Chief of Service, Hematology/Oncology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Office Address(es):
4401 Penn Avenue, Floor 9
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5055
412-692-7693 Fax

Specialty:
Hematology/Oncology

Education:
1996 MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.
1994 PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Nashville, Tenn.

Residency:
1996 MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.
1994 PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Nashville, Tenn.

Fellowships:   
2002 Research Fellow, Cancer Biology, University of Michigan, Department of Pathology, Ann Arbor, Mich.
2002 Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Memberships:
Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MWSPR)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
American Society of Hematology (ASH)

Board Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, Diplomate
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Awards:
2012 Inaugural Laurence Boxer Honorary Lectureship, University of Michigan
2010 TAMS Teaching Award, University of Michigan Medical School
2008 America’s Top Doctors    
2007 Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Award for the Advancement of Women In Science and Engineering
2007 Best Doctors in America
2006 Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Young Investigator
2006 Laura and Greg Norman Research Fellow, National Childhood Cancer Foundation
2005 Faculty Award for Basic Science Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
2005 Pediatric Academic Societies Young Investigator Travel Award
2002 Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award
1999 Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
1993 Clarence Darrow Award for Most Outstanding Lecturer in Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1987 School of Life Sciences Fellowship, University of Illinois
1987 Lawrence McKinley Gould Award, Carleton College
1983 William Carleton Scholar, Carleton College

Publications:
Bailey KM, Castle VP, Hummel JM, Piert M, Moyer J, and McAllister-Lucas LM (2012) Thalidomide Therapy for Aggressive Histiocytic Lesions in the Pediatric Population.  J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol., 34:480-3.
Van Beek M, Oravecz-Wilson KI, Delekta PC, Gu S, Li X, Jin X, Apel IJ, Konkle KS, Feng Y, Teitelbaum DH, Ruland J, McAllister-Lucas* LM, and Lucas* PC (2012) Bcl10 links saturated fat overnutrition with hepatocellular NF-?B activation and insulin resistance.  Cell Reports, 1:444-452.
Shukla N, Kobos R, Renaud T, Feldstein J, McAllister-Lucas LM, and Steinherz P (2012) Successful treatment of refractory metastatic histiocytic sarcoma with alemtuzumab. Cancer, 118:3719-24.

Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of inflammatory and neoplastic disease