The 20 Best Leukemia Doctors Near Me in Houston, TX

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The 20 Best Leukemia Doctors near Houston, TX

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 133 doctor with experience in Leukemia near Houston, TX. Of these, 73 are Experienced, 31 are Advanced, 17 are Elite and 12 are Distinguished.

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    Hagop Kantarjian
    Elite in Leukemia
    Elite in Leukemia

    Office

    1400 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
    Houston, TX 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Hagop Kantarjian is an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kantarjian is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

    Naval Daver
    Elite in Leukemia
    Elite in Leukemia

    University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
    Houston, TX 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Naval Daver is an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Daver is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

    William Wierda
    Elite in Leukemia
    Hematology | Oncology
    Elite in Leukemia
    Hematology | Oncology

    University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
    Houston, TX 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    William Wierda is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Wierda is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

    Are you looking for a specific type of Leukemia?

    Common conditions include: Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia, Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL)

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      Partow Kebriaei
      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      Office

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 423, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Partow Kebriaei is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kebriaei is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Graft.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology
      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology

      UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Koji Sasaki is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sasaki is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Aneurysm Repair.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Steven Kornblau is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kornblau is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Medical Genetics
      Elite in Leukemia
      Medical Genetics

      UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Sanam Loghavi is a Medical Genetics provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Loghavi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology | Oncology
      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology | Oncology

      Baylor College Of Medicine

      6701 Fannin St, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Karen Rabin is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Rabin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), L1 Syndrome, Leukemia, Adult T-Cell Leukemia, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Courtney Dinardo is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Dinardo is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Nicholas Short is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Short is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Gautam Borthakur is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Borthakur is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      Office

      1400 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Naveen Pemmaraju is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Pemmaraju is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelofibrosis, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology
      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology

      University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Ghayas Issa is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Issa is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Elite in Leukemia

      University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 428, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Koichi Takahashi is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Takahashi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Internal Medicine
      Elite in Leukemia
      Internal Medicine

      Office

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 425, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Maro Ohanian is an Internal Medicine provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ohanian is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology
      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology

      Office

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 423, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Betul Oran is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Oran is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology | Oncology
      Elite in Leukemia
      Hematology | Oncology

      Office

      1400 Pressler St, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Philip Thompson is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Splenectomy.

      Chitra Hosing
      Distinguished in Leukemia
      Distinguished in Leukemia

      Office

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 423, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Chitra Hosing is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hosing is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Myeloma, Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

      Qaiser Bashir
      Distinguished in Leukemia
      Distinguished in Leukemia

      Office

      1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 423, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Qaiser Bashir is a Hematologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bashir is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Myeloma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

      Rammurti Kamble
      Advanced in Leukemia
      Oncology | Hematology | Internal Medicine
      Advanced in Leukemia
      Oncology | Hematology | Internal Medicine

      Center For Cell And Gene Therapy

      6551 Bertner Avenue, Wt 15 Floor, 
      Houston, TX 
       (4.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Dr. Kamble is Professor of Medicine in Hematology-Oncology, Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. He graduated from Ravi Shankar University, India in 1986 with a gold medal. He obtained postgraduate residency training from prestigious Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, India and his fellowship training in Hematology-Oncology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He was junior faculty in the AIIMS before joining MAMC, New Delhi University as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Between 1997 and 2001, he completed his residency and fellowship training in Internal Medicine and Hematology-Oncology from University of Tennessee and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences respectively. He has served as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate director of Hematology-Oncology fellowship program at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). Dr. Kamble is primarily interested in hematologic malignancies including multiple myeloma and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He was conferred Union against cancer (ICRETT, Geneva) award in 1994 to study molecular aspect of chronic myelogenous leukemia and bone marrow transplant in Hammersmith hospital, London and Central Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) award in 1995 to study stem cell transplantation in Cornell University, New York. Dr. Kamble is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. He has published extensively in prestigious journals including, Blood, Biology of Bone marrow transplantation and Journal of Clinical Oncology and regularly reviews manuscripts for Blood, Biology of bone marrow transplantation and Bone marrow transplant. Dr. Kamble's clinical interests are in innovative reduced conditioning protocols, in vivo T-cell depletion and novel approaches to reduce and treat graft-versus-host disease. Dr. Kamble is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Myeloma, Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Hodgkin Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Graft.

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      Last Updated: 02/22/2026

      What is the definition of Leukemia?

      Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of the bones, where blood cells are produced.

      The term leukemia means white blood. White blood cells (leukocytes) fight infections and other foreign substances. Leukocytes are made in the bone marrow.

      Leukemia leads to an uncontrolled increase in the number of white blood cells.

      The cancerous cells prevent healthy red cells, platelets, and mature white cells (leukocytes) from being made. Life-threatening symptoms can then develop as normal blood cells decline.

      The cancer cells can spread to the bloodstream and lymph nodes. They can also travel to the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) and other parts of the body.

      Leukemia can affect children and adults.

      Leukemias are divided into two major types:

      • Acute (which progresses quickly)
      • Chronic (which progresses more slowly)

      The main types of leukemia are:

      • Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
      • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
      • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
      • Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)

      When should I see a Leukemia doctor near Houston, TX?

      There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

      • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
      • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
      • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
      • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
      • You want a second opinion.  

      What should I consider when choosing a Leukemia doctor near Houston, TX?

      It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

      How does MediFind rank Leukemia doctors near Houston, TX?

      MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

      What types of insurance are accepted by Leukemia doctors near Houston, TX?

      Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

      How can I book an appointment online with a Leukemia doctor near Houston, TX?

      MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Leukemia doctor search results page. 

      Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Leukemia doctor?

      Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

      How can I prepare for my appointment with a Leukemia doctor near Houston, TX?

      Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

      • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
      • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
      • Family history of disease 
      • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
      • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
      • List of questions and concerns 
      • Your insurance card 

      You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

      What questions should I ask my Leukemia doctor?

      Here are some sample questions: 

      • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
      • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
      • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
      • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
      • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

      How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Leukemia doctor may know about?

      MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

      MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

      Can I filter my search to show male or female Leukemia doctors near Houston, TX?

      Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Leukemia doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

      Can I filter my search to find a Leukemia doctor that offers video calls?

      Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Leukemia doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

      Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

      By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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