Meet Our Team

Denise Martin Adams, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator Administrative Core

Expertise: Vascular anomalies, rare vascular tumor, rare tumors, education

Michael R. Jeng, MD

Stanford Medicine

Palo Alto, CA

Principal Investigator; Co-Principal Investigator Administrative Core; Career Enhancement Core Co-Investigator

Expertise: Pediatric hematology, vascular anomalies, histiocytic disorders

Joana Mack, MD 

Arkansas Children's

Little Rock, AR

Career Enhancement Core Principal Investigator

Expertise: Vascular anomalies

Nathan Schloemer, MD 

Children's Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Pilot Feasibility/Governance Principal Investigator

Expertise: Vascular anomalies, precision medicine, rare tumors, curling, solid malignancies

Adrienne Hammill, MD, PhD 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Pilot Feasibility/Governance Co-Investigator

Expertise: Vascular anomalies, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), Sturge-Weber syndrome

Alexandra Borst, MD 

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Clinical Project 1 Co-Principal Investigator

Expertise: Vascular anomalies, rare vascular tumors, hematologic abnormalities in vascular anomalies, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), hemostasis-thrombosis

Melinda Wu, MD, MCR 

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Clinical Project 1 Co-Principal Investigator

Expertise: Vascular anomalies, pediatric hematology, cancer and cellular therapy survivorship

Bryan Sisk, MD

Washington University St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Clinical Project 2 Principal Investigator

Expertise: Vascular malformations, vascular anomalies, pediatric oncology, histiocytoses, qualitative research, patient-reported outcomes

Anna Kerr, PhD 

Washington University St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Clinical Project 2 Co-Investigator

Expertise: Healthcare communication, family-centered care, qualitative research, medical education

Mellenee Finger 

K-T Support Group

Patient Advocacy Co-Chair

Elizabeth Bovee 

LGDA

Patient Advocacy Co-Chair

Melissa Casey

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Research Program Manager