Christopher L. Moertel, MD

Christopher Moertel is the Kenneth and Betty Jayne Dahlberg Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the  Katie Hageboeck Children's Cancer Research Fund Clinic and leads the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program and the Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Clinic. Dr. Moertel joined the University of Minnesota in 2007. Prior to that time, he was the lead physician of the Theodora Lang Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic at Children's Hospital, St. Paul. He served in multiple leadership roles at Children's Hospitals of Minnesota, including Chief of Staff. Dr. Moertel's research interests include treatment of Neurofibromatosis-associated neoplasia, targeted therapy of pediatric brain tumors and immunotherapy of high grade glioma. He has sponsored at least 5 INDs and has conducted multiple investigator-initiated clinical trials. He has research collaborations in cancer genomics, cancer immunotherapy and cancer epidemiology, with a goal of bringing cutting edge discovery from the bench to the bedside. He has spoken at national and international medical conferences and participates in multiple national and international cooperative groups. Dr. Moertel also leads the pediatric neuro-oncology fellowship with the goal of educating future translational experts in neurofibromatosis and/or pediatric brain tumors.