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Dr. Mark Kieran

Who is Dr. Mark Kieran?
Mark Kieran, MD, PhD, is the Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.  He is one of the few physician researchers in the US studying diffuse pontine gliomas. 

Dr. Kieran is a principal investigator of pediatric brain tumor trials at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (a 10 hospital consortium in the US), which includes the following hospitals: 













For an extensive look at Dr. Kieran's experience, see Dr. Kieran's resume.












  • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center (Seattle, WA)
  • Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC)
  • Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA)
  • Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC)
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis, TN)
  • Texas Children's Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
  • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
  • University of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)