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Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship

Meet Our Fellows

Class of 2024
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Aaron Goldberg, MD, MS

Med School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital Orange County/University of California, Irvine
Research Interests: Brain tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy basic/translational research
Research Mentor: Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD
Research Project: Evaluation of enhanced B7H3 CAR T-cells targeting do-not-eat me signals in GD2 positive CNS tumors

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Julie Ma, MD

Med School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: UT Southwestern
Research Interests: Leukemic microenvironment and T-cell dysfunction
Research Mentor: Chintan Parekh, MD
Research Project: Effects of tumor microenvironment and blinatumomab on T-cell function

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Jayme Ogino, DO

Med School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: LAC+USC Medical Center
Research Mentor: Yali Dou, PhD
Research Project: Cytogenetic characterization of KMT2A amplified AML

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Cassandra Wang, MD

Med School: Keck School of Medicine of USC
Residency: Rady Children’s Hospital/University of California, San Diego
Research Mentor: Chintan Parekh, MD and Etan Orgel, MD MS

Class of 2025
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Xue Rachel Bito, MD

Med School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Residency: Valley Children’s Hospital

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Rachel Friedmann, DO

Med School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Westchester Medical Center

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Michael Migotsky, MD

Med School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Residency: Lurie Children’s Hospital

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Brittany Van Remortel, MD, MPH

Med School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Class of 2026
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Jessica Haladyna, MD, MS

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

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Laura Kagami, MD

Medical School: John A. Burns School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Molly Shields, MD

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Residency: Medical College of Georgia

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Maiah Zarrabi, MD

Medical School: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Residency: UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital

Class of 2027
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Elana Helfand, DO

Medical School: Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Orange County

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Rebecca Kelly, MD

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Karen Kim, MD

Medical School: University of Queensland School of Medicine
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

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Nikhil Kumar, MD

Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Orange County