Lurie Children’s
Kevin McNerney
Kevin McNerney is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist specializing in blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) and cancer immunotherapy at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. His clinical focus is on BMT and cancer immunotherapy. Dr. McNerney's research interests include using clinical trials and multi-institutional retrospective studies advance knowledge on how to acheive the best possible outcomes and reduce short and long-term toxicities for pediatric and young adult patients receiving cellular immunotherapies. He is particularly interested in investigating the severe inflammatory toxicities of CAR T-cells, their prevention and optimal management. Dr. McNerney began working with the PRWCC in 2021 and has truly enjoyed collaborating with clinician-researchers from many institutions interested in similar goals.
Jenna Rossoff
Jenna Rossoff, MD, received her medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2013. She then went on to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University to complete her residency in Pediatrics in 2016 and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant in 2019. She then joined the Lurie Children’s Hospital Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant Division as a faculty member with a specialization in hematologic malignancies. Dr. Rossoff’s clinical focus centers on the treatment of pediatric and young adult patients with hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Dr. Rossoff’s research interests are in the clinical investigation of high-risk leukemias and infectious complications of cancer therapy. Her primary areas of interest in high-risk leukemias are in the myeloid diseases and use of novel immunotherapy agents.
