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Center for Cancer, Blood Disorders and Cellular Therapies

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals provide comprehensive pediatric oncology care, combining multidisciplinary expertise, groundbreaking research and access to early-phase clinical trials to deliver personalized treatment for children with complex cancers.

Urgent referrals are typically addressed the same day, with non-urgent referrals seen within the same week. Telehealth services are available for patients nationwide, and disease-specific experts are available 24/7 for consultations with referring providers.

Specialtized Expertise for Pediatric Cancers and Blood Disorders

Brain Tumor Program

Specialists: Banerjee • Jaeger-Krause • Mueller • Na • Qiu • Reddy

Provides comprehensive care for children with complex brain tumors through integrated neuro-oncology and neurosurgery expertise, advanced molecular profiling and access to PNOC clinical trials.

Leukemia Program

Specialists: Braun • Castellanos • Decker • Huang • Levinson • Michlitsch • Peretz • Rabin • Rahnama • Stieglitz • Valle • Wu

Offers comprehensive care for children with newly diagnosed and relapsed leukemias, including access to CAR T-cell therapies, stem cell transplantation collaboration and genomic-guided treatment planning.

Liver & Germ Cell Tumor Program

Specialists: Lerman • Rangaswami

Combines surgical and oncology expertise with multidisciplinary tumor review and individualized treatment planning.

Lymphoma Program

Specialists: Jain • Robbins • Valle • Wu

Delivers multidisciplinary care for children with Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with access to novel immunotherapies and expertise in relapsed and complex disease.

Neuroblastoma Program

Specialists: Lerman • Matthay • Qiu • Vo

Specializing in high-risk and relapsed disease, the program offers advanced neuroblastoma care, including MIBG therapy, molecularly targeted treatments and clinical trial access.

Retinoblastoma Program

Specialist: Banerjee

Provides coordinated ocular oncology care with specialized surveillance, treatment planning and family-centered genetic counseling support.

Sarcoma Program

Specialists: Decker • Michlitsch • Sweet-Cordero • Valle • Vo • Young

Brings together oncology, surgery and expertise in supportiive care to treat pediatric bone and soft tissue sarcomas, with access to precision medicine trials and multidisciplinary tumor review.

Survivorship & Supportive Care

Specialists: Seashore • Wu

Supports childhood cancer survivors through long-term follow-up, symptom management, psychosocial services and coordinated care for patients and their families.

Wilms Tumor Program

Specialist: Wu

Provides multidisciplinary care for children with Wilms tumor, including advanced diagnostics, personalized treatment planning and access to specialized surgical and oncology expertise.

 

Faculty Directory

Anuradha Banerjee, MD, MPH

Brain tumors, retinoblastoma
Anuradha Banerjee, MD, MPH

Benjamin S. Braun, MD, PhD

Leukemia
Benjamin S. Braun, MD, PhD

Maria Isabel Castellanos, MD

Leukemia
Maria Isabel Castellanos, MD

Matthew Decker, MD, PhD

Leukemia, sarcoma
Matthew Decker, MD, PhD

Benjamin J. Huang, MD

Leukemia
Benjamin J. Huang, MD

Marie Jaeger-Krause, MD

Brain tumors
Marie Jaeger-Krause, MD

Rohini Jain, MD

Lymphoma
Rohini Jain, MD

Benjamin Lerman, MD, MS

Liver tumors, neuroblastoma
Benjamin Lerman, MD, MS

Anya Levinson, MD

Leukemia
Anya Levinson, MD

Amanda Marinoff, MD

Solid tumors
Amanda Marinoff, MD

Katherine K. Matthay, MD

Neuroblastoma
Katherine K. Matthay, MD

Jennifer Michlitsch, MD

Leukemia, sarcoma, solid tumors
Jennifer Michlitsch, MD

Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, MAS

Brain tumors
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, MAS

Brian S. Na, MD, PhD

Brain tumors
Brian S. Na, MD, PhD

Cheryl Peretz, MD

Leukemia
Cheryl Peretz, MD

Bo Qiu, MD, PhD

Brain tumors, neuroblastoma
Bo Qiu, MD, PhD

Karen Rabin, MD, PhD

Leukemia
Karen Rabin, MD, PhD

Ruyan Rahnama, MD, MSc, PhD

Cell therapies, leukemia
Ruyan Rahnama, MD, MSc, PhD

Arun A. Rangaswami, MD

Liver, germ cell, rare & solid tumors
Arun A. Rangaswami, MD

Alyssa Reddy, MD

Brain tumors
Alyssa Reddy, MD

Elizabeth Robbins, MD

Lymphoma
Elizabeth Robbins, MD

Elizabeth Seashore, MD

Palliative care
Elizabeth Seashore, MD

Elliot Stieglitz, MD

Leukemia
Elliot Stieglitz, MD

Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD

Sarcoma
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD

Russell Valle, MD, MS

Leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma
Russell Valle, MD, MS

Kieuhoa Vo, MD, MAS

Neuroblastoma, sarcoma
Kieuhoa Vo, MD, MAS

Natalie Wu, MD, MS

Leukemia, lymphoma, Wilms tumor, survivorship
Natalie Wu, MD, MS

Elizabeth (Betsy) Young, MD

Sarcoma
Elizabeth (Betsy) Young, MD

Pediatric Access Center

(877) 822-4453 (877-UC-CHILD)

Refferal Form
ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/oncology-referral

Fax

Oakland and Walnut Creek: (510) 985-2202

San Francisco: (415) 353-4485

Locations

Oakland
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
747 52nd St.

San Francisco
Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building
1825 Fourth St., Sixth Floor

Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Outpatient Center
2401 Shadelands Dr.