Appointments:	(504) 896-9740
Office Hours:	8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Locations:	Children's Hospital Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge
Physicians:	Lolie Yu, MD, Director Renee Gardner, MD Jaime Morales, MD Tammuella C. Singleton, MD Maria Velez, MD

 

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital provides comprehensive care with a multidisciplinary team approach. The program is a part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) approved LSUHSC/Children's Hospital Minority CCOP, and is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) - a nationwide Children’s Cancer Study Group. The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) program is recognized by COG and the National Marrow Donor program is affiliated with the CIBMTR and Pediatric Blood Marrow Transplant Consortion.
 
Pediatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, pathology, radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, and other pediatric subspecialists and laboratory facilities for studies of genetic disorders, bleeding disorders, and hemoglobinopathy are all available. Radiation oncologists (from Touro Infirmary) work closely with our team.

 

Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Brain tumor
Neuroblastoma
Wilms tumor
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Anemia
Sickle cell anemia
Bleeding disorders
ITP
Hemophilia
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant

 

In 1989, Children’s Hospital was approved as a Pediatric Hospital Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons. Our program is affiliated with the Louisiana State University’s Minority Community Clinical Oncology Program (MCCOP), which is accredited by the National Cancer Institute. Children’s Hospital is also a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), a national study group of premier research institutes in the United States and Canada. Our hospital has the only approved COG hematopoietic stem cell transplant program in Louisiana.

 

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is also a teaching facility for medical students, nursing students and those completing graduate and postgraduate training. Our program has the only approved, dedicated

hematology/oncology fellowship training in the state of Louisiana. This program is part of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) Department of Pediatrics and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of LSUHSC.

 

Our pediatric experts realize that caring for children with malignancies and blood disorders commands a delicate balance of medical care and emotional support. Members of the multidisciplinary team include are child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, hematology/oncology nurse coordinators, pharmacists, dieticians, laboratory technologists, physical,occupational, speech and hearing, music, recreation and child life therapists.

 

Though patient care is our primary focus, Children’s Hospital is an active participant in clinical and basic research of childhood cancers and blood disorders. Our physicians have access to the most modern therapies for treatment of malignancies and blood disorders in children.

 

 

Lolie C. Yu, MD, Division Chief
Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Children’s Hospital/LSUMC
Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center
LSU CCOP/Children's Oncology Group (COG) Principal Investigator

Professional School:
University of Santo Tomas
University of Texas
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Fred Hutchinson's Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
Masters in Public Health
Special Interests:
Stem cell transplant, CD34 Stem Cell, Cord Blood, Veno-occlusive Disease, Nutrition and cancer, Neuroblastoma, Dendritic Cells

 

 

  
Renee V. Gardner, MD
Director, Sickle Cell Clinics

Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center

 

Professional School:
Harvard Medical School
Specialty Training:
SUNY/Buffalo, Jackson Laboratory, NIDDK
Special Interests:
Sickle cell anemia, Leukemia/lymphoma, Late effects in cancer survivors

 

In Area Since: 1993

In Practice Since: 1975 

 

 

 

Pediatric oncologist, Children's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center

 

Autonomous University of Guadalajare

Monmouth Medical Center, Longbranch, NJ

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

Solid tumors

 

In Area Since: 2008

In Practice Since: 2000
  

 

 
Tammuella Chrisentery- Singleton, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center

Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
University of Miami

Johns Hopkins/National Cancer Institute
Special Interests:
Hemophilias and thrombosis

 

In Area Since: 2004

In Practice Since: 2004

 

 
  
 
Maria C. Velez, MD
Pediatric oncologist, Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program Director, LSU Health Sciences Center

 

Professional School:
University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Specialty Training:
Pediatric University Hospital, University of Puerto Rico SoM affiliated, San Juan, Puerto Rico

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Special Interests:
Pediatric brain tumors, leukemias, thrombocytopenias, anemias

 

In Area Since: 1995

In Practice Since: 1995