Paul McPherson, MD

Dr. Erin Wright has been in practice since 2019. After receiving her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), she completed her residency at the University South Florida, followed by a neuro-oncology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and a hematology-oncology fellowship at Akron Children’s. She has a special interest in brain and spinal cord tumors, neurofibromatosis/tumor predisposition syndromes, and targeted therapies. Dr. Wright is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology.

Dr. Sondike is an adolescent medicine specialist and director of the Akron Children’s Adolescent Medicine division. He’s been in practice since 2000 and with Akron Children’s since 2016. He earned his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and completed his pediatric residency and adolescent medicine fellowship at Cohen Children’s Hospital in New York. Dr. Sondike has a special interest in eating disorders and gender affirming medicine. He’s certified in pediatrics and adolescent medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He’s a clinical professor of pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical College and a fellow of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Julia is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Akron Children’s, where she’s been practicing since 2014. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa. Julia has a special interest in hemostasis and thrombosis. She is certified by Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and is also a certified pediatric hematology oncology nurse.