Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Leadership

Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD

Interim Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Institute Physician
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Vijay Sankaran is a physician-scientist focused on caring for patients with non-malignant hematologic disorders with a special interest in diseases of blood cell production and the hemoglobin disorders, including sickle cell disease and thalassemia. He earned his medical degree and PhD from Harvard Medical School. After internship and residency training with the Boston Combined Residency Program, he completed a hematology/oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s. The major focus of his career has been on delineating how human genetic variation impacts hematopoiesis in health and disease, as well as how these insights can inform the development of new therapeutic approaches for children with blood disorders.

David Williams, MD

President, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Boston Children's Hospital
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital*
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).

*On leave from September 19, 2019 – August 20, 2020

Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD

Department Chair, 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.

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 for Cancer Survivors at Dana-Farber. 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.