Dr. Hilda Ding is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She is board certified in pediatrics and board eligible in pediatric hematology/oncology.

After attending medical school at State University of New York – Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Dr. Ding completed her pediatric residency at the University of South Carolina, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. She then completed her pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. During her fellowship training, she developed an academic interest in bleeding and clotting disorders and decided to complete an additional year of clinical training in hemostasis and thrombosis.

Dr. Ding is committed to caring for children and adolescents with a wide variety of disorders in pediatric hematology/oncology, with special interests in hemostasis, thrombosis and bone marrow failure. She directs the Hematology/Gynecology clinic to provide multi-disciplinary care for adolescent females and girls with abnormal menstrual bleeding.

She also loves sharing her interests with medical students, residents and fellows.

Dr. Ding is fluent in Cantonese. Outside of work, Dr. Ding enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and their dogs.

Dr. Kelly Bush is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology.

After attending medical school at New York Medical College, Dr. Bush completed her pediatric residency and pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. During her fellowship, she developed a particular interest in bleeding and clotting disorders, which led her to pursue an additional year of clinical training in pediatric hemostasis and thrombosis at Rady Children’s Hospital and UC San Diego.

Dr. Bush enjoys caring for patients with a wide variety of disorders in pediatric hematology/oncology with special clinical interests in hemostasis and thrombosis. She is a leader of the division’s Quality Improvement (QI) Committee and serves as the advisor for fellow-led quality improvement projects in pediatric hematology/oncology and QI lead for the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center. Dr. Bush also enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

When not working, Dr. Bush enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and participating in a variety of outdoor activities.

Dr. Julie Jaffray is a board-certified pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UC San Diego. Her passion is caring for children and adolescents with blood disorders, including bleeding disorders and clotting disorders.

Dr. Jaffray received her medical degree from Flinders University of South Australia. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and her pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell. This was followed by two additional years of training as a hemostasis and thrombosis specialty fellow at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she later became the thrombosis program director and associate clinical director of hematology.

She is the Chair of the Anticoagulation Stewardship and Venous Thromboembolism Management Committee at Rady Children’s. She is also the President of the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Society of North America.

Her research is focused on identifying risk factors that cause blood clots in children and determining the best way to prevent blood clots. Dr. Jaffray leads a 48-institution, national consortium dedicated to preventing and treating blood clots in children, called the CHAT Consortium (www.chatconsortium.org). Her other passion is caring for adolescent females and girls with heavy menstrual periods and bleeding disorders.

Dr. Jaffray’s work is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health, with past funding from the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two young daughters and their Bernese Mountain Dog, Sally.