Meet your Cancer Immunotherapy Program team
Every person on your child’s team has the same goal: to give your child the best possible care. We provide medical care, emotional support and much more. Each team member has extensive experience in the treatment of children using immunotherapy.
New/existing patients, referrals and second opinions
Director
Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD
Cell Based Therapy Lab Director
Yongping Wang, MD, PhD
Fellowship Director
Lisa Wray, MD
Attending Physicians
Amanda DiNofia, MD
Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD
Theodore W. Laetsch, MD
Allison Barz Leahy, MD, MSCE
Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD
Regina Myers, MD, MSCE
Lisa Wray, MD
Fellow
Paula Ogrodnik, MD
Blood and Marrow Transplant - Clinical Research
Margaret R. Tartaglione, R.N., BSN, RN
Blood and Marrow Transplant - Oncology
Jason L. Freedman, MD, MSCE
Timothy S. Olson, MD, PhD
Alix E. Seif, MD, MPH
David T. Teachey, MD
New Patient/Second Opinion Team
Michelle Ashford
Mia Benson-Smith, MS, MSW
Oncology
Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE
Stephen P. Hunger, MD
Susan R. Rheingold, MD
Sarah K. Tasian, MD
Advanced Practice Providers
Diane Baniewicz, RN, MSN, CRNP
Colleen Callahan, RN, MSN, CRNP
Mackenzie F. Stewart, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Program Manager
Mark J. Duckworth, BS
Administrative Leadership
Claire White, MSN, RN
Social Work
Alissa Feirson, MSW, LSW, MS.Ed
Stephanie Fooks-Parker, MSW, LSW, OSW-C
Julia Stiffman, MSW, LCSW
Nurse Navigators
Brooke Leibfreid
Cell and Gene Therapy Lab Supervisor
René Machietto, MS, MLS (ASCP) CM
Clinical Research Team
Douglas Dunbar, BS
Denise Gallagher, MS
Raabia Khan, MPH
Brandon Loudon, AS, CCRP
Elizabeth A. McBride, BA, CCRC
Brendan Molander
Nancy Shapiro, MSN, CRNP
Laura Shinehouse
Anna Sparrow, MSN, MPH, RN
Amelia E. Stanley
Melissa Varghese
Lauren M. Vernau, BA
Earline Young-Robinson RN
Program Coordinators
