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astrocytoma, brain and spinal cord tumors, ependymoma, glioma, medulloblastoma, spinal tumors, brain tumors
Dr. Lionel Chow is a pediatric hematologist and oncologist with an expertise in childhood brain cancer. He works with a multidisciplinary team of experts to provide patients and families with the best care and treatment available for brain tumors that also meets the unique medical and psychological needs of each patient. He is a cancer researcher whose work has focused on finding better treatments for aggressive brain tumors in children and adults. He has published over 40 research papers in internationally recognized journals and presented his research at international conferences.
Dr. Chow received his medical training and research doctorate at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his pediatric residency and hematology/oncology training at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada where he was a chief fellow. He then moved to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee where he developed an interest in brain tumor research in the lab. He also completed clinical training in pediatric neuro-oncology at St. Jude. He moved to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he established his own brain tumor laboratory and was a member of the brain tumor program. Dr. Chow joined the hematology/oncology program at Dayton Children’s hospital in 2018 and provides a team-based family-centered approach to the care of brain tumor patients. He is also continuing his research on childhood brain tumors with a goal of developing better treatment options for patients with aggressive forms of this disease.
Dr. Chow serves as the chair of the Medical Advisory Committee for Joshua’s Wish, a private foundation that raises money to support families and research on diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. He also speaks at several fundraising events in southwestern Ohio. He was awarded a Jean François St-Denis Fellowship in Cancer Research by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2005) and was named a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar (2011) as well as a Distinguished Scientist by the Sontag Foundation (2011).
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11/19/21
As always- nursing staff is amazing and listens to our child's concerns with ultimate compassion.
11/16/21
The nurses and Dr.chow are always so amazing to work with! We definitely feel taken care of always!
10/21/21
Dr. Chow was incredibly to the point he did a wonderful job with my teenage daughter. She was very comfortable with him. And she opened up to him and answered questions for him and a manner. I had never seen her with any other provider. I am very pleased with the way he handled himself explained our circumstances and provided her care options.
10/18/21
Always very gentle and patient and concerned with my child's well-being. I especially appreciate that he always makes sure we are on board with my son's plan of care and takes time to answer all questions.
Alpha thalassemia, Anemia, Astrocytoma, Bleeding disorders, Blood clotting disorders, Bone cysts, Bone marrow transplant, Bone tumors and sarcomas, Brain and spinal cord tumors, Brain tumors, Cancers of the blood, Cartilage tumors, Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Cyclic neutropenia, Desmoplastic small round cell tumors, Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, Dyskeratosis congenita, Ependymoma, Fanconi anemia, Fibrosarcoma’s, G6PD deficiency, Genomic sequencing, Germ cell tumors, Glioma, Hamartomas, hemoglobinopathy, Hemangiomas, Hemoglobin E or E beta thalassemia, Hemophilia, Hemostasis disorders, Hepatoblastomas, Hepatocellular carcinomas, Hereditary spherocytosis, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Kidney tumors, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Leukemia, Liver tumors, Lymphomas, Medulloblastoma, Melanomas, Neuroblastoma, Neurocutaneous disorders, Neurofibromas, Neurofibromatosis (NF) FF1, NF2, and Schwannomatosis, Neutropenia, Osteosarcomas, Peripheral nerve sheath tumor, Platelet disorders, Pyruvate kinase deficiency, Red blood cell disorders, Retinoblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Sarcomas, Severe congenital neutropenia (Kostmann's syndrome), Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, Sickle cell disease, Solid tumors of the bones, Solid tumors of the organs, Solid tumors of the tissues, Spinal tumors, Sturge-Weber disease, Synovial sarcoma, Thalassemia, Thrombocytopenia, congenital or acquired, Thrombocytosis, Thrombophilia, Thrombosis, Thyroid cancer, Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood (TEC), Tuberous sclerosis, Undifferentiated sarcoma of the liver, Vascular anomalies, Vascular malformation, Von Willebrand disease, White blood cell disorders, Wilms Tumor
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