Memorial Sloan Kettering pediatric oncologist Julia Glade Bender

Julia Glade Bender, MD

Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

Pediatric cancers
Pediatric sarcomas
Neuroblastoma

My Specialties

Pediatric cancer care
Clinical trials
Early-phase clinical trials

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Get to Know Me

I am a pediatric oncologist who specializes in caring for young people with solid tumors of the bone and soft tissues, including osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, germ cell tumors, and other rare tumors. As cliché as it might sound, I love talking to kids of all ages, right up through young adulthood. With five kids of my own, I’ve had a lot of practice. As a member of the MSK Kids team, I am honored to guide patients and their families through what is likely to be one of the most difficult experiences of their lives. There is no greater satisfaction than delivering children, teens, and young adults back to the lives they were meant to lead and allowing them to become the people they were destined to be.

To provide the best treatment available and build the most effective team for a child, I strive to understand each person as an individual. How families communicate, how people cope, and what they need also come into play. With 80 percent of pediatric cancer patients surviving, the context of cancer care during developmental stages can have a profound impact. Kids still need to play like kids. These young patients struggle with independence, relationships, body image, and visions for the future. At MSK Kids, we help them navigate these issues as well as our complex healthcare system.

At the same time, I respect and admire scientific discovery. There’s a lot about tumor biology that can be translated into better therapies for children. We need to understand what makes an individual tumor tick and shut it down. For many people, standard chemotherapy using existing anticancer drugs will continue to be the best approach. But for others, there’s great hope that newer technologies will result in better biologic and targeted therapies. These advances can take advantage of the differences between tumor cells and normal cells. At MSK Kids, we analyze the genetics of every child’s tumor using a test called MSK-IMPACT™. This testing allows us to quickly identify whether there are newer drugs that can be added to or replace standard therapies.

My research occurs by the bedside and in the clinic, in the form of clinical trials. I help develop and lead national first-in-child studies. I feel strongly that children should have access to new drugs in their earliest stages of testing, especially if a drug has been developed to target specific molecules driving the growth of their tumors. At MSK, we have broad expertise and collaborate with our colleagues caring for adults to offer the newest therapies to children sooner, including those that help or train the body’s immune system to recognize cancer. We try our best to learn from every patient and share that knowledge with one another, never losing sight that each patient is an individual. What is good for one may not be the best choice for another.

My overarching goal is to apply my research and patient care experience to improve the care of all young people with cancer. I hope that in the future, we will have more-effective therapies with fewer side effects. With my incredible colleagues, I put my heart and mind to work each day for the kids we are honored to care for. I aim to cure cancer one patient at a time, and I’m not going to stop until we get there.

What I Do at MSK

A pediatric hematologist-oncologist is a doctor who treats cancers and blood diseases in children, adolescents and young adults.

Vice Chair for Clinical Research

Conditions I Treat

Pediatric cancers
Pediatric sarcomas
Neuroblastoma
Germ cell tumors
Osteosarcoma
Pediatric Ewing sarcoma
Pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas

My Specialties

Pediatric cancer care
Clinical trials
Early-phase clinical trials
Precision medicine
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer care
Chemotherapy

Education

MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Residencies

General Pediatrics – Mount Sinai Medical Center

Fellowships

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatrics

Awards and Honors

Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctor (2025)
Castle Connolly: Exceptional Women in Medicine (2024)
Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctor (2024)
Top Doctors New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly (2023)
Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly (2023)
Castle Connolly: America's Top Doctors (2023)
Castle Connolly: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2014, 2016-2020)

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Contact and Location

Dr. Glade Bender sees patients at one location.

Office Phone

212-639-6729

Location

New York, NY

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Colleagues

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Clinical Trials

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Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.

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Research and Publications

Moreno L, Casanova M, Chisholm JC, Berlanga P, Chastagner PB, Baruchel S, Amoroso L, Gallego Melcón S, Gerber NU, Bisogno G, Fagioli F, Geoerger B, Glade Bender JL, Aerts I, Bergeron C, Hingorani P, Elias I, Simcock M, Ferrara S, Le Bruchec Y, Slepetis R, Chen N, Vassal G. Phase I results of a phase I/II study of weekly nab-paclitaxel in paediatric patients with recurrent/refractory solid tumours: A collaboration with innovative therapies for children with cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2018 Sep;100:27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

Oberg JA, Ruiz J, Ali‐Shaw T, Schlechtweg KA, Ricci A, Kung AL, Chung WK, Appelbaum PS, Glade Bender JL, Levine JM. Whole‐Genome and Whole‐Exome Sequencing in Pediatric Oncology: An Assessment of Parent and Young Adult Patient Knowledge, Attitudes, and Expectations, JCO Precision Oncology. 2018 :2, 1-11.

Oberg JA*, Glade Bender JL*, Sulis ML*, Pendrick D, Sireci AN, Hsiao SJ, Turk AT, Dela Cruz FS, Hibshoosh H, Remotti H, Zylber RJ, Pang J, Diolaiti D, Koval C, Andrews SJ, Garvin JH, Yamashiro DJ, Chung WK, Emerson SG, Nagy PL, Mansukhani MM, Kung AL. Implementation of next generation sequencing into pediatric hematology-oncology practice: moving beyond actionable alterations. Genome Medicine. Genome Medicine. Dec 23, 2016; 8(1):133. DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0389-6. [PMID: 28007021] *Contributed equally

Harris MH, DuBois SG, Glade Bender JL, Kim A, Crompton BD, Parker E, Dumont IP, Hong AL, Guo D, Church A, Stegmaier K, Roberts CW, Shusterman S, London WB, MacConaill LE, Lindeman NI, Diller L, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Janeway KA. Multicenter Feasibility Study of Tumor Molecular Profiling to Inform Therapeutic Decisions in Advanced Pediatric Solid Tumors: The Individualized Cancer Therapy (iCat) Study. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Jan 28. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.5689. [Epub ahead of print].

Tannenbaum-Dvir S, Glade-Bender JL, Church AJ, Janeway KA, Harris MH, Mansukhani MM, Nagy PL, Andrews SJ, Murty VV, Kadenhe-Chiweshe A, Connolly EP, Kung AL, Dela Cruz FS. Characterization of a novel fusion gene 1 EML4-NTRK3 in an aggressive case of congenital fibrosarcoma. Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies. 2015: a000471.

Voss SD, Glade-Bender J, Spunt SL, DuBois SG, Widemann BC, Park JR, Leary SE, Nelson MD, Adamson PC, Blaney SM, Weigel B. Growth plate abnormalities in pediatric cancer patients undergoing phase 1 anti-angiogenic therapy: A report from the children’s oncology group phase I consortium. Pediatr Blood Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Jan;62(1):45-51. [Epub 2014 Sep 24; PMID:25257751].

Glade Bender J, Lee A, Reid JM, Baruchel S, Roberts T, Voss S, Wu B, Ahern C, Ingle AM, Harris P, Weigel B, Blaney SM. A Phase I Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of Pazopanib in Children with Refractory Solid Tumors including Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Children’s Oncology Group Phase I Consortium Report. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Aug 20;31(24):3034-3043. [Epub 2013 Jul 15; PMID: 23857966].

Glade Bender J, Blaney SM, Borinstein SC, Reid JM, Baruchel S, Ahern C, Ingle AM, Yamashiro DJ, Chen A, Weigel B, Adamson PC, Park JR. A Phase I Trial and Pharmacokinetic Study of Aflibercept (VEGF Trap) in Children with Refractory Solid Tumors: A Children’s Oncology Group Phase I Consortium Report. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 15;18(18):5081-9. [PMID: 22791883].

Glade Bender JL, Adamson PC, Reid JM, Xu L, Baruchel S, Shaked Y, Cooney-Qualter EM, Stempak D, Chen HX, Nelson MD, Krailo MD, Ingle AM, Blaney SM, Kandel JJ, Yamashiro DJ. Phase I trial and pharmacokinetic study of bevacizumab in pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors: a Children’s Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 20; 26(3):399-405[PMID: 18202416].

Publications on PubMed

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Julia Glade Bender discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Professional Services and Activities
Columbia University
Intellectual Property Rights
Eisai
Professional Services and Activities
European Science Foundation
Professional Services and Activities
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

Merck Sharp & Dohme
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Neuroblastoma UK
Professional Services and Activities
Pfizer, Inc.
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Solving Kids' Cancer UK
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Springworks Therapeutics
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
St. Baldrick's Foundation
Fiduciary Role / Position; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

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