When you and your child come to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a doctor called an oncologist takes the lead in your child’s care. Oncologists are doctors who specialize in cancer. This leader is called the attending physician. Among other things, your oncologist will:
- keep track of test results and follow-up care done by other experts on your child's team.
- work closely with you to help you and your child get the best possible treatment.
Your child's team of solid tumor specialists
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.
Members of your child's treatment team will have different specialties. There's a reason St. Jude uses this approach. It gives kids with cancer the best chance of survival and the best possible quality of life. But you will always have a primary doctor, your oncologist, who will make updates to your family.
Each of the specialists on the team will be closely involved with your child’s treatment. They work together to choose the right combination of treatments for your child.
Director
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Alberto Pappo, MD
Pappo
Solid Tumor Team Physicians
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Michael W. Bishop, MD
Bishop
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Sara M. Federico, MD
Federico
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Paola Friedrich, MD, MPH
Friedrich
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Dylan Graetz, MD, MPH
Graetz
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Mark E. Hatley, MD, PhD
Hatley
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Sara Helmig, MD
Helmig
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Ibrahim Qaddoumi, MD, MS
Qaddoumi
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Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
Rodriguez-Galindo
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Victor M. Santana, MD
Santana
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Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD
Stewart
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Joe Brigance, RN, MSN
Brigance
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Meagan DuLaney
DuLaney
- APP Manager
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Nour McCaffrey
McCaffrey
- Nurse Practitioner
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Ashley McTyre
McTyre
- Nurse Practitioner
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Sara Meehan
Meehan
- Nurse Practitioner
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Carly Meredith
Meredith
- Nurse Practitioner
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Patricia Pease
Pease
- Nurse Practitioner
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Alison Rice
Rice
- Nurse Practitioner
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Abdelhafeez H. Abdelhafeez, MD
Abdelhafeez
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Andrew M. Davidoff, MD
Davidoff
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Andrew Jackson Murphy, MD
Murphy
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Michael D. Neel, MD
Neel
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Lindsay J. Talbot, MD
Talbot
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Matthew W. Wilson, MD
Wilson
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Radiological Scientists
Diagnostic Imaging
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Mary E. (Beth) McCarville, MD
McCarville
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Barry L. Shulkin, MD
Shulkin
Radiation Therapy
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Matthew J. Krasin, MD
Krasin
Pharmacists
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Melissa S. Bourque, PharmD, BCPS
Bourque
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
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Andy Christensen, PharmD, BCOP
Christensen
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Clinical Research Support Staff
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Sheila Dalrymple
Dalrymple
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Judith Durrell
Durrell
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Kim Godwin
Godwin
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Dana Hawkins
Hawkins
- Manager, Clinical Research Operations-RN
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Michelle Kunkel
Kunkel
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Loren Landis
Landis
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Courtney Mays
Mays
- Clinical Project Manager
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Val McPherson
McPherson
- Senior Coordinator, Clinical Research Operations
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Samantha Patterson
Patterson
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Kathleen Richter
Richter
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Melanie Russell
Russell
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Amy Sanders
Sanders
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Anne Speights
Speights
- Senior Coordinator, Clinical Research Operations
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Karen Thompson
Thompson
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Deanna Welsh
Welsh
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Diane (Ramelle) Wheeler
Wheeler
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Winter Woodson
Woodson
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Rivka Braverman
Braverman
- Licensed Practical Nurse
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Judy Hoy
Hoy
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse I
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Jenny McWherter
McWherter
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse II
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Emily Nichols
Nichols
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse IV
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Brittney Walker
Walker
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse II
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Jessica Younger
Younger
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse II
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Traci Adams, LCSW
Adams
- Social Worker II
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Katie Badgett, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN
Badgett
- Clinical Dietitian III
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Kristi Bailey
Bailey
- Patient Representative
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