Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Meet Your Team
Seattle Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center team is specially trained and highly experienced in treating babies, children, teens and young adults (up to age 30 for some cancers).
Our caring professionals specialize in blood disorders and cancer (hematology-oncology) and in meeting the unique needs of children. Your healthcare team includes experts from many specialties to care for your whole child, not just their disease. We support our patients and their families through all aspects of their journey – from keeping up with school during treatment to getting follow-up care as they become adults.
Caring for Patients With Cancer
To have the best result, young people with cancer get care at a hospital – like Seattle Children’s – that is part of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). Besides doctors, your child will get care from advanced practice providers (APPs). These are advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) and physician assistants (PAs) with special training and education to diagnose and treat patients.
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- Katie Albert, MD
- Colleen Annesley, MD
- Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH
- Todd Cooper, DO
- Rebecca Gardner, MD
- J. Russell Geyer, MD
- Douglas S. Hawkins, MD, division chief
- Tyler Ketterl, MD
- Adam Lamble, MD
- Sarah E. S. Leary, MD
- Kasey Leger, MD
- Dana C. Matthews, MD
- James Olson, MD, PhD
- Julie R. Park, MD
- Navin Pinto, MD
- Julie Rivers, MD, MS
- Abby Rosenberg, MD, MS
- Heather Schuback, MD
- Corinne Summers, MD
- Katherine Tarlock, MD
- Nicholas Vitanza, MD
- Jennifer Wilkes, MD, MSCE
Advanced practice providers
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- Tyler Ketterl, MD, MS
- Margarett Shnorhavorian, MD
- Leah Kroon, MN, RN
See details on our services for adolescents and young adults who have cancer.
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- K. Scott Baker, MD, clinical director
- Marie Bleakley, MD
- Lauri M. Burroughs, MD
- Paul A. Carpenter, MD
- Ann Dahlberg, MD
- Polina Gregory, DO, MS
- Brandon Hadland, MD, PhD
- Allison Kaeding, MD
- Kanwaldeep K. Mallhi, MD
- Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD
- Corinne Summers, MD
- Monica Thakar, MD
- Ann E. Woolfrey, MD
Advanced practice providers
- Rhonda R. Estigoy, PA-C
- Lindsay Geoghegan, ARNP
- Diana Hernandez, PA-C
- Michelle Murphy, ARNP
- Ashley Nordell, ARNP
- Stephanie Orth, ARNP
- Ivy Palas, PA-C
- Natalie Riotto, PA-C
- Crystal Saucedo, ARNP
- Joann M. Suver, PA-C
- Katie Steffl, ARNP
- Joann Suver, PA-C
- Candy Yu, ARNP
Learn more about our Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program.
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- Katie Albert, MD
- Douglas S. Hawkins, MD
- Antoinette W. Lindberg, MD
- Navin Pinto, MD
- Matthew Thompson, MD
- Suzanne M. Yandow, MD
Advanced practice providers
Read about how we care for children, teens and young adults with tumors of their bones or soft tissue.
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- Samuel Browd, MD, PhD
- Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD
- Manuel Ferreira, MD, PhD
- J. Russell Geyer, MD
- Jason Hauptman, MD, PhD
- Sarah E.S. Leary, MD
- Amy Lee, MD
- Nathan Millard, MD
- Jeffrey G. Ojemann, MD
- James M. Olson, MD, PhD
- Nicholas Vitanza, MD
Advanced practice providers
Many other types of healthcare providers care for children, teens and young adults with brain and spinal cord tumors. See our Brain Tumor Program for the full team.
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- Erin Barthel, MD
- Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH
- Aimee Foord, DO
- Danielle M. Hastings, ARNP
- Amy Wein, ARNP
- Kim Lowole, RN
Learn more about our services for cancer survivors.
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Our night-time inpatient team includes acute care oncologists (ACOs). ACOs are doctors who are board certified in hematology-oncology. Few children’s hospitals offer this level of around-the-clock subspecialty care. In addition to the ACOs, our daytime inpatient team also includes advanced practice providers (APPs), who are either nurse practitioners (ARNPs) or physician assistants (PA-Cs) who are licensed and credentialed to diagnose, prescribe and teach patients with cancer and blood disorders.
Acute care oncologists
- Elisabeth Villavicencio, MD, PhD
- Steven Aller, MD, PhD
- Janiine Babcock, MD
- Kelly Faucette, MD
- Aimee Foord, DO
- Heather Schuback, MD
Advanced practice providers
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- Marie Bleakley, MD, PhD
- Colleen Annesley, MD
- Paul Carpenter, MD
- Todd Cooper, DO
- Ann Dahlberg, MD
- Rebecca Gardner, MD
- Adam Lamble, MD
- Kasey Leger, MD
- Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD
- Julie Rivers, MD, MS
- Katherine Tarlock, MD
- Monica Thakar, MD
- Jennifer Wilkes, MD
Advanced practice providers
- Laura Eisenberg, ARNP
- Lauren Huang, ARNP
- Tina A. Homan, ARNP
- Dawn Niess, ARNP
- Lindsay Vander Woude, ARNP
For more information about our services for children with these cancers, see our Leukemia and Lymphoma Program.
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Advanced practice providers
See our Neuroblastoma Program for the full team of healthcare providers who care for children, teens and young adults with cancer that starts in young nerve cells.
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Radiation Therapy Service options at Seattle Children’s include I-131-MIGB and a precise type of radiation called proton therapy.
Caring for Patients With Blood Disorders
Our doctors are nationally known for treating children who have blood disorders. The doctor who will guide your child’s care is board certified in hematology-oncology. Our advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) are registered nurses with advanced training and education to diagnose, treat and teach patients with blood disorders.
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- Amanda Blair, MD
- Katie Carlberg, MD
- Amy Geddis, MD
- Dana C. Matthews, MD, clinical services director
Advanced practice providers
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- Amy Geddis, MD
- Roberta Romero, ARNP
- Chelsea Olson, RN coordinator
See more about Seattle Children’s Bone Marrow Failure Program.
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- K. Scott Baker, MD
- Lauri M. Burroughs, MD, director
- Paul A. Carpenter, MD
- Kanwaldeep K. Mallhi, MD
- Monica Thakar, MD
- Ann E. Woolfrey, MD
See our Non-Malignant Transplant Program for information about how we care for children with blood disorders who need stem cell transplants.
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- M.A. Bender, MD, PhD, clinic director
- Alix Dassler, ARNP, advanced practice provider
- Sarah Wandler, MSW, LSWAIC
- Leann Smith, RN
Visit our Sickle Cell Program for information about how we care for families affected by sickle cell.