Branko Cuglievan, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Patient Care Section Chief, Leukemia/Lymphoma Children's Cancer Hospital The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

Branko Cuglievan, MD, completed his pediatric training in Miami Children's Hospital, and he subsequently completed both Pediatric Hematology and Oncology training at MD Anderson Cancer Center, during which he was selected the Chief Fellow. He obtained board certification in pediatrics and pediatric hematology and oncology and stayed on faculty as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Cuglievan focuses on pediatric leukemia and lymphoma and collaborates extensively with the prestigious adult divisions of leukemia and lymphoma and is either the principal investigator or the pediatric collaborator for several pivotal trials that cover the adolescents and young adult (AYA) population. Additionally, he leads the Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Service at Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital.

His translational research work is done in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University and has been focused on the implementation of biomedical engineering devices to accelerate drug discovery for pediatric cancer. He has received several awards, including the Young Investigator Hyundai Hope on Wheels, Tri Delta Foundation award, and the Men of Distinction Foundation award. Dr. Cuglievan has authored/co-authored several publications and book chapters and serves as MD Anderson's Faculty Ambassador for MLS' Houston Dynamo.

Romeo Torres, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPHON Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Children's Cancer Hospital The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

Romeo Torres, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPHON, completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program from The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, TX in 2015. He then completed his Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN, FNP) program at UTMB in 2021. Romeo has been a hematology/oncology RN since he started his nursing career in 2015. Additionally, he did a stent of travel nursing in Las Vegas, NV and then Los Angeles, CA where he worked at City of Hope Hospital in the outpatient research infusion clinic, and then in 2017 transitioned into pediatric hematology/oncology working at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. Now, he has spent the last two years as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma section at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston, TX.