WilliamDelbertRobertsMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • San Diego, CA

Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT and Professor of Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine. Medical Director, Peckham Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego.

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Office
3020 Childrens Way
Mail Code 5035
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone+1 858-966-5811

Fax+1 858-966-8035
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1989 - 1992
Brown UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1986 - 1989
Tel Aviv University SacklerClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - 2024
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

Isotretinoin With or Without Dinutuximab, Aldesleukin, and Sargramostim Following Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2001 Oct 18
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Genetic Analysis in Identifying Late-Occurring Complications in Childhood Cancer Survivors Start of enrollment: 2004 Mar 25
Recruiting
Study of Nifurtimox to Treat Refractory or Relapsed Neuroblastoma or Medulloblastoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 14
Completed
Phase 2
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Who Have Participated in Children's Oncology Group Studies Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 17
Recruiting
Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Malignant, Borderline Malignant Neoplasms, and Related Samples From Young Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Oct 13
Completed
Study of Kidney Tumors in Younger Patients Start of enrollment: 2006 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Biological Samples From Patients With Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 04
Completed
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Tissue, Blood, and Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma or Other Soft Tissue Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 15
Completed
Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 16
Completed
Combination Chemotherapy and Surgery in Treating Young Patients With Wilms Tumor Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 13
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 14
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Maintenance Chemotherapy or Observation Following Induction Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ependymoma Start of enrollment: 2010 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Risk-Based Classification System of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Completed
Risk-Adapted Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Localized B-Lineage Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Temozolomide and Irinotecan Hydrochloride With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Medulloblastoma or CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 22
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-Metastatic Extracranial Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Caspofungin Versus Fluconazole in Preventing Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI) in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 04
Completed
Phase 3
Temsirolimus, Dexamethasone, Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride, Vincristine Sulfate, and Pegaspargase in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1
A Phase III Randomized Trial for Newly Diagnosed High Risk B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Testing Clofarabine (IND# 73789, NSC# 606869) in the Very High Risk Stratum Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Caspofungin Acetate, Fluconazole, or Voriconazole in Preventing Fungal Infections in Patients Following Donor Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 21
Completed
Phase 3
Assessing Compliance With Mercaptopurine Treatment in Younger Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Remission Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 21
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Randomized Efficacy Study of TPI 287 to Treat Primary Refractory or Early Relapsed Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Terminated
Phase 1, Phase 2
Intergroup Trial for Children or Adolescents With B-Cell NHL or B-AL: Evaluation of Rituximab Efficacy and Safety in High Risk Patients Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Irinotecan Hydrochloride and Temozolomide With Temsirolimus or Dinutuximab in Treating Younger Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 12
Completed
Phase 2
Effects of Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride on Biomarkers Associated With Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure After Cancer Treatment Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 05
Recruiting
Blood Sample Markers of Reproductive Hormones in Assessing Ovarian Reserve in Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Lymphomas Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 17
Active, not recruiting
Molecular-Guided Therapy for Relapsed and Refractory Childhood Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Busulfan, Cyclophosphamide, and Melphalan or Busulfan and Fludarabine Phosphate Before Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Treating Younger Patients With Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 24
Completed
Phase 2
Brentuximab Vedotin or Crizotinib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 13
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Molecular-Guided Therapy for Childhood Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 08
Completed
Not Applicable
Irinotecan Hydrochloride, Temozolomide, and Dinutuximab With or Without Eflornithine in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Eflornithine as Postimmunotherapy Maintenance in High-Risk Neuroblastoma: Externally Controlled, Propensity Score-Matched Survival Outcome Comparisons.
Javier Oesterheld, William Ferguson, Jacqueline M Kraveka, Genevieve Bergendahl, Thomas Clinch, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Don Berry, Randal K Wada, Michael S Isakoff, Don E E...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024 Jan 1
A phase II trial of nifurtimox combined with topotecan and cyclophosphamide for refractory or relapsed neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma.
