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Solid Tumor Treatment Team

The Solid tumor treatment team evaluates and treats many types of cancers in children. The tumors they focus on could be in bones, muscles or other tissue, or organs such as the kidneys.

You will always have a primary doctor, your oncologist, who will give updates to your family. Members of your child or teen’s treatment team will have different specialties. This approach gives kids with cancer the best chance of survival and the best possible quality of life.

Director

Solid Tumor Team Physicians

Surgeons

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    Andrew M. Davidoff, MD

    Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Chair, Surgery Department

    Director, Surgical Research

    St. Jude Endowed Chair in Surgical Research

    Andrew M. Davidoff, MD

    Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Chair, Surgery Department

    Director, Surgical Research

    St. Jude Endowed Chair in Surgical Research

    Research Interests

    • Developing new strategies to treat pediatric solid tumors, with a focus on neuroblastoma, using angiogenesis inhibition and gene therapy
    • Investigating gene therapy-mediated delivery of angiogenesis inhibitors for long-term cancer treatment in pediatric tumor models
    • Advancing gene transfer approaches for monogenetic disorders, particularly hemophilia, using adeno-associated virus vectors
    • Conducting preclinical and clinical studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of gene therapy interventions

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    Andrew M. Davidoff, MD

    Surgery

    MS 133, Room B3019

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

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    Andrew Jackson Murphy, MD

    Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Chief, General Pediatric Surgery Division

    Andrew Jackson Murphy, MD

    Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Chief, General Pediatric Surgery Division

    Research Interests

    • Pediatric surgical oncology
    • Unfavorable histology and treatment-resistant Wilms tumor
    • Wilms tumorigenesis
    • Cancer stem cells

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    Andrew Jackson Murphy, MD

    Surgery

    MS 133, Room IA2305

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

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    Michael D. Neel, MD

    Chief, Orthopedic Division, Surgery Department

    OrthoMemphis, PC

    Michael D. Neel, MD

    Chief, Orthopedic Division, Surgery Department

    OrthoMemphis, PC

    Contact Information

    Michael D. Neel, MD

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    Lindsay J. Talbot, MD

    Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Lindsay J. Talbot, MD

    Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Research Interests

    • Immunologic profiles of sarcoma primary and metastatic sites
    • Immunotherapy strategies, including CAR T-cell therapy, against osteosarcoma and other solid tumors
    • Role of chemokine-mediated homing of CAR T-cells in improving treatment efficacy in osteosarcoma and solid tumors

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    Lindsay J. Talbot, MD

    Surgery

    MS 133, Room I4306

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

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    Matthew W. Wilson, MD

    Chief, Ophthalmology Division, Surgery Department

    St. Jude Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology

    University Clinical Health

    Full Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, Memphis

    Matthew W. Wilson, MD

    Chief, Ophthalmology Division, Surgery Department

    St. Jude Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology

    University Clinical Health

    Full Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee, Memphis

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    Matthew W. Wilson, MD

Basic Research

Basic scientists

Pathologists

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    Selene Koo, MD, PhD

    Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Selene Koo, MD, PhD

    Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Research Interests

    • Diagnosis and classification of pediatric solid tumors
    • Histologic and molecular characterization of pediatric solid tumors

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    Selene Koo, MD, PhD

    Pathology

    MS 250, Room C5032

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

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    Teresa Santiago, MD

    Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Director, Coagulation Laboratory

    Lead, Global Anatomic Pathology, St. Jude Global

    Teresa Santiago, MD

    Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

    Director, Coagulation Laboratory

    Lead, Global Anatomic Pathology, St. Jude Global

    Research Interests

    • Laboratory quality improvement and assessment in developing countries
    • Coagulopathies
    • Solid tumors of childhood

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    Teresa Santiago, MD

    Pathology

    MS 250, Room C5030

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Statistician

Clinical scientists

Radiology

Radiation therapy

Pharmacists

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    Melissa S. Bourque, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

    Program Mgr-Pharmacy Specialist

    Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

    Melissa S. Bourque, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

    Program Mgr-Pharmacy Specialist

    Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

    Clinical Interests

    • Solid Tumor
    • Neuro Oncology
    • Pain and Palliative Care
    • Residency Training 

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    Melissa S. Bourque, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

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    Andy Christensen, PharmD, BCOP

    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

    Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

    Andy Christensen, PharmD, BCOP

    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

    Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

    Clinical Interests

    • Solid Tumor
    • Neuro-oncology

    Contact Information

    Andy Christensen, PharmD, BCOP

    Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Coordinators

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    Joe Brigance, RN, MSN

    Solid Tumor Coordinator II

    Joe Brigance, RN, MSN

    Solid Tumor Coordinator II

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    Joe Brigance, RN, MSN

    Oncology

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    262 Danny Thomas Place

    Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Nurse practitoners and physician assistants

Meagan DuLaney, DNP, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Provider
Manager, Solid Tumor/Neuro-Oncology Clinic

Nour McCaffrey, MSN, FNP
Advanced Practice Provider

Ashley McTyre, DNP, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Provider

Sara Meehan, MSN, PNP
Advanced Practice Provider

Carly Meredith, MSN, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Provider
Manager, Advanced Practice Operations

Patricia Pease, MSN, FNP-BC, RN
APP Professional Development Educator

Alison Rice, MSN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Provider