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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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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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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Pam Gaillard, PNP
Gaillard
- Nurse Practitioner
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JoAnn Harper, ACNP
Harper
- Manager, Solid Tumor Clinic
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Carly Meredith, MSN, FNPC, RN
Meredith
- APP Operations Manager of Ambulatory Services
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Patti Pease, PNP
Pease
- Nurse Practitioner
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Alison Young, FNP
Young
- Nurse Practitioner
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Andrew M. Davidoff, MD
Davidoff
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Michael D. Neel, MD
Neel
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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
Pharmacist
Clinical Research Support Staff
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Gwen Anthony
Anthony
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Kim Godwin
Godwin
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Tammy Goode
Goode
- Clinical Research Associate-RN 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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Val McPherson
McPherson
- Senior Coordinator, Clinical Research Operations
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Susan Pere
Pere
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Amy Sanders
Sanders
- Clinical Research Associate II
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Wendy Smith
Smith
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Anne Speights
Speights
- Senior Coordinator, Clinical Research Operations
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Deanna Welsh
Welsh
- Clinical Research Associate-RN II
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Sheila Dalrymple, RN
Dalrymple
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse II
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Judy Durrell, RN, BSN, CPN, CPHON
Durrell
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse II
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John Franklin, RN, BSN
Franklin
- Unit Coordinator
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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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