Our Team

The members of our liver tumor clinical team include experts in every specialty that is involved in the diagnosis and treatment of children with benign or cancerous liver tumors.

Director

Andras A. Heczey, MD

Dr. Andras Heczey is a physician-scientist and full-time faculty in the Department of Pediatrics of Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. He is a member of the multidisciplinary solid tumor team and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy (CAGT). News Articles New… read more

Phone: 832-822-4242

Co-Director

Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, MD

Dr. Vasudevan is a pediatric surgeon who specializes in pediatric surgical oncology. In addition to performing general neonatal and pediatric surgery, he is a member of the Surgical Oncology Program at Texas Children's Hospital and is actively involved with taking care of patients with… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Hematology/Oncology

Andras A. Heczey, MD

Phone: 832-822-4242

Madelyn A. Oakley, APRN, MSN, CPNP

Madelyn Oakley is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner for the Cancer and Hematology Center at Texas Children's Hospital. Her primary focus is on treating patients with solid tumors, including liver tumors, neuroblastoma, rare tumors, soft tissue sarcoma, thyroid cancer and bone tumors. She is… read more

Phone: 832-822-2146

Donald Williams (Will) Parsons, MD, PhD

Dr. Donald Williams (Will) Parsons is the Beverly and Daniel C. Arnold Endowed Chair for Precision Medicine at Texas Children's Hospital and Deputy Director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). He is a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist… read more

Phone: 832-824-4643

Valeria R. Smith, MD

Dr. Valeria Smith is a physician at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and a specialist in pediatric hematology/oncology.

Phone: 832-824-0931

Rajkumar Venkatramani, MD, MS, MBA

Dr. Rajkumar Venkatramani is the section chief of oncology and the director of clinical business operations for Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center. He is a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and, is a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist who is… read more

Phone: 832-824-7955

Hepatology

Daniel H. Leung, MD, FAASLD, FAAP

Dr. Daniel H. Leung is a Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine where he serves as Director of Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine and the Director of the Viral Hepatitis Program at Texas Children's… read more

Phone: 832-822-3131

Surgical Oncology

Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, MD

Phone: 832-822-2778

Pathology

Dolores H. Lopez-Terrada, MD, PhD

Dr. Dolores López-Terrada and the members of the Division of Genomic Medicine are dedicated to provide Molecular and Genomic Pathology, state-of-the-art diagnostic services for children and their families. The main goals of the Division are to advance patient care through technology and innovation… read more

Phone: 832-824-1288

Kalyani R. Patel, MD

Dr. Patel’s clinical interest is in the pediatric solid tumors and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, particularly liver. She plans to pursue her research in the field of pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome.

Phone: 832-824-2250

Radiology

Prakash M. Masand, MD

Dr. Masand is the Division Chief of Body Radiology, Vice Chair, Body Radiology and Cardiac Imaging in the department of Radiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Masand is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and has a certificate of added qualification in the field of Pediatric… read more

Phone: 832-824-7237

Liver Transplant

John A. Goss, MD, FACS

John Goss, MD, FACS, is professor of surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and chief of the division of Abdominal Transplantation. He specializes in adult and pediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, and surgical management of liver… read more

Phone: 832-355-1400

Interventional Radiology

Kamlesh U. Kukreja, MD

Dr. Kukreja is Clinical Associate Professor Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical experience is based in pediatric radiology and interventional radiology. Dr. Kukreja is a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Radiology with Certificate of Additional Qualification (CAQ… read more