Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Leadership

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 there 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).

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

Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD, was previously the Director of the Center for Epigenetics Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Pediatrics at the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. 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. 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 bachelors degree from Harvard University, and earned her medical degree from the University of California at San Diego.

Mary Poyner Reed, RN, PhD, ANP, NEA-BC

Nurse Executive Leader, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Vice President, Associate Chief Nurse, Medicine Patient Services, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Chief Nurse, Pediatric Oncology Patient Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mary Poyner Reed leads nursing and patient care services within the Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Patient Medicine Services and serves as nurse executive leader for Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maine, a Master of Science in Nursing from Boston University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from Boston College.