25 of the Best Pediatric Hematologist Oncologists Near Me in Rockville, MD

"In her first decade as a pediatric oncologist, Dr. Symons already has shown an impressive ability to juggle multiple research projects, in addition to caring for patients. One of Dr. Symons' research pursuits focuses on using a novel immunotherapy approach to treating both solid tumors and hematologic (blood-borne) malignancies. The basis of her work stems from the theory that cancer patients' immune systems should recognize tumor cells as foreign and destroy them. This doesn't happen, theorizes Dr. Symons, because the immune system attacks only those cells it perceives as dangerous—not cancer cells, which it sees simply as foreign. That's where her research comes into play. Evaluating an experimental therapy, Dr. Symons is pairing donor lymphocytes (white blood cells that activate the body's immune system) with chemotherapy to determine if this combination will ""awaken"" patients' immune systems to the danger of existing cancer cells and, in turn, elicit an immune response. In a separate yet equally compelling research endeavor, Dr. Symons is working to increase the availability of donors for children whose cancer requires bone marrow transplants (BMTs) as a potentially lifesaving treatment. ""It can be challenging to find a 'matched' donor,"" says Dr. Symons, who explains that only about 40 percent of patients who require a BMT find a matched donor. ""Sometimes, we don't have the benefit of time, because remissions can be short-lived. But almost all patients have a half-matched donor: a parent, sibling, or child,"" adds Dr. Symons, who is examining ways to reduce BMT-related complications ordinarily associated with half-matched donors after ablative (high dose) chemotherapy. ""Like anything else that's new, it will take some time to prove that this is a feasible option that's safe,"" she says. But she's optimistic. ""It has the potential to revolutionize BMT."" Dr. Symons knows it's worth the wait. ""Seeing the research I do in the lab translate into clinical trials, then seeing patients in these trials survive long term, is incredibly rewarding,"" she says.". Dr. Symons is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Aplastic Anemia, Anemia, Leukemia, and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Symons is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Symons is currently accepting new patients.

Jeffrey Dome, MD, PhD, is senior vice president of the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Thomas Willson and Lenore Williams McKnew professor of pediatric oncology. Dr. Dome received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and PhD degree in medicine from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital and completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After fellowship, Dr. Dome was a faculty member at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital before joining Children’s National in 2006. Dr. Dome is an internationally recognized expert on pediatric solid tumors, with an emphasis on kidney tumors and sarcomas. He chaired the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Renal Tumor Committee for more than a decade. He is presently on the Scientific Council of the COG, the editorial board of Pediatric Blood and Cancer, and is past chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Dome serves on numerous medical advisory boards for cancer foundations and currently is the North American Continental President of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP). He has authored more than 200 articles, books, letters and chapters on pediatric cancer. Dr. Dome is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Rhabdoid Tumor, Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS), Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Nephrectomy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Dome is board certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1998.

Dr. Stacy Cooper is the Director of the Pediatric Hematologic Malignancy Program, Director of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, and Clinical Director of the Pediatric Oncology Inpatient Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Cooper received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Spanish at the University of Notre Dame. She earned her M.D. at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She completed her general pediatric residency and chief residency at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship with the Johns Hopkins-National Institutes of Health. Dr. Cooper joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2015. Her research focuses on clinical research in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, as well as medical education scholarship related to fellowship training. Dr. Cooper is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and the Association of Pediatric Program Directors. Dr. Cooper is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and Leukemia. Dr. Cooper is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Cooper is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Resar's studies molecular mechanisms leading to cancer, blood diseases, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and other coagulopathies. Her research focuses on the HMG-I/Y gene family, which is widely overexpressed and functions as oncogenes in human cancers. Her laboratory recently developed transgenic mice overexpressing HMG-I; all mice develop aggressive lymphoid malignancy similar to leukemia and lymphoma in humans. Her studies also demonstrate that this gene is overexpressed in human lymphoid and other malignancies. Translational studies are underway to determine if overexpression of HMG-I is a marker for more aggressive human cancers. Resar's long-term goal is to develop more rational therapies that interfere with HMG-I/Y function in neoplastic transformation. Dr. Resar is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Anemia, and Thrombocytopenia. Dr. Resar is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Resar is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Friedman is the King Fahd Professor of Oncology and Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He received his M.D. from the Harvard Medical School (1983), did his pediatric internship and residency at Boston Children's Hospital (1983-86), and completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at Johns Hopkins (1986-89). As a fellow, he did post-doctoral research at the Carnegie Institution Department of Embryology located on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Dr. Friedman has served on the Pediatric Oncology faculty at Johns Hopkins since 1989. His laboratory focuses on investigation of normal and abnormal blood-cell formation. Dr. Friedman also cares for children with cancer, specializing in the treatment of leukemia. Dr. Friedman is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses RUNX1 Familial Platelet Disorder, Gliomatosis Cerebri, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), and Fibrosarcoma. Dr. Friedman is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Friedman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Donald Small is the Kyle Haydock Professor of Oncology. He holds joint appointments in Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Human Genetics. He also directs the Johns Hopkins/National Cancer Institute Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program. Dr. Small received his undergraduate, and then M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University in 1979 and 1985. His Ph.D. research was conducted with Bert Vogelstein in the Oncology Department and his postdoctoral research with Tom Kelly in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Department. He trained in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty in 1990. Dr. Small’s laboratory was the first to clone the human FLT3 gene that is the most frequently mutated gene in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and results in very poor chances of cure for these patients. The investigations of FLT3 led Dr. Small and his team to discover drugs able to inhibit the cancer-generating activity of this important gene. His laboratory showed that a new class of drugs known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors could kill FLT3-affected cells, thus developing one of the earliest molecularly targeted cancer therapies. They then developed a test that enabled them to screen a host of additional kinase inhibitors and find several with great potency against FLT3. His group also led the first clinical trials investigating the use of a FLT3 inhibitor in adult relapsed and refractory FLT3 mutant AML, and determined how best to combine these drugs with chemotherapy. They also helped design the first pediatric trials of FLT3 inhibitors in pediatric AML and infant ALL. Dr. Small’s lab continues to investigate leukemic processes and the role of stem cells in governing the activities of the FLT3 gene in leukemia. Dr. Small is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Leukemia and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Dr. Small is currently accepting new patients.

