Our Services
You, as a parent, know your child better than anyone else. The Center for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at MassGeneral Hospital for Children practices family-centered care. You are an integral part of the team. We encourage you and other family members to be involved as much as possible in your child's care. We offer a spectrum of services such as:

• A comprehensive evaluation by a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist which includes a health history, physical examination, and blood tests and x-rays depending on the diagnosis.
• The care continues with treatment recommendations and long-term management if indicated.
• Our patients receive the most current therapies available and we have access to pediatric surgeons and other specialists who are expert in problems suffered by children with blood disorders such as bone and joint problems associated with hemophilia and sickle cell anemia.
• Our multi-dsiciplinary team also includes highly skilled pediatric nurses, social workers, child psychiatrists, and childlife specialists  with unique training in the care of children with blood disorders.
• Communication with the referring physician who is a very important member of the treatment team.
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Advanced Treatments
We have multi-disciplinary teams that specialize in the treatment of children with sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, and stroke. Our pediatric orthopedic surgeons, pain team, neurologists, infectious disease specialists, and radiologists are all involved in the care of children with blood disorders. We are affiliated with regional, national, and international societies that focus on hematological problems in children including sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia.

Clinical Trials and Research
National and International clinical trials are available or soon to be activated for children for neutropenia, hemophilia, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), and sickle cell anemia.  

Support & Coping
Listed below are external websites that may be useful.

Hemophilia

• Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society of North America
• Hemophilia Federation of America
• National Hemophilia Foundation
• HANDI
• World Federation of Hemophilia

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura and Platelets

• Platelet Disorder Support Association

Sickle Cell Disease

• The Sickle Cell Information Center
• Sickle Cell Disease Association of America

Thrombosis

• National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia
• Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society of North America

von Willebrand Disease

• von Willebrand Disease