Meet the Hematology Team

Clinton H. Joiner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Hematology
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University School of Medicine
Research interests: Red cell physiology, specifically cation transport and volume regulation and their perturbation in sickle cell disease

General Hematology

Carolyn M. Bennett, M.D. M.S.C.R.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Bone marrow failure syndromes, hemostasis and thrombosis 

Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Clinical Medical Director, Aflac Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Bone marrow failure syndromes, hemolytic anemias and white cell disorders

Michael A. Briones, D.O.
Program Director, Aflac Cancer Center Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: General hematology and histiocytosis

Jeanne E. Hendrickson, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Pathology and transfusion medicine

Cassandra D. Josephson, M.D. 
Assistant Director, Children’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Research interests: Clinical transfusion medicine and blood safety in hemophilia, sickle cell disease, neonatology and open heart surgery

Marianne E. Yee, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 
Research interests: Sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, specifically transfusion therapy for these disorders and reversal of chronic organ damage

Hemophilia and Thrombosis 

 

Carolyn M. Bennett, M.D., M.S.C.R.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Platelet disorder including immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Clinical Medical Director, Aflac Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Congenital platelet disorders

Michael A. Briones, D.O.
Program Director, Aflac Cancer Center Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Central lines and thrombosis; clinical trials in thrombosis

Amy L. Dunn, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Joint disease in hemophilia; clinical trials in hemophilia and women with bleeding disorders

Jeanne E. Hendrickson, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Pathology and transfusion medicine

Shawn M. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Platelet physiology

Cassandra D. Josephson, M.D.
Assistant Director, Children’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Research interests: Clinical transfusion medicine and blood safety in hemophilia, sickle cell disease, neonatology and open heart surgery

Christine L. Kempton, M.D. M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in hemophilia with an emphasis on inhibitors 

Shannon L. Meeks, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Factor VIII inhibitors; hemophilia; mild bleeding disorders

Sickle Cell Disease 

 

Peter A. Lane, M.D.
Aflac Field Force Children’s Chair for Sickle Cell Disease
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Newborn screening, health outcomes and clinical trials in sickle cell disease

David Archer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant for genetic disease, particularly sickle cell disease; use of stem cells in regenerative medicine

Jeanne M. Boudreaux, M.D.
Clinical Medical Director, Aflac Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in thalassemia

R. Clark Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Targeted therapies for thalassemia and sickle cell disease

Iris D. Buchanan, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Sickle cell disease pain management and pulmonary disease

Carlton D. Dampier, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; measurement science of patient and parent-reported outcomes, symptom management in sickle cell disease, particularly pain

Beatrice E. Gee, M.D.
Director, Hematology and Sickle Cell Disease Program at Children's at Hughes Spalding 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Vascular pathophysiology that contributes to sickle cell disease complications and red blood cell membrane proteins

Anne G. James-Herry, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; comprehensive sickle cell pulmonary and pain clinics

Peter A. Lane, M.D. 
Aflac Field Force Children's Chair for Sickle Cell Disease
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Newborn screening, health outcomes and clinical trials in sickle cell disease

Marianne E. Yee, M.D., M.Sc.
Clinical Instructor
Research interests: Sickle cell disease and hemoglobinopathies, specifically transfusion therapy for these disorders and reversal of chronic organ damage

Tamara N. New, M.D.
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease

Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Endothelial barrier function involving leukocyte recruitment and angiogenesis, particularly as it relates to sickle cell disease; gene regulation in haematopoiesis and sickle cell disease

Ifeyinwa (Ify) Osunkwo, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease; chronic transfusion and hydroxyurea for the treatment of complications of sickle cell disease; and blood and marrow transplant for sickle cell disease

Yih-Ming Yang, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Research interests: Clinical trials in sickle cell disease, newborn screening for hemoglobinopathies and strategies to raise fetal hemoglobin

Physicians and researchers at the Aflac Cancer Center are faculty members at Emory University School of Medicine.

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