Cancer Center of Excellence Directory

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Alexander Adibekian, Ph.D. Alexander Adibekian, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Aadibeki@scripps.edu | (561) 2282740
Shailaja Allani Shailaja Allani, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
Skesaraj@fau.edu | (561) 7998322

Areas of interest: Oxidative damage, cell death, mitochondrial metabolism, aging and cancer
Andres Alvarez Andres Alvarez, MD, Ph.D.
Memorial Healthcare System
AndrAlvarez@mhs.net | (954) 2651841

Areas of interest: Oncology clinical research, translaonal medicine, Neurooncology, and biobank
Marc Apple Marc Apple, MD
Cleveland Clinic
MApple8551@aol.com | (772) 5634673

Areas of interest: Radiation Oncology, Proton and Heavy Particle/Hadron Technologies and Innovation, and Targeted Radionuclide thera-pies and Stereotactic Ablation radio surgery with newer Immunotherapies
Waseem Asghar Waseem Asghar, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
wasghar@fau.edu | (561) 2973728

Areas of interest: Disease diagnostics, micro麍uidics and bio sensing
Carmen Ballestas Carmen Ballestas, MD
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
CBallestas@mhs.net | (954) 2656547

Areas of interest: Histocytosis and pediatric leukemia
Mark Block Mark Block, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
MBlock@mhs.net | (954) 2651125

Areas of interest: Lung and esophagealcancer
Erica Bloomquist Erica Bloomquist, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
EBloomquist@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: De-escalation of axilla surgery in patients with breast cancer and de-escalation of breast surgery in women with low risk DCIS
Ajay Bommareddy Ajay Bommareddy, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
Abommareddy@health.fau.edu | (561) 2973153

Areas of interest: Cellular signaling pathways, Cancer chemoprevention, in vitro and in vivo cancer models
Ignacio Castellon Ignacio Castellon, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
igcastellon@mhs.net | (954) 8449696

Areas of interest: Breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer
Aurelio Castrellon Aurelio Castrellon, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
ACastrellon@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Brian Cau麍 Brian Cau麍, MD
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
詁唬硃喝麍傭高鳥堯莽.紳梗喧 | (954) 2652234

Areas of interest: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
LunChing Chang LunChing Chang, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
changl@fau.edu | (561) 2973340

Areas of interest: Statistical genetics and bioinformatics
Branson Collins Branson Collins, MD
勛圖厙
BransonMD@hourglassmed.org | (609) 9204222

Areas of interest: Integrative Health
Mare Cudic Mare Cudic, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
mcudic@fau.edu | (561) 2974645

Areas of interest: Carbohydrate recogni-tion systems in cancer, lectins, glycans, cancer vaccines
Yehuda Deutsch Yehuda Deutsch, MD
Mo麍tt at Memorial Healthcare System
YDeutsch@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Matt Disney Matt Disney, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Disney@scripps.edu | (561) 2282203

Areas of interest: RNA Therapeutics
Sarah Du Sarah Du, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
edu@fau.edu | (561) 2973441

Areas of interest: Cell biomechanics and biophysics, and micro麍uidic biosensor
Katerine Dumais Katerine Dumais, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
KDumais@mhs.net | (954) 8446811

Areas of interest: Oncology pharmacy, public health and non-small cell lung cancer
Aaron Falchook Aaron Falchook, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
AFalchook@mhs.net | (954) 2655777

Areas of interest: Radiation oncology
Hugo Fernandez Hugo Fernandez, MD
Mo麍tt at Memorial Healthcare System
HuFernandez@mhs.net | (954) 8449724

Areas of interest: Bone Marrow Trans- plant, CAR-T cellular therapy, AML/MDS, GVHD
Gregg Fields Gregg Fields, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
fieldsg@fau.edu | (561) 7998577

Areas of interest: Therapeutic and imaging agents in multiple myeloma, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer and extracellular matrix regulation
Kathy Freeman Kathy Freeman, DrPH
勛圖厙
kfreemancostin@health.fau.edu | (561) 2974858

Areas of interest: Biostatistics
Christopher Gannon Christopher Gannon, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Cgannon@mhs.net | (954) 2659520

Areas of interest: Hepatobiliary malignan-cies, pancreas malignancies and gastric adenocarcinoma
Frank Gentile Frank Gentile, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
FGentile@mhs.net | (954) 8447476

Areas of interest: Hematology, Bone mar-row transplant, cellular therapy, and ad-ministration
Patrick Grant Patrick Grant, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
grantp@health.fau.edu | (561) 2971053

Areas of interest: Epigenetic mechanisms in cancer
Patrick Griffin Patrick Griffin, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
捩眶娶勳麍n高莽釵娶勳梯梯莽.梗餃喝 | (561) 2282200

Areas of interest: Activation of Gprotein coupled receptors and nuclear receptors
Delia (Connie) Guaqueta Delia (Connie) Guaqueta, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
DGuaqueta@mhs.net | (954) 2656815

Areas of interest: Breast cancer, Onco-genetics, molecular pro麍ling
Francesca Gullo, Francesca Gullo, Ph.D.
Gift of Life
幛眶喝梭梭棗高眶勳棗款梭勳款梗.棗娶眶 | (561) 9822909

