Students who are interested in pursuing hematology have a variety of career tracks to choose from. Hematologists work in a number of areas, including research, clinical practice, teaching, and others.

Find inspiration from the hematologists below as they remember why they chose hematology.

	Mary Cushman, MD, MSc Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT
	Gary Schiller, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology University of California - Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA
	George R. Buchanan, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Children's Cancer Fund Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Director, Barrett Family Center for Pediatric Oncology University of Texas Southwestern Dallas, TX
	Ginna Laport, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA
	Edward Benz Jr., MD, PhD American Society of Hematology President – 2000 President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Director of Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, CEO, Dana-Farber/Partner CancerCare Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
	Barry Coller, MD American Society of Hematology President – 1998 Vice President for Medical Affairs and Physician-in-Chief, David Rockefeller Professor of Medicine, Head of Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology The Rockefeller University New York, NY
	James N. George, MD American Society of Hematology President – 2005 George Lynn Cross Professor of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK
	Lawrence A. Solberg Jr., MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL
	Nancy Berliner, MD American Society of Hematology President – 2009 Chief, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

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