111V ir PRA Cancer charity organization. Taub also studies ways to improve the treatment of childhood leukemia. Down syndrome patients have an increased risk of developing leukemia, and he oversaw a national study of children with Down syn- drome and acute myeloid leukemia who achieved exceptionally high cure rates of approximately 90 percent. His choice of pediatric hematology/oncol- ogy as a specialty reflected his own experi- ence as a teenager diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer. He was treated at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit and then became interested in medicine. A Windsor native, Taub graduated from medical school at the University of Western Ontario and completed a pediatric residency at CHM, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology in 1994. Today he is CHM division chief of oncology and a pro- fessor of pediatrics at Wayne State University. "Children's Hospital of Michigan is a leader in pediatric health care, not only for Metropolitan Detroit but for the entire state, and is recognized as a national leader in developing new, more effective cancer thera- pies and conducting innovative research:' he said. "This is why our clinical opinions are frequently sought out by other physicians from around the country and even over- seas, and physicians from throughout the U.S. come to train at Children's Hospital to become specialists:' The family connection with CHM extends to his niece, Elana Ackerman. She was treated for leukemia there and Taub was one of her physicians. She is now a pediatric resident at the hospital. Taub and his wife have three daugh- ters and live in Birmingham. 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