Our Team

Girish Dhall, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Benjamin Russell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Head, UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Director, The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama

Kimberly Whelan, MD, MSPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Taking on Life after Cancer Clinic and Childhood Cancer Survivors Program
Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training Program

Elizabeth Alva, MD, MSPH

Assistant Professor
Neuro-Oncology Program

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH

Professor
Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship in the UAB School of Medicine
Vice Chair for Outcomes in the Dept. of Pediatrics

Christy Bemrich-Stolz, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Joseph Chewning, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Clinical Director, Lowder SCTU

Gregory Friedman, MD

Professor
Director, Developmental Therapeutics
Associate Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Neuro-Oncology Program

Frederick Goldman, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Lowder Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Senior Scientist Immunology & Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hilary Haines, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program

Lee M. Hilliard, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Thomas H. Howard, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director UAB Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

Matthew Kutny, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Histiocytosis Program

Wendy Landier, PhD, RN

Professor
Member, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship

Jeffrey Lebensburger, DO

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Hematology Section

Purnima Singh, PhD

Assistant Professor
Member, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship

Avi Madan-Swain, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Hope and Cope Psychosocial Program

Julie Wolfson MD, MSHS

Assistant Professor
Member, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship

Ana Xavier MD

Associate Professor