William A. May, MD

Dr. William May is Clinical Director of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and the Director of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Section of the Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has been board certified in Pediatric Hematology Oncology since 1992.
Dr. May earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of California Davis and his MD from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. His Pediatric Internship was at UCLA and he completed his residency years at UCSF. His Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship was at UCLA.
Prior to his present appointment, Dr. May held a faculty position at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Alabama from 1996-2003. From 2003-2016, he was on faculty at the Keck School of Medicine at USC and on staff at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Dr. May's clinical interests are in Hematologic Malignancies of Childhood and Adolescence. He is UCLA Principal Investigator for the Children's Oncology Group (COG). He is responsible for the conduct of COG clinical trials at UCLA.