Blood and Marrow Transplant Team
Minelys M. Alicea Marrero, M.D., FAAP
Dr. Alicea Marrero is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist specializing in blood and marrow transplants at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2023. She earned her medical degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan. She completed her residency in pediatrics at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine/University Pediatric Hospital. She completed a pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at Louisiana Health Sciences University/Children’s Hospital New Orleans. She then completed a pediatric bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy fellowship at National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Natalie Booth, D.O., FAAP
Dr. Booth specializes in bone marrow transplant as a hematologist-oncologist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2023. She earned her medical degree at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She completed her residency at University of Florida, College of Medicine-Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant, immunotherapy, at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix.
Deepakbabu Chellapandian, M.D.
Dr. Chellapandian is the division chief of blood and marrow transplant and specializes in bone marrow transplant as a hematologist-oncologist and serves as director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy for Non-Malignant Conditions (CCGNC) in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He joined the hospital staff in 2017. Dr. Chellapandian earned his medical degree from Madurai Medical College and then trained at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, both in India. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Chellapandian completed a pediatric hematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto in Canada and an advanced fellowship on bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Benjamin Oshrine, M.D.
Dr. Oshrine specializes in blood and marrow transplants as a pediatric hematologist/oncologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. His clinical focus is in the treatment of high-risk leukemias with blood and marrow transplantation, and his research focus is in immune recovery after transplant. He joined the hospital in 2014 after completing a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Oshrine earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed his residency at Boston Children’s Hospital.