Dr. Will Parsons is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Baylor Pediatrician-Scientist Training Program, Director of the Center for Personal Cancer Genomics and Therapeutics, and Co Director of the Neuro-oncology and Cancer Genetics and Genomic Programs at Texas Children’s. Sr. Parsons earned his MD and PhD from the Ohio State University, did his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, and a clinical fellowship in hematology-oncology at the national cancer institute followed by a fellowship in neuro-oncology at Johns Hopkins. Today, Dr. Parsons shares his personal and professional journey to becoming a pediatrician-scientist and discusses the role for physician-scientists and PSTPs in pediatric medicine.

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Our thanks to Dr. Parsons for being on the podcast.

Dr. Parson’s Faculty Page: https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/donald-williams-will-parsons-md-phd

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Executive Producers:

- Bejan Saeedi

- Joe Behnke

- Michael Sayegh

- Carey Jansen

Faculty Advisors

- Dr. Mary Horton

- Dr. Brian Robinson

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