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Most heroes have only one sidekick.
Every little hero we see is surrounded by a supporting cast of highly trained specialists. Their goal isn’t just to cure cancer, it’s to keep kids healthy for life.
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Medical Team
Our medical staff coordinates with the entire care team to make a diagnosis, direct treatment plans and get little heroes on the road to recovery.
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Medical Team
Our clinical nurses stand by your side during every step of your battle. They assist during chemotherapy infusions, radiation treatments and everywhere in between.
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Diagnostic Team
We put some of the planet’s best surgeons on your team, but that doesn’t always mean that surgery is the right approach. The diagnostic team weighs all the options to determine the best course of action for you.
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Research Team
We started fighting today’s cancer battles 20 years ago. Tomorrow’s breakthroughs will be powered by the genetic research our team is conducting right now. The goal is to personalize cancer treatments and optimize outcomes.
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Support Team
To make a full recovery, kids have to feel like kids. Our child life specialists minimize stress with everything from finger paint to the friendly paws of a therapy animal. We won’t let cancer get in the way of childhood.
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Support team
Childhood cancer affects the whole family. With a social worker on your side, you don’t have to battle the physical, emotional and social issues alone.
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We’ve been nationally recognized for superior cancer care by U.S. News & World Report. We maintain our commitment to New Yorkers by raising the standard for pediatrics—so together, we can raise healthier kids.

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A boy sits in a hospital bed with a video game-themed bedspread. At his bedside, a group of men and women hold a sign reading "Happy infusion day Sebastien!"
Cohen Children’s Medical Center celebrates "new birthday" of New York’s first Lyfgenia patient
Sebastien Beauzile lived with sickle cell anemia for more than two decades. Now he’s disease free and enjoying his new lease on life.
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Cohen performs NY's first gene therapy thalassemia treatment
An 8-year-old Long Island boy received the state's first dose of Zynteglo at Cohen earlier this year to treat his beta-thalassemia.
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Sibling superhero to the rescue
James was only 7 years old when a frightening seizure on the school playground sent his family racing to the hospital. A diagnosis of a rare blood condition called aplastic anemia meant he’d need a bone-marrow transplant—and his big sister was a match.
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Two sons with cancer—one family’s fight
While John Higgins was being treated for leukemia, his baby brother, Ben, was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a form of kidney cancer. Experts at Cohen Children’s Medical Center cared for them both.
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A beam of light
At just 10 weeks old, Hannah was treated for neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer, at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Now, she’s 5 and shining bright.
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