Our Doctors

For almost 100 years, Seattle Children’s, a Seattle Cancer Care Alliance parent organization, has been treating only children. The staff are trained in a specific area of healthcare, such as oncology, and also in meeting the unique needs of children.

Your child’s team is made up of professionals from many disciplines, including pediatric oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, dietitians, child life therapists, pharmacists, chaplains, and many others.

	Lauri M. Burroughs, MD Dr. Burroughs specializes in bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of patients with childhood cancers and nonmalignant disorders. In particular, she has an interest in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders, metabolic disorders, and marrow failure.
	Paul A. Carpenter, MD Dr. Carpenter is a pediatric hematology oncologist. He treats children with autoimmune diseases, leukemia, and lymphoma. Additionally, he is part of the Long Term Follow-up team for adult services. Read more about Dr. Carpenter and his work at SCCA.
	Jeffrey Russell Geyer, MD Dr. Geyer treats children who have cancer. He believes that caring for children and adolescents requires an expert team. "The patient and parents are an integral part of that team."
	Thomas W. Pendergrass, MD, MSPH Dr. Pendergrass is a pediatric hematology oncology specialist practicing at UW Medicine.
	Jean E. Sanders, MD Dr. Sanders is the director of pediatric clinical hematopoietic cell transplantation at SCCA and Seattle Children's. Read more about Dr. Sanders and her work.

	Robert G. Andrews, MD Dr. Andrews is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist with special interest in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation who treats children with pediatric cancers, autoimmune diseases, and other genetic disorders.
	Michael A. Bender, MD, PhD Dr. Bender's clinical expertise is in the biology and pathology of pediatric cancers, Sickle Cell Disease, and hemoglobinopathies.
	Irwin D. Bernstein, MD Dr. Bernstein is an expert in blood cancers, pediatric oncology, and research.
	Marie E. Bleakley, MD Dr. Bleakley works as a pediatric oncologist specializing in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the treatment of leukemia relapse.
	Colleen S. Delaney, MD, MSC Dr. Delaney's clinical specialties include Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Bone-Marrow Transplantation, and Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation, and Ex vivo Expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
	Debra L. Friedman, MD Dr. Friedman is a pediatric oncologist at Seattle Children's. She specializes in treating Hodgkin's lymphoma and retinoblastoma.
	Douglas S. Hawkins, MD Dr. Hawkins treats pediatric and young adult oncology patients, with a special interest in Ewing's sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and osteosarcoma.
	Thomas J. Manley, MD Dr. Manley is a pediatric oncologist with expertise in stem cell transplantation (SCT). Research interests include the development of novel therapeutics for patients who relapse following allogeneic SCT.
	Dana C. Matthews, MD Dr. Matthews is a pediatric hematology specialist who specializes in targeted hematopoietic irradiation using radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies.
	Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD Dr. Meshinchi is a hematology oncologist who treats children with high-risk leukemias.
	James M. Olson, MD, PhD Dr. Olson cares for pediatric cancer patients at Seattle Children's.
	Jessica A. Pollard, MD Dr. Pollard is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist who treats children with malignancies and blood disorders.
	Annaka Gustafson Thibodeaux, MSN, ARNP Anna Thibodeaux is a pediatric nurse practitioner who cares for children with leukemia.
	Blythe G. Thomson, MD Dr. Thomson is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of leukemia and pediatric cancers.
	Ann E. Woolfrey, MD Dr. Woolfrey is a pediatric oncologist practicing at Seattle Children's. She specializes in pediatric blood disorders and bone-marrow transplants.