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Director

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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
 
 

Faculty

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Christopher Jordan Gamper, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Bone Marrow Transplant, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatrics
 
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Matthew Douglas Merguerian, M.D., Ph.D.

Instructor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anemias, Bleeding Disorders, Bone Marrow Failure, Hypercoagulable States, Inherited Hematologic Malignancies, Pediatric Hematology, Platelet Function Disorders, Thrombocytopenias
 
Photo of Dr. Emily Southard Rao, M.D., M.A., M.S.

Emily Southard Rao, M.D., M.A., M.S.

Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Bleeding Disorders, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Hemophilia, Pediatric Hematology, Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Pediatrics, Platelet Function Disorders, Pulmonary Embolism
 

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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
  • Jessica McAuliffe, R.N., M.S.N., FNP-BC
 

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Beth Merz, LCSW-C

 

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