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Cancer and Blood Disorders

Overview

Children’s Minnesota cancer and blood disorders program treats more than half of children diagnosed with cancer or a blood disorder in Minnesota. Our program has 100+ dedicated clinicians and is the largest in the upper Midwest. The cancer and blood disorders research program gives patients access to more than 100 active research studies and collaborates with national research groups.

  • Leukemia and lymphoma
  • Brain and spinal cord tumors
  • Solid tumors
  • Head and neck cancers
  • Rare tumors
  • Hemoglobinopathies and sickle cell disease
  • Bleeding and clotting disorders
  • Benign hematology conditions
  • Bone marrow failure disorders
  • Comprehensive clinics for:
    • Bleeding and clotting disorders (HTC)
    • Cardio-oncology
    • Neuro-oncology
    • Sickle cell
    • Survivorship
    • Thalassemia
  • Hereditary cancer program
  • Combined hematology gynecology clinic for girls and women with bleeding and clotting disorders
  • Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) program
  • Urgent access to consultation regarding fertility preservation including ovarian tissue cryopreservation
  • Integrative or complimentary medicine consultations
  • Dedicated research team with access to over 100 clinical trials
  • Close collaboration with pain and palliative medicine services

Leadership

The cancer and blood disorders program is led by:

Susan Kearney Kearney

Senior Medical Director,
Cancer and Blood Disorders and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services

Children's Minnesota Employee

Teresa Herriage Herriage

Associate Medical Director, Cancer and Blood Disorders

Children's Minnesota Employee

Emily Greengard Greengard

Medical Director, Oncology

Program Director, Solid Tumor

Children's Minnesota Employee

Susan Kuldanek Kuldanek

Medical Director, Hematology

Medical Director, Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

Co-Program Director of Coagulation Lab

Children's Minnesota Employee

Skye Peltier Peltier

Clinical Director of Hemophilia Treatment Center

Children's Minnesota Employee

Hematology

Kathleen Garland Garland

Program Director, Thrombosis

Co-Program Director, Stroke

Co-Program Director, Hematology and Gynecology

Children's Minnesota Employee

Stephanie Fritch Lilla Fritch Lilla

Program Director, Sickle Cell

Program Director, Thalassemia

Children's Minnesota Employee

Kristen Appert Appert

Children's Minnesota Employee

Laura Bou-Maroun Bou-Maroun

Children's Minnesota Employee

Amy Goldstein Goldstein

Children's Minnesota Employee

Katie Greenwood Greenwood

Program Director, Bone Marrow Failure

Children's Minnesota Employee

Susan Kearney Kearney

Senior Medical Director
Cancer and Blood Disorders and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services

