Richard Drachtman MD

Dr. Richard A. Drachtman is the Section Chief of Clinical Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. He is also Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Drachtman has been an active member of the Children's Oncology Group (COG) serving as a member of various committees including the Hodgkin's Disease Retrieval Committee. He also serves the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Sickle Cell Program of New Jersey. Dr. Drachtman's extensive research activities have resulted in publications in various prominent journals including Blood, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and the Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.