Julia Meade, MD, is certified in pediatric hematology/oncology. She is the director of the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She received her medical degree Texas A&M University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Colorado, followed by her hematology/oncology fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center and her pediatric neuro-oncology fellowship at Northwestern University. Dr. Meade’s clinical interests include caring for children with genetic predispositions to the development of cancer, treatment of children with rare tumors, and care of patients with NF1 and plexiform neurofibromas. She lives in a dual-physician household and has three children.