Physician Profile
Chair, Pediatric Oncology
Associate Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Office phone: 617-355-7910
Appointment phone: 877-332-4294
Fax: 617-632-4367
Email: stuart_orkin@dfci.harvard.edu
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Stuart H. Orkin, MD
Associate Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Center/Program
Pediatric Hematologic MalignanciesOffice phone: 617-355-7910
Appointment phone: 877-332-4294
Fax: 617-632-4367
Email: stuart_orkin@dfci.harvard.edu
Preferred contact method: office phone
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Discipline
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Research Department
Interest
Pediatric hematology/oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Biography
Dr. Orkin received his MD in 1972 from Harvard Medical School, followed by postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health and clinical training in pediatrics and hematology-oncology at Children's Hospital Boston and DFCI, where he joined the faculty in 1978. Dr. Orkin is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Over the past decade, his laboratory has defined critical nuclear regulators of hematopoiesis.
Background
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1978
Residency
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 1976
Medical School
Harvard Medical School, 1972
Recent Awards
- AAMC Award for Distinguished Research in Medical Sciences, 2005
- Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, 1993
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
- Member, Institute of Medicine, 1992
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1991
- Dameshek Award, American Society of Hematology, 1986