Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS

Instructor of Pediatrics

Samuel 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 is studying neuroblastoma in the laboratory, using sophisticated tools to measure the amounts of proteins found in these tumors. He is also pursuing several research projects in biomedical informatics, a field that harnesses tools from the world of computer science to solve complex problems in biology. Dr. Volchenboum has applied informatics techniques to study the genetics of both pediatric and adult cancers.

Practice Location

University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
5721 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1998

Board Certifications

Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Medical School

Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minn.

Residency

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fellowship

Children's Hospital, Boston (Harvard Medical School)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Master's Degree

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
(Biomedical Informatics)

Memberships

American Medical Informatics Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children's Oncology Group
The International Society for Computational Biology

Language Spoken

English

Email

svolchen@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-4303

Office Fax

(773) 834-1329

Office Postal Address

Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4060
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Pediatric oncology
• Pediatric hematology
• Neuroblastoma
• Stem cell transplantation

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Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Volchenboum's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.