Pediatric Hematology/Oncology doctors work as part of a multispecialty team to provide efficient,
coordinated care for children and adolescents who have blood disorders or cancer.
Bleeding disorders and thrombosis
Bleeding disorders include abnormalities in clotting proteins or platelets (blood components needed for
clotting). In addition to thrombosis (abnormal clot formation), the hematology team treats bleeding
disorders such as:
Hemophilia
Von Willebrand disease
Other blood protein deficiencies that hinder blood clotting
Other blood diseases
Anemia
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Thrombocytopenia
White blood cell disorders, such as neutropenia
Aplastic Anemia,
Thalassemia (Mediterranean Anemia)
Cancers
ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia),
AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia),
Pediatric brain tumors (cancerous and noncancerous)
Sarcomas, such as Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma
Wilms tumors
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Hepatoblastoma (a type of liver cancer)
Melanoma
