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Class of 2026<\/h3>\n

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Profile Photo<\/th>Name<\/th>Medical School<\/th>Hometown<\/th>Professional Interests<\/th>Placement after Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Karthik Chamarti<\/td>Medical School Madurai Medical College<\/td>Andhra Pradesh, India<\/td>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.<\/td>Christus Hospital, Alexandria, Louisiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Heidi Latiolais<\/td>Medical School Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine<\/td>Born on Eglin AFB, Florida; grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas<\/td>I look forward to an academic-based clinical practice focused on malignant hematology, specifically acute leukemia and stem cell transplantation.<\/td>Accepted for BMT Fellowship at Standford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Radhamani Kannaiyan<\/td>K.A.P. Vishwananthan Government Medical College<\/td>Tamil Nadu, India<\/td>Everything about hematology-oncology excites me. <\/td>The START Center | Oncology & Cancer Care<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Jay Parekh<\/td>Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College<\/td>Mumbai, India<\/td>Academic career in oncology and clinical trials.<\/td>UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Jacob Schmelz<\/td>UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine<\/td>San Antonio, TX<\/td>Academic career, possibly focusing on benign\/malignant hematology<\/td>UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2025<\/h3>\n

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Profile Photo<\/th>Name<\/th>Medical School<\/th>Hometown<\/th>Professional Interests<\/th>Placement After Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Ranjit Banwait<\/td>Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine<\/td>Carteret, New Jersey<\/td>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.<\/td>New York Oncology Hematology, Albany, NY <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Venugopal Damerla<\/td>Gandhi Medical College Hyderabad, India<\/td>Hyderabad, India<\/td>His professional interests include research on role of metabolic factors involved in cancer development and immunotherapy. <\/td>South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Iman Doostan<\/td>Isfahan University of Medical Sciences<\/td>Shiraz, Iran<\/td>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. <\/td>UT Houston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Miguel Michel Ocampo<\/td>Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina<\/td>Sayula Jalisco, Mexico<\/td>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.<\/td>Texas Oncology in San Antonio, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Abhishek Pandya<\/td>A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona<\/td>Born in Ahmedabad, India; grew up in Phoenix, Arizona<\/td>Still at the beginning of my training so I have wide interests, but I like benign and malignant hematology. <\/td>UT Health San Antonio HemeOnc Faculty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2024<\/h3>\n

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Profile Photo<\/th>Name<\/th>Medical School<\/th>Hometown<\/th>Professional Interests<\/th>Placement After Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Tamarah Aldawoodi<\/td>Al-Nahrain University College of Medicine<\/td>Baghdad, Iraq<\/td>Oncology community practice. <\/td>MD Anderson Houston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Michael Auster<\/td>University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine<\/td>Briarcliff Manor, NY <\/td>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. <\/td>Maine Health Cancer Care and Maine Medical Center Assistant Professor of
\nMedicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Raed Benkhadra<\/td>University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine<\/td>Rabat, Morocco<\/td>Academic based clinical practice in Oncology, with a primary focus in Breast cancer.<\/td>Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, OR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Sophia Lee<\/td>University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine<\/td>Born in South Korea; grew up in Johnson City, TN<\/td>Community-based clinical practice in Hematology\/Oncology with a primary focus in benign and malignant hematology. <\/td>Texas Oncology in Houston, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2023<\/h3>\n

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Profile Photo<\/th>Name<\/th>Hometown<\/th>Professional Interests<\/th>Placement After Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Munaf Al-Kadhimi<\/td>Baghdad, Iraq<\/td>Private practice in Houston Area, will likely do 75% clinical (GI and Lung) and 25% phase one clinical trial.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Snegha Ananth<\/td>Chennai, India<\/td>Acute leukemia, stem cell transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy\/Cancer Immunology.<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>David Gregorio<\/td>Boise, Idaho<\/td>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. <\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Vidit Kapoor<\/td>New Delhi, India<\/td>Academic Oncology practice with a focus on Gastrointestinal tumors, Neuro-oncology and immunotherapies. <\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2022<\/h3>\n

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Profile Photo<\/th>Name<\/th>Hometown<\/th>Professional Interests<\/th>Placement After Graduation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"\"<\/td>Sushanth Kakarla,
\nChief Fellow<\/td>		Hyderabad, India<\/td>Community based clinical practice in Oncology with a primary focus in Genitourinary (GU) cancers.<\/td>Accepted a position at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Kelly Pippin,
\nWellness Chief Fellow<\/td>		Jackson, Mississippi<\/td>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. <\/td>Accepted a position at Ochsner Health System in Louisana.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>Christine Moore<\/td> Clarksville, Tennessee<\/td>Combined Hematology and Medical Oncology in a Veteran's Affairs hospital or community-based practice<\/td>Accepted a position at Genesis Care in Western North Carolina.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>James Jae-Hyung Yoo<\/td>Wayne, New Jersey<\/td>Undecided, but considering private practice in Hematology and Oncology; primary focus on general oncology, but also in GU and Malignant Hematology.<\/td>Accepted a position at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1054″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=””][vc_single_image image=”877″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=””][vc_single_image image=”893″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=””][vc_single_image image=”835″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=””][vc_single_image image=”836″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” css=””][vc_single_image image=”586″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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