Four of our physicians made Atlanta Magazine’s “Top Doctors of Atlanta” list this year: Dr. Michael Briones, Dr. Kirshma Khemani, Dr. Robert Sidonio Jr. and Dr. Briana Patterson. Please join us in congratulating them! #TopDoctors2025 …antamagazine.mydigitalpublication.com/atlanta-magazi…

This just in: The 95.5 WSB Care-a-Thon has raised more than $2.1M! From our patients and staff, thank you for your generous donations. We couldn't have done it without you.

Congratulations to Dr. Satheesh Chonat for his #research published in Science Translational Medicine that identified an immune pathway that may serve as a key driver of acute chest syndrome for patients with sickle cell disease.

We have four new research projects headed by our hematologists and oncologists thanks to funding from Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl LegAcy Fund. These projects are aimed at targeting childhood cancers, including brain tumors, osteosarcoma and leukemia. Learn more: choa.org/about-us/newsr….

Thank you CURE ChildhoodCancer for the $3.3 million gift allocated to our Precision Medicine Program, as well as three research programs related to immunotherapies in pediatric solid tumors and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Learn more: choa.org/about-us/newsr….

College football fans, donate to Children's during the annual Touchdowns for Children's fundraising campaign! Every time your college football team scores a touchdown during the regular season, a donation will go back to our patients. Learn more: choa.org/about-us/newsr….

We hope you will join us this September in recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to honor those with #PediatricCancer. This month, we are extra grateful to the #PedsHemeOnc specialists who work to treat PHO patients and improve outcomes through clinical research.

I was honored to celebrate the appointment of Biplab Dasgupta, PhD to the Killian Owen Distinguished Professorship for Pediatric Cancer with members of the Curing Kids Cancer board and staff last week. Congratulations! Thank you to Curing Kids Cancer for your support.

DYK #SickleCellDisease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S.? This #SickleCellAwarenessMonth, we hope you will join us in recognizing the #hematology clinicians and researchers who work to improve the treatment and challenges faced by #SCD patients. #PedsHemeOnc

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Awareness Month. At Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, we honor the strength of every child and family facing these diagnoses and remain committed to advancing care, equity, and cures. #ChildhoodCancer #SickleCellAwareness

Join us in congratulating Dr. Michelle Schoettler on receiving the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Winn Career Development Award! The award will allow collaboration with the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network cooperative groups.

Big news for Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center: Georgia’s first gene therapy transplant for beta thalassemia is now a reality. This breakthrough offers new hope for patients to prevent a lifetime of blood transfusions. Huge thanks to Dr. Jeanne Boudreaux and the entire team. tinyurl.com/mtt286xv

Receive a coupon for a free Bundtlet at your next visit when you donate $5 at checkout at participating Georgia bakeries to support the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!

Hope in every handprint. 💛🖐️ Thank you, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, for continuing to support our pediatric cancer research and making a mark with this week's Handprint Ceremony for our patients. Blooper and Georgia Tech's mascot, Buzz, joined in on the celebration, too!

Dr. Chien and Mikey want you to know that #CapeDayATL is coming October 24! Do you know a kiddo currently battling an illness or injury at Children's or want to honor the strength of a past patient? Purchase a cape to show your support: bit.ly/46sdSdt.

Paul was enrolled in our Peach Bowl, Inc. trial, where after a year of the maintenance drug, Paul was confirmed to have no evidence of disease. Watch Paul's full journey here: youtu.be/7PulyF5QCV0. #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

We recently performed Georgia’s first commercial gene therapy transplant for beta thalassemia. Our teams are working hard to find other avenues for #genetherapy to continue to change the lives of our patients, like Josh. Donate today: give.choa.org/site/Donation2…. #cancerresearch

Celebrating our APPs who make a difference every day!👏 Congratulations Caroline Trotter for receiving the 2025 Nursing Excellence Fellowship from National Bleeding Disorders Foundation and Anna Lange for receiving honorable mention for The Schwartz Center 2025 National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year Award.

We hosted our Sickle Cell Disease Education Day—an annual event that celebrates our #sicklecelldisease community. Our patients living with sickle cell disease came together to learn, connect and raise awareness. Learn more about ways to get involved: choa.org/medical-servic….

Congrats to researchers Benjamin Kopp, MD (Benjamin Kopp, MD/MPH) and Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD, on receiving a $3.5 million NIH grant to study how environmental immune responses predispose kids with sickle cell disease to poor clinical outcomes alongside Emory University and Georgia Tech.