Former Hematology/Oncology Fellows
Notable Alumni Achievements
Here are a few recent accomplishments of some of our fellowship graduates:
Three former Hem/Onc Fellows, Diwakar Davar, MD (’16), Yana Najjar, MD (’17), and Roby Thomas, MD (’18) were nominated and selected as the 2020 Top Physicians under 40 by the Pennsylvania Medical Society
Congratulations to the 2020 Top Physicians Under 40!
Pennsylvania Medical Society (5/6/2020)
Former fellow, Hussein Tawbi, MD (’08) was named to the President’s Council on Science and Technology
Hussein Tawbi named to President’s Council on Science and Technology
MD Anderson Cancer Center (1/28/2020)
Alumni Placement After Graduation
Here is a list of our alumni placements immediately following fellowship training:
2022
| Steven Borson |
VA Boston Healthcare System |
| Max Jameson Lee |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology |
| Lilit Karapetyan |
University of South Florida, Moffitt Cancer Center |
| Kristine Reed |
Shenandoah Oncology, Winchester VA |
| Rachel Rosenblum |
Allegheny Health Network |
| Saba Shaikh |
Temple University, Fox Chase Cancer Center |
2021
| Zahra Kelly |
UPMC Hematology Oncology Associates |
| Nicoletta Machin |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology |
| Will Maguire |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology, T32 Training Grant |
| Monica Malhotra |
UPMC Hematology Oncology Associates |
| Kevin Quann |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology, T32 Training Grant |
| Anjali Rohatgi |
Washington University St. Louis |
2020
| Charlie Kuang |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology, T32 Training Grant |
| Konstantinos Lontos |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology |
| Azadeh Nasrazadani |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology |
| Asha Ricciuti |
VA Western New York Healthcare, Buffalo NY |
| Neal Spada |
UPMC Hematology Oncology Associates |
2019
| Tala Achkar |
UPMC Hematology Oncology Associates |
| Christine Garcia |
UPMC Oncology Hematology Associates |
| Ryan Massa |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA |
| Kathan Mehta |
University of Kansas, Kansas City KS |
| Apurva Pandey |
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR |
| Arisha Patel |
Genentech, San Franscisco CA |
| Richard Wu |
UPMC Division of Hematology and Oncology |
2018
| Katerina Ancevski Hunter |
UPMC Hematology Oncology Associates |
| Ananth Arjunan |
Private Practice, Dallas, Texas |
| Arpita Gandhi |
BMT Fellowship, Stanford University, Stanford, California |
| Swathi Namburi |
Private Practice, Tacoma, Washington |
| Ashwin Somasundaram |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Roby Thomas |
UPMC, Oncology Hematology Associates |
2017
| Saveri Bhattacharya |
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Yana Najjar |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Krishna Patel |
Private Practice, Austin, Texas |
| Rahim Remtulla |
UPMC Oncology Hematology Associates |
| Janet Retseck |
Private Practice, Indiana |
| Shelley Sahu |
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, National Cancer Institute |
2016
| Tadeu Ambros |
Essential Health, Fargo, North Dakota |
| Kirsten Boughan |
BMT Fellowship, MSKCC, New York, New York |
| Diwakar Davar |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Jessica Geiger |
Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Khanh Nguyen |
Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Care Center, Derby, Connecticut |
| Hooman Parsi |
Private Practice, California |
| Vitor Hugo Pastorini Filho |
Quincy Medical Group, Quincy, Illinois |
| Emily Whitman-Purves |
The Mark H. Zangmeister Center, Columbus, Ohio |
| Melissa Yee |
Dana Farber Cancer Center at South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, Massachusetts |
2015
| Ali Amjad |
Private practice, Allegheny Health Network and UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Melissa Burgess |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Taewoong Choi |
BMT Fellowship, Stanford University |
| Gaurav Goel |
University of Kentucky |
| Aju Mathew |
University of Kentucky |
| Shalu Pahuja |
University of Oklahoma |
| Anuj Patel |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
| Amy Soni |
Palo Alto Medical Foundation |
2014
Amanda
Gillespie-Twardy |
Private Practice, Virginia |
| Vikram Gorantla |
Cancer Treatment Services International – Hyderabad, India |
| Aparna Kalyan |
Fellowship – Northwestern |
| Catherine Lee |
BMT Fellowship – Stanford University |
| Pablo Leone |
University of Iowa – Faculty |
| Rohtesh Mehta |
BMT Fellowship – MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Craig Seaman |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
2013
| Kathleen Dorritie |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Annie Im |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Yang Liu |
Private Practice, Pennsylvania |
| Jorge Rios Perez |
University of Louisville Cancer Center |
| Robert VanderWeele |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – Hematology/Oncology Associates |
| Peng Wang |
University of Kentucky |
| Victor Youssef Yazbeck |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
2012
| Rushir Choksi |
Private Practice |
| Lijun Dai |
Private Practice |
| Moon Fenton |
University of Tennessee |
| Michal Krauze |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Mercy |
| Brian McLaughlin |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Passavant |
| Rahul Parikh |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| An Tran |
Private Practice |
2011
| Ajlan Atasoy |
Practicing in Turkey |
| Lamia Boric |
Private Practice |
| Navkiranjit Gill |
Private Practice |
| Usha Malhotra |
Roswell |
| Dhaval Mehta |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC East |
| Rebecca Silbermann |
Indiana University |
| Liza Villaruz |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
2010
| Benedito Carneiro |
Practicing in Brazil |
| Timothy Gillison |
Private Practice |
| Bruce Hough |
Private Practice |
| Christopher Marsh |
Private Practice |
| Jennifer Reeder |
Private Practice |
| Robert Schillo |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Sewickley Medical Oncology |
| Lily Shah |
Private Practice |
2009
| Trevor Feinstein |
Private Practice |
| Rachel Jankowitz |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Patricia Kropf |
Temple University |
| Wassim McHayleh |
Private Practice |
| Vida Passero |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology/VA Pittsburgh Health Care System |
| Rajesh Sehgal |
Marshall University |
| Hashem Younes |
Private Practice |
2008
| Flavia Esteve |
Private Practice |
| Lanie Francis |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
| Hongmei Liang |
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC St. Margaret |
| Michael McNamara |
Case Western Reserve |
| Enrico Novelli |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| Taofeek Owonikoko |
Emory |
| Hussein Tawbi |
UPMC, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
