Javier E. Oesterheld received his Bachelor of Science degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He attended medical school at the Universidad Central Del Caribe, Puerto Rico and completed his residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark. Dr. Oesterheld completed his hematology/oncology fellowship at Columbia University, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital New York. He is currently part of the Hematology/Oncology team at Levine's Children's Hospital where he was named Director of Developmental Therapeutics in July 2009.