Our division of dedicated and family-oriented doctors and staff provides diagnostic, therapeutic and chronic care for infants, children and adolescents with oncologic (cancer) and hematologic (blood) disorders including but not limited to:

• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Hodgkin Disease
• Neuroblastoma
• Brain tumors
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Hemophilia
• Blood clots
• von Willebrand disease
• Hereditary Spherocytosis

Clinical Services

Hematology-Oncology Clinic

Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM

Location: 4th Floor, Primary Care Center
UVA Medical Center
1221 Lee Street
Charlottesville, VA 22908

Appointments: 434-924-8499
or 800-251-3627 ext. 4-8499
Fax: 434-924-5452

After Hours, Nights or Weekends:
Call 434-924-0211 and ask for the Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist on call. 

Faculty & Staff

Susan B. Alisanski, M.D.
Kimberly P. Dunsmore, M.D.
Peter Waldron, M.D.

Heather L. Horn, MSN, PNP, R.N.
Christine T. Murray, PNP, R.N.
Margaret M. Sennett, M.S., PNP, R.N.

Administration

Department of Pediatrics
P.O. Box 800386
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0386
Phone: 434-982-1930
Fax: 434-982-1927

Division Chief
Peter Waldron, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Administrative Assistant
Delores Durrette

Patient Education

Health Information

• Childhood Cancers (Oncology)
• Online Resources - Cancer
• Blood Disorders (Hematology)
• Online Resources - Blood Disorders

Professional Education

• Tumor Board
• Divisional Lecture
• Journal Club
• Bone Marrow Review

Research Activities

Current Research Projects are examining:

• Fanconi Anemia
• Proteosonics
• T-Cell ALL
• Neuroblastoma associated Opsoclonus
• Myoclonus
• Thrombosis/Post Phlebitic Syndrome
• TAR/Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia