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Steven Kuerbitz, MD
Director, Divisional Research, Shannon E. Wilkes Targeted Therapy Program; The Jeffrey A. Barbour Chair for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Research and Healing; Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Steven Kuerbitz, MD
Director, Divisional Research, Shannon E. Wilkes Targeted Therapy Program; The Jeffrey A. Barbour Chair for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Research and Healing; Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Medical Service / Department / Program:
Dr. Steven J. Kuerbitz has been in practice since 1991 and joined Akron Children’s in 2001. After receiving his medical degree from Wayne State University, he completed his residency at Indiana University/Purdue University of Indiana and the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children and fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has a special interest in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, cancer genetics/epigenetics, and drug resistance in osteosarcoma. Dr. Kuerbitz is board-certified in pediatric hematology-oncology.
Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Akron Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Main Hospital Building
- 214 West Bowery Street
- Akron, Ohio 44308
- Fax: 330-543-3220
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- Map & directions
- 330-543-8580
- Appointments:
330-543-8580
Cancer and Blood Disorders, Boardman
- Cancer and Blood Disorders, Boardman
- Akron Children's Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, Boardman
- Leonard J. Fisher Family Building
- 6505 Market Street, Building A
- Boardman, Ohio 44512
- Fax: 330-746-9523
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- Map & directions
- 330-746-9522
- Appointments:
330-746-9522
Medical School:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Residency:
Pediatrics: Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship:
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board Certifications:
Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics
Academic Appointments:
Professor of Pediatrics, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Associations:
- American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Clinical Interests:
Stem cell transplantation, genetics of childhood cancer
Special Interests:
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
cancer genetics/epigenetics; drug resistance in osteosarcoma
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