The Division is organized into six sections and four programs:
The Leukemia/Lymphoma Section (Section Head, Dr. Johann Hitzler); the Solid Tumor Section (Section Head, Dr. Meredith Irwin); the Neuro-oncology Section (Section Head, Dr. Eric Bouffet); the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Section (interim Section Head, Dr. Jim Whitlock); the Hematology Section (Section Head, Dr. Yigal Dror); the AfterCare (long-term follow-up) Program (Program Head, Dr. Paul Nathan); the New Agents and Innovative Therapies Program (Program Head, Dr. Sylvain Baruchel); and the Cancer Genetics Program (Program Head, Dr. David Malkin).
The Hematology Section has large clinical and research programs in pediatric thrombosis and hemostasis, the pediatric hemoglobinopathies and the inherited and acquired pediatric marrow failure syndromes and myelodysplasias. The Division, in collaboration with the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO), supports a network of pediatric oncology satellite centres in the Greater Toronto and surrounding areas, with almost 6000 annual visits to satellite centres. Satellite centres in sickle cell disease are established in Rouge Valley hospital and the William Osler Health Centre.
