Faculty and Staff
Leadership
D. Neil Hayes, MD, MPH
Professor
Division Chief
Hematology and Oncology
Kenneth I. Ataga, MD
Professor
Section Chief - Sickle Cell Disease
Swapna Thota, MD
Associate Professor
Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Brion Randolph, MD
Associate Professor
Director of Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Saurin A. Chokshi, MD
Assistant Professor
Section Chief - Clinical Practice
Alva B. Weir III, MD, FACP
Professor
Section Chief - Affiliate Faculty
Non-Malignant Hematology
Kenneth Ataga, MD
Professor
Patricia E. Adams-Graves, MD, BS
Associate Professor
Marquita N. Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor
Ugochi O. Ogu, MD
Associate Professor
Solid Tumors
Bilawal "Billy" Ahmed, MD
Assistant Professor
Genitourinary (renal cell, bladder, prostate) and Lung
Arindam Bagchi, MD
Assistant Professor
Breast Cancer and Melanoma
Saurin A. Chokshi, MD
Assistant Professor
Gastrointestinal tumors (esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, colon) and Breast
Cancer
D. Neil Hayes, MD, MPH
Professor
Head and Neck cancer (mouth, larynx, throat, salivary gland, sinus cancer, non-melanoma
skin, thyroid) and Lung
Alva B. Weir III, MD, FACP
Professor
Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Brain
Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma
Noura Elsedawy, MD
Assistant Professor
Myeloma
Muhammad Hamid, MD
Assistant Professor
Lymphoma
Swapna Thota, MD
Associate Professor
Leukemia and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Veterans Administration
Alva B. Weir III, MD, FACP
Professor
Section Chief - Hematology Oncology, Section Chief - Education
Stephen Besh, MD
Assistant Professor
Lindsey Lands, MD
Assistant Professor
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Brion Randolph, MD
Associate Professor
Basic Science
Laila Elsherif, PhD
Assistant Professor
Liza Makowski, PhD
Professor
Gustavo A. Miranda-Carboni, PhD
Associate Professor
Ramesh Narayanan, PhD
Professor
Thamarai Ponnusamy, PhD
Instructor
Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor