Education
- Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital), McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- MS: Clinical Investigation Program, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children’s Memorial Hospital), McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Dargart was born and raised in Toledo. After graduating Summa cum laude from the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, she attended medical school at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, from which she graduated with honors. She then moved to Chicago to complete her residency in General Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s Hospital), affiliated with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. After completion of her training, she returned to Toledo in 2011 to practice at ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital.
Clinical Focus
Dr. Dargart’s special interests include treating children, adolescents and young adults with cancer and participation in clinical trials for children with cancer. Dr. Dargart serves as Principal Investigator for the Children's Oncology Group (COG) at ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital. PRJECH is the only children's cancer center in Northwest Ohio to participate in COG, the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric cancer research.
Academic Focus
Clinical research, medical education, quality improvement
Selected Publications
Abu-Arja RF, Dargart JL, Bajwa RPS, Kahwash SB, Auletta JJ, Rangarajan HG. Monozygotic twins diagnosed simultaneously with RAM immunophenotype acute myeloid leukemia. Pediatr Transplant, 2018;e13291.
Armstrong AE, Dargart J, Reichek J, Walterhouse DO, Matossian D, Cohn RA, Gosiengfiao Y. Irinotecan and temozolomide for treatment of neuroblastoma in a patient with renal failure on hemodialysis. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 2014;61:949-50.
Dargart JL, Fish K, Gordon LI, Longnecker R, Cen O. Dasatinib therapy results in decreased B cell proliferation, splenomegaly, and tumor growth in a murine model of lymphoma expressing Myc and Epstein-Barr virus LMP2A. Antiviral Res, 2012;95:49-56.
Honors & Awards
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Training Program in Clinical Oncology Research (Ruth L. Kirschstein-National Service Research Award T32 CA079447-12)
- Colman Family Grant
- Children’s Research Foundation Grant
- Washington Square Health Foundation Grant in support of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Fellowship
- The Mark Staehely Pediatric Cancer Foundation Fellowship
- Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society
- Health Policy Day Research Award, Primary Care Track, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Dean’s Scholar, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Children’s Oncology Group
- Histiocyte Society
Conflict of Interest: None Reported