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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) 228鈥�2740
Shailaja Allani Shailaja Allani, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
Skesaraj@fau.edu | (561) 799鈥�8322

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) 265鈥�1841

Areas of interest: Oncology clinical research, transla魛啛onal medicine, Neurooncology, and biobank
Marc Apple Marc Apple, MD
Cleveland Clinic
MApple8551@aol.com | (772) 563鈥�4673

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.
麻豆女郎
wasghar@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3728

Areas of interest: Disease diagnostics, micro铿倁idics and bio sensing
Carmen Ballestas Carmen Ballestas, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children鈥檚 Hospital
CBallestas@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�6547

Areas of interest: Histocytosis and pediatric leukemia
Mark Block Mark Block, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
MBlock@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�1125

Areas of interest: Lung and esophagealcancer
Erica Bloomquist Erica Bloomquist, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
EBloomquist@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

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.
麻豆女郎
Abommareddy@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3153

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) 844鈥�9696

Areas of interest: Breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer
Aurelio Castrellon Aurelio Castrellon, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
ACastrellon@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Brian Cau铿� Brian Cau铿�, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children鈥檚 Hospital
叠颁补耻铿赌蔼尘丑蝉.苍别迟 | (954) 265鈥�2234

Areas of interest: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Lun鈥怌hing Chang Lun鈥怌hing Chang, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
changl@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3340

Areas of interest: Statistical genetics and bioinformatics
Branson Collins Branson Collins, MD
麻豆女郎
BransonMD@hourglassmed.org | (609) 920鈥�4222

Areas of interest: Integrative Health
Mare Cudic Mare Cudic, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
mcudic@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4645

Areas of interest: Carbohydrate recogni-tion systems in cancer, lectins, glycans, cancer vaccines
Yehuda Deutsch Yehuda Deutsch, MD
Mo铿僼t at Memorial Healthcare System
YDeutsch@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Matt Disney Matt Disney, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Disney@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2203

Areas of interest: RNA Therapeutics
Sarah Du Sarah Du, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
edu@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3441

Areas of interest: Cell biomechanics and biophysics, and micro铿倁idic biosensor
Katerine Dumais Katerine Dumais, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
KDumais@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�6811

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) 265鈥�5777

Areas of interest: Radiation oncology
Hugo Fernandez Hugo Fernandez, MD
Mo铿僼t at Memorial Healthcare System
HuFernandez@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�9724

Areas of interest: Bone Marrow Trans- plant, CAR-T cellular therapy, AML/MDS, GVHD
Gregg Fields Gregg Fields, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
fieldsg@fau.edu | (561) 799鈥�8577

Areas of interest: Therapeutic and imaging agents in multiple myeloma, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer and extracellular matrix regulation
Kathy Freeman Kathy Freeman, DrPH
麻豆女郎
kfreemancostin@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4858

Areas of interest: Biostatistics
Christopher Gannon Christopher Gannon, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Cgannon@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�9520

Areas of interest: Hepatobiliary malignan-cies, pancreas malignancies and gastric adenocarcinoma
Frank Gentile Frank Gentile, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
FGentile@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�7476

Areas of interest: Hematology, Bone mar-row transplant, cellular therapy, and ad-ministration
Patrick Grant Patrick Grant, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
grantp@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�1053

Areas of interest: Epigenetic mechanisms in cancer
Patrick Griffin Patrick Griffin, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
笔驳谤颈铿僴蔼蝉肠谤颈辫辫蝉.别诲耻 | (561) 228鈥�2200

Areas of interest: Activation of G鈥恜rotein coupled receptors and nuclear receptors
Delia (Connie) Guaqueta Delia (Connie) Guaqueta, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
DGuaqueta@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�6815

Areas of interest: Breast cancer, Onco-genetics, molecular pro铿乴ing
Francesca Gullo, Francesca Gullo, Ph.D.
Gift of Life
贵驳耻濒濒辞蔼驳颈艑辞蹿濒颈蹿别.辞谤驳 | (561) 982鈥�2909

Areas of interest: Hematopoietic stem cells and bio banking
Esther Guzman Esther Guzman, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
eguzman9@fau.edu | (772) 242鈥�2452

Areas of interest: Cancer cell biology, ma-rine natural products, therapeutics
Iftikhar Hanif Iftikhar Hanif, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children鈥檚 Hospital
ihanif@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�2234

