Our Staff

Attending Physicians:

Program Directors:
Jeffrey M. Lipton, M.D., PhD.
Chief Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Residency: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Children's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Areas of interest: Stem cell (bone marrow) transplantation, cellular and molecular biology of stem cell abnormalities in inherited bone marrow failure and Langerhans cell histiocytosis
e-mail: jlipton@lij.edu

Gungor Karayalcin, M.D.
Associate Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Residency: Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY
Areas of interest: Hodgkin disease, disorders of coagulation and sickle cell anemia
e-mail: karayalc@lij.edu

Attendings (alphabetically):

Mark Atlas, M.D.
Section Head, Neuro-oncology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Areas of interest: Neuro-oncology, autologous stem cell transplantation and thalassemia
e-mail: matlas@lij.edu

Banu Aygun, M.D.
Section Head, Hemaglobinapathy Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY
Areas of interest: Sickle cell anemia, musculoskeletal tumors
e-mail: baygun@nshs.edu

Philip Lanzkowsky, M.D., F.R.C.P., D.C.H., Sc.D.
Consultant, Chairman of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Residency: Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Duke University, Durham, NC and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Areas of interest: Iron metabolism, and immune thrombocytopenia
e-mail: planzkow@lij.edu

Arlene Redner, M.D.
Section Head, Clinical Oncology, Principal Investigator Children's Oncology Group
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Boston Floating Hospital, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Areas of interest: Leukemia/lymphoma, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, neuro-oncology and long term follow-up.
e-mail: redner@lij.edu

Indira Sahdev, M.D.
Section Head, Stem Cell Transplantation
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: MGM Medical College, Jamshepur Ranchi University, India
Residency: Jewish Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Areas of interest: Related and unrelated allogeneic stem cell transplantation, umbilical cord stem cell transplantation, autologous stem cell transplantation for solid tumors, and supportive care
e-mail: isahdev@lij.edu

Ashok Shende, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Topiwala National Medical College, University of Bombay, Bombay, India
Residency: Flushing Hospital, Queens Hospital Center, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY and New Hyde Park, NY
Areas of interest: Immunologic disorders, chronic myeloid leukemia and acute leukemia/lymphoma
e-mail: ashende@lij.edu

Adrianna Vlachos, M.D.
Section Head, Bone Marrow Failure/Myelodysplasia
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Residency: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Areas of interest: Bone marrow failure syndromes, clinical stem cell (bone marrow) transplantation, allogeneic transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. Head, Diamond Blackfan Anemia Comprehensive Care Center.
e-mail: avlachos@lij.edu

Nurse Practitioners
Jane Moore, RN, CPNP
Nan Werther, MSN, CPNP

Physician Assistant
Diane Hart, RPAC

Transplant Coordinator
Peter Garofalo, RN, BSN