For nearly two decades, CURE has funded the training of pediatric oncology fellows at Emory University School of Medicine. Providing funding to further their education helps ensure that those future oncologists become clinicians and researchers we need in order to eradicate childhood cancer.
Fellows
Dr. Toni Chanroo
Dr. Chanroo attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Public Health. She continued her education at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, graduating with a combined M.D. and Masters of Public Health (MPH) in 2019. She completed her general pediatrics and internal medicine combined residency training at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Chanroo is entering her pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship with a strong interest in the care of pediatric cancer survivors. She hopes to foster her skills in caring for pediatric oncology patients and contribute through clinical research, specifically in the area of improving outcomes and minimizing long-term complications in patients with hematologic malignancies.
“I am proud to be part of an organization that not only provides support to patients and their families but also prioritizes innovative research and training the next generation of oncologists, like myself!”
Dr. Toni Chanroo
Dr. Chanroo attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Public Health. She continued her education at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, graduating with a combined M.D. and Masters of Public Health (MPH) in 2019. She completed her general pediatrics and internal medicine combined residency training at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Chanroo is entering her pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship with a strong interest in the care of pediatric cancer survivors. She hopes to foster her skills in caring for pediatric oncology patients and contribute through clinical research, specifically in the area of improving outcomes and minimizing long-term complications in patients with hematologic malignancies.
“I am proud to be part of an organization that not only provides support to patients and their families but also prioritizes innovative research and training the next generation of oncologists, like myself!”
Dr. Robert Lisac
Sam Robb Fellow
Dr. Lisac earned his MD at the University of Central Florida and completed his residency at the University of Florida. Dr. Lisac is a childhood cancer survivor who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the age of 12. His leukemia subsequently relapsed, requiring a bone marrow transplant followed by nearly four years of complications. It is through this experience that he developed his passion for caring for pediatric oncology patients and his drive to become a physician-scientist specializing in bone marrow transplant and survivorship.
“I am so grateful to be supported by CURE and the Sam Robb Fund for my fellowship training. As a childhood cancer survivor and now oncology fellow, I know the importance of the services CURE provides and their impact on patients and families. Their funding now allows me to care for children with cancer and continue to research how we can better treat their disease and reduce the impact cancer and treatment has on long-term survivors.”
Dr. Robert Lisac
Sam Robb Fellow
Dr. Lisac earned his MD at the University of Central Florida and completed his residency at the University of Florida. Dr. Lisac is a childhood cancer survivor who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the age of 12. His leukemia subsequently relapsed, requiring a bone marrow transplant followed by nearly four years of complications. It is through this experience that he developed his passion for caring for pediatric oncology patients and his drive to become a physician-scientist specializing in bone marrow transplant and survivorship.
“I am so grateful to be supported by CURE and the Sam Robb Fund for my fellowship training. As a childhood cancer survivor and now oncology fellow, I know the importance of the services CURE provides and their impact on patients and families. Their funding now allows me to care for children with cancer and continue to research how we can better treat their disease and reduce the impact cancer and treatment has on long-term survivors.”
Dr. Jason Stevenson
Connolly Family Fellow
Dr. Jason Stevenson was inspired early by his mother, who was a nurse, to enter the medical profession. He attended medical school at the University of Arkansas, and completed his general pediatrics training here at Emory, culminating in a year as Chief Resident. His clinical and research interests are in leukemia/lymphoma and the factors affecting adverse events and outcomes during treatment. In the 2023-2024 academic year, he will be evaluating the impact of structural racism on the incidence and severity of adverse events and excess hospitalization days in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
“I am deeply grateful to CURE Childhood Cancer and the Connolly family for their generosity and support of my career. I became interested in pediatric hematology/oncology initially after the death of one of my childhood best friends to lymphoma. When I started my pediatric residency at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, I fell in love with the patients at the Aflac Cancer Center, and I knew this was what I was meant to do with my life. After finishing my first year of fellowship, I am even more certain as I love what I do more than anything.”
Dr. Jason Stevenson
Connolly Family Fellow
Dr. Jason Stevenson was inspired early by his mother, who was a nurse, to enter the medical profession. He attended medical school at the University of Arkansas, and completed his general pediatrics training here at Emory, culminating in a year as Chief Resident. His clinical and research interests are in leukemia/lymphoma and the factors affecting adverse events and outcomes during treatment. In the 2023-2024 academic year, he will be evaluating the impact of structural racism on the incidence and severity of adverse events and excess hospitalization days in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
“I am deeply grateful to CURE Childhood Cancer and the Connolly family for their generosity and support of my career. I became interested in pediatric hematology/oncology initially after the death of one of my childhood best friends to lymphoma. When I started my pediatric residency at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, I fell in love with the patients at the Aflac Cancer Center, and I knew this was what I was meant to do with my life. After finishing my first year of fellowship, I am even more certain as I love what I do more than anything.”
Past Fellows
Through the generous support of our donors, CURE Childhood Cancer has funded 24 research fellowships in the effort to fight pediatric cancer. Twenty-one past CURE Fellows are now practicing medicine in top institutions around the country, treating patients and pursuing research for cures. Roll over an image below to see where they are now.
Becker Hewes, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Torque Therapeutics
Roland Chu, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Karen Wasilewski, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Mary Abraham, MD
Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, NYU Langone Health
Hal Crosswell, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, St. Francis Cancer Center, Greenville, SC
Keith August, MD, MS
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Director, Leukemia and Lymphoma Program, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Tanya Watt, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern / Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children’s Health, Dallas
Weston Miller, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota Medical Center
Nicole Schlesinger McKinney, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Memorial Hospital, Aurora, CO
Himalee Sabnis, MD, MSc
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Jennifer Andrews, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Haneen Yasin Abdella, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
Ryan Summers, MD
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jonathan Metts, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Johns Hopkins All-Children’s, St. Petersburg, FL
David Siegel, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service/CDC
Jim Felker, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA
Jenny Shim, MD
Senior Research Associate, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Rafi Kazi, MD
Senior Research Associate, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Juhi Jain, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Banner Health/University of Arizona Medical School
Frank Chien, MD
Pediatric neurology fellow, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Sanyu Janardan, MD
Survivorship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