Don Eslin, Peter E Zage, Genevieve Bergendahl, Elizabeth Lewis, William Roberts, Jacqueline Kraveka, Deanna Mitchell, Michael S Isakoff, Jawhar Rawwas, Randal K Wada, ...> ;International Journal of Cancer. 2023 Sep 1
3 citations
A pilot study of genomic-guided induction therapy followed by immunotherapy with difluoromethylornithine maintenance for high-risk neuroblastoma.
Jacqueline M Kraveka, Elizabeth C Lewis, Genevieve Bergendahl, William Ferguson, Javier Oesterheld, Elizabeth Kim, Abhinav B Nagulapally, Karl J Dykema, Valerie I Brow...> ;Cancer Reports. 2022 Nov 1
8 citations
Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Relapsed and Refractory Childhood Solid Tumors Reveals a Diverse Molecular Landscape and Mechanisms of Immune Evasion
Sara A. Byron, William P.D. Hendricks, Abhinav Nagulapally, Jacqueline M. Kraveka, William S. Ferguson, Valerie I. Brown, Don E Eslin, Deanna Mitchell, Albert Corneliu...> ;Cancer Research. 2021 Oct 5
1 citations
Improving vitamin D testing and supplementation in children with newly diagnosed cancer: A quality improvement initiative at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego.
Ksenya Shliakhtsitsava, Erin Stucky Fisher, Erin M Trovillion, Kelly A. Bush, Dennis John Kuo, Ron S. Newfield, Courtney D. Thornburg, William Roberts, Paula Aristizabal> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Jul 19
11 citations
Improving Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Survival Disparities in the United States-Mexico Border Region: A Cross-Border Initiative Between San Diego, California, and Tijuana...
Paula Aristizabal, Luke P. Burns, Nikhil V. Kumar, Bianca P. Perdomo, Rebeca Rivera-Gomez, Mario A. Ornelas, David D. Gonda, Denise M. Malicki, Courtney D. Thornburg, ...> ;JCO Global Oncology. 2020 Nov 1
31 citations
A subset analysis of a phase II trial evaluating the use of DFMO as maintenance therapy for high-risk neuroblastoma
Elizabeth C. Lewis, Jacqueline M. Kraveka, William S. Ferguson, Don Eslin, Valerie I. Brown, Genevieve Bergendahl, William Roberts, Randal K. Wada, Javier Oesterheld, ...> ;International Journal of Cancer. 2020 Dec 1
9 citations
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with vitamin D status in newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients.
Paula Aristizabal, Michael V. Sherer, Bianca P. Perdomo, Esteban Castelao, Courtney D. Thornburg, James A. Proudfoot, Elizabeth T. Jacobs, Ron S. Newfield, Peter E. Za...> ;Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2020 Mar 10
16 citations
Predisposing germline mutations in high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children.
Adam J. de Smith, Geneviève Lavoie, Kyle M. Walsh, Sumeet Aujla, Erica Evans, Helen M. Hansen, Ivan Smirnov, Alice Y. Kang, Martin Zenker, John J Ceremsak, Elliot Stie...> ;Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer. 2019 Oct 1
58 citations
Maintenance DFMO Increases Survival in High Risk Neuroblastoma
Giselle Saulnier Sholler, William S. Ferguson, Genevieve Bergendahl, Jeffrey P. Bond, Kathleen A. Neville, Don Eslin, Valerie I. Brown, William Roberts, Randal K. Wada...> ;Scientific Reports. 2018 Sep 27
14 citations
Reactivation of TWIST1 contributes to Ewing sarcoma metastasis
Sun Choo, Ping Wang, Robert O. Newbury, William Roberts, Jing Yang> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Jan 1
12 citations
Addressing regional disparities in pediatric oncology: Results of a collaborative initiative across the Mexican-North American border.
Paula Aristizabal, Spencer Fuller, Rebeca Rivera-Gomez, Mario A. Ornelas, Laura Nuno, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Raul C. Ribeiro, William Roberts> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Jun 1
4 citations
Medulloblastoma With Extensive Nodularity: Tailored Therapy in a Low-resource Setting.
Paula Aristizabal, Luke P. Burns, Rebeca Rivera-Gomez, Michael J. Levy, William Roberts, John R. Crawford> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2017 May 1
18 citations
A Phase 1 Trial of TPI 287 as a Single Agent and in Combination With Temozolomide in Patients with Refractory or Recurrent Neuroblastoma or Medulloblastoma.
Deanna Mitchell, Genevieve Bergendahl, William S. Ferguson, William Roberts, Timothy Higgins, Takamaru Ashikaga, M.J. DeSarno, Joel Kaplan, Jacqueline M. Kraveka, Don ...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016 Jan 1
15 citations
Improving Pediatric Cancer Care Disparities Across the United States-Mexico Border: Lessons Learned from a Transcultural Partnership between San Diego and Tijuana.
Paula Aristizabal, Spencer Fuller, Rebeca Rivera, David H. Beyda, Raul C. Ribeiro, William Roberts> ;Frontiers in Public Health. 2015 Jun 22
19 citations
Feasibility of implementing molecular‐guided therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma
Giselle Saulnier Sholler, Jeffrey P. Bond, Genevieve Bergendahl, Akshita Dutta, Julie A. Dragon, Kathleen A. Neville, William S. Ferguson, William Roberts, Don Eslin, ...> ;Cancer Medicine. 2015 Jun 1
100 citations
A Phase I Trial of DFMO Targeting Polyamine Addiction in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma.
Giselle Saulnier Sholler, Eugene W. Gerner, Genevieve Bergendahl, Robert B. MacArthur, Alyssa VanderWerff, Takamaru Ashikaga, Jeffrey P. Bond, William S. Ferguson, Wil...> ;Plos One. 2015 May 27
16 citations
Identification of Drug Combinations Containing Imatinib for Treatment of BCR-ABL+ Leukemias
Yunyi Kang, Andrew Hodges, Edison Ong, William Roberts, Carlo Piermarocchi, Giovanni Paternostro> ;Plos One. 2014 Jul 16
28 citations
Genomic ancestry and somatic alterations correlate with age at diagnosis in Hispanic children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Kyle M. Walsh, Adam J. de Smith, Tara C. Welch, Ivan Smirnov, Marc J. Cunningham, Xiaomei Ma, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Gary V. Dahl, William Roberts, Lisa F. Barcellos, ...> ;American Journal of Hematology. 2014 Jul 1
55 citations
Fit4Life: a weight loss intervention for children who have survived childhood leukemia.
Jeannie S. Huang, Lindsay Dillon, Laura Terrones, Lynn Schubert, William Roberts, Jerry Finklestein, Maria C. Swartz, Gregory J. Norman, Kevin Patrick> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014 May 1
43 citations
Metabolomics of the Tumor Microenvironment in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Stefano Tiziani, Yunyi Kang, Ricky Harjanto, Joshua Axelrod, Carlo Piermarocchi, William Roberts, Giovanni Paternostro> ;Plos One. 2013 Dec 13
29 citations
GATA3 risk alleles are associated with ancestral components in Hispanic children with ALL
Kyle M. Walsh, Adam J. de Smith, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Catherine Metayer, William Roberts, Lisa F. Barcellos, Joseph L. Wiemels, Patricia A. Buffler> ;Blood. 2013 Nov 7
42 citations
Metabolomic high-content nuclear magnetic resonance-based drug screening of a kinase inhibitor library
Stefano Tiziani, Yunyi Kang, Janet S. Choi, William Roberts, Giovanni Paternostro> ;Nature Communications. 2011 Nov 22
118 citations
Combination of gemcitabine and docetaxel in the treatment of children and young adults with refractory bone sarcoma.
Fariba Navid, Jennifer Willert, M. Beth McCarville, Wayne L. Furman, Amy Watkins, William Roberts, Najat C. Daw> ;Cancer. 2008 Jul 15
11 citations
Methemoglobinemia associated with dapsone therapy in a child with pneumonia and chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Deborah Schiff, William Roberts, Young-Jin Sue> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2006 Jun 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego, California