Robert J. Arceci

Dr. Arceci is the Director of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Hermatology/Oncology. In addition, he serves as the Director of the Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He is the author of the reknowned book, Cancer Genomics: From Bench to Personalized Medicine, and serves as a professor of pediactrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix. Considered an international authority in pediatric oncology, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of leukemia and histiocytic disorders and, more recently in, high-risk sarcomas, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Blood and Cancer.

Dr. Arceci completed his undergraduate studies at Trinity College, received his Ph.D. and M.D. from the University of Rochester, and then completed his Residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at The Children’s Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School. Following faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, he became Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. In 2000, Dr. Arceci became Director and King Fahd Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Professor of Oncology and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He served as Director, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Hematology/Oncology at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix as well as Co-Director of the Ron Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine until his unexpected passing in June 2015.