Yang Ding is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Neuroblastoma, Leukemia, and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. Dr. Ding is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Ding is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Koldobskiy is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Yale University and M.D./Ph.D. in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins, conducting his thesis research with Dr. Solomon Snyder in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. He completed his Pediatrics residency training at Johns Hopkins and his Pediatric Hematology and Oncology fellowship training in the joint Johns Hopkins/National Institutes of Health program. He studies epigenetic variability in childhood cancer. His clinical expertise encompasses Leukemia, Glioma, Gliomatosis Cerebri, and Teratoma of the Mediastinum. Dr. Koldobskiy is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Koldobskiy is currently accepting new patients.

Shana S. Jacobs, MD, is a member of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Program and the Pediatric Advanced Needs Assessment and Care Team (PANDA). Dr. Jacobs' clinical focus is on leukemia and lymphoma and she has an interest in palliative and supportive care. Publications PubMed. Dr. Jacobs is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Leukemia, Osteosarcoma, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2002, American Board Of Pediatrics, 2010, and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2006.

Nita L. Seibel, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric hematologist-oncologist. After graduating from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1988, she completed her internship and residency at the Ohio State University Children’s Hospital in 1984. Dr. Seibel completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in 1987. She joined the faculty of Children's National Hospital in 1988 and is a professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. While at Children's National, Dr. Seibel has served for over 15 years on the Institutional Review Board, as Director of the Hematology/Oncology Training Program for nine years and as Principal Investigator for Children's Oncology Group. Dr. Seibel has chaired numerous studies for the Children’s Oncology Group including chairing the Phase I Data Safety Monitoring Committee and served as vice-chair for Phase I agents. Dr. Seibel was also a member of the National Wilms Tumor Study and later the COG Renal Tumor Committee. Dr. Seibel's areas of special interest are: Wilms tumor, bone tumors, ALL, and adolescent and young adult oncology as well as late effects. She also has a special interest in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in adolescents and young adults and anti-fungal agents. Dr. Seibel is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Leukemia, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, and Infantile Neutropenia. Dr. Seibel is board certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1987 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1986.

Ronald Kline is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP). Dr. Kline is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Kline is currently accepting new patients.

Regina Macatangay is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Macatangay is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hemoglobin SC Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), and Anemia. Dr. Macatangay is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2019 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2012. Dr. Macatangay is currently accepting new patients.

Teresa York is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. York is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sickle Cell Disease, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Hereditary Spherocytosis, Hemoglobin SC Disease, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. York is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2004. Dr. York is currently accepting new patients.

Zaina Inam is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobinopathy, Congenital Hemolytic Anemia, Hemolytic Anemia, and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Inam is board certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2025 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2021. Dr. Inam is currently accepting new patients.

Francis Mussai is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His clinical expertise encompasses Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Neuroblastoma, Leukemia, and Rhabdoid Tumor.

Kathryn Duke is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) and Bone Marrow Transplant.

Teddi Roseman is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Roseman is board certified in Pediatric Nursing Certification Board - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care, 2017. Dr. Roseman is currently accepting new patients.

Mikaela Hairston is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.