Tulane medical students raise money for pediatric cancer research

Off with their hair! Tulane University School of Medicine students braved a shave to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The event raised close to $10,000 for the organization, which supports children with cancer. Second-year Tulane med student Elikem Dorbu gets his head shaved by stylist Suzanne Ensch. (Photos by Alexander Hua)

Stylist Dominique Thompson gets Bradly Pellegrin halfway to his goal.

Brian Lewis, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine and associate director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at Tulane University School of Medicine, braves a shave for the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

Ensch and Thompson work on Phillip Quach (foreground) and Josh Wahba (second from right).