Message from the Director

Thank you for your interest in the Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Tisch Cancer Institute.  It is a very exciting time to train and work within the Division and Tisch Cancer Institute given the recruitment of talented faculty, continued growth of clinical programs and recent prestigious selection as the 69th National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer Center. The Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship Program is an ACGME accredited training program designed to provide a robust clinical exposure in all aspects of Hematology/Medical Oncology as well as dedicated research time with guided mentorship and career development for a future academic career.

Our combined Hematology/Medical Oncology training program is 36 months in duration, of which 18 months are dedicated to providing a broad exposure to the clinical practice of our field through both, inpatient and outpatient rotations. These include the following inpatient rotations: Hematology consults, Solid Tumor consults, Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma/Lymphoma, Palliative Care consults and Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy at Mount Sinai Hospital; Inpatient Hematology/Oncology Consults at Mount Sinai West. During outpatient rotations, fellows select to rotate through outpatient disease-focused practices in the Ruttenberg Treatment Center, Dubin Breast Center, Mount Sinai Union Square, Blavatnik Family Chelsea Medical Center, and Mount Sinai West. Clinical rotations have been formulated to provide maximal educational content and to promote scholarly discussion and debate among fellows, faculty and allied health professionals. 

The second 18 months of the fellowship program is devoted to protected, mentored research time. During this time, fellows choose a mentor and are guided through the process of developing a research project.  Our expectation is that fellow research projects will result in training grants and other funding to allow trainees to further develop their interests and foster careers as academic leaders. Fellows are able to choose from a broad range of faculty mentors focusing on a diverse array of research (basic science, translational, clinical, outcomes, quality improvement or medical education) within the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute or other research institutes within The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. To further guide fellows and their faculty mentors, Fellow Research Guidelines have been developed and Research Advisory Committees formed to outline expectations between mentors and mentees, provide timelines for research plans, progress reports and publications. Opportunities for advanced training in clinical research through the Masters in Clinical Research (MSCR) or Masters in Public Health (MPH) through the Graduate School for Biomedical Science at the Icahn School of Medicine are also available.

Throughout the three-year fellowship program, fellows participate in a comprehensive educational curriculum, which complements their clinical and research experiences. The curriculum includes weekly case conferences, academic half-day core curriculum, disease-focused tumor boards, journal clubs, workshops and weekly Grand Rounds and research seminars.

The field of Hematology/Medical Oncology is rapidly evolving with the development of novel therapeutics, immunotherapy and personalized medicine.  Our fellowship program is poised to continue to grow and flourish as we enter this exciting new era!

Adriana K. Malone, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Medical Oncology
Director of the Hematology/Medical Oncology and BMT Fellowship Programs 

Joseph Sparano, MD
Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Email: joseph.sparano@mssm.edu

Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD
Director, Tisch Cancer Institute
Professor and Chair, Oncological Sciences
Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Email: ramon.parsons@mssm.edu

Adriana K. Malone, MD
Director, Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program
Director, BMT Fellowship Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Email: adriana.malone@mssm.edu

Peter Kozuch, MD
Associate Program Director, Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program
Site Director, Mount Sinai Beth Israel 
Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Email: peter.kozuch@mountsinai.org

Deborah Doroshow, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director for Research and Career Development
Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Email: deborah.doroshow@mssm.edu

Autumn Wert
Administrative Manager
Tel: 212-241-4705
Fax: 212-241-2684
Email: autumn.wert@mssm.edu

Ana Medina
Program Coordinator
Tel: 212-241-9095
Fax: 212-241-2684
Email: Ana.medina@mssm.edu

Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology Clinical Faculty

Non-Malignant Hematology:
Caroline Cromwell, MD
Susanna Curtis, MD
Lawrence Cytryn, MD 
Katherine Hawkins, MD, JD
Angela Liu MD
Johnson Liu, MD
Daniel Nathan MD
Leonard Naymagon, MD
Kevin Troy, MD
Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD

Solid Tumors:
Celina Ang, MD (GI)
Aarti Bhardwaj, MD (Breast)
Virginia Corbett, MD (Neuro-Endocrine)
Bruce Culliney, MD (Head and Neck)
Deborah Doroshow, MD, PhD (Thoracic/Early Phase Clinical Trials)
Julie Fasano, MD (Breast)
Philip Friedlander, MD (Melanoma)
Joshua Friedman, MD (Neuro-Oncology)
Matthew Galsky, MD (GU)
Teja Ganta, MD (GU)
Jorge Gomez, MD (Thoracic)
Hanna Yoko Irie, MD PhD (Breast)
Varun Jain (Neuro-Oncology)
Alaina Kessler, MD ( Breast)
Melanie Kier, MD (Breast)
Lyndon Kim, MD (Neuro-Oncology)
Paula Klein, MD (Breast)
Peter Kozuch, MD (GI)
Bobby Liaw, MD (GU)
Thomas Marron, MD, PhD (Thoracic/Early Phase Clinical Trials)
Krzysztof Misiukiewicz, MD (Head & Neck)
Rima Patel, MD (Breast)
Vaibhav Patel, MD (GU)
Sofya Pintova, MD (GI)
Marshall Posner, MD (Head & Neck)
Lakshmi Rajdev, MD, MS
Nicholas Rohs, MD (Thoracic)
Theresa Shao, MD (Breast)
Cardinale Smith, MD PhD (Thoracic/Palliative Care)
Charles Stacy, MD (Neuro-Oncology)
Max Sung, MD (GI)
Amy Tiersten, MD (Breast)
Che-Kai Tsao, MD (GU)
Rajwanth Veluswamy, MD (Thoracic)
Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, MSc (GI)
Edward Wolin, MD (Neuro-Endocrine)

Hematologic Malignancies:
Theodora Anagostou, MD (Lymphoma)
Roshan Asrani, MD (Lymphoma)
Joshua Brody, MD PhD (Lymphoma)
Hearn Jay Cho, MD PhD (Multiple Myeloma)
Jonathan Feld, MD (MDS)
Janice Gabrilove, MD (Lymphoma)
Ron Hoffman, MD (Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)
Sundar Jagannath, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Adam Kittai, MD (Lymphoma)
Marina Kremyanskaya, MD PhD (Leukemia/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)
Hannah Levavi, MD (Leukemia)
Bridget Marcellino, MD, PhD (Leukemia/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)
John Mascarenhas, MD (Leukemia/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)
Samir Parekh, MD PhD (Multiple Myeloma)
Shambavi Richard, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Joshua Richter, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Cesar Rodriguez, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Adriana Rossi, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Larysa Sanchez, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Ilan Shapira, MD  (Hematologic Malignancies)
Alan Shih, MD, PhD (Leukemia/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)
Jonah Shulman, MD (Lymphoma)
Lewis Silverman, MD (MDS)
Suchitra Sundaram, MD (Lymphoma)
Santiago Thibaud, MD (Multiple Myeloma)
Douglas Tremblay, MD (Leukemia/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms)


BMT/Cellular Therapy 

