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HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY SECTION

Enid Rivera, MD
Professor and Director
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
enid.rivera6@upr.edu

Overview

The Hematology/Oncology Section is based at the University Pediatric Hospital at Puerto Rico Medical Center.   The Section provides both outpatient and inpatient consultation and management services for neonates, infants, children and adolescents with hematology and oncology disorders.  The Section also provides direct patient care in a 15 bed ward and a 3 bed transplant unit. It is one of the largest pediatric hematology/oncology services in the Island.

In patient Services

The section faculty is committed to provide consultation services and direct patient care to the Pediatric University Hospital 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week.  Transfers are accepted from the complete island of Puerto Rico, as well as the Virgin Islands.  Service is trained to give a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the care of patients with hematology and oncology disorders.

Outpatient Services

The outpatient Service is offered mainly in the School of Medicine Outpatient Clinics and at the outpatient service clinics (Clinicas de Continuidad) at the University Pediatric Hospital in the Medical Center at San Juan, PR. 

Procedures: 

• Diagnostic Bone Marrow Aspiration
  

• Bone Marrow Biopsy
  

• Bone Marrow Transplant
  

• Plasmapheresis
  

• Intrathecal Chemotherapy
  

• Chemotherapy
  

• Blood Products Transfusion
  

• Pre and Post Radiation Oncology support and care
  

• Peripheral Smear Evaluation
  

• Neonatal Screening Program
  

• Hemophilia Treatment
  

• Hemoglobinopathies Treatment
  

• Anticoagulation

Areas of Expertise

Hematology

• Alpha thalassemia
  

• Aplastic Anemia
  

• Congenital immunodeficiency disorders
  

• Fanconi Anemia
  

• Bone marrow Failure syndromes
  

• Hemophilia
  

• ITP/platelet disorders
  

• Myelodysplastic  Syndrome
  

• Nonmalignant blood disorders
  

• Common Variable Immunodeficiency
  

• Sickle Cell Disease
  

• Stem Cell Transplantation
  

• Thalassemia
  

• Thrombosis/anticoagulation
  

• Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome

Oncology

• Brain Tumors
  

• Burkitt  Lymphoma
  

• Ewing Sarcoma
  

• Hepatoblastoma
  

• Hepatocellular carcinoma
  

• Leukemia
  

• Lymphoma ( Hodgkin and Non Hodgkin)
  

• Neuroblastoma
  

• Osteosarcoma
  

• Pheochromocytoma
  

• Retinoblastoma
  

• Rhabdomyosarcoma
  

• Soft tissue sarcomas
  

• Stem cell transplantation
  

• Thyroid carcinoma
  

• Tumors (brain, desmoids, germ cell)
  

• Wilms Tumor

Research

The division is committed to participating in research regarding Hematology and Oncology conditions and diseases especially on those issues regarding Hispanics and Puerto Ricans in particular. 

Faculty

Enid Rivera, MD
Professor and Director
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
enid.rivera6@upr.edu

Nilka Barrios, MD
Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
Nilka.barrios1@upr.edu

Gloria Colon, MD
Associate Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
gloria.colon1@upr.edu

Maria E. Echevarria, MD
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
Maria.echevarria1@upr.edu

Pedro J. Santiago Borrero, MD
Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
pedro.santiago9@upr.edu

Lilliana Lojo , MD
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
Lilliana.lojo1@upr.edu

Maribel Garcia, MD
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
mgarcia@sjcms.com

Karina Acevedo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology Section
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-777-3535 xt. 7222
karina.acevedo@upr.edu