Areas of interest: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Katherine Heinze Katherine Heinze, Ph.D., RN
麻豆女郎
kheinze@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�2344

Areas of interest: Bioethics, treatment of pediatric cancer patients
Alan Herline Alan Herline, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Aherline@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�1617

Areas of interest: Colon and rectal cancer
Robert Hirsch Robert Hirsch, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Rhirsch@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: General medical oncology and benign hematology
Brian Hunis Brian Hunis, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Bhunis@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Lung, Head and Neck Cancers
Atif Hussein Atif Hussein, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Ahussein@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Breast and Ovarian Can-cers, Sarcomas
Vijaya Iragavarapu鈥怌haryulu Vijaya Iragavarapu鈥怌haryulu, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
iragavar@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3304

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer and in铿俛mmation
Mohammad Jahanzeb Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD
GenesisCare Network Moham鈥�
mad.jahanzeb@usa.genesiscare.com | (954) 571鈥�0111

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

UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Mjaniszewska@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2788

Areas of interest: Mapping tumor heter鈥恛geneity, genetics, epigenetics
Tarsha Jones Tarsha Jones, Ph.D., RN
麻豆女郎
jonest@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4975

Areas of interest: Cancer prevention, Cancer genetics and health disparities
Kevin Kang Kevin Kang, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
kangy@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3943

Areas of interest: Esophageal cancer stents, bioengineering
Sidharth Kerkar Sidharth Kerkar, MD
Exuma Biotech
Spkerkar1@gmail.com | (248) 835鈥�5439

Areas of interest: Cancer immunothera鈥恜y or immune鈥恛ncology and CAR鈥怲 ther鈥恆pies
Andy V. Khamoui Andy V. Khamoui, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
akhamoui@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4450

Areas of interest: Cancer cachexia
Thomas Kodadek Thomas Kodadek, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Kodadek@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2461

Areas of interest: DNA鈥恊ncoded libraries and high鈥恡hroughput screening, chemi鈥恈al biology and drug development
Victoria Lao Victoria Lao, MD, Ph.D.
Memorial Healthcare System
Vlao@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�1617

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) 993鈥�9220

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.
麻豆女郎
slepore@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�0330

Areas of interest: Total synthesis of complex natural products, development of expedited synthesis techniques to facilitate small鈥恗olecule library produc鈥� tion
Theodora (Dora) Leventouri Theodora (Dora) Leventouri, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
leventou@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�2695

Areas of interest: Medical physics and radiation therapy
Zhongwei Li Zhongwei Li, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
zli@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3178

Areas of interest: RNA metabolism, function of non鈥恈oding RNA, RNA thera鈥恜eutics, regulation of gene expression by natural products
Omar Llaguna Omar Llaguna, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
OLlaguna@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�9520

Areas of interest: Hepatobiliary and colo-rectal cancer, gastric cancer, peritoneal malignancies and clinical outcomes re-search
Oge Marques Oge Marques, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
omarques@fau.edu | (561) 866鈥�7144

Areas of interest: Arti铿乧ial intelligence in medicine
Ashwin Mehta Ashwin Mehta, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
AsMehta@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�9080

Areas of interest: Integrative medicine, nutrition, acupuncture and mindfulness
Adriana Milillo鈥怤araine Adriana Milillo鈥怤araine, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
AMililloNaraine@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Courtney Miller Courtney Miller, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
CMiller@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2958

Areas of interest: Neuroscience and glio鈥恇lastoma
Wazir Muhammad Wazir Muhammad, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
wmuhammad@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�3380

Areas of interest: Medical & Radiation Physics; Machine Learning and Arti铿乧ial Intelligence; Cancer Risk Estimation, Digital Oncology
Anatoly Nikolaev Anatoly Nikolaev, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Nikolaa@ccf.org | (561) 302鈥�1095

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) 265鈥�1400

Areas of interest: Sickle Cell
Joseph Ouslander Joseph Ouslander, MD
麻豆女郎
jousland@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�0975

Areas of interest: Clinical care of elderly patients
Donald Phinney Donald Phinney, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Dphinney@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2214

Areas of interest: cellular therapeutics, drug discovery
Julie Pilitsis Julie Pilitsis, MD
麻豆女郎
jpilitsis@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4341

Areas of interest: Brain tumors, neuro鈥恠urgery, focused ultrasound
Kerice Pinkney Kerice Pinkney, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Kpinkney@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�2234

