Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

We provide world-class care when diagnosing, treating and managing these often life-threatening conditions, including all types of cancer, and blood disorders such as hemophilia and sickle cell disease.

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If your child has cancer or a blood disease, our expert doctors deliver the very best possible treatment.

Our hematology experience includes treating different types of blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, as well as sickle cell disease, anemia and hemophilia when blood doesn’t clot normally. Our skilled oncologists know how to treat challenging childhood cancers, including brain tumors, sarcomas and retinoblastomas.

UHealth Jackson Children’s Care’s expert team includes pediatric nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, social workers and other professionals dedicated to providing medical care and emotional support to infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Our specialties include:

  • Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Bone and soft tissue sarcomas
  • Brain tumors
  • Hemophilia
  • Hodgkin’s Disease
  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Thrombosis and Clotting Syndromes

Our clinical services include:

  • Pediatric neuro-oncology program
  • Early phase clinical trials program
  • Sickle cell program
  • Retinoblastoma program
  • Blood and marrow/hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program
  • Bone and soft tissue sarcoma program
  • Hematological malignancies (leukemia & lymphoma)
  • Psychosocial support services
  • Hemophilia treatment center

Description

If your child has cancer or a blood disease, our expert doctors deliver the very best possible treatment.

Our hematology experience includes treating different types of blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, as well as sickle cell disease, anemia and hemophilia when blood doesn’t clot normally. Our skilled oncologists know how to treat challenging childhood cancers, including brain tumors, sarcomas and retinoblastomas.

UHealth Jackson Children’s Care’s expert team includes pediatric nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, social workers and other professionals dedicated to providing medical care and emotional support to infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Our specialties include:

  • Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Bone and soft tissue sarcomas
  • Brain tumors
  • Hemophilia
  • Hodgkin’s Disease
  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Thrombosis and Clotting Syndromes

Description

Our clinical services include:

  • Pediatric neuro-oncology program
  • Early phase clinical trials program
  • Sickle cell program
  • Retinoblastoma program
  • Blood and marrow/hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program
  • Bone and soft tissue sarcoma program
  • Hematological malignancies (leukemia & lymphoma)
  • Psychosocial support services
  • Hemophilia treatment center

Location

Location

Holtz Children’s Hospital

1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136

305-585-5437

Open 24 hours

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Holtz Children’s Hospital

1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136

305-585-5437

Open 24 hours

Open in Google Maps

Meet the Team

Warren Alperstein

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Ofelia Alvarez

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Julio Barredo

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Fernando Corrales-Medina

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics

David Crawford

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics

Joanna Davis

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Aditi Dhir

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics

Bradley Gampel

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Rachel Kronenfeld

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Claire Masforroll

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Meghan McCormick

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics

Daniel Ortiz

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Jennifer Reichbach

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Pediatrics

Edward Ziga

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

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