Alan S. Wayne, MD
Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Director, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Cancer Research
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Associate Director for Pediatric Oncology
The Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern CaliforniaASW Bio

February 22, 2022

Alan S. Wayne, MD serves as Director of the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Head of the Division of Hematology-Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics, Associate Director for Pediatric Oncology at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. In these roles, Dr. Wayne oversees the research, treatment, prevention, and education programs in pediatric hematology, oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation/cellular therapy within these institutions. His primary research efforts are directed towards the development of new treatment approaches for leukemias and lymphomas, with a focus on relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He conducts collaborative laboratory, translational and clinical investigations including bench-to-bedside development of targeted, immune-based and cellular therapies. Dr. Wayne is the Medical Director of the Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia/Lymphoma (TACL) Consortium, which is a multinational group that conducts early phase clinical trials for pediatric hematologic malignancies. Additionally, he plays a leadership role in international efforts in the area of post-transplant relapse of hematologic malignancies, the primary aim of which is to study the biology, prevention and treatment of relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.