Medical Advisory Board Atlanta

Daniel Wechsler, MD, PHD

Emory University; Atlanta, GA – Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Wechsler received his MD and his PhD in Physiology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wechsler is the director of pediatric oncology at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The primary focus of Dr. Wechsler’s laboratory is an investigation of the pathogenesis of CALM-AF10 leukemias. They were the first to describe a translocation between MLL and CALM genes in an infant with acute myeloid leukemia, and from this stemmed their interest in understanding the more common CALM-AF10 leukemias.

Medical Advisory Board Atlanta

Daniel Wechsler, MD, PHD

Emory University; Atlanta, GA – Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Wechsler received his MD and his PhD in Physiology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wechsler is the director of pediatric oncology at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The primary focus of Dr. Wechsler’s laboratory is an investigation of the pathogenesis of CALM-AF10 leukemias. They were the first to describe a translocation between MLL and CALM genes in an infant with acute myeloid leukemia, and from this stemmed their interest in understanding the more common CALM-AF10 leukemias.