Dr. Shereck Discusses Falling in Love With Pediatric Oncology

Evan B. Shereck, MD, MEd, serves as professor of pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, School of Medicine; program director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship; associate director, Cancer Research Training, Knight Cancer Institute; and block co-director, Blood and Host Defense at Oregon Health & Science University.

Shereck decided she would become a pediatric oncologist as a teenager, long before she actually knew what a pediatric oncologist was. Since then, she's found that she made the right choice.

She says that pediatric oncology engages her as a scientist, even as she gets to work directly with patients. Shereck concludes by saying that, over time, a pediatric oncologist's work eventually becomes part of the patient's family.