Patients at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) are taken care of by doctors, advanced practice providers, and registered nurses who specialize in immunotherapy and are among the best in the nation. Through SCCA, you have access to the latest therapies and treatments. Our team of doctors, advanced practice providers and specialists meets regularly to discuss each patient’s treatment options.
Doctors and care providers
Medical Oncology
Dr. Appelbaum is the Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of Fred Hutch. His work centers on the biology and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
Clinical expertise:
Biology and therapy of acute myeloid leukemia, control of graft-vs-host disease, prevention of transplant-related complications
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Dr. Bar specializes in treating patients with hematologic malignancies with hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Clinical expertise:
Stem cell transplant, hematologic malignancies, cellular immunotherapy, long-term follow-up
Hematology Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Dr. Becker is a hematologist-oncologist who treats people with blood disorders, leukemia, lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndrome.
Clinical expertise:
Plasma cell leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, acquired aplastic anemia, Faconi anemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and Gaucher disease.
Medical Oncology
Dr. Bhatia is a medical oncologist who cares for patients with skin cancers and kidney cancer.
Clinical expertise:
Skin cancers (melanoma, merkel cell cancer); kidney cancers
Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation
Dr. Bleakley works as a pediatric oncologist specializing in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the treatment of leukemia relapse.
Clinical expertise:
Pediatric Oncology Specialist, Pediatric Bone-Marrow Transplantation
Hematology Oncology, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation
Dr. Carpenter is a pediatric hematology oncologist and Outpatient Clinical Director of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He treats children who need a transplant for leukemia, lymphoma, and other malignancies as well as non-malignant disease including immunodeficiency disorders and bone marrow failure syndromes. He has particular expertise in graft-versus-host disease and long-term follow-up. He is also part of the Adult Long Term Follow-up team.
Clinical expertise:
Acute GVHD, chronic GVHD, long-term follow-up of hematologic cell transplant (HCT) survivors.
Histiocytic disorders of of childhood, langerhans cell histiocytosis and familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; bone-marrow (hematopoeitic stem-cell) tansplantation for osteopetrosis.
Dr. Carpenter also treats children for:
- Severe combined immunodeficiency
- Immunodeficiency diseases
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- IPEX
- T-cell deficiency
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Schleroderma
- HIV malignancies
Hematology Oncology
Dr. Cassaday is a hematologist-oncologist who specializes in treating patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Clinical expertise:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and cellular immunotherapy
Medical Oncology
Dr. Chow cares for patients with lung, head and neck and thyroid cancers. She is devoted to finding new treatments for these diseases.
Clinical expertise:
Lung cancers, Head and Neck cancers, Thyroid cancer, Solid Tumor Phase I/Early Phase Clinical Trials, Novel Cancer Drug Development
Medical Oncology
Dr. Coveler is a medical oncologist who treats cancers of the gastrointestinal system and is also the director of the Pancreatic Cancer Specialty Clinic.
Clinical expertise:
Gastrointestinal oncology, clinical immunotherapy, early phase clinical trials
Medical Oncology
Dr. Disis is a medical oncologist researching vaccines and immunotherapy for cancer, specifically breast cancer vaccines, including the role of the human immune system in battling cancer.
Clinical expertise:
Vaccines and immunotherapy for cancer, specifically breast cancer vaccines. Research on role of human immune system in battling cancer.