Pediatric Medicine

Departmental Focus

The Department of Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ensures that patients receive the best quality of subspecialty care available. To achieve this goal, the department’s aim is to equip the clinical staff with the resources and support necessary for offering cutting-edge treatments in a safe, compassionate, family-centered environment.

The Pediatric Medicine staff, in partnership with our colleagues at the University of Tennessee and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, takes a multidisciplinary approach to caring for patients; this involves a host of specialties including anesthesia, critical care medicine, endocrinology, neurology, and quality of life, and rehabilitation (see the listing of Pediatric Medicine services to the left). Recognized internationally for our world-class patient care, the members of the Pediatric Medicine staff at St. Jude are each experts in treating children diagnosed with catastrophic diseases. In collaboration with our research faculty who are engaged in developing clinical trials, experts on the Pediatric Medicine team benefit from state-of-the-art facilities, as well as the latest St. Jude-generated research that support their life-saving work.

The Department of Pediatric Medicine seamlessly aligns with St. Jude research efforts in achieving the hospital’s mission of finding cures and saving the lives of children by providing unsurpassed comprehensive patient care.

Contact Us

Department of Pediatric Medicine
MS 260, Room C6024
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Email: amar.gajjar@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-2615
Fax: (901) 595-8037

Preferred contact method: email

Faculty

Doralina Anghelescu, MD

Anghelescu
Pain management, anesthesia risks, palliative care
Wassim Chemaitilly, MD

Chemaitilly
Late effects observed in childhood cancer survivors
Wasif Dweik, DO

Dweik
Acute pain, US guided regional anesthesia, lung isolation in thoracic surgery
Lama Elbahlawan, MD

Elbahlawan
Pediatric critical care, acute lung injury
Michael J. Frett, MD

Frett
Pediatric pain
Amar Gajjar, MD

Gajjar
Novel treatments for children with brain tumors
Melissa Hines, MD

Hines
Diagnosis and treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Raja B. Khan, MD

Khan
Effect of cancer and its treatment on central and peripheral nervous systems
Belinda N. Mandrell, PhD, RN, PNP

Mandrell
Mechanisms of cancer related symptoms
Jennifer McArthur, DO

McArthur
Improving outcomes for oncology and transplant patients with critical illness.
Kyle J. Morgan, MD

Morgan
Palliative care, NSAIDS in bone marrow transplant patients
R. Ray Morrison, MD

Morrison
Pediatric critical care, myocardial protection
Kirsten K. Ness, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Ness
Functional limitations among cancer survivors
Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD

Neufeld
Patient-oriented studies in nonmalignant hematology
Kavitha C. Raghavan, MBBS, FRCA

Raghavan
Safety and quality in pediatric anesthesia
Michael G. Rossi, DO, FAAP

Rossi
Quality management and patient safety, cognitive effects of anesthesia
Zsila Sadighi, MD

Sadighi
Pediatric neuro-oncology and neurological outcomes in childhood cancer survivors
Luis A. Trujillo Huaccho, MD

Trujillo Huaccho
Regional anesthesia & anesthetic approach in high-risk cases
Becky B. Wright, MD

Wright
Pain management techniques, peripheral nerve blocks

- Anushree Algotar, MD
  
  Algotar
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- James G. Atherton, MD
  
  Atherton
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- John J. Bissler, MD
  
  Bissler
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Dennis D. Black, MD, AGAF
  
  Black
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Cary P. Cavender, MD
  
  Cavender
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Mark R. Corkins, MD
  
  Corkins
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Noel M. Delos Santos, MD
  
  Delos Santos
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Patricia J. Dubin, MD
  
  Dubin
  
  Pediatric Pulmonology
- John K. Eshun, MD
  
  Eshun
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Jason F. Goldberg, MD, FAAP
  
  Goldberg
  
  Pediatric Cardiology
- Colleen Hastings, MD
  
  Hastings
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Vijaya Joshi, MD
  
  Joshi
  
  Pediatric Cardiology
- Linda F. Lazar, MD
  
  Lazar
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Arwa Nada, MBBch, MSc
  
  Nada
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Ali Mirza Onder, MD
  
  Onder
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Songul Onder, MD
  
  Onder
  
  Pediatric Nephrology
- Arun Saini, MD
  
  Saini
  
  Pediatric Critical Care
- Catherine D. Sanders, MD
  
  Sanders
  
  Pediatric Pulmonology
- Shyam Kumar Sathanandam, MD, FSCAI
  
  Sathanandam
  
  Pediatric Cardiology
- Saumini Srinivasan, MD, MS
  
  Srinivasan
  
  Pediatric Pulmonology
- Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA
  
  Towbin
  
  Pediatric Cardiology
- John R. Whitworth MD
  
  Whitworth
  
  Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Rima Zahr, DO
  
  Zahr
  
  Pediatric Nephrology