Children's Cancer Research FUND
Families and Friends
Who care
Dr. Garrett M. Brodeur, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Dr. Brodeur received his B.A. from St. Louis University and his M.D. from Washington University, St. Louis. He completed his residency at St. Louis Childrens Hospital and was a fellow in Hematology-Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, where he also was a Research Associate. He did his post-doctoral fellowship in molecular genetics at Washington University, St. Louis and subsequently served there as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics. He is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Division of Oncology at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Since 1994, he has served as the Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair.
Dr. John M. Falletta, Durham,
North Carolina - Information to come.
Dr. Paul A. Meyers, New York, New York - Dr. Meyers received his A.B.
from Brown University and his M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine
where he also completed his pediatric residency. He was a fellow in
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical
Center and a Research Fellow at Sloan-Kettering in New York as well as a
Special Oncology Fellow at Memorial Hospital in New York. Since 1993
Dr. Meyers has served as Vice-Chairman of Academic Affairs of the
Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Hospital, New York. He serves
as the Vice-Chair of the Pediatric Disease Management Team and Vice-Chair
of the Primary Bone Sarcoma Disease Management Team.
Dr. Donald Pinkel, Houston,
Texas - Dr. Pinkel was born,
raised and educated in Buffalo, New York where he graduated from the
University of Buffalo School of Medicine and completed a pediatric
residency at Children's Hospital. After a fellowship at Boston
Children's Hospital, he became the first Chief of Pediatrics at Roswell
Park Cancer Center. Subsequently, he served as the first Director of
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee,
Pediatrician-in-chief at Milwaukee Children's Hospital, Chief of
Pediatrics at the City of Hope Medical Center in California, and
Pediatrician-in-Chief at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children,
Philadelphia. In 1985, he returned to research as Director of the
Pediatric Leukemia Research Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston. He became Professor Emeritus there in 1994
but continues in part-time research, education and patient care at
Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi.
Dr. Aaron R. Rausen, New York,
New York - Information to come.
Dr. Stephen E. Sallan, Boston,
Massachusetts - Dr. Sallan received
his B.A. and M.D. from Wayne State University where he went on to complete
his residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He was a fellow in medicine and psychiatry at Childrens Hospital, Boston,
as well as a fellow in pediatric hematology-oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute. He did a research fellowship in medicine at Peter Bent
Bringham Hospital. He is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at
Harvard Medical School, Firm Chief of Oncology at Childrens Hospital,
Boston, and Clinical Director of Oncology at Dana Faber Cancer Institute,
Boston. In 1987 he was awarded the James Carreras Prize for
International Pediatrician of the Year.
Dr. Jordan R. Wilbur, San Francisco, California - Dr. Wilbur
graduated from Stanford University in 1953 with a degree in
psychology. After two years of service in the U.S. Navy, he
continued with graduate pre-med studies at Stanford and received his M.D.
from Stanford in 1961. He spent two years in pediatric training at
Children's Hospital in Boston, then returned to Stanford as Chief Resident
in Pediatrics. In 1968, he became the head of the Department of
Pediatrics at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor
Institute and then served as Chief of the Medical Staff from 1969 through
1972. Dr. Wilbur returned to Stanford University in 1972 where he
found the Children's Oncology Program at Children's Hospital,
Stanford. He also served as Chief of Staff and Associate Professor
of Pediatrics there. In June 1977, he moved his pediatric oncology
program to Pacific Medical Center (now California Pacific Medical Center)
in San Francisco where he continues as the Chief of Pediatric
Oncology.
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