Faculty and Staff

Juan Alderuccio, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Juan Alderuccio, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He specializes in the study and treatment of patients with lymphoma, with primary research that seeks to design and conduct clinical trials that combine agents associated with higher efficacy and lower toxicity in difficult-to-treat...
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Alvaro Alencar, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Alencar is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and the Chief Medical Director at University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is a member of the lymphoma section at the Division of Hematology and the lymphoma committee at the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology with a focus on clinical research of b-cell lymphoid malignancies with special...
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Ney Ricardo Ferraz Alves, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Ney Alves, M.D., 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...
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Terrence J. Bradley, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Terrence Bradley, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a junior clinical investigator and an active member of the Phase 1 and Cancer Epigenetics Programs at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC). Dr. Bradley’s career goal is to become a leading clinical investigator...
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Diana Byrnes, M.D., MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Diana Byrnes, M.D., MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is triple board-certified in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology. She specializes in the management and study of non-neoplastic hematologic disorders, including hemostasis, thrombosis and other non-malignant...
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John Joseph Byrnes, M.D.

Tenured Professor
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Biography: John Byrnes, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology, with clinical expertise in benign hematology, thrombotic disorders, and hematologic malignancies.

Dr. Byrnes earned his medical degree from...
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Roberto A. Cano, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Roberto Cano, M.D., 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...
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Namrata S. Chandhok, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Namrata Chandhok, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical 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, completed residency at Tufts Medical Center (2016),...
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Jonathan J. Cohen, M.D.

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

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Jibran Durrani, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Durrani is also a board-certified hematologic oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He earned his medical degree from The Aga Khan University Hospital (Pakistan) and completed internal medicine residency...
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Thomas J. Harrington, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Thomas Harrington, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He directs the Adult Sickle Cell Program and the adult program for the University of Miami Hemophilia Treatment Center. Dr. Harrington completed his internal medicine residency and hematology fellowship at UM/Jackson...
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Xiaoyu Jiang, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Xiaoyu Jiang, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He has published in journals including Blood and Nature Communications and has three years of product development experience at a leading bioengineering company in China. His expertise spans bioengineering, biochemistry, molecular biology,...
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Izidore Lossos, M.D.

Tenured Professor
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Biography: Izidore Lossos, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Lymphoma Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he holds an endowed chair. He earned his medical degree from Hadassah School of Medicine at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and completed his residency and fellowship in hematology at Hadassah University Hospital, followed by a postdoctoral...
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Craig H. Moskowitz, M.D.

Tenured Professor
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Biography: Craig H Moskowitz, M.D., z is a Professor of Medicine at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Health System, and the Director of Academic Clinician Development, where he oversees the professional growth and success of new and existing clinical faculty within the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC). In this role, Dr. Moskowitz designs, implements,...
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Stephen D. Nimer, M.D.

Tenured Profess 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.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Thomas Plate, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, focusing on Classical Hematology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed residency in Internal Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Hematology and Medical...
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Georgios Pongas, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Georgios Pongas, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical 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, completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 2013, and finished his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the National...
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Juan C. Ramos, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Juan Ramos, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a practicing oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Ramos began his research career as an undergraduate at UCLA, studying cancer molecular biology and tumor suppressors in the laboratories of Richard Gaynor and Dennis...
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Joseph D. Rosenblatt, M.D.

Tenured Professor
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Biography: Joseph Rosenblatt, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and an endowed chair in the Division of Hematology. He serves as Associate Director for Faculty Development at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and is a physician-scientist with extensive experience in translational research and mentoring young investigators. He has been the institutional principal investigator...
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Jonathan Harry Schatz, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Jonathan Schatz, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Chair of the CMSR Scientific Advisory Committee in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He began his career as a journalist after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before pursuing science and medicine. After premedical studies at Brandeis University,...
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Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., MS

Chief, Division of Hematology
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Biography: Mikkael Sekeres is Professor of Medicine with Tenure 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...
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Gerald Soff, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Gerald Soff, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a board-certified hematologist specializing in the management and study of non-neoplastic hematologic disorders, including thrombosis, blood coagulation, and disorders of red cells and platelets.

Dr. Soff earned...
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Michele Stanchina, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Michele Dana Henner Stanchina, D.O., M.S. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She completed her Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami and is board-certified in hematology and oncology, specializing in hematologic malignancies with a focus...
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Jun Sun, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Jun Sun, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School 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...
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Justin Taylor, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Justin Taylor, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and postdoctoral training with Omar Abdel-Wahab, M.D.

Dr. Taylor’s research focuses on recurrent genetic mutations...
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Asaad Trabolsi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Asaad Trabolsi, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He then pursued a fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Health System in Miami, FL.

Dr....
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Sangeetha Venugopal, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Sangeetha Venugopal, M.D., is a board-certified hematologist who trained at renowned institutions, including Montefiore Medical Center and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and completed an additional leukemia-focused fellowship at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

A well-published clinician-investigator, Dr....
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Ramiro Verdun, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Biography: Ramiro Verdun, Ph.D. is a Research Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. His scientific career began in Argentina, where he worked on a gene discovery project for Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas disease, which affects over 15 million people worldwide. After completing his Ph.D., he moved to...
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Justin M. Watts, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
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Biography: Justin M. Watts, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He serves as Chief of the Leukemia Section and holds the Pap Corps Endowed Professorship in Leukemia.Dr. Watts earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in 2007 and completed his residency in...
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Steven Weiss, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Steven Weiss, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical 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...
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Yu Zhang, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Yu Zhang, M.D., 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 postdoctoral fellowships at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in 2005 and at the University of Miami in...
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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.