Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
A cancer diagnosis can be devastating and change a child’s and family’s life in an instant. Here at the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, we offer a full range of pediatric clinical services, as well as psychosocial programs and resources, to help patients and their families – from diagnosis through treatment and beyond.
Rady Children’s oncology nurse Kelly Mikulsky knows that her daughter, Kaylee, is in good hands. Read their story.
Comprehensive, compassionate care is provided by the Hematology/Oncology Division of Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego. Along with providing specialized cancer treatment and hematology services to children in San Diego, Imperial, and southern Riverside counties, our pediatric oncologists and pediatric hematologists provide select services to children in northern Mexico, the Pacific Islands, and southern Orange County.
The entire cancer and blood disorders center, including the Viterbi Outpatient Clinic, is housed at our incredible Acute Care Pavilion. There are 38 private rooms and advanced high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration, helping to reduce the risk of infection. And just steps away, you’ll find Carley’s Magical Garden, a whimsical, interactive place where kids can escape the world of medicine.
Through research in the lab and at the bedside, our pediatric oncologists and pediatric hematologists evaluate the most promising treatments, with the hope of discovering cures. As a leading pediatric teaching program, we train the best and brightest future physicians.
Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Achievements:
Carley’s Magical Garden
- Certified to provide the first Food and Drug Administration-approved CAR T-cell therapy. Learn more.
- Largest pediatric cancer care program serving San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties.
- Only pediatric blood and bone marrow transplant program serving San Diego and Imperial counties.
- Research alliance with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and UC San Diego. Through the alliance with UC San Diego, we are part of a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Partnership with California Protons to offer proton therapy — a highly advanced and precise radiation therapy — to pediatric and young adult patients.
Video: Learn about our top-ranked Cancer & Blood Disorders program
In the News
- Surprise Birthday Party Puts Smile on Face of Girl With Leukemia at Rady Children’s Hospital, nbcsandiego.com
- Pediatric Oncologist’s Passion to ‘Improve Access to Care for All’ Drives Research Focus, Healio, features Paula Aristizabal, M.D., M.A.S.
- Teen Boy in Search of Specific Bone Marrow Transplant for Chance at Beating Leukemia, fox5sandiego.com, features Eric Anderson, M.D.
- Padres Pedal the Cause Kicks off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Curebound.org, mentions Rady Children’s CEO Patrick Frias, M.D.
- San Diego 5-year-old with Blood Disorder Inspires Heroes to Donate Blood, cbs8.com, features Rady Children’s patient
- Strangers Send Words of Encouragement to Siblings Fighting Brain Cancer, 10news.com, features Rady Children’s patients
- Rady Children’s Expert Comments on Pediatric Cancer Drug Shortage, KUSI Channel 9, features Dennis Kuo, M.D, M.S.
- There Is a Shortage of a Drug Used to Treat Childhood Cancer, cbs8.com, features Dennis Kuo, M.D, M.S.
- Rady Children’s Hospital Patients Recover with Yoga, nbcsandiego.com, features Rady Children’s patients
- How Yoga Is Helping Kids with Cancer, Yoga Journal, features Rady Children’s Hospital
- San Diego HTC Looks at Cardiovascular Disease in Young People with Hemophilia, National Hemophilia Foundation, features Courtney Thornburg, M.D., M.S.
- Rady Children’s Car-T Cell Therapy Offers Hope for Cancer Patients, cbs8.com, features Deborah Schiff, M.D., and William Roberts, M.D.
- Making a Difference: Bryanna’s Story Is Bringing Back Sickle Cell Awareness, MacaroniKid, features Jenny Kim, M.D.
- Padres’ Wil Myers Visits Kids at Rady Children’s Hospital, fox5sandiego.com
- San Diego Hyundai Dealers Donate $50,000 to Rady Children’s Hospital, The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Myer Turchin Doesn’t Let Cancer Slow Him Down at Rady Children’s Hospital, Baseball America, features patient Myer Turchin.
- Hyundai Hope On Wheels Presents Rady Children’s Hospital with $50,000 Hyundai Impact Award to Support Pediatric Cancer Services, PRNewswire, features Jeanie Spies, N.P., program coordinator of Integrative Medicine Services
Patient room
- New Treatment Plan Leads to Better Pain Control for Acute Sickle Cell Crisis, Practical Pain Management, features Jennifer Yu, M.D.
- Knights Hold Event to Raise Awareness for Pediatric Cancer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features patient Ryan Melendez
- Your Corner: Volunteer, 88, Turned Personal Pain into Helping Others, nbcsandiego.com (video)
- Cancer Survivors to Begin Ringing in Their Victories at Rady Children’s, The San Diego Union-Tribune
- 6-Year Old First to Ring ‘Symbol of Triumph’ at Rady Children’s, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features patient Eliana Feliciano.
- Octapharma Announces Two Hemophilia A Trials to Utilize WILATE ®, Business Wire, features Courtney Thornburg, M.D. (press release)
- One Doctor’s Quest to Help Hispanics Fight Childhood Cancer, Forbes, features Paula Aristizabal, M.D., M.A.S.
- Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $150K Research Grant to Rady Children’s, fox5sandiego.com
Support Our Program
One hundred percent of your tax-deductible gift benefits Rady Children’s.
To donate, click the link below and select hematology/oncology from the Gift Designation Drop-down menu: