The CERN Team
Amar Gajjar
CERN Advisor
Chair, Department of Pediatric Medicine
Scott and Tracie Hamilton Endowed Chair for Brain Tumor Research
Co-Chair and Member, Department of Oncology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Education
M.B.B.S., Grant Medical College, J.J group of Hospitals, Bombay, India, 1982
Residency and Fellowship
Research, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1985
Research, University of Southern Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1986
Pediatrics, University of South Florida – All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1989
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 1992
Pediatric Neuro Oncology Fellowship, St Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, 1993
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Clinical Interests
Current clinical research interests focus on innovative protocols for the treatment of childhood brain tumors, with a focus on medulloblastomas, PNET and Rhabdoid tumors (ATRT).