Overview
Dr. Metts specializes in pediatric hematology/oncology in the Johns Hopkins All Children's Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He sees patients on our main campus in St. Petersburg and at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care Center in Tampa. He joined the hospital in 2016. He received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital through the University of South Florida Morsani School of Medicine. Dr. Metts then trained at Emory University School of Medicine as a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow. His clinical interests include sarcomas, rare solid tumors, and Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials for pediatric solid tumors.
Dr. Metts is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Osteosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 35 peer reviewed articles and participating in 23 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Infantile Neutropenia.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Metts has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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23 Clinical Trials
Aleksandra Petrovic is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Petrovic is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. Her top areas of expertise are Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Vitrectomy.
Gregory Hale is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Hale is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD), Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), and Bone Marrow Transplant.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Chellapandian is the division chief of blood and marrow transplant and specializes in bone marrow transplant as a hematologist-oncologist and serves as Director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy for Non-Malignant Conditions (CCGNC) in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He joined the hospital staff in 2017. Dr. Chellapandian earned his medical degree from Madurai Medical College and then trained at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, both in India. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Chellapandian completed a pediatric hematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto and an advanced fellowship on bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Chellapandian's clinical and research interests include hematopoietic stem cell transplant for primary immunodeficiency, immune dysregulation disorders, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and treatment of histiocytic disorders. He has special focus on ex-vivo graft engineering techniques and autologous gene therapy. He has adapted new methods of T- cell depletion using haploidentical transplantation to transplant patients lacking a suitable matched donor. He has numerous scientific papers and review articles published in this field. Dr. Chellapandian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Infantile Neutropenia. His top areas of expertise are Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Non-Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis, Infantile Neutropenia, Reticulohistiocytoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Ewing SarcomaDr. Metts isElite. Learn about Ewing Sarcoma.
- OsteosarcomaDr. Metts isElite. Learn about Osteosarcoma.
- Distinguished
- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Metts isDistinguished. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- RhabdomyosarcomaDr. Metts isDistinguished. Learn about Rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Advanced
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Rhabdoid TumorDr. Metts isAdvanced. Learn about Rhabdoid Tumor.
- Experienced
- Childhood Acute Myeloid LeukemiaDr. Metts isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
- Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS)Dr. Metts isExperienced. Learn about Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS).
- Desmoplastic Small Round Cell TumorDr. Metts isExperienced. Learn about Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor.
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes
- Evans SyndromeDr. Metts isExperienced. Learn about Evans Syndrome.
- Hemophagocytic LymphohistiocytosisDr. Metts isExperienced. Learn about Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.