Pediatric Hematology & Oncology (Pediatric Cancer) | More
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Dean of Master's Education
Associate Chief, Research Informatics Officer
Associate Director, Institute for Translational Medicine
UChicago Faculty Physicians Open for more information
UChicago Faculty Physicians hold faculty positions with the University of Chicago and provide care for patients on the academic health system’s main campus in Hyde Park and in care centers throughout the Chicago region.
CloseSamuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS, is an expert in pediatric cancers and blood disorders. He has a special interest in treating children with neuroblastoma, a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system.
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Volchenboum studies ways to harness computers to enable research and foster innovation using large data sets. He directs the development of the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Database project, which connects international patient data with external information such as genomic data and tissue availability. The Center he runs provides computational support for the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, including high-performance computing, applications development, bioinformatics, and access to the clinical research data warehouse.
Areas of Expertise
- Pediatric Oncology
- Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant
- Neuroblastoma
- Pediatric Hematology
Medical Education
- Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Residency
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Other Grad Education
- MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Medical Informatics Association
- Children’s Oncology Group
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- International Society for Computational Biology
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Comer Children's Hospital - Hyde Park
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