Our Team

Director

James F Casella, M.D.

Chief of Pediatric Hematology
Director, Basic and Translational Research Program and Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Johns Hopkins
Director, Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins
Rainey Professor of Pediatric Hematology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Oncology

Expertise: Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Faculty

Dana Kim Furstenau, M.D., M.S.
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics
Christopher Jordan Gamper, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Bone Marrow Transplant, Medical Oncology, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatrics
Jennifer Ann Keates-Baleeiro, M.D., M.A.
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Matt Merguerian, M.D., Ph.D.
- Instructor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Anemias, Bleeding Disorders, Bone Marrow Failure, Hypercoagulable States, Inherited Hematologic Malignancies
Emily Southard Rao, M.D., M.A., M.S.
- Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Bleeding Disorders, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Hemophilia, Pediatric Hematology, Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease

Staff

Nurse Practitioners

Denise Bekkouri, R.N., M.S.N., CPN, CPNP
Julia David, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP-PC
Kim Drucis, R.N., M.S.N., CPNP
Emma Varner, R.N., B.S.N., DNP

Social Work

Beth Merz, LCSW-C