Faculty and Staff

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.

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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Ney Ricardo Ferraz Alves, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Alves is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto in Brazil in 1989. Dr. Alves completed his residency in internal medicine at Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São...
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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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John Joseph Byrnes, M.D.

Professor
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Biography: Dr. Byrnes is a professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was originally appointed in 1995. He earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1968 and later obtained an MD/MBA from the University of Miami School of Business in 1998.

Dr. Byrnes specializes...
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Diana Byrnes, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Byrnes is board-certified in internal medicine and she specializes in the management and study of non-neoplastic hematologic disorders, including thrombosis and other non-malignant hematologic conditions. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Miami Health System. Dr. Byrnes earned her Medical Degree from University of Miami Miller School of...
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Roberto A. Cano, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Cano is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1980. Dr. Cano completed his internship in internal medicine at Metropolitan Hospital in 1981, followed by residency training in internal medicine at Mount Sinai School...
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Namrata S. Chandhok, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Chandhok is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a hematologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She earned her medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. Dr. Chandhok completed her residency in internal medicine...
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Jonathan J. Cohen, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Cohen is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1975. Dr. Cohen completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Texas Southwestern, followed by fellowship training in hematology at Washington University. He specializes...
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Jibran Durrani, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Durrani is a board-certified hematologic oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from The Aga Khan University Hospital in Pakistan. Dr. Durrani completed his residency in internal medicine at Jefferson Abington Hospital in Pennsylvania,...
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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.

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, 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 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.

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, M.D.

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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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Georgios Pongas, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Georgios Pongas is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Crete Faculty of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Pongas completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in 2013 and his fellowship in hematology and oncology at...
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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 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 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.

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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Gerald Soff, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Soff is a board-certified Hematologist who specializes in the management and study of non-neoplastic hematologic disorders, including thrombosis, blood coagulation, and disorders of red cells and platelets. He is also a clinical professor at the University of Miami Health System. Dr. Soff earned his Medical Degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and career...
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Michele Stanchina, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Michele Stanchina, DO, MS completed her Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital/UM this past June. Originally from New York, she went to Skidmore College where she studied Psychology, Dance, and French. She worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator for five years prior to moving to New Orleans to pursue a Master of Neuroscience at Tulane University....
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Jun Sun, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Jun Sun, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. under the mentorship of Dr. Benita S. Katzenellenbogen at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Joyce Slingerland at the University of Miami. He later continued his research...
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Justin Taylor, M.D.

Associate Professor
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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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Asaad Trabolsi, M.D.

Assistant Professor
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Biography: Dr. Trabolsi is a hematologist and medical oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Aleppo University School of Medicine, in Syria. Dr. Trabolsi completed his residency in internal medicine from Mount Sinai Medical Center, followed...
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Sangeetha Venugopal, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Venugopal is an assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree from Madurai Medical College in India in 2003 and later completed her residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in 2017. She went on to complete a fellowship in hematology and oncology...
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Ramiro Verdun, Ph.D.

Research Professor
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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 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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Steven Weiss, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Steven Weiss is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Yeshiva University in 1984. Dr. Weiss completed his internship in internal medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in 1985 and his residency in internal...
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Yu Zhang, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Dr. Zhang is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree in 1989 from HeNan University in China, specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Zhang completed post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Miami in 2007 and at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in 2005.

Dr....
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Diogenes Alayon, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Diogenes Alayon-Laguer earned his medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology-oncology at San Juan City Hospital. Dr. Alayon-Laguer specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of benign blood disorders, and therapeutic management of gastrointestinal cancers.

Mayda Arias, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Mayda Arias received her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She also completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Miami. She is interested in benign hematology and breast cancer.

Erika Correa, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Erika Correa received her medical degree from Ross University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Drexel University/Hahnemann Hospital and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple University Hospital. She specializes in classical hematology with an interest in women's health and myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Douglas Faig, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Douglas Faig received his medical degree from New York University, where he also completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology. He is board certified in both subspecialties. He sees patients with solid tumors and benign and malignant hematologic disorders with a special interest in benign and malignant hematology.

David Lessen, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. David Lessen is Medical Director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale. His clinical and research work focuses on benign hematology and hematological malignancies, in addition to medical oncology. He is an active investigator on multiple clinical protocols of Sylvester. Dr. Lessen received his medical degree from Tel Aviv University and completed his MBA in Health Management and Policy at UM's Herbert Business School.

Ashley Rose, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Ashley Rose received her medical degree from East Tennessee State University. She completed internal medicine residency and fellowship in hematology/oncology as well as palliative care at the University of South Florida/Moffitt Cancer Center. She treats patients with classical and malignant hematologic disorders and has a special interest in lymphoma.

Daniel Tannenbaum, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty
Biography: Dr. Daniel Tannenbaum received his medical degree from New York Medical College and trained in internal medicine residency at McGovern Medical School. He then completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, during which time he developed an interest and specialty in classical hematology.