Samantha Barone, MSN, CPNP-AC, CPHON is a nurse practitioner with the Blood and Marrow Transplant program in the Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Samantha began her nursing career at Lurie Children’s hospital in Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant in 2014 after graduating with her BSN from Loyola University Chicago. In 2016 she continued her nursing career in the Oncology Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She obtained her MSN in Pediatric Acute Care with an oncology concentration from University of Pennsylvania in 2020 and joined the Blood and Marrow Transplant team in 2021. Samantha specializes in cell collection and donation and the CNS Autologous PSCT patient population; she also supports the Allogeneic and Autologous patients requiring admission for cellular therapy or transplant.