Faculty

Gail Tomlinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of pediatrics, division chief of hematology-oncology and the Greehey Distinguished Chair in the Genetics of Cancer

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Phone: 210-704-3405

Education:
M.D., George Washington University Medical School, 1984
Ph.D., biochemistry, Duke University, 1982
B.S., biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., 1974

Training:
Fellowship, pediatric hematology-oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1989-92
Fellowship, Department of Pediatrics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1988-89
Residency, pediatrics, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington DC, 1984-87

Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 1988; hematology-oncology, 1992

Recent Publications:
Litten JB and Tomlinson GE.  2007.  Is preoperative chemotherapy useful for nonmetastatic Wilms’ tumor? Nature Clinical Practice 4:272-3

Patterson A, Leitch AM, Weatherall P, Zhou XP, Eng E, Tomlinson GE. 2006. Multiple findings leading to a diagnosis of a cancer predisposition syndrome: Severe fibrocystic breast disease in a 16-year old female with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS), J. Clin. Onc., 24:525-527.

Tomlinson GE, Breslow N, Dome J, Guthrie K, Norkool P, Li S, Beckwith JB. Thomas, P, D'Angio G, Green D. 2005. Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney in the National Wilms' Tumor Study Group: Age as a prognostic factor, J. Clin. Onc. 23: 7641-5.

Research interests:
Genetic predisposition to cancer, Hepatoblastoma, Hereditary breast cancer, Other Pediatric Tumors, Population-specific aspects of childhood cancer, von Hippel-Lindau disease

Anne-Marie R. Langevin, M.D.
Associate professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Phone: 210-704-3405

Education:
M.D., University of Montreal; Montreal, Canada, 1980

Postgraduate Training:
Fellowship, Drug Development, University of North Carolina, 1988-89
Fellowship, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, Canada, 1985-88
Resident, Hematology Med./Path., Hospital Maisonneuve Rosemont; Montreal, Canada, 1983-84
Resident, Hematology, Hospital Ste-Justine; Montreal, Canada, 1983
Resident, Hematology, Hotel-Dieu de Montreal; Montreal, Canada, 1982-83
1980-82 - Jr. Resident, Internal Medicine, Hospital Maisonneuve Rosemont; Montreal, Canada

Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 1997; Hematology/Oncology, 1998

Publications:
Baillargeon J, Lewis M, Estrada J, Grady JJ, Mullins J, Pitney A, Pollock BH, Langevin AM. Demographic correlates of body size changes in children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2006 Oct
Baillargeon J, Lewis M, Estrada J, Mullins J, Pitney A, Ma JZ, Chisholm GB, Pollock BH, Langevin AM. Obesity and survival in a cohort of predominantly Hispanic children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2006 Sep;28(9):575-578.
Boomgaars LR, Megason GC, Pullen J, Langevin AM, Weitman SD, Hershon L, Kuhn JG, Bernstein M, Blainey SM. Phase I trial of irofulven (MGI 114) in pediatric patients with solid tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2006 Aug;47(2):163-168.

Interests: Drug Development in Pediatric Oncology, Development of Cancer Control Studies in Pediatric Oncology, bone and soft tissue sarcomas, solid tumors in children, adolescents and young adults.

Paul J. Thomas, M.D.
Associate professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Phone: 210-704-2844

Education:
M.D., George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1970
B.S., general physical sciences: chemistry, University of Maryland, 1966

Postgraduate Training:
Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1977-79
Residency, Pediatrics, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1971-73
Internship, Pediatrics, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1970-71

Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 1975; Hematology/Oncology, 1980

Publications:
Swinney RM, Wall DA, Thomas PJ, Grimley MS, Taylor C, Tomlinson GE. Familial childhood leukemia cluster with multiple aggressive early-onset hematological malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma 2006 May;47(5):930-932.
Baillargeon J, Langevin AM, Lewis M, Thomas PJ, Mullins J, Dugan J, Pollock BH. L-asparaginase as a marker of chemotherapy dose modification in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 2005 Dec;104(12):2858-2861.
Baillargeon JG, Langevin AM, Lewis M, Thomas PJ, Mullins J, Estrada J, Pitney A, Sacks N, Pollock BH,. Therapy-related changes in body size in Hispanic children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Cancer 2005 Apr;103(8):1725-1729.

Interests:
Treatment of childhood cancer in the Children's Oncology Group

Melissa Frei-Jones, M.D.

Assistant professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Education:

M.S., clinical investigation, Washington University, St. Louis

M.D., UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas

B.S., B.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas

Training:

Fellowship, pediatric hematology-oncology, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Residency, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas

Certification:

American Board of Pediatrics

Shannon Carpenter, M.D.
Clinical assistant professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Phone: 210-704-2061

Education:
M.S., Clinical Investigation, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, 2006
M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1998
B.A., biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1993

Training:
Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Duke University, 2001-04
Residency, pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1998-01

Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 2001; Hematology/Oncology, 2004

Recent Publications:
Carpenter SL, Zimmerman, SA, Ware, RE. Acute parvovirus B19 infection mimicking congenital dyserythropoietic anemia J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004 Feb;(2):133-135.

Interests:
Pediatric hemophilia, thrombophilia, sickle cell disease, and general hematologic disorders

Shafqat Shah, Ph.D.
Clinical associate professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

Phone: 210-704-3185

Education:
M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1991
B.A., molecular biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1987

Postgraduate Training:
Fellowship, Pediatric Hem/Onc, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1994-97
Residency, Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, 1991-94

Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 1994; Hematology/Oncology, 1998

Publications:
Shah S, Baillargeon JG, Pollock BH, Whitenton K. Assessment of Body Image in Childhood Cancer Surivors in South Texas 2006 May. (Abstract #609, American Society of Pediatric Hemtaology/Oncology 2006 Abstracts)
Shah S, Vega R, Hereditary Spherocytosis, Pediatrics in Review, March 2004
K Krishnan, S Shah, H Sabio, V McKie. Mycoplasma Encephalitis Complicates the Course of Acute Chest Syndrome in an Eight-Year old with Sickle Cell Anemia 2001 Mar. p. A32. (Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; vol. 23, no. 3).

Interests:
Childhood Cancer Survivorship

Jaclyn Y. Hung, Ph.D.

Associate professor of pediatrics

Division of Hematology-Oncology

210-562-9025

Education:

Ph.D., physics, University of Brittish Columbia, 1992

M.S., physics, University of Brittish Columbia, 1988

B.S., physicis & mathematics, University of Prince Edward Island, 1985

Training:

Post-doctoral fellowship, cancer biology & genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1992-95

Recent Publications:

Ho, M.M., Ng, A.V., Lam, S., Hung J. Side population in human lung cancer cell lines and tumors is enriched with stem-like cancer cells. (Selected by editor as a highlighted article) Cancer Research 2007;67(10):4827-4833.

Interests:

Cancer stem like cells, microRNAs, drug resistance, cancer biology and genetics