Aron Flagg MD

Aron Flagg, MD, is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist and specializes in treating children who need a bone marrow or stem cell transplants. Dr. Flagg’s expertise includes immune deficiency and lymphoblastic leukemia, a common childhood cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.

Dr. Flagg says he can trace his fascination with medicine back to age 5 when his parents gave him an anatomy coloring book. “I just always had an interest in medicine and ended up in pediatrics because I enjoyed the patients so much,” he says. “Although oncology was not my initial goal, I found I loved the continuity of care. Plus, it’s such a rewarding field. When you have a child who gets a transplant and you see them years later leading a normal life, it’s wonderful.”

During medical school, Dr. Flagg became interested in the infectious and immunological consequences of transplants and decided to pursue fellowship training that combined pediatric hematology/oncology and infectious diseases.