Pediatric

Parenting a Child with Bone Marrow Failure Disease - Summer 2021 Conference

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Topic(s)
Pediatric Bone Marrow Failure Diseases
Presenter(s)
Jennifer Hoag, PhD
When a child is diagnosed with a bone marrow failure disease, often the focus is soley on the child's medical care. This session will help parents, guardians and others who parent children with aplastic anemia, PNH, MDS, AML and other bone marrow failure conditions navigate the…

This is Your Brain on (Chemo) Drugs - Summer 2021 Conference

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Topic(s)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Bone Marrow Transplant
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pediatric Bone Marrow Failure Diseases
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
Jorg Dietrich, MD, PhD
Dr. Jorg Dietrich will help patients and their loved ones understand the chemistry and biology behind what happens to patient brains when chemotherapy and other treatments are introduced. This is a great session for caregivers, family members and patients.

Dr. Kate Eshleman

Institution
Cleveland Clinic Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Pediatric
About
Kate E. Eshleman, Psy.D., completed her graduate training at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH focusing on clinical psychology. After completing an internship in pediatric behavioral medicine at University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL, she completed a fellowship in pediatric psychology at Cleveland Clinic before joining the staff in 2009. Dr. Eshleman's primary specialty is working with children, adolescents, and families coping with significant physical disease (i.e., diabetes, cancer, organ failure/ transplant). Treatment focuses on working with children and families to

Kanwaldeep Mallhi, MD

Institution
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pediatric
About
Dr. Kanwaldeep Mallhi is a pediatric oncologist and hematologist who specializes in nonmalignant blood disorders in children. These disorders include immunodeficiencies, bone marrow failure and metabolic errors. She is an expert in pediatric blood stem cell transplants, and her research focuses on alternative donor sources and the development of reduced-intensity conditioning regimens, which use radiation, chemotherapy or other procedures to remove diseased or failing cells prior to transplant.

Katherine Tarlock, MD

Institution
Seattle Children's Hospital
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Pediatric
About
Katherine Tarlock, M.D., is a board certified physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and a UW assistant professor of pediatrics. Dr. Tarlock believes the privilege of caring for patients and families during challenging medical diagnoses is what drew her to this field and continues to be the best part of her job. She is dedicated to advancing our understanding of leukemia and being able to offer every child and family the best care. Dr. Tarlock earned her M.D. at Chicago Medical School. She is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Sujit Sheth, MD

Institution
New York Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Pediatric
About
Dr. Sujit Sheth is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is also Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Sheth is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology, and is an expert in iron metabolism, thalassemia, and sickle cell disease.

Stephan Paul, MD, JD

Institution
J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Pediatric

James Cook, MD, PhD

Institution
Cleveland Clinic, Learner School of Medicine
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
Pediatric
About
James R. Cook, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He serves as Section Head of Hematopathology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Cook's clinical interests focus on diagnostic hematopathology and molecular diagnostics. His research interests include diagnostic and prognostic markers in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell disorders, and molecular diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma. He participates in numerous multi-institutional research efforts including the Lymphoma and Leukemia Molecular Profiling Project (LLMPP) and the

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