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- Pediatric Hematology
- Pediatric Medical Oncology
- cancer
Jeffrey A. Toretsky, MD, serves as chief of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Toretsky is an internationally recognized expert in sarcomas in children, adolescents, and young adults. He is the principal investigator and director of the NIH-funded Molecular Oncology Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and co-leads a regional multidisciplinary sarcoma clinic.
Dr. Toretsky and a multidisciplinary team are engaged with all aspects of pediatric hematology/oncology from diagnosis through survivorship. His laboratory is pursuing new and targeted therapies for Ewing sarcoma, including a new medication for Ewing sarcoma currently in phase 1 clinical trials.
Dr. Toretsky’s areas of clinical expertise include:
- Sarcoma
- Diagnosis and treatment of rare tumors
- Benign and malignant hematology
- Brain tumors
- Other childhood, adolescent and young adult tumors
- Fellowship Program: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (1998)
- Fellowship Program: National Cancer Institute (1997)
- Fellowship Program: Medical College of Virginia-VCU (1991)
- Residency Program: Medical College of Virginia-VCU (1991)
- Residency Program: Duke University Medical Center (1989)
- Internship Program: Duke University Medical Center (1989)
- Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School (1988)
- Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
