Dr. Roberta Adams is the medical director of the Phoenix Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD). She is also the director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program within the CCBD. She graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1981, completed her residency at Boston Children's Hospital, then worked for 3 years on the Navajo Reservation as a general pediatrician prior to completing her Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of Utah. She has more than 40 years of diverse experience in cancer and blood disorder treatment and research, especially in cellular therapy/marrow transplant.

Dr. Adams is the leader of a team of pediatric specialist who make up the largest pediatric cancer program in Arizona. Her research interests focus on decreasing the toxicity from stem cell transplantation, including improvement in the detection and treatment of infections in the transplant setting and minimizing and treating the complications which stem from receiving a stem cell graft from another person other than the patient. Dr. Adams' additional interests are related to the role of bone marrow - manipulation to enhance an antitumor effect and decrease risk of complications and graft rejection both in the treatment of acute leukemia and in solid tumors such as sarcomas.

Dr. Adams is proud to work for Phoenix Children's and lead the pediatric team which is only one of two programs in Arizona, and the only one in the Phoenix Valley, conducting research trials giving pediatric cancer patients access to the newest treatments available. Dr. Adams is affiliated with Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, which, together with Phoenix Children's, run the Valley's only accredited Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program.