Areas of interest: Hematopoietic stem cells and bio banking
Esther Guzman Esther Guzman, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
eguzman9@fau.edu | (772) 2422452

Areas of interest: Cancer cell biology, ma-rine natural products, therapeutics
Iftikhar Hanif Iftikhar Hanif, MD
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
ihanif@mhs.net | (954) 2652234

Areas of interest: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Katherine Heinze Katherine Heinze, Ph.D., RN
勛圖厙
kheinze@fau.edu | (561) 2972344

Areas of interest: Bioethics, treatment of pediatric cancer patients
Alan Herline Alan Herline, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Aherline@mhs.net | (954) 8441617

Areas of interest: Colon and rectal cancer
Robert Hirsch Robert Hirsch, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Rhirsch@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: General medical oncology and benign hematology
Brian Hunis Brian Hunis, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Bhunis@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Lung, Head and Neck Cancers
Atif Hussein Atif Hussein, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Ahussein@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Breast and Ovarian Can-cers, Sarcomas
Vijaya IragavarapuCharyulu Vijaya IragavarapuCharyulu, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
iragavar@health.fau.edu | (561) 2973304

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer and in麍ammation
Mohammad Jahanzeb Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD
GenesisCare Network Moham
mad.jahanzeb@usa.genesiscare.com | (954) 5710111

Areas of interest: Lung cancer
Michalina Janiszewska
Michalina Janiszewska, Ph.D.

UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Mjaniszewska@scripps.edu | (561) 2282788

Areas of interest: Mapping tumor heterogeneity, genetics, epigenetics
Tarsha Jones Tarsha Jones, Ph.D., RN
勛圖厙
jonest@health.fau.edu | (561) 2974975

Areas of interest: Cancer prevention, Cancer genetics and health disparities
Kevin Kang Kevin Kang, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
kangy@fau.edu | (561) 2973943

Areas of interest: Esophageal cancer stents, bioengineering
Sidharth Kerkar Sidharth Kerkar, MD
Exuma Biotech
Spkerkar1@gmail.com | (248) 8355439

Areas of interest: Cancer immunotherapy or immuneoncology and CART therapies
Andy V. Khamoui Andy V. Khamoui, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
akhamoui@fau.edu | (561) 2974450

Areas of interest: Cancer cachexia
Thomas Kodadek Thomas Kodadek, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Kodadek@scripps.edu | (561) 2282461

Areas of interest: DNAencoded libraries and highthroughput screening, chemical biology and drug development
Victoria Lao Victoria Lao, MD, Ph.D.
Memorial Healthcare System
Vlao@mhs.net | (954) 8441617

Areas of interest: Colon and Rectal Cancer, Cancer epigenetics, Molecular markers for cancer therapy
Bruce Lenes Bruce Lenes, MD
Gift of Life
BlenesMD@gmail.com | (954) 9939220

Areas of interest: Recruitment, collec-tion and processing of cells used for cellular therapy, apheresis center for collection of cellular therapy products and cellular therapy laboratory
Salvatore Lepore Salvatore Lepore, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
slepore@fau.edu | (561) 2970330

Areas of interest: Total synthesis of complex natural products, development of expedited synthesis techniques to facilitate smallmolecule library produc tion
Theodora (Dora) Leventouri Theodora (Dora) Leventouri, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
leventou@fau.edu | (561) 2972695

Areas of interest: Medical physics and radiation therapy
Zhongwei Li Zhongwei Li, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
zli@health.fau.edu | (561) 2973178

Areas of interest: RNA metabolism, function of noncoding RNA, RNA therapeutics, regulation of gene expression by natural products
Omar Llaguna Omar Llaguna, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
OLlaguna@mhs.net | (954) 8449520

Areas of interest: Hepatobiliary and colo-rectal cancer, gastric cancer, peritoneal malignancies and clinical outcomes re-search
Oge Marques Oge Marques, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
omarques@fau.edu | (561) 8667144

Areas of interest: Arti麍cial intelligence in medicine
Ashwin Mehta Ashwin Mehta, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
AsMehta@mhs.net | (954) 8449080

Areas of interest: Integrative medicine, nutrition, acupuncture and mindfulness
Adriana MililloNaraine Adriana MililloNaraine, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
AMililloNaraine@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Courtney Miller Courtney Miller, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
CMiller@scripps.edu | (561) 2282958

Areas of interest: Neuroscience and glioblastoma
Wazir Muhammad Wazir Muhammad, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
wmuhammad@fau.edu | (561) 2973380

Areas of interest: Medical & Radiation Physics; Machine Learning and Arti麍cial Intelligence; Cancer Risk Estimation, Digital Oncology
Anatoly Nikolaev Anatoly Nikolaev, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Nikolaa@ccf.org | (561) 3021095

Areas of interest: Cancer Biology, translation-al cancer drug discovery, head and neck can-cer, pediatric brain cancers
Foluso (Joy) Ogunsile Foluso (Joy) Ogunsile, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
FOgunsile@mhs.net | (954) 2651400

