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Naomi Winick, M.D.

Naomi Winick, M.D.

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  • Biography

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    Naomi Winick, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and neurotoxicity related to cancer therapy.

    After earning her medical degree at Northwestern University, Dr. Winick completed a residency in pediatrics at Columbia University/Presbyterian Health Resources. She gained advanced training in pediatric hematology and oncology through a clinical fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a research fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center, where she later earned a master’s degree in public health.

    Board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1985.

    Dr. Winick is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. She is Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group's Institutional Performance Review Committee, and she serves on the National Cancer Institute's Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Steering Committee and PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Advisory Board.

    A prolific researcher, presenter, and author, Dr. Winick has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as numerous abstracts, case reports, and reviews. She has also contributed to books including Cancer in Children and Essentials of Pediatric Intensive Care. She is an ad hoc reviewer for a variety of academic journals, including Journal of Clinical OncologyBlood, and Lancet Oncology.

    In 2020, she received the President’s Award for Diversity and Humanism in Clinical Medicine at UT Southwestern.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Northwestern University Medical School (1978)
    Internship
    Presbyterian Health Resources (1979), Pediatrics
    Residency
    Presbyterian Health Resources (1981), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1983), Pediatric Hematology/oncology
    Fellowship
    University of TX Health Science Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital (1984), Pediatric Hematology/oncology
  • Research Interest
    • Naomi Winick
  • Publications
    Diminished Quality of Life Despite Reduced Treatment in Children With B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Children's Oncology Group AALL0932
    Balsamo LM, Kairalla JA, Hibbitts E, Rodwin RL, Devidas M, Dreyzin A, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Hunger SP, Raetz EA, Schore RJ, Loh ML, Ness KK, Angiolillo AL, Kadan-Lottick NS Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2026 Mar 73
    Erratum: Successful Outcomes of Newly Diagnosed T Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: Results From Children's Oncology Group AALL0434
    Hayashi RJ, Winter SS, Dunsmore KP, Devidas M, Chen Z, Wood BL, Hermiston ML, Teachey DT, Perkins SL, Miles RR, Raetz EA, Loh ML, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Hunger SP, Lim MS, Gross TG, Bollard CM Journal of Clinical Oncology 2026 Feb 44 429
    An Integrated Method to Evaluate the Treatment Efficacy and Immunogenicity of B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Therapeutic Enzyme Formulations
    Santelli J, Heble AY, Endsley C, Woodward A, Hafeez N, Winick N, Lux J Small Methods 2026 Feb 10
    Role of race and ethnicity in survival among children/young adults with relapsed ALL: a Children's Oncology Group report
    Ligon JA, Ji L, Dang A, Xu X, Rheingold SR, Bhojwani D, Devidas M, Kairalla JA, Shago M, Heerema NA, Carroll AJ, Borowitz M, Wood BL, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Hunger SP, Raetz EA, Loh ML, Gupta S, Winestone LE Blood Advances 2025 Nov 9 5738-5751
    Higher Rates of Hypersensitivity Reactions to Calaspargase Compared With Pegaspargase: A Single Center Retrospective Review
    McCarty K, Smith C, Zhang S, Gao A, Patel B, Cox J, Winick N, Slone T Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 May 72
    Reply to: Accurate Determinants of Outcome in ALL
    Chang TC, Chen W, Qu C, Cheng Z, Elsayed A, Pounds SB, Shago M, Rabin KR, Raetz EA, Devidas M, Cheng C, Angiolillo A, Baviskar P, Borowitz M, Burke MJ, Carroll A, Carroll WL, Chen IM, Harvey R, Heerema N, Iacobucci I, Wang JR, Jeha S, Larsen E, Mattano L, Maloney K, Pui CH, Ramirez NC, Salzer W, Willman C, Winick N, Wood B, Hunger SP, Wu G, Mullighan CG, Loh ML Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025 Mar 43 1039-1041
    Blinatumomab in Standard-Risk B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children
    Gupta S, Rau RE, Kairalla JA, Rabin KR, Wang C, Angiolillo AL, Alexander S, Carroll AJ, Conway S, Gore L, Kirsch I, Kubaney HR, Li AM, McNeer JL, Militano O, Miller TP, Moyer Y, O’Brien MM, Okada M, Reshmi SC, Shago M, Wagner E, Winick N, Wood BL, Haworth‑Wright T, Zaman F, Zugmaier G, Zupanec S, Devidas M, Hunger SP, Teachey DT, Raetz EA, Loh ML New England Journal of Medicine 2025 Feb 392 875-891
    Attention and executive functioning in children and adolescents treated for high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG)
    Hardy KK, Embry L, Kairalla JA, Sharkey C, Gioia AR, Griffin D, Berger C, Weisman HS, Noll RB, Winick NJ Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2024 Nov 71
    Determinants of survival after first relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children’s Oncology Group study
    Rheingold SR, Bhojwani D, Ji L, Xu X, Devidas M, Kairalla JA, Shago M, Heerema NA, Carroll AJ, Breidenbach H, Borowitz M, Wood BL, Angiolillo AL, Asselin BL, Bowman WP, Brown P, Dreyer ZA, Dunsmore KP, Hilden JM, Larsen E, Maloney K, Matloub Y, Mattano LA, Winter SS, Gore L, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Hunger SP, Raetz EA, Loh ML Leukemia 2024 Nov 38 2382-2394
    Genomic Determinants of Outcome in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
    Chang TC, Chen W, Qu C, Cheng Z, Hedges D, Elsayed A, Pounds SB, Shago M, Rabin KR, Raetz EA, Devidas M, Cheng C, Angiolillo A, Baviskar P, Borowitz M, Burke MJ, Carroll A, Carroll WL, Chen IM, Harvey R, Heerema N, Iacobucci I, Wang JR, Jeha S, Larsen E, Mattano L, Maloney K, Pui CH, Ramirez NC, Salzer W, Willman C, Winick N, Wood B, Hunger SP, Wu G, Mullighan CG, Loh ML Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024 Oct 42 3491-3503
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Presidents Award for for Diversity and Humanism in Clinical Medicine UT Southwestern
      (2020)
    • George R Buchanan Teaching Award Pediatric Hematology Oncology
      (2019)
    • Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas
      D Magazine (2010-2013) (2015-2023)
    • Elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
      (2014)
    • Texas Super Doctors
      Texas Monthly (2007-2022)
    • Wipe Out Kids Cancer, Spirit of “Little Mo” Award
      (2006)
    • Cancer Career Development Award
      American Cancer Society (1987)
    • Mead Johnson Clinical Investigator Award
      American Society Clinical Oncology (1986)
    • Community Service Award
      (1975)
    • Phi Beta Kappa
      (1974)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Society of Clinical Oncology
    • American Society Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
    • Children's Oncology Group
    • International Society of Paediatric Oncology
    • Pediatric Oncology Group