Faculty and Staff
Pediatrics includes 16 medical and research teams focused on children's cancer problems and solutions.
Our faculty, staff and colleagues from other divisions at MD Anderson work to expand clinical care and research that benefits pediatric patients during their treatment and into survivorship. Each team addresses specific needs and has multiple members. Some of the faculty and their teams are listed below.
Division Head
Biospecimen acquisitions team
- Najat Daw, M.D.
- Amber Gibson, D.O.
- Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
- Nancy Gordon, M.D.
- Richard Gorlick, M.D.
- Amer Najjar, Ph.D.
- Keri Schadler, Ph.D.
- Tajuanna Thibodeaux, M.B.A.
- Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.
Clinical trials team
- Martha Askins, Ph.D.
- Najat Daw, M.D.
- Jonathan Gill, M.D.
- Nancy Gordon, M.D.
- Shulin Li, Ph.D.
- John Andrew Livingston, M.D.
- Gopi Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Cesar Nunez, M.D.
- Fiorela N. Hernandez Tejada, M.D.
- Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.
Critical Care team
- Rachel Boren, M.D.
- Jose Cortes, M.D.
- Shulin Li, Ph.D.
- Gopi Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.
- Nikki Posteinreider, M.D.
- Shehla Razvi, M.D.
- Rachna Sheth, M.D.
- Priti Tewari, M.D.
Education team
- Martha Askins, Ph.D.
- Jose Cortes, M.D.
- Branko Cuglievan, M.D.
- Amber Gibson, D.O.
- Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
- Nancy Gordon, M.D.
- Eugenie Kleinerman, M.D.
- Ariel Nash, M.D.
- Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.
- Shehla Razvi, M.D.
- Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.
Endocrine team
Energy balance team
- Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
- Queenisha Crichlow, Ph.D.
- Jose Cortes, M.D.
- Alexsandra Espejo, Ph.D.
- Eugenie Kleinerman, M.D.
- Shehla Razvi, M.D.
- Keri Schadler, Ph.D.
Imaging team
- Clinical lead: Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D.
- Research lead: Amer Najjar, Ph.D.
- Jim Bankson, Ph.D.
- Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
- Richard Gorlick, M.D.
- John M. Slopis, M.D.
- Konstanin Sokolov, Ph.D.
- Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.
Immunotherapy/Stem Cell Transplantation team
- Katie Ahlstrom, R.N., M.S.N., F.N.P., C.P.H.O.N.
- Jeremy Connors, M.D.
- Najat Daw, M.D.
- Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
- Avis Harden, M.D.
- Sajad Khazal, M.B.B.Ch.
- Shulin Li, Ph.D.
- Gopi Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Amer Najjar, Ph.D.
- Cesar Nunez, M.D.
- Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.
- Shehla Razvi, M.D.
- Irtiza Sheikh, D.O.
- Harjeet Singh, Ph.D
- Fiorela N. Hernandez Tejada, M.D.
- Priti Tewari, M.D.
- Jessica Wade, R.N.
Interacting subspecialty team
- Sean Faries, D.O.
- Natalie Dailey Garnes, M.D., M.P.H.
- Shehla Razvi, M.D.
Leukemia/Lymphoma team
- Samanta Catueno, M.D.
- Branko Cuglievan, M.D.
- Miriam B. Garcia, D.O.
- Amber Gibson, D.O.
- Chandra Joya, Ph.D.
- David McCall, M.D.
- Amer Najjar, Ph.D.
- Cesar Nunez, M.D.
- Harjeet Singh, Ph.D.
Neuro solid tumor team
- Alexsandra Espejo, Ph.D.
- Aaron Fan, Ph.D., M.D.
- Gregory Friedman, M.D.
- Natalie Dailey Garnes, M.D., M.P.H.
- Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.
- Jiasen He, M.D.
- Diana Osorio, M.D.
- John Slopis, M.D.
- Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.
Palliative/Supportive/Integrative Oncology team
- Karen Moody, M.D., M.S.
- Queenisha Crichlow, Ph.D.
Pediatrics solid tumor team
Psychosocial team
- Martha Askins, Ph.D.
- Queenisha Crichlow, Ph.D.
- Marsha Gragert, Ph.D.
- Michael Roth, M.D.
Sarcoma team
- Najat Daw, M.D.
- Nancy Gordon, M.D.
- Eugenie Kleinerman, M.D.
- John Andrew Livingston, M.D.
- Amer Najjar, Ph.D.
- Keri Schadler, Ph.D.
Survivorship team
- Martha Askins, M.D.
- Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
- John Andrew Livingston, M.D.
- Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.
- Queenisha Crichlow, Ph.D.
- Angela Yarbrough, D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C.
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