Pediatric Hematology

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at University of Michigan-Sparrow provides a full range of healthcare services to infants, children, and adolescents with problems of the blood and blood-forming tissues.

Common hematology problems include:

• Anemia (low hemoglobin or red blood cell count)
• Aplastic anemia
• Bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and Von Willebrand disease
• Bone marrow failure
• Clotting problems
• Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Dyskeratosis Congenita
• Hereditary Spherocytosis
• Histiocytosis
• Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
• Myelodysplastic syndrome
• Neutropenia
• Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
• Sickle cell anemia
• Strokes
• Thalassemia

These services are provided in cooperation with physicians from Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Pediatrics and Human Development.

The physicians at MSU, along with the UM Health-Sparrow, participate in selected drug trials and national treatment protocols related to blood problems.

Hematology and Oncology clinic update

On June 2, 2025, UM Health-Sparrow is opening a pediatric hematology and oncology clinic in our pediatric specialty clinic suite on the fourth floor of the Sparrow Professional Building. The new address will be 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Suite 460, Lansing, MI 48912. 

This clinic will be managed by pediatric hematology and oncology specialists from U-M Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, alongside a physician from MSU Health Care. Families with questions about how to transfer their appointments from the MSU Pediatric Hematology Oncology clinic that is closing to the new UM Health-Sparrow clinic can contact Theresa Gracik, administrative director for pediatric services at UM Health-Sparrow, at [email protected]. 

For more information about this transition, please read the news release.

Your cancer team includes:

• Board-certified pediatric hematologists
• Pediatric surgeons
• Pediatric radiologists
• Pediatric subspecialists, including cardiology, renal, pulmonary, gastroenterology, pain management, and infectious disease
• Nurse practitioner who is masters-prepared with national certification in pediatric hematology
• Registered nurses
• Child life specialists
• Registered Dietitians
• Social workers
• Discharge planners
• Chaplains
• Full pediatric rehabilitation team
• Experienced nursing associates with years of working with children of all ages