MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Medical Advisory Committee is comprised of experts from leading cancer institutions from across the nation who are responsible for reviewing grant requests annually.
Jamie Aye, MD
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Children’s of Alabama
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ken DeSantes, MD
Clinical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program
UW Health - American Family Children’s Hospital
Nathan Gossai, MD
Director, Leukemia+Lymphoma Program
Cancer and Blood Disorders
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Wesley A. Papenfuss, MD, FACS
Board Certified Complex General Surgical Oncology
Vice Chief of Surgery – St. Luke’s Medical Center
Program Director – Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Medical Director Surgical Oncology – Wisconsin
Rachel Phelan, MD, MPH
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Medical Director, Next Steps Survivorship Program
Assistant Professor
Amy Sapien, Patient Advisor
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, while her son was also battling leukemia.
Her son finished treatment in 2022.
They currently live in Colorado.
Monica S. Thakar, MD
Inpatient Medical Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington