Team

Physicians

William D. Roberts, M.D., Director, Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s and UC San Diego; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Eric Anderson, M.D., Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Peckham Center; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Paula Aristizabal, M.D., M.A.S., Medical Director, International Outreach Program, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Site Director for Pediatric Residency Education in Mexico, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego/Rady Children’s; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Kelly Bush, M.D., Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego

Sun Choo, M.D., Co-Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Hilda Ding, M.D., M.S., Medical Director, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center, Medical Director, Women and Girls’ Hematology/Gynecology Clinical Program, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Jennifer Elster, M.D., Director, Pediatric Proton Therapy Program; AssociateClinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Anusha Preethi Ganesan, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Nicholas Gloude, M.D., Director, Bone Marrow Failure Program; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Julie Jaffray, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Jenny Kim, M.D., Medical Director, Sickle Cell Program; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Dennis Kuo, M.D., M.S., Medical Director, Long-Term Follow-up Program; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Karen Lee, M.D., Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist

Hojun Li, M.D, Ph.D,  Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Megan Paul, M.D., Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist

Deborah E. Schiff, M.D., Medical Director, Palliative Care Program, Peckham Center; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Courtney Thornburg, M.D., M.S., Director, Hemophilia & Thrombosis Treatment Center; Director, Hemostasis Research Program; Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Fellowship Program; Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Victor Wong, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego

Helena Yu, M.D., Co-Director, Bone Marrow Failure Program; Associate Physician, UC San Diego

Jennifer Yu, M.D., Medical Director, Thalassemia Program; Co-Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego

Peter Eric Zage, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director, Research; Associate Professor-in-Residence, UC San Diego

Psychologists

Helen Giang, Psy.D.

Christina Baker, Psy.D.

Fellows

Navid Djassemi, M.D.

Mrinal JoshiRao, M.D.

Paula Ogrodnik, M.D.

Christina Ruiz, M.D.

Sunita Sridhar, M.D.

Nurse Practitioners

Christine Killian-Benigno, N.P.

Kate Keese, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP

Elizabeth Sheldon, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP

Jeanie Spies, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP

Lani Yeh-Nayre, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP

Elizabeth Torok, R.N., M.S.N., PNP