Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Leadership
Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD

President, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Chairman, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Scott A. Armstrong earned his medical degree and PhD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1996. After internship and residency training with the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP), he completed a hematology/oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s. Subsequently, he completed his research training here with Dr. Stanley Korsmeyer. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. The major focus of his career has been delineating the biology of childhood cancers and the development of new therapeutic approaches for children with cancer.
David Williams, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Boston Children's Hospital
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Institute Physician
Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. David A. Williams is a graduate of Indiana State University and Indiana University School of Medicine. After training in Pediatrics
at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Williams completed fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's. He completed his research training here and at the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He then became a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Lisa Diller, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Medical Director, Clinical Cancer and Blood Disorders Service Line
Medical Director, David B. Perini Jr. Quality of Life Clinic
Institute Physician
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Lisa Diller leads the joint clinical Pediatric Oncology Program at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's. She is also the Director of the Perini
Family Survivors Center and the David B. Perini Jr. Quality of Life Clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Diller received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and earned
her medical degree from the University of California at San Diego.
Marcie Brostoff, MS, RN, NE-BC
Vice President and Associate Chief Nurse of Nursing/Patient Care and Clinical Operations, Boston Children's Hospital
Marcie Brostoff works to transform pediatric nursing policy and practice through education and professional development as a teacher, mentor, and leader. She provides strategic and operational clinical leadership in the selection, development, deployment, reengineering, and evaluation of technology, education, and professional development of clinical staff. She serves as the Leadership Co-Chair of Boston Children’s Family Advisory Council. In partnership with the Chief Experience Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, Marcie leads the Office of Experience. Marcie has accountability for the following practice specialties, disciplines, and programs: ANCC Magnet Program, Case Management (CM), Chaplaincy Services; Emergency Services (ED); Nursing/Patient Care for Hematology/Oncology and joint Boston Children’s and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute programs; Emergency Management; Nurse Recruitment and Retention; Patient Placement; Patient/Family Experience and Family Advisory Committees; Patient Relations and Human Rights; Physical and Occupational Therapies Services; and the Central Staffing Office.