We’re excited to share Will Parsons, MD, PhD, has been named Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center. In this role, he will work closely with the Kinder Children’s Cancer Center leadership team.
Dr. Parsons has been part of the Texas Children’s community for nearly 20 years and is a nationally and internationally recognized physician-scientist, educator and leader. He is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and holds the Beverly and Daniel C. Arnold Endowed Chair for Precision Medicine.
Over the years, he has held numerous key leadership roles, including Deputy Director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center, Director of the Center for Precision Oncology and Director of the Pediatrician-Scientist Pediatric Residency Program.
As stated in an email from our President and CEO Debra F. Sukin and Pediatrician-in-Chief Lara Shekerdemian, “this appointment is more than a leadership milestone; it is a promise to our patients and families that we will continue solving the unsolvable. Every day, the work we do together at Texas Children’s transforms lives, and Dr. Parsons’ leadership will help us write the next chapter in that story of hope, courage and progress.”
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Parsons on this well-deserved appointment.