Boston Medical Center’s Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Program offers state-of-the-art evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of blood disorders. Genetic abnormalities of the blood, such as sickle cell disease, are a main focus of the program, but it also provides evaluation and ongoing care for children and adolescents with a variety of blood disorders and “orphan” illnesses. Physicians are also available for second opinions related to leukemia or other childhood cancers.

The program’s main focus is on children with inherited blood disorders, but it also provides evaluation and ongoing care for patients with a wide range of additional disorders affecting white blood cells, platelets and the bone marrow.

Children diagnosed with blood disorders are cared for by hematologists – physicians who have become specialists in blood and its related disease. At Boston Medical Center, some of the diseases and disorders treated include:

- Sickle cell anemia and related disorders
- Thalassemia, an amino acid imbalance
- Nutrition-related anemias
- Coagulation defects (bleeding and clotting disorders), such as hemophilia and von Willebrand disease
- Platelet disorders
- White cell disorders
- Histiocytic disease
- Autoimmune diseases affecting the blood

Young patients receive exceptional, compassionate care from an expert, extended team of physicians, a nurse clinical coordinator, a social worker and a clinical child life specialist, all key resources for patients and families.


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  ### Hematology-Oncology (Pediatrics)

- [Contact Us](#contact-us)
- [Specialty Clinics](#specialty-clinics)
- [Conditions We Treat](#conditions-we-treat)
- [Our Team](#our-team)
- [Department News](#department-news)
 
   ## Contact Us

 [ 801 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02119   
7th Floor   
BMC, Crosstown Center ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xHWq2RQhAjbdbTFd8) 

 [617.414.4841](tel:617.414.4841) 

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:30PM Tuesday, Thursday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

 

 

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  ## Specialty Clinics

  [### Sickle Cell Disease Pediatric Clinic

Expert children’s sickle cell care, including early diagnosis, transfusions, pain management, and advanced therapies, from pediatric hematologists that support each child’s health and development through personalized, long-term care planning.

 

 

 ](/departments/sickle-cell-disease-pediatric-clinic)  ## Conditions We Treat

- [Anemia](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/anemia)
- [Autoimmune Diseases](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/autoimmune-diseases)
- [Histiocytic Disease](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/histiocytic-disease)
- [Platelet Disorder](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/platelet-disorder)
- [Sickle Cell Disease](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/sickle-cell-disease)
- [Thalassemia](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/thalassemia)
- [White Cell Disorder](/patient-care/conditions-we-treat/db/white-cell-disorder)
 
 

 



  ## Our Team

 

 ###  [Amy E. Sobota, MD, MPH](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/amy-e-sobota-md-mph) 

 Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist; Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 


 

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 Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist 


 

    ![Headshot of Caitlin M. Neri, MD, MPH, pediatric hematologist-oncologist and sickle cell specialist at Boston Medical Center](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/6e318d26-26bd-4e72-837d-7c7c02c2ed65/Caitlin-M-Neri-MD-MPH-2x3-crop?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg)   ###  [Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez, MD, PhD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/melisa-ruiz-gutierrez-md) 

 Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist 


 

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  ## Department News

###  [Patient Story: Mateo Is Back on the Field after a Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolism](https://www.bmc.org/stories/mateo-is-back-on-the-field) 

 BMC hematology patient Mateo Turletti has loved soccer since he was a child.Mateo Turletti has been playing soccer for as long as he can remember. His parents, Natalia and Pablo, say he kicked a ball…

 Jun 17

 

 ![A child with brown hair wearing a red and white soccer jersey smiles while standing in a soccer field](/sites/default/files/styles/image_620w/public/news-images/bmc-patient-stories-mateo-turletti-child-1x1-crop.jpg?itok=7ihDMD4t "BMC hematology patient Mateo Turletti has loved soccer since he was a child.")

 ![A young adult, sweating from exertion, stands with a group of fellow players and stares glumly into the middle distance](/sites/default/files/styles/image_620w/public/news-images/bmc-patient-stories-mateo-turletti-blue-steel-1x1-crop.jpg?itok=aMejeDzN "Mateo was crushed by the realization that his condition meant he could not play contact sports.")

 ![A young man grins to himself as he practices dribbling a soccer ball on a sunny field](/sites/default/files/styles/image_620w/public/news-images/bmc-patient-stories-mateo-turletti-action-shot-dribbling-ball-1x1-crop.jpg?itok=jV6teWLO "Mateo is grateful to be back on the field with careful planning and tracking from his hematology team at BMC.")