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
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

Dana Kim Furstenau, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics

Christopher Jordan Gamper, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Bone Marrow Transplant, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatrics

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

Emily Southard Rao, M.D., M.A., M.S.
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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
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