Meet Our Lead Investigators
We are proud to introduce the Lead Investigators of each of our five Centers of Excellence. Each one of these investigators works tirelessly on behalf of families in the pursuit of safer, more effective treatments for children. They all value post-mortem tissue as the raw material for this exciting, new research aimed at finding the answer to the question, “Why are current brain cancer treatments failing children?” They are committed to processing these specimens to maximize downstream analysis, and most importantly, they work collaboratively across institutions.
Dr. Angela Waanders
Lurie Children’s Hospital
Chicago
Dr. Javad Nazarian
Children’s National
Washington DC
Dr. Michelle Monje
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Dr. Mark Souweidane
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York City
Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York City
Dr. Jane Minturn
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Dr. Mateusz Koptyra
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Dr. Amy Smith
Orlando Health
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Dr. Julia Hegert
Orlando Health
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Dr. Miriam Bornhorst
Children’s National
Washington DC
Dr. Sarah Leary
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
Dr. Nicholas Vitanza
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
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