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Division of Hematology
Juan Alderuccio

Juan Alderuccio, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: I am a clinical investigator who specializes in the study and treatment of patients with lymphoma. My area of primary research is clinical and translational research in lymphoma. I have a strong interest in indolent and aggressive lymphomas, particularly in the implementation of quantitative FDG-PET/CT analysis in the risk stratification and evaluation of novel therapies...
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Alvaro Alencar, M.D.

Alvaro Alencar, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Alencar is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and the Chief Medical Officer at University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is a member of the lymphoma program at Sylvester and the lymphoma committee at the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. As the hematology section lead for the Sylvester’s Global Oncology Program, Dr. Alencar serves...
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Terrence Bradley

Terrence J Bradley, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the Division of Hematology. I am a junior clinical investigator, and an active member of our Phase 1 and Cancer Epigenetics Programs at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC). My career goal is to become a leading clinical investigator in myeloid neoplasms, and thus, my...
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Thomas J. Harrington, M.D.

Thomas J. Harrington, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Thomas Harrington an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine/ Division of Hematology. He is director of the Adult Sickle Cell program as well as the director of the adult program for the University of Miami Hemophilia Treatment Center.
He graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and University of Miami School of Medicine....
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Xiaoyu Jiang, M.D.

Xiaoyu Jiang, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Published our data in high impact journals, such as Blood and Nature Communications. Established very strong relationships with our collaborators. Personally, I possess extensive research experience, which includes 3 years of successful product development experience in a leading bio-engineering company in China.

I also have expertise on multidisciplinary...
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Izidore Lossos

Izidore Lossos, M.D.

Professor
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Biography: Dr. Izidore S. Lossos is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Lymphoma Program at Sylvester. He holds a Sylvester endowed chair at the cancer center. He received his medical degree from Hadassah School of Medicine, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology at Hadassah University Hospital...
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Craig Moskiwitz

Craig H Moskowitz, M.D.

Professor
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Biography: I am currently the Physician-in-Chief, Oncology Service Line at the Sylvester Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Health System where I oversee cancer related clinical care, clinical research, faculty mentorship, Advanced Practice Providers as well as the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee.

My...
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Stephen D. Nimer, M.D.

Stephen D. Nimer, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Biography: Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., is the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also the executive dean for research and a professor of medicine, biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Nimer's career spans more than 30 years in clinical care, research, administration...
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Thomas Plate

Thomas Plate, M.D.

Clinical Profile
Biography: I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the section of Classical Hematology based at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. I earned my medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. I completed residency in Internal Medicine, followed by his fellowship in Hematology and Medical...
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Juan Ramos

Juan C Ramos, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: I'm a hematologist-oncologist and physician scientist at the University of Miami (UM)/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. After graduating from John H. Francis Polytechnic Senior High School in Los Angeles, California I attended and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1993. I started cancer research as an undergraduate student in the laboratories...
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Joseph Rosenblatt

Joseph D. Rosenblatt, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
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Biography: Joseph Rosenblatt, M.D., Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology and SCCC Associate Director for Faculty Development, is a physician scientist with a long track record of clinically relevant translational research and experience in mentoring young researchers. Dr. Rosenblatt has been the institutional PI on the ACS IRG since 2006. Dr. Rosenblatt...
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Jonathan

Jonathan Harry Schatz, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Jonathan H. Schatz, MD, began professional life as a journalist after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison but soon pursued a new passion for science and medicine. After premedical studies at Brandeis University, he enrolled at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he found time to work in the lab of Dr. Harinder Singh on genes...
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Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., M.S.

Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., M.S.

Chief, Division of Hematology
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Biography: Mikkael Sekeres is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hematology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned a medical degree and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr Sekeres completed his postgraduate training at Harvard University,...
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Justin Taylor, M.D.

Justin Taylor, M.D.

Associate Professor
Publications
Biography: Justin Taylor, MD, is a physician-scientist devoted to improving outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies. The Taylor lab studies the role of recurrent mutations in hematologic malignancies and how to target them with novel therapeutics using animal modeling, molecular biology, and single-cell genomic techniques. Dr. Taylor holds a faculty position in the Department...
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Ramiro Verdun

Ramiro Verdun, Ph.D.

Research Professor
Publications
Biography: His scientific career began in Argentina, where he worked on a gene discovery project for Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas disease, affecting over 15 million people worldwide. After completing his Ph.D. degree, he moved to San Diego, California, in 2003 to pursue post-doctoral training in the Jan Karlseder’s laboratory at the Salk Institute. During...
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Justin Watts

Justin M Watts, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Justin M. Watts is an oncologist in Miami, Florida and is affiliated with University of Miami Hospital and Clinics–UHealth Tower. He received his medical degree from Emory University School of Public Health and has been in practice between 6-10 years.
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