Our Pediatric Sarcoma Service provides care to children, adolescents, and young adults. Our pediatric physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other specialists work together to maximize your child’s chance of a cure. Our patients see the same team, made up of experts from different areas, during their entire treatment process. This care is personalized to each child’s and family’s needs.
As active members of the treatment team, nurse practitioners and nurses play an important role in caring for children and young adults. Nurses bring great knowledge and experience to patient care and will help you and your child through your inpatient or outpatient experience at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Our social workers stay in close contact with families to meet any practical and psychosocial needs. Social workers provide counseling, information, and assistance throughout treatment and can direct you toward more help. Our child life specialists, teachers, patient and program coordinators, and session and physician-office assistants also work together to help your child and family in the hospital and at home during treatment periods.
Find more information about our experts below. To make an appointment, please call the Department of Pediatrics at 833-MSK-KIDS.
Pediatric Oncologists
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Oncologist Emily Slotkin](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/109399/1x1/slotkin-emily_210616_012-1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Filemon Dela Cruz](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/132460/1x1/dela-cruz_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Julia Glade Bender](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/162808/1x1/bender_180821_05_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Paul Meyers](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/428/1x1/meyers_paul_in-situ_horizontal_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Robbins Family Chair in Pediatrics
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Michael Ortiz](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/146449/1x1/ortiz_michael_in-situ_original-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
![Damon Reed](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/280111/1x1/reed-damon-portrait.1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Division Head, Pediatric Solid Tumors; Chief, Pediatric Sarcoma Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Leonard Wexler](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/663/1x1/wexler_lenny_in-situ_original-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Pediatrician
Pediatric Surgeons
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Surgeon Enrico Danzer](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/236671/1x1/danzer-enrico_210920_14-1200x1200-1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric surgeon J. Ted Gerstle](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/159919/1x1/gerstle_justin_in-situ_horizontal_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service
![Joshua Honeyman](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/264191/1x1/honeyman-joshua-221026-06_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Michael P. La Quaglia, MD, FACS, FRCS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/361/1x1/laquaglia_170207_23-1x1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics
Orthopaedic Surgeons
![Edward A. Athanasian, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/45/image/athanasian-edward-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Meredith Bartelstein](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181729/1x1/bartelstein_190805_04_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Patrick J. Boland, MD, FRCS(I), FRCS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/76/image/boland-patrick-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![Jonathan A. Forsberg](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/261906/1x1/forsberg-jonathan-221227-01.1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Surgeon
![MSK surgeon and Orthopedic Service Chief John Healey](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/269/1x1/healey_john_in-situ_horizontal_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Stephen McDermott Chair in Surgery
![Carol Morris](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/255276/1x1/morris-carol-220921-10_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery Service; Jack Byrne Chair for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
![Daniel E. Prince, MD, MPH](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/34515/image/prince-140910-04-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Max Vaynrub](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/144073/1x1/vaynrub_170801_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Pediatric Radiation Oncologists
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Suzanne Wolden](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/668/1x1/wolden-suzanne-230829-015_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Psychosocial Support Specialists
![Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist Marie Barnett](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/208399/main_image/barnett_170907_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Psychologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Psychologist Laura Cimini](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/219508/1x1/cimini-laura_210518_08-1200x1200-1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Psychologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Assistant Faculty (Level I), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Assistant Professor
![Julia A. Kearney, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/208402/main_image/kearney_170721_02_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Clinical Director, Pediatric PsychoOncology Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering child psychologist Stephen Sands](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/131935/1x1/sands_stephen_in-situ_original-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Pediatric Neuropsychology
Clinical Trials Nurses
Clinical Trials Nurse
Clinical Trials Nurse
Advanced Practice Providers
![Kleoniki Diamantis](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18234/main_image/diamantis_kleoniki_in-situ_horizontal-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Nurse Practitioner
![Jessie Hillsberg](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145963/main_image/hillsberg-jessie_210616_007-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Nurse Practitioner
![Paulette Kelly](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/11697/image/kelly-paulette.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Talia Sauerhaft](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/209041/main_image/sauerhaft-talia-211109-015-rt-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Nurse Practitioner
![Memorial Sloan Kettering nurse practitioner Jamie Voccola](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145966/main_image/voccola_jamie_in-situ_original-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Nurse Practitioner
Social Workers
![Sarynes Henry](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/250796/main_image/henry-sarynes-220118-033_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Clinical Social Worker