Janet Yoon, M.D.

Janet Yoon, M.D.
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Clinical Expertise
  • Bone Tumors/Bone Cancer
  • Soft Tissue Tumors/Soft Tissue Cancer
  • Solid Tumors
Academic Appointments
  • Clinical Professor, Medical Director of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Tumor Program, Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Teams
Musculoskeletal Tumors
Pediatric Cancers
Janet Yoon, M.D., specializes in pediatric hematology/oncology because it allows her to build long-term relationships with her young patients and their caregivers. Inspired by their resilience and strength, she stays at the leading edge of her field so that she can introduce families to the latest therapies, specifically those that minimize harmful and long-lasting side effects.
 
Dr. Yoon received her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio and then served as a pediatric resident at the Medical University of South Carolina. She moved to California to pursue a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Prior to City of Hope, Dr. Yoon was at University of California Davis Medical Center then spent over a decade at University of California San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego where she was a clinical professor and director of the pediatric solid tumor program. 
 
Dr. Yoon works closely with the adult sarcoma team to bring new and innovative clinical trials to the adolescent and young adult sarcoma population. As the leader of the pediatric clinical research program, she oversees the operations and conduct of clinical trials.  
She is a proud member of the City of Hope sarcoma team.

Location

Education & Experience

Board Certifications
  • Medical Board of California license
  • American Board of Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology certification
Degrees
  • 2000, M.D., Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
  • 1996, B.A., Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Fellowship
  • 2006-2007, Research fellow, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2005-2006, Co-Chief Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow,  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2003-2006, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Internship
  • 2000-2001, Pediatric Intern, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Residency
  • 2001-2003, Pediatric Resident, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Professional Experience
  • 2022-present, Clinical Professor and Medical Director of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Tumor Program, Department of Pediatrics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 2000-2022, Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
  • 2014-2020, Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
  • 2011-2014, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
  • 2007-2011, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Publications

  • Desai AV, Robinson GW, Gauvain K, Basu EM, Macy ME, Maese L, Whipple NS, Sabnis AJ, Foster JH, Shusterman S, Yoon J, Weiss BW, Abdelbaki MS, Armstrong AE, Cash T, Pratilas CA, Corradini N, Marshall LV, Farid-Kapadia M, Chohan S, Devlin C, Meneses-Lorente G, Cardenas A, Hutchinson KE, Bergthold G, Caron H, Maneval EC, Gajjar A, Fox E. Entrectinib in children and young adults with solid or primary CNS tumors harboring NTRK, ROS1 or ALK aberrations (STARTRK-NG). Neuro-Oncology 2022, doi:10.1093/neuonc/noac087.
  • Wang YM, Lyon J, Yoon JM. Transcatheter arterial embolization as palliation in metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, published online 12 April 2019, doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27754.
  • Aghajan Y, Yoon JM, Crawford JR. Severe Vincristine-Induced Polyneuropathy in a Teenager with Anaplastic Medulloblastoma and Undiagnosed Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. BMJ Case Reports Volume 2017, published online: dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218981.
  • Trovillion EM, Gottschalk M, Yoon JM. Diagnostic Challenges of bHCG Interpretation Following Gonadectomy in a Patient with Swyer Syndrome. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2017, published online 2 February 2017, doi: 10.1002/mpo.26467.
  • Gloude NJ, Yoon JM, Crawford JR. Novel PTCH1 Mutation in a Young Child with Gorlin Syndrome and Medulloblastoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2016, published online 3 February 2016, doi:10.1002/ pbc.25913.
  • Murphy EP, Mo J, Yoon JM. Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Patient with Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2015, 37(8): e494- e496.
  • Yoon J, Martin A, Malicki D, Newbury R and Crawford J. Unusual spinal cord tumor in a 16-month-old child. Brain Pathology 2015, 25(6): 784-785. Udaka YT, Yoon JM, Malicki DM, Khanna PC, Levy ML, Crawford JR. Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in a Teenager with Unusual Infiltration into the Jugular Foramen. World Neurosurgery 2015, 84(6): 2075.e13- e16.
  • Gabel BC, Yoon J, Crawford JR. Clinical isolated syndrome mimicking focal brainstem glioma in a child. BMJ Case Reports 2014, published online 10 March 2014, doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-203501.
  • Gabel BC, Yoon J, Levy ML, Crawford JR. A diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in a neonate diagnosed by MRI. BMJ Case Reports 2014: published online 21 January 2014, doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-202270.
  • Chuang NA, Yoon JM, Newbury RO, Crawford JR. Glioblastoma multiforme arising from dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in a child in the absence of therapy. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2014, doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000000063.
  • Gabel BC, Levy ML, Yoon J, Crawford JR. Ring-enhancing pontine lesion in a young boy. BMJ Case Reports 2013, published online 13 September 2013, doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-201335.
  • Chinn DC, Holland WS, Yoon JM, Zwerdling T, Mack PC. Anti-tumor activity of the HSP-90 inhibitor SNX-2112 in pediatric cancer cell lines. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2012, 58 (6): 885-890.
  • Newman AR, Moghaddam B, Yoon JM. A novel mutation in a Fijian boy with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2009, 31(11): 847-849.
  • Jodele S, Blavier L, Yoon JM, DeClerck YA. Modifying the soil to affect the seed: role of stromal-derived matrix metalloproteinases in cancer progression. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 2006, 25: 35-43.
  • Yoon JM, Burns RC, Malogolowkin MH, Mascarenhas L. Treatment of infantile choriocarcinoma of the liver. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005, 49(1): 99-102.