Areas of interest: Hematologic malig-nancies and sickle cell disease
Herman Powery II Herman Powery II, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Hpowery@mhs.net | (954) 276鈥�1759

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) 228鈥�2053

Areas of interest: CAR鈥怲 Cell therapy, Cancer immunotherapy, kidney and ovarian cancer
Luis Raez Luis Raez, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
LRaez@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Lung Cancer
Patrick Reynolds Patrick Reynolds, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Preynolds@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Cancer pain, palliative care and psycho-oncology
Aeisha Rivers Aeisha Rivers, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
AeRivers@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Janet Robishaw Janet Robishaw, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
jrobishaw@health.fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4399

Areas of interest: Genomic analysis of disease
Jose Sandoval鈥怱us Jose Sandoval鈥怱us, MD
Mo铿僼t at Memorial Healthcare System
Jsandovalsus@mhs.net | (786) 333鈥�9982

Areas of interest: Lymphoma, Lympho-cytic Leukemia, CAR-T
Edgardo Santos Edgardo Santos, MD
GenesisCare Network
Edgardo_ny@hotmail.com | (561) 409鈥�1767

Areas of interest: Lung, head and neck cancers
Houssein Abdul Sater Houssein Abdul Sater, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Abdulsh@ccf.org | (772) 287鈥�5200
Anne Schaefer Anne Schaefer, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children鈥檚 Hospital
Aschaefer@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�2234

Areas of interest: Pediatric hematology and oncology
Michael Schuster Michael Schuster, MD
Gift of Life
MSchuster@giftoflife.org | (561) 982鈥�2914

Areas of interest: Hematologic malig-nancies
Ben Shen Ben Shen, Ph.D.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research
Shenb@scripps.edu | (561) 228鈥�2456

Areas of interest: Natural product bio鈥恠ynthesis, engineering and drug discov鈥恊ry
Jonathan Silberstein Jonathan Silberstein, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Jsilberstein@mhs.net | (305) 682鈥�2580

Areas of interest: Urologic malignancies, prostate, kidney and bladder tumor markers, 3鈥怐 modeling of tumors, racial variation in screening, treatment, un鈥恉erstanding and education of urologic malignancies (particularly prostate)
Ashley Siryk Ashley Siryk, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Asiryk@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�6365

Areas of interest: Cancer research
Maciej Stawikowski Maciej Stawikowski, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
mstawikowski@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�4871

Areas of interest: Synthesis and charac-terization of novel 铿倁orescent probes and substrates for bio imaging and ac-tivity assessment, peptide engineering, enzymology of serine proteases
Andrew Terentis Andrew Terentis, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
terentis@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�2406

Areas of interest: Raman spectroscopy, detection of skin cancer
Michel Vulfovich Michel Vulfovich, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Mvulfovich@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Gastrointestinal can-cer and gynecological cancer
Dammal Walker Dammal Walker, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
Damwalker@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�5513

Areas of interest: CLL, CML and multiple myeloma
Herbert Weissbach Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
hweissba@fau.edu | (561) 799鈥�8345

Areas of interest: Oxidative stress of normal and cancer cells
Robert Wilkinson Robert Wilkinson, PharmD
Memorial Healthcare System
RWilkinson@mhs.net | (954) 844鈥�7450

Areas of interest: Cancer research
Timothy Williams Timothy Williams, MD
South Florida Proton Therapy Institute
TWilliams@SFPTI.com | (561) 323鈥�6498

Areas of interest: Immunotherapy, pro鈥恡on therapy and prostate cancer
Amy Wright Amy Wright, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
awrigh33@fau.edu | (772) 242鈥�2459

Areas of interest: Drug development, marine natural products
Heather Wright Heather Wright, MD
Memorial Cancer Institute
Hewright@mhs.net | (954) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Breast Cancer
Ilyas Yildirim Ilyas Yildirim, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
iyildirim@fau.edu | (561) 799鈥�8325

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) 265鈥�4325

Areas of interest: Gastrointestinal medi-cal oncology
Michael Zourdos Michael Zourdos, Ph.D.
麻豆女郎
mzourdos@fau.edu | (561) 297鈥�1317

Areas of interest: Resistance training in cancer patients
Lloyd Zucker Lloyd Zucker, MD
Brain and Spine Center of South Florida
Lloyd.zucker@gmail.com | (561) 501鈥�7445

Areas of interest: Complex spine, neuro鈥恛ncology and movement disorders