Areas of interest: Sickle Cell
Joseph Ouslander Joseph Ouslander, MD
勛圖厙
jousland@health.fau.edu | (561) 2970975

Areas of interest: Clinical care of elderly patients
Donald Phinney Donald Phinney, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Dphinney@scripps.edu | (561) 2282214

Areas of interest: cellular therapeutics, drug discovery
Julie Pilitsis Julie Pilitsis, MD
勛圖厙
jpilitsis@health.fau.edu | (561) 2974341

Areas of interest: Brain tumors, neurosurgery, focused ultrasound
Kerice Pinkney Kerice Pinkney, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Kpinkney@mhs.net | (954) 2652234

Areas of interest: Hematologic malig-nancies and sickle cell disease
Herman Powery II Herman Powery II, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Hpowery@mhs.net | (954) 2761759

Areas of interest: ntegrative oncology/naturopathy, cancer metabolomics and cancer stem-cell research and therapeu-tics
Christoph Rader Christoph Rader, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Crader@scripps.edu | (561) 2282053

Areas of interest: CART Cell therapy, Cancer immunotherapy, kidney and ovarian cancer
Luis Raez Luis Raez, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
LRaez@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Lung Cancer
Patrick Reynolds Patrick Reynolds, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Preynolds@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Cancer pain, palliative care and psycho-oncology
Aeisha Rivers Aeisha Rivers, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
AeRivers@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Janet Robishaw Janet Robishaw, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
jrobishaw@health.fau.edu | (561) 2974399

Areas of interest: Genomic analysis of disease
Jose SandovalSus Jose SandovalSus, MD
Mo麍tt at Memorial Healthcare System
Jsandovalsus@mhs.net | (786) 3339982

Areas of interest: Lymphoma, Lympho-cytic Leukemia, CAR-T
Edgardo Santos Edgardo Santos, MD
GenesisCare Network
Edgardo_ny@hotmail.com | (561) 4091767

Areas of interest: Lung, head and neck cancers
Houssein Abdul Sater Houssein Abdul Sater, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Abdulsh@ccf.org | (772) 2875200
Anne Schaefer Anne Schaefer, MD
Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital
Aschaefer@mhs.net | (954) 2652234

Areas of interest: Pediatric hematology and oncology
Michael Schuster Michael Schuster, MD
Gift of Life
MSchuster@giftoflife.org | (561) 9822914

Areas of interest: Hematologic malig-nancies
Ben Shen Ben Shen, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Shenb@scripps.edu | (561) 2282456

Areas of interest: Natural product biosynthesis, engineering and drug discovery
Jonathan Silberstein Jonathan Silberstein, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Jsilberstein@mhs.net | (305) 6822580

Areas of interest: Urologic malignancies, prostate, kidney and bladder tumor markers, 3D modeling of tumors, racial variation in screening, treatment, understanding and education of urologic malignancies (particularly prostate)
Ashley Siryk Ashley Siryk, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Asiryk@mhs.net | (954) 2656365

Areas of interest: Cancer research
Maciej Stawikowski Maciej Stawikowski, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
mstawikowski@fau.edu | (561) 2974871

Areas of interest: Synthesis and charac-terization of novel 麍uorescent probes and substrates for bio imaging and ac-tivity assessment, peptide engineering, enzymology of serine proteases
Andrew Terentis Andrew Terentis, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
terentis@fau.edu | (561) 2972406

Areas of interest: Raman spectroscopy, detection of skin cancer
Michel Vulfovich Michel Vulfovich, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Mvulfovich@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Gastrointestinal can-cer and gynecological cancer
Dammal Walker Dammal Walker, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Damwalker@mhs.net | (954) 2655513

Areas of interest: CLL, CML and multiple myeloma
Herbert Weissbach Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
hweissba@fau.edu | (561) 7998345

Areas of interest: Oxidative stress of normal and cancer cells
Robert Wilkinson Robert Wilkinson, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
RWilkinson@mhs.net | (954) 8447450

Areas of interest: Cancer research
Timothy Williams Timothy Williams, MD
South 勛圖厙 Proton Therapy Institute
TWilliams@SFPTI.com | (561) 3236498

Areas of interest: Immunotherapy, proton therapy and prostate cancer
Amy Wright Amy Wright, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
awrigh33@fau.edu | (772) 2422459

Areas of interest: Drug development, marine natural products
Heather Wright Heather Wright, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Hewright@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Ilyas Yildirim Ilyas Yildirim, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
iyildirim@fau.edu | (561) 7998325

Areas of interest: Theoretical and com-putational chemistry, in silico drug de-sign for RNA, RNA biology
Jennifer Zikria Jennifer Zikria, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Jezikria@mhs.net | (954) 2654325

Areas of interest: Gastrointestinal medi-cal oncology
Michael Zourdos Michael Zourdos, Ph.D.
勛圖厙
mzourdos@fau.edu | (561) 2971317

Areas of interest: Resistance training in cancer patients
Lloyd Zucker Lloyd Zucker, MD
Brain and Spine Center of South 勛圖厙
Lloyd.zucker@gmail.com | (561) 5017445

Areas of interest: Complex spine, neurooncology and movement disorders