Departmental Focus
The Department of Hematology's mission is to provide outstanding clinical care, perform innovative research, and promote education, with a long-term goal of improving the lives of, and ultimately curing children with catastrophic non-malignant blood diseases.
Contact Us
Department of Hematology
MS 355, Room D3022D
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: mitch.weiss@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3760
Fax: (901) 595-4723
Preferred contact method: email
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Nidhi Bhatt, MD
Bhatt
Health communication and implementation science
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Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD, FAAP
Bhoopalan
Gene therapy for blood disorders
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Yong Cheng, PhD
Cheng
Genomic approaches to studying cis-regulatory modules in hematopoiesis
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Georgios Christakopoulos, MD
Christakopoulos
Blood development and gene editing for hemoglobinopathies
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Wilson K. Clements, PhD
Clements
Vascular/hematopoietic development and leukemia
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John D. Crispino, PhD, MBA
Crispino
Inherited and acquired blood disorders
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Marta Derecka, PhD
Derecka
Bone marrow niche function in hematopoiesis
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Phillip A. Doerfler, PhD
Doerfler
Genetic therapies for blood disorders
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Rohith Jesudas, MBBS
Jesudas
Non-malignant hematology
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Alyssa Lee Kennedy, MD, PhD
Kennedy
Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Disorders
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Alexis K. Leonard, MD
Leonard
Improving curative strategies for patients with sickle cell disease
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Dirk Loeffler, PhD
Loeffler
Cancer stem cells & clonal hematopoiesis
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Shannon McKinney-Freeman, PhD
McKinney-Freeman
Cellular and molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell in vivo repopulating activity, hematopoietic stem cell development and specification
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Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD
Neufeld
Patient-oriented studies in nonmalignant hematology
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Yogindra Persaud, MD
Persaud
Advancing the knowledge of sickle cell disease
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Parul Rai, MD
Rai
Cardiac injury in sickle cell disease
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Ulrike M. Reiss, MD
Reiss
Hematology
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Carolyn Russo, MD
Russo
Palliative and supportive care
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Richa Sharma, MD
Sharma
DNA repair and telomere biology disorders
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Cliff Takemoto, MD
Takemoto
Hemostasis and thrombosis; vascular malformations; bone marrow failure
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Advancing genome editing and protein engineering technologies for therapeutics
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Winfred C. Wang, MD
Wang
Emeritus
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Blood development and associated diseases
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Marcin Wlodarski, MD, PhD
Wlodarski
Inherited bone marrow failure and MDS predisposition syndromes
