Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Dr. Michael Burke is an Associate Professor at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) in the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Blood & Marrow Transplantation. He is Director of the Pediatric Leukemia & Lymphoma Program at CHW and Co-Director of the Developmental Therapeutics Program where he oversees all early phase clinical trials (Phase I and II studies) at CHW. He has developed both early phase and upfront clinical trials in acute leukemia that have opened locally here at CHW as well as nationally and internationally through consortiums such as the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the

Dr. Walter's research is interested in identifying novel treatments for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) through the discovery of gene mutations that occur in the genomes of hematopoietic cells from patients with MDS.

Dr. Walker received her MD from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency and a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Rochester, New York. She joins us from The Ohio State University, where she served as a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology. Dr. Walker’s clinical interests are in the care of patients with myeloid malignancies, specifically acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. She is particularly interested in identifying ways to deliver care that maximizes resource