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Our Affiliations
HMS Affiliate

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Our Affiliations

Joelle Straehla, MD

  • Physician
  • Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Appointment Phone

  • 617-632-3270 (Established Pediatric Patients)
  • 888-733-4662 (New Pediatric Patients)

Fax

  • 617-632-4410

General

Treatment Centers

Discipline

Clinical Interests

Drug delivery strategies, Novel therapeutics

Location

Background

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics, 2016

Fellowship

  • Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2019

Residency

  • University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, 2016

Medical School

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2013

Biography

Dr. Straehla studies novel drug delivery strategies for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors. Her research aims to improve the delivery of therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier and into tumors while minimizing damage to the developing brain.

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