Children's Minnesota Employee

Susan Kuldanek Kuldanek

Medical Director, Hematology

Medical Director, Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

Co-Program Director of Coagulation Lab

Children's Minnesota Employee

Jennifer Lissick
Jennifer Rae Lissick, PharmD

Children’s Minnesota Employee

Neeti Luke Luke

Children's Minnesota Employee

Katherine Nash Nash

Children's Minnesota Employee

Skye Peltier Peltier

Clinical Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center

Children's Minnesota Employee

Cecily Wegmann Wegmann

Children's Minnesota Employee

Leukemia and lymphoma

Nathan Gossai Gossai

Program Director, Leukemia and Lymphoma

Children's Minnesota Employee

Julia Gourde Gourde

Children's Minnesota Employee

Jennifer Hess Hess

Children's Minnesota Employee

Megan Hilgers Hilgers

Children's Minnesota Employee

Mary Langevin Langevin

Now seeing patients in St. Cloud

Children's Minnesota Employee

Mylynda Livingston Livingston

Now seeing patients in Hudson, Wisconsin

Children's Minnesota Employee

Lane Miller Miller

Children's Minnesota Employee

Lori Ranney Ranney

Children's Minnesota Employee

Michael Richards Richards

Program Director of Clinical Research

Children's Minnesota Employee

Neuro-oncology

Anne Bendel Bendel

Harper Family
Foundation Endowed
Chair for Novel Therapies
& Cancer Research

Children's Minnesota Employee

Allison Galkowski Galkowski

Children's Minnesota Employee

Margaret Shatara Shatara

Children's Minnesota Employee

Mary Skrypek Skrypek

Program Director, Neuro-Oncology

Children's Minnesota Employee

Russell Wolters Wolters

Children's Minnesota Employee

Onco-fertility

Mary Langevin Langevin

Program Director, Onco-Fertility

Children's Minnesota Employee

Allison Galkowski Galkowski

Children's Minnesota Employee

Julia Gourde Gourde

Children's Minnesota Employee

Solid tumor

Melanie Chihak Chihak

Children's Minnesota Employee

Emily Greengard Greengard

Medical Director, Oncology

Program Director, Solid Tumor

Children's Minnesota Employee

Teresa Herriage Herriage

Associate Medical Director, Cancer and Blood Disorders

Children's Minnesota Employee

Kris Ann Schultz Schultz

Chief Research Officer at Children's Minnesota

Pine Tree Endowed Chair in Cancer and Blood Disorders Research

Children's Minnesota Employee

Chelsea Self Self

Children's Minnesota Employee

Adolescent and young adult

Mary Langevin Langevin

Co-Program Director, Adolescent and Young Adult

Children's Minnesota Employee

Chelsea Self Self

Program Director, Adolescent and Young Adult

Children's Minnesota Employee

Survivorship

Julia Gourde Gourde

Co-Program Director, Survivorship

Children's Minnesota Employee

Melanie Chihak Chihak

Co-Program Director, Survivorship

Children's Minnesota Employee

Allison Galkowski Galkowski

Children's Minnesota Employee

Mary Langevin Langevin

Children's Minnesota Employee

Mylynda Livingston Livingston

Now seeing patients in Hudson, Wisconsin

Children's Minnesota Employee

Colin Moore Moore

Children's Minnesota Employee

General Hematology Oncology

Patrick Basile Basile

Program Director, Cancer and Blood Disorders Hospitalist Program

Children's Minnesota Employee

Julie Blabolil Blabolil

Program Director, Inpatient Service Line

Children's Minnesota Employee

Jessica Freeman Freeman

Children's Minnesota Employee

William Geng Geng

Children's Minnesota Employee

Emma Hennen, PharmD

Children’s Minnesota Employee

Jennifer Hess Hess

Children's Minnesota Employee

Michelle Manalang Manalang

Children's Minnesota Employee

Kim Maxa, MBA, PharmD

Children’s Minnesota Employee

Colin Moore Moore

Chief Medical Information Officer at Children's Minnesota

Children's Minnesota Employee

Hanna Ozarski Ozarski

Children's Minnesota Employee

Joseph Presson Presson

Children's Minnesota Employee

Sharmila Raghunandan Raghunandan

Children's Minnesota Employee

Austin Rondou Rondou

Children's Minnesota Employee

Christineil Thompson Thompson

Children's Minnesota Employee

Charissa Workman Workman

Children's Minnesota Employee

Integrative medicine

Mary Langevin Langevin

Program Director, Integrative Medicine

Children's Minnesota Employee

Orthopedic oncology

Emily Greengard Greengard

Medical Director, Oncology

Program Director, Solid Tumor

Children's Minnesota Employee

Cancer and blood disorder locations

Minneapolis

Children’s Minnesota – Minneapolis Hospital
Jim and Colleen Ryan Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Children’s Minnesota Specialty Center
Harper Family Foundation Cancer and Blood Disorders Clinic and the C.H. Robinson Infusion Center
2530 Chicago Avenue South, Suite 175
Minneapolis, MN 55404

St. Paul

Children’s Minnesota – St. Paul hospital
345 North Smith Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102

Maple Grove

Children’s Minnesota Primary Care and Specialty Center – Maple Grove (Bass Lake Road)
12720 Bass Lake Rd, Suite C
Maple Grove, MN 55369

Minnetonka

Children’s Minnesota Surgery and Specialty Center – Minnetonka
6060 Clearwater Drive, Suite 220
Minnetonka, MN 55343

St. Cloud

CentraCare – Pediatric Specialty Clinic
1900 CentraCare Circle, Suite 1325
St. Cloud, MN 56303

Hudson

Hudson Hospital and Clinics Infusion Center
405 Stageline Road
Hudson, WI 54016

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