First Year Fellows
Sean Doerfler, MD
2024-2025 Palliative Care Fellow
Education: MD – University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Duke
John Flickinger, Jr, MD, PhD
Education: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: UPMC (Research Pathway)
Allison Gradone, MD
Education: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: University of Michigan
Padma, Katikaneni, MD
Education: MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: UPMC
Ishara Lareef, MD
Education: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Residency: Temple
Chris Marino, MD
Combined Palliative Care/Hematology Oncology Fellowship
Education: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Residency: UPMC
Mariah Ondeck, MD
Education: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Junaid Wali, MD
ASH Hematology Fellowship
Education: King Edward Medical College
Residency: Mayo-Rochester
Second Year Fellows
Vasilii Bushunow, MD
Education: MD – State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Residency: UPMC
Anumita “Anu” Chakraborty, MD, MS
Education: MD – State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Residency: Temple
Nosakhare “Nosa” Ilerhunmwuwa, MBBS, MSc
Education: MD – University of Benin, Nigeria
Residency: Brookdale
Yu Jen “Alex” Jan, MD
Education: MD – National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Residency: Mount Auburn
Randolph “Randy” Lyde, MD, PhD
Education: MD – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Residency: UPMC
Ryan Sweeney, MD
Education: MD – Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Allegheny Health Network (AHN)
Victor Zibara, MD
ASH Fellow
Education: MD – LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Lebanon
Residency: Mt. Sinai West
Third Year Fellows
Dominika “Domi” Dulak, MD
Education: MD – Medical University of Gdansk Faculty of Medicine, Gdansk, Poland
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Hematologic Malignancies; BMT
Hannah Maynard, MD
Education: BS – Duke University, MD – Columbia University
Residency: NYU
Research Interests: GI Malignancy, Clinical Trials, and Cancer Genetics
Sarbajeet Nagdas, MD, PhD
Education: BS – University of North Carolina, PhD – University of Virginia, MD – University of Virginia
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Tumoral Cells in Solid Malignancies, Early-phase Translational Studies
Matthew Nguyen, MD
Education: BS – Virginia Tech, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Drug Discovery and Development, Clinical/Translational Research, Clinical Trials
Benjamin “Ben” Schluger, MD
Education: BS – Brandeis University, MD – Columbia University
Residency: NY Presbyterian Hospital
Research Interests: Public/Population Health, Preventative Care, and Lung Cancer
Samuel “Sam” Sestito, MD
Education: BA – Washington and Jefferson College, MD – University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Geriatric Internal Medicine Fellowship: Vanderbilt University
Research Interests: Geriatric Assessment in Older Adults with Cancer; Clinical Innovation to Bring Geriatric Care Principles into Oncology
