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Meet the Core services


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Administrative Core


Mitchell S. Cairo, MD  
Principal Investigator
New York Medical College
40 Sunshine Cottage Rd., 
Skyline 1N-D12, 
Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone: 914-594-2150

Email: mitchell_cairo@nymc.edu

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Biostatistical Core


Qiuhu Shi, M.S, PhD 
Lead Statistician
New York Medical College
Valhalla NY 10595


Email: Qiuhu_shi@nymc.edu

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Radiation Therapy Core

Chitti R. Moorthy, M.D
Radiation Oncologist
New York Medical College
Vallhalla NY 10595
Phone: 914-493-8561

Email: moorthyc@wcmc.com


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Chimerism Core

Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, Ph.D., dip.ABHI                  Children's Hospital Los Angeles   HLA Laboratory                           4650 Sunset Blvd.
 Los Angeles, California 90027
 Email:                                  lbaxterlowe@chla.usc.edu

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Pulmonary Function Core

Allen J. Dozor, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist
New York Medical Center
Valhalla NY 10595
Phone: 914-594-4640

Email: allen_dozor@nymc.edu


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Long Term Effects/ Survivorship Core

Christine Duncan, MD
Assistant Professor of  Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard University
Phone: 617-632-4882
Email: Christine_Duncan@dfci.harvard.edu

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Hepatic Imaging Core

R. Paul Guillerman, MD
Professor of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Pediatric Radiology
Texas Children's Hospital
6701 Fannin St. Suite 470
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 832-822-5352
Email: rpguille@texaschildrens.org

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Endothelial Biomarker Core
Kenneth R. Cooke, MD
Director, Pediatric BMT Program
Herman and Walter Samuelson Professor of Oncology
Professor of Oncology & Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1650 Orleans St, Rm 207
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 443-287-2949
Email : kcooke5@jhmi.edu


Immunology Core
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James Verbsky, MD. PhD
Immunologist
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee WI 53226
Phone: 414-907-3134


Email: jverbsky@mcw.edu

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Mitchell S. Cairo, MD
Chief,
​Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Pathology,Microbiology, & Immunology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
New York Medical College
​40 Sunshine Cottage Rd., 
Skyline 1N-D12, 
Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone: 914-594-2150
Email: mitchell_cairo@nymc.edu

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Yaya Chu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
New York Medical College
40 Sunshine Cottage Rd.
Valhalia, NY 10595

Email: Yaya_chu@nymc.edu


Health Related Quality of Life/ Neurocognitive Core
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Susan K. Parsons, MD, MRP

Director, The Health Institute
Tufts Medical Center
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-636-1450


Email: sparsons@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

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Kristin Bingen PhD.

Pediatric Psychologist
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee WI 53226
Phone: 414-955-4148

Email: kbingen@mcw.edu 

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Suzanne Matteo-Braniecki PhD.

Pediatric NeuroPsychologist
New York Medical College
Valhalla NY 10595
Phone: 914-493-7997




Email: Suzanne_Braniecki@bchpphysicians.org


Cell Processing Core
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Rona Weinberg, PhD

New York Blood Center
310 E 67th St
New York, NY 10065

Phone: 212-570-3412



​Email: 
rweinberg@nybloodcenter.org

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Brenda Grossman, MD

Washington University School of Medicine
Pathology and Immunology
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone:314-362-6032

Email: bgrossman@pathology.wustl.edu

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Bryon Johnson, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee WI 53226
Phone: 

Email: bjohnson@mcw.edu


Pulmonary Vascular Core
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Deborah Friedman, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
New York Medical College
Valhalla NY 10595
Phone: 914-594-4370

Email: Deborah_Friedman@nymc.edu

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Mark Gladwin, MD

Director, Vascular Medicine Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-624-8725

Email: gladwinmt@upmc.edu


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