Juan Vasquez, MD

Juan Vasquez, MD, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist, specializes in the treatment of childhood cancers, including malignant brain tumors, sarcomas, and cancers of the blood.

As an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Vasquez is developing new immunotherapy approaches that aim to improve how the childhood immune system responds to tumor formation.

"It’s really important in the pediatric world because most of our patients don’t have much of an immune response," he says. "I’m trying to find ways in which we can exploit these pathways, particularly in brain tumors, and make these tumors more immune-responsive."

Dr. Vasquez also serves as the associate program director for the pediatrics hematology/oncology fellowship, playing a key role in training the next generation of specialists in this field.

He received his medical degree from Brown University, completed his pediatric residency at Brown Medical School/Rhode Island Hospital, and pursued a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Yale School of Medicine.