The curiosity in me drove me towards the medical field and especially to HemeOnc because of the recent advances which have made remarkable differences in people lives. I like to practice both Hematology/Medical Oncology in the future.
Christus Hospital, Alexandria, Louisiana
Heidi Latiolais
Medical School Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Born on Eglin AFB, Florida; grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas
I look forward to an academic-based clinical practice focused on malignant hematology, specifically acute leukemia and stem cell transplantation.
Accepted for BMT Fellowship at Standford
Radhamani Kannaiyan
K.A.P. Vishwananthan Government Medical College
Tamil Nadu, India
Everything about hematology-oncology excites me.
The START Center | Oncology & Cancer Care
Jay Parekh
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
Mumbai, India
Academic career in oncology and clinical trials.
UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty
Jacob Schmelz
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Academic career, possibly focusing on benign/malignant hematology
UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty
Class of 2025
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Ranjit Banwait
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
Carteret, New Jersey
Currently undecided between private versus academic based clinical practice. I have prior experience in Malignant Hematology however I am keeping my options open. I am Geriatrics Medicine trained so I hope to bring this aspect my training into my practice of older adults living with cancer.
New York Oncology Hematology, Albany, NY
Venugopal Damerla
Gandhi Medical College Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad, India
His professional interests include research on role of metabolic factors involved in cancer development and immunotherapy.
South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio, TX
Iman Doostan
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Shiraz, Iran
I am looking forward to practicing in an academic setting after my fellowship training. I would like to pursue physician scientist route in Heme-Onc with focus on identifying mechanisms of resistance to conventional and targeted therapies and identifying novel therapeutics.
UT Houston
Miguel Michel Ocampo
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina
Sayula Jalisco, Mexico
I am very interested in solid tumors especially GI and GI as these affect a large percent of the Latin American community and I would like to make an impact in this population given my background. I would like to work in a private practice or community setting so that I may still see a variety in terms of pathology but with a focus on GI and GU.
Texas Oncology in San Antonio, TX
Abhishek Pandya
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
Born in Ahmedabad, India; grew up in Phoenix, Arizona
Still at the beginning of my training so I have wide interests, but I like benign and malignant hematology.
UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty
Class of 2024
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Tamarah Aldawoodi
Al-Nahrain University College of Medicine
Baghdad, Iraq
Oncology community practice.
MD Anderson Houston
Michael Auster
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Briarcliff Manor, NY
As I am at the very beginning of my heme/onc career, I am very open to all aspects of this specialty, but I do tend towards general oncology.
Maine Health Cancer Care and Maine Medical Center Assistant Professor of
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Raed Benkhadra
University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine
Rabat, Morocco
Academic based clinical practice in Oncology, with a primary focus in Breast cancer.
Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, OR
Sophia Lee
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Born in South Korea; grew up in Johnson City, TN
Community-based clinical practice in Hematology/Oncology with a primary focus in benign and malignant hematology.
Texas Oncology in Houston, TX
Class of 2023
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Munaf Al-Kadhimi
Baghdad, Iraq
Private practice in Houston Area, will likely do 75% clinical (GI and Lung) and 25% phase one clinical trial.
I dream of working in clinical oncology practice with a focus on excellent management of oncology patients. My focus of patient care remains open to both hematology and oncology topics. I'm interested in practice and quality improvement, leadership, clinical education, and always striving for the best for my patients.
Vidit Kapoor
New Delhi, India
Academic Oncology practice with a focus on Gastrointestinal tumors, Neuro-oncology and immunotherapies.
Class of 2022
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Sushanth Kakarla,
Chief Fellow
Hyderabad, India
Community based clinical practice in Oncology with a primary focus in Genitourinary (GU) cancers.
Accepted a position at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon.
Kelly Pippin,
Wellness Chief Fellow
Jackson, Mississippi
In the future I will be working for a hybrid community/academic based practice. In the coming years, I hope to bring more awareness to physician career longevity and creating work environments where physician well being is a priority.
Accepted a position at Ochsner Health System in Louisana.
Christine Moore
Clarksville, Tennessee
Combined Hematology and Medical Oncology in a Veteran's Affairs hospital or community-based practice
Accepted a position at Genesis Care in Western North Carolina.
James Jae-Hyung Yoo
Wayne, New Jersey
Undecided, but considering private practice in Hematology and Oncology; primary focus on general oncology, but also in GU and Malignant Hematology.
Accepted a position at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.
Our Class of 2025 alumni fellow Venugopal Damerla and Class of 2026 fellows from left to right Karthik Chamarti, Jay Parekh, Radhamani Kannaiyan, and Heidi Latiolais.
The Class of 2025 celebrating their graduation at the annual celebratory dinner.
Celebrating the Class of 2024 graduating Hematology-Oncology fellows. From left to right, Raed Benkhadra, Sophia Lee, Michael Auster, and Tamarah Aldawoodi.
Class of 2024 with their supporting professors and colleagues.
Our fellow graduates Class of 2022. From left to right, Christine Moore, Sushanth Kakarla, James Jae-Hyung Yoo, and Kelly Pippin.
