Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Dr. Higman joined the staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in 2006, as a Senior Staff Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Dr. Higman earned her degree MD/PhD degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY  in 1995; and completed residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1998, and a fellowship in Oncology and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, in 2001.

Dr. Higman is licensed by New York State and is certified by American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. She also is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Higman's research interests focus on the study of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantations and The Biology of Hodgkin’s Disease.

Dr. Higman is a member of:

• Children’s Oncology Group
• American Academy of Pediatrics (member)
• American Medical Association (past member)
• American Society of Hematology (associate member 2000-present)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (associate member 2000-present)
• American Association of Clinical Research (associate member 2000-2001)
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (member)
• ASBMT member (2004-present)

Publications:

Fifteen peer-reviewed scientific articles

Book Chapters

Three book chapters

Inventions, Patents, Copyrights:

IND Number BB-IND 10049 Autologous EBV+ Lymphoblastoid Cell Line Treated with Synthetic Psoralen (S-59) and Ultraviolet A Light. (PI RF Ambinder, Co-I Higman)