He specializes in the treatment of cancer in children and adolescents, with a particular interest in neuroblastoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Wilms’ tumor, hepatocellular carcinoma and other pediatric liver tumors, as well as thyroid tumors, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, and childhood sarcomas. Dr. LaQuaglia is actively involved in surgical and translational oncologic research into the pathologic and genetic mechanisms of the diseases affecting his patients. As a member of the faculty of both Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, he has been a committed medical educator for decades, training scores of pediatric surgeons who now practice across the US and internationally.