Learn about the medical
team that took care of the kids and families featured in A LION
IN THE HOUSE, and find out what they are doing today. Updated
April 2006.
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Dr. Robert Arceci
Dr. Robert Arceci received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University
of Rochester. During the filming of A LION IN THE HOUSE, he was
the director of the hematology/oncology division at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It was Dr. Arceci’s
idea to invite filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert to
make a documentary at Cincinnati Children’s. Dr. Arceci
is now the director of pediatric oncology at the John Hopkins
Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Dr. Vinod V. Balasa
Dr. Vinod Balasa, M.D., is assistant professor of pediatrics and director of the Thrombophilia program in the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center of the Hematology/Oncology Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Balasa received his M.S. from Ramaiah Medical College in Bangalore, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, NY, and his fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. |
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Dr. Cindi DeLaat
Dr. Cindi DeLaat obtained her M.D. from the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she also
completed her residency and fellowship and served as associate
professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. DeLaat has been a pediatric oncologist at Children’s
Hospital for 20 years. |
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Dr. Fred Huang
Dr. Fred Huang received his medical degree from Baylor College
of Medicine in 1994. He completed his residency in pediatrics
at Baylor’s affiliated hospitals three years later. At
the time of filming LION, Dr. Huang was a pediatric oncology
fellow at Cincinnati Children’s. Dr. Huang is currently
an assistant professor and director of the division of hematology/oncology
in the University of Texas Medical Branch’s department
of pediatrics in Galveston. |
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Dr. Paul Jubinsky
Dr. Paul Jubinsky, M.D., Ph.D., completed his residency at the
University of Texas. His fellowship was completed at Harvard
Medical School. At the time of filming LION, Dr. Jubinsky was
an attending physician at Cincinnati Children’s. Currently,
he works in the department of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in New York City. |
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Connie Koons, R.N., B.S.N.
Connie Koons is charge nurse in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit of the
Hematology/Oncology Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center. |
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Dr. Claire Mazewski
Dr. Claire Mazewski graduated from the Indiana University School
of Medicine. She then did her residency at Indiana University,
followed by her fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center. She is currently working in pediatric neuro-oncology
at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. |
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Dr. Robert Noll
Dr. Robert Noll is a graduate of Michigan State University, where
he also completed his pediatric psychology fellowship. Dr. Noll’s
specialty is pediatric hematology/oncology and psychiatry. During
the filming of LION, he was director of psycho-social services
for the hematology/oncology division at Cincinnati Children’s.
Dr. Noll is now working at the University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine, where he is the assistant medical director for behavioral
health in addition to being a professor of pediatrics, psychiatry
and psychology. |
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Linda Polman, R.N., B.S.N.
Linda Polman is the education coordinator for Inpatient and Outpatient
Nursing Staff in the Hematology/Oncology Division at Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center. |
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Dr. Ted Zwerdling
Dr. Ted Zwerdling is currently working at the University of
California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. At
the time of filming LION, Dr. Zwerdling was an attending physician
as well as the medical director of hospice at Cincinnati Children’s.
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