Faculty and Staff

Bach Ardalan, M.D.

Professor
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Priscila Barreto, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Priscila Barreto Coelho, MD, is an assistant professor at the Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami. Dr Barreto-Coelho treats breast cancer and is a distinguished researcher and clinician, recognized with numerous accolades. Dr Barreto-Coelho work is focused among genetically high-risk germline mutation carriers, and explores the impact of disparities on breast...
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Pasquale Benedetto, M.D.

Professor

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Marijo Bilusic, M.D., Ph.D.

Genitourinary Site Disease Group Lead
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Biography: Dr. Marijo Bilusic, MD, PhD, is a board-certified medical oncologist who treats genitourinary tumors (adrenal, kidney, prostate, bladder, and testis). His current research interests focus on tumor immunology and the development of novel immunotherapy approaches for prostate cancer and other genitourinary tumors using therapeutic cancer vaccines, antibodies,...
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Carmen Calfa, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: I am a breast medical oncologist and serve as the Medical Co-Director for Cancer Survivorship and Translational Behavioral Science Program at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. I am also the Associate Director of Community Outreach of the Breast Cancer Program at Sylvester-Plantation. Since graduating from a Hematology Oncology Fellowship in 2008, I dedicated my...
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Aman Chauhan, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Tracy Crane, Ph.D., RDN

Associate Professor
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Biography: Dr. Crane is a distinguished leader in cancer control and is passionate about her commitment to the science of better outcomes for patients and community. Her work sits at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and digital health with a goal of developing targeted interventions, utilizing digital biomarkers to deliver the right intervention, at the right time to the right...
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Gina Z. D'Amato, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. D’Amato is a Professor of Medicine at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, where she serves as a Sarcoma Medical Oncologist, Assistant Director of Clinical Research, Medical Director of Nurse Practitioner Oncology Fellowship Program and Medical Director of Patient Education. She also serves as the Co-Director of Oncology and Related...
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Sara E. Fleszar-Pavlovic, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Leonel Hernandez Aya, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Peter Hosein, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: I am a board-certified medical oncologist with a primary clinical and research focus in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers with 13 years of post-fellowship academic experience in this area. At the University of Miami's NCI-designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the co-director of the GI cancer site...
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Judith Hurley De Leo, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Chukwuemeka V. Ikpeazu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Emily Jonczak, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., MPH

Vice President for Health Promotion and Chief Wellbeing Officer
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Biography: Dr. Erin Kobetz serves in multiple roles at the University of Miami. As the first Vice President for Health Promotion and Chief Wellbeing Officer, she develops innovative strategies to improve health outcomes and expand access to quality healthcare for individuals across South Florida. As the Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at the Sylvester Comprehensive...
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Gilberto Lopes, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/term=gilberto+lopes+OR+de+lima+lopes+OR+lopes+jr+g&sort=date&size=100&page=1
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Jose Lutzky, M.D.

Director, Cutaneous Oncology
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Jaime Rafael Merchan, M.D.

Professor
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Biography: Dr. Merchan is a tenured Professor of Medicine in the division of Medical Oncology. He is the Co-leader of the Translational and Clinical Oncology Research Program, the Director of the Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program, and the Associate Director of the NIH funded Calabresi Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Award. As a physician scientist, his contributions to...
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Akina Natori, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Lawrence Maximus Negret, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Coral Olazagasti, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Coral Olazagasti, MD is an assistant professor at the Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami at Miami, Florida. Dr. Olazagasti developed an interest in lung cancer screening while witnessing that the majority of new referrals during an outpatient oncology elective presented with advanced stages of lung cancer. Being a Latina physician, she is personally invested...
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Cindy M. Pabon, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr.Pabon is an assistant professor at the Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami at Miami, FL. Dr. Pabon treats esophageal and gastric cancers and is interested in exploring strategies to obtain durable cure in localized upper GI malignancies, evaluating gastric cancer health disparities among the Hispanic community, and developing effective cross-cultural communication...
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Emanuela Palmerini, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pending Rank

Biography: Emanuela Palmerini is a medical oncologist currently appointed as Research Professor of Sarcoma at the Miller School of Medicine, joining the Medical Oncology team and the Sarcoma Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.Her clinical interests include bone and soft tissue tumors, and she has worked for about 20 years as a medical oncologist at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico...
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Alejandra Perez, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Agustin Pimentel, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Niramol Savaraj, M.D.

Research Professor

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Pearl Seo, M.D., MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Janaki Neela Sharma, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Natasha Schaefer Solle, Ph.D., RN

Research Associate Professor
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Gretel Terrero, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Terrero is a graduate of the hematology/oncology fellowship program at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL. She graduated from medical school at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and from the internal medicine residency program at Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jonathan C. Trent, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
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Biography: Jonathan C. Trent, MD, PhD, is professor of medicine, associate director for clinical research, and director of the Bone and Soft-tissue Sarcoma Group at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL. He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and his MD and PhD in cancer biology from...
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Frances Valdes, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Luis Villa, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Dionysios Watson, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Biography: Dr. Dionysios Watson is a physician-scientist dedicated to elucidating and therapeutically targeting tumor microenvironment interactions in solid tumor malignancies. He leads the NIH-funded DiscoverTME research laboratory as part of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and his clinical practice focuses on lung and head/neck cancers. Dr. Watson conducted his PhD training...
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Catherine Frances Welsh, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Rui Gong, Ph.D.

Instructor

Biography: Dr. Gong is a research-track instructor at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She earned a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Columbia University, an Honors B.S. in Psychology from the University of Toronto, and completed specialized training in behavioral intervention at the NIH ORBIT Institute. Her research investigates affect-driven psychosocial mechanisms in cancer treatment decision-making, aiming to develop empirically supported and patient-centered decision interventions to improve treatment satisfaction and quality of life.

Steven Bialick, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Marcelo Blaya, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Richa Dawar, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Milena Elimelakh, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Nkriuka Ezenwajiaku, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Elisa Krill-Jackson, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Vinay Minocha, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Raja Mudad, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Lauren Oshry, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Joseph F. Pizzolato, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Estelmari Rodriguez, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Rakesh Singal, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Jose Carlos Suarez, M.D.

Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty