For most of my time at Duke I have concentrated on providing high quality care for high risk leukemia patients who require high intensity therapies, such as stem cell transplant and immunotherapy. As a member of the Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Division I provide clinical care for these patients. As a member of various cooperative groups and local PI for several drug trials, I have worked to provide better care and more specific therapies for the toxicities associated with stem cell transplant.

I have also collaborated with the Pediatric Immunology Division to provide a life-saving therapy for a small group of patients with thymic dysfunction, which causes severe immunodeficiency. Our clinical team now provides support during these patients hospital admissions for donor thymus tissue implantation.