BS, Pomona College (Zoology), 1979

MD, Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1983

Internship, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (Pediatrics)

Residency, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (Pediatrics)

Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)

MPH, University Of California (Health Services), Los Angeles, 1987

Chief, Division of Hematology

Professor of Pediatrics

American Society of Hematology
- President, 2018
- Vice President, 2015-2016
- Sickle Cell Disease Task Force, 2009-
- Government Affairs Committee, 2006-

Cure Sickle Cell Initiative
-Chair, Clinical Trials Design Subcommittee, 2018-
- Steering Committee, 2018-

National Medical Association

American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

American Society of Genetic and Cell Therapy

European Hematology Association

Exceptional Women in Medicine, Chicago Magazine, 2021
Top Blacks in Healthcare, blackdoctors.org, 2020
Distinguished Alumni Award, Champions of Healthcare, National Medical Fellowships, 2020
Cage S. Johnson, Sickle Cell Physician Award, Cayenne Wellness, 2020
Faculty Excellence in Leadership Award, Lurie Children’s Hospital (inaugural recipient), 2019
Alexander S. Weiner Memorial Lecture, New York Blood Center, 2019
Gwynne Hazen Cherry Family/Stephen A. Feig, M.D. Endowed Lecturer, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, 2019
Paul M. Aggeler Lecture, UCSF/ZSFGH, San Francisco, 2018
William C. Moloney Lecture, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, 2018
Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society (faculty inductee), 2018