program	Riley Childrens Hospital, Indiana University	Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma and supportive care.
Philip Barnette, DVM, MD Assistant Professor	Oregon/ University of Utah	Acute leukemias, clinical trials research, institutional principal investigator, Children’s Oncology Group and therapeutic advances in childhood leukemia consortium.
Carol Bruggers, MD Professor of Pediatrics	University of Colorado, Denver Duke University Medical Center, NC	Director, Multidisciplinary neuro-oncology program; retention, promotion and tenure committee member; Intern selection committee.
Mark Fluchel, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics	Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Neuroblastoma, sarcomas, subspecialty outreach to immigrant and rural populations.
J. Kimble Frazer, MD, PhD Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Research Instructor in Oncological Sciences, Co-director for Research Fellowship Program	University of Utah	DNA Methylation patterns in Y lymphocyte development and malignancy; Zebrafish models of T cell leukemia and lymphoma.
Stephen Lessnick, PhD, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences	Children’s Hospital, Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Molecular mechanisms of Ewing’s sarcoma development and translation to clinical realm.	site
Nathan Meeker, MD Instructor - Peds, Adjunct Instructor - HCI	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Utah School of Medicine - Peds Hematology Oncology	Zebra fish model in leukemia.
Joshua Schiffman, MD Instructor - Peds Adjunct Instructor - HCI	Stanford University School of Medicine Pediatric, Stanford School of Medicine Hematology Oncology	Genetic predisposition - cancer.
Nikolaus Trede, PhD, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncological Sciences	Children’s Hospital, Boston/Dana Farber Cancer Institute	Modeling diseases of the immune system (immune deficiencies, leukemias and autoimmunity) using the zebrafish system	site
Hassan Yaish, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, the Hemophilia Treatment Center; Director, Hematology program.	William Beaumont Medical Center, MI; BMT fellowship, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA.	Hematology, esp. hemoglobinopathies, Thalassemia, neonatal hematology, morphology and bleeding disorders.
Jennifer Wright, MD Assistant Professor	Indiana University, University of Texas Southwestern	Late effects and long term effects in cancer survivor.

Stem Cell Transplant Faculty

Name/Title	Residency and Fellowship	Research and Clinical Interests
Michael Boyer, MD Associate Professor (Clinical); Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine	University of Minnesota	Graft-vs-leukemia reactions; graft-vs-host disease.
Michael Pulsipher, MD Associate Professor	Stanford University School of Medicine Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Institute	Allogeneic transplantation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, reduced intensity / nonmyeloablative transplantation, allogeneic donor safety.