Personnel

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James Geller, MD

Primary Investigator

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

James I. Geller, MD, completed undergraduate training at Dartmouth College, medical training at the Tel Aviv University, residency training in pediatrics at New York Medical College and pediatric hematology / oncology training at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. His current appointment is with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati in the capacity of Professor of Pediatrics.

Dr. Geller is the Medical Director of the Liver and Renal Tumor Programs and Co-Director of the Retinoblastoma Program at CCHMC. His primary academic interest is the development of novel therapy options for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with solid tumors. At the institutional level, this is achieved through direct patient care and by leading our teams in clinical and research efforts in his specialty areas at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. At the national level, Dr. Geller is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Liver Tumor and Renal Tumor Committees; serving as co-Chair of the International Hepatoblastoma study, AHEP1531/PHITT, Chair of several kidney tumor studies in children with high-risk/relapsed kidney tumors, and COG Chair of the Renal Tumor Committee. Dr. Geller has served as a member of the COG Developmental Therapeutics Committee for many years, including participation as a liaison to the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program and on the Agent Selection Committee for the Pediatric MATCH study.

Courtney Blank
Clinical Research Manager

Clinical Management and Research Support Core
Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
240 Albert Sabin Way
Location T10.531
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Courtney.Blank@cchmc.org
Anthony Asher, BA
Primary Clinical Research Coordinator

Clinical Management and Research Support Core
Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
240 Albert Sabin Way
Location T10.507AJ
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

anthony.asher@cchmc.org

Collaborating Physicians and Researchers

Oncology

Katherine Somers, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Rajaram Nagarajan, MD, MS

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Radiology

Alex Towbin, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Pathology

Sarangarajan Ranganathan, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Surgery

Greg Tiao, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Alexander Bondoc, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Biology

Nikolai Timchenko, PhD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Soona Shin, PhD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Secondary Center: DFCI Personnel

Allison O’Neill, MD
Primary Investigator

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Ave, 3-111
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Katelyn Belmonte, BA
DFCI Research Program Manager

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA 02215

Amy Opara, BA
DFCI Research Coordinator

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA 02215