Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Oncologist
Medical University of South Carolina, Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, Hollings Cancer Center
Dr. Jacqueline Kraveka is a Professor of Pediatrics and a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston, SC. Born in Velasco, Cuba, she emigrated to the United States at age four. She earned her undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1989 and her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1994. After completing her pediatrics residency at Miami Children’s Hospital in 1997, she pursued a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at MUSC, where she has been on staff since 2000. Dr. Kraveka specializes in pediatric oncology, with a focus on neuroblastoma, pediatric sarcomas, precision medicine, and clinical trial development. She plays a key role in pediatric cancer research as a member of the Executive Board and Scientific Committee for the Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium (BCC) and serves as the Institutional Principal Investigator for Children’s Oncology Group and BCC clinical trials at MUSC. Her laboratory research focuses on developing innovative therapies, including sphingolipid-mediated treatments, to improve outcomes for children with cancer.