National Comprehensive Cancer Network

· Blood and Marrow Transplantation

· Brain Tumors

· Bone Tumors

· Leukemias

· Lymphomas

· Soft Tissue Sarcoma

· Neuroblastoma

· Pediatric Solid Tumors

· Long-term Follow-up of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer

· Psychology/Neuropsychology for Children and Adolescents

In collaboration with the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) unique capabilities exist in:

· Intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT)

· High-dose-rate brachytherapy

· Gamma knife

· Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

General Hematology Oncology
Phone: 614.722.3250
Fax: 614.722.3271

Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Phone: 614.722.3558
Fax: 614.722.3699

Weekends, Holidays, and Weekdays after 5PM

Phone: 614.722.2000

Nationwide Children's Hospital Operator
Phone: 614.722.2000
www.nationwidechildrens.org

General Hematology Oncology
Phone: 614.722.3250
Fax: 614.722.3271

Columbus, Ohio

Pediatric Oncology services at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research (OSUCCC-James) reside at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

The new Hematology/Oncology Unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital opened in 2002. The 31-bed, HEPA-filtered unit has eight rooms dedicated for Blood and Marrow Transplant patients. The unit contains a four-bed apheresis facility, a Day Hospital, an outpatient clinic for Blood and Marrow Transplant patients, and a dedicated hospice room. It is served by a dedicated pharmacy staffed from
7:30 AM-6:00 PM. There are laundry facilities, parent showers, a family kitchen, and family lounge areas on the inpatient unit.

The outpatient clinic is in the Outpatient Care Center and includes an infusion area for chemotherapy, fluids, and blood products, and a dedicated pharmacy. Radiation oncology services are provided at the OSUCCC-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.

Nationwide Children's Hospital social workers coordinate transportation for patients as needed.

A new Ronald McDonald House opened in place of the former one in 2005 on the hospital campus. There are four dedicated suites for immune-compromised patients and their families. The Clinical Services and Care Coordination department assists with lodging and can be reached at 614.722.6300.

Psychology, Nutrition, Dental, Child Life, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Recreational Therapy specialists work as members of the interdisciplinary team to support the psychosocial, developmental, and emotional needs of patients and their families. An educational specialist is available as a liaison to the child's school. Tutoring and a school re-entry program are available. There is a sibling support group and a "Clubhouse" for siblings of children in the hospital. Nationwide Children's Hospital runs an annual weekend camp for children with hematologic and cancer diagnoses. Visitation for parents is 24 hours a day.

Nationwide Children's Hospital offers many services to meet the needs of children at home throughout central Ohio either through Children's Homecare or working through other community-based agencies. To contact Children's Homecare, call
614.461.2727 or 800.466.2727.

Children's also offers hospice services for pediatric oncology patients. This service is JCAHO-accredited and certified by Medicare/Medicaid. It is the only pediatric hospice program in central Ohio. It provides homecare services to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of terminally ill children and their families. To contact Nationwide Children's Hospice program, call 614.722.3556.

Children of all ages, from birth to age 20, are treated at Nationwide Children's Hospital, including young adults with pediatric disease diagnoses.

Thomas G. Gross, MD, PhD

Phone: 614.722.3552
Fax: 614.722.3699

Amanda M. Termuhlen, MD
Phone: 614.722.3552
Fax: 614.722.3699
e-mail: amanda.termuhlen@nationwidechildrens.org

All children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer are treated by a multidisciplinary team consisting of a pediatric oncologist, nurse practitioner, nurses, psychologists, social workers, child life specialists, education specialists, pharmacists, and therapists. There are formal teams that care for patients with brain or bone tumors, long-term survivors, and those undergoing blood or marrow transplantation.

· Children's Oncology Group (COG)

· Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCS)

· Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium

· International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (research member)

· National Bone Marrow Donor Program

The Pediatric Blood and Cancer Program at Children's Hospital is one of the largest and most active members of the Children's Oncology Group. The Division Chief, Tom Gross, MD, PhD, is the chair of the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Strategy Group and chairs a protocol for the treatment of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.

The associate chief, Amanda Termuhlen, MD, is chair of a Rare and Cutaneous Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Registry, vice-chair of the treatment protocol for all newly diagnosed lymphoblastic lymphomas, and a member of the protocol committee running a trial for relapsed B-cell lymphomas. She is on the Voting Body, Adolescent and Young Adult Committee, and is a member of both the Hematology/Oncology and the Stem Cell Transplant discipline.

Fred Ruymann, MD, former principal investigator in the Children's Cancer Oncology Group and active in the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma committees, chairs the Children's Oncology Group Membership Committee. Several advanced practice nurses and clinical research associates serve on Children's Oncology Group committees, including late effects and the treatment of neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinomas, and Hodgkin's disease.

Clinical research is supported by a staff of Clinical Research Associates and managed by Barb Pugh, RN, MS, CCRP. The clinical research office can be contacted at 614.722.3568.

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Tom Gross, MD, PhD

Transplant and Tumor Immunology

Long-Sheng Chang, PhD

Retinoblastoma, Neurofibromatosis

Mary Beth Ross, MD, PhD

Leukemia; Genome profiling

Dawn Chandler, PhD

Pre-mRNA splicing; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Julie Gastier-Foster, PhD

Molecular genetic testing

Jayah Lin, PhD

Jak/Stat signaling and cancer

Christopher Pierson, MD, PhD

Brain Tumors and Neuromuscular Diseases

Corey Raffel, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

Nilsa Ramirez, MD

BioPathology