Brian D Guedes, MD

Dr. Dean is a hematologist-oncologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2021.She was previously an attending physician with Pediatric Specialists of Virginia in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and with Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Dean was the director of the Long-Term Follow-Up program at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia and Children’s National Hospital and director of the neuro-oncology program at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia. She was also a senior physician on the leukemia and lymphoma team.She was an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science. Dr. Dean has published peer-reviewed articles, authored book chapters and lectured both nationally and internationally. Her clinical and research interests include the impact of physical activity on overall function, cardiac function and quality of life in leukemia and lymphoma patients.Dr. Dean earned her medical degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Metts specializes in pediatric hematology/oncology in the Johns Hopkins All Children's Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He sees patients on our main campus in St. Petersburg and at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care Center in Tampa. He joined the hospital in 2016. He received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital through the University of South Florida Morsani School of Medicine. Dr. Metts then trained at Emory University School of Medicine as a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow. His clinical interests include sarcomas, rare solid tumors, and Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials for pediatric solid tumors.

Dr. Grana specializes in pediatric hematology/oncology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. She joined the hospital medical staff in 1992.Dr. Grana earned her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at University Children’s Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and completed a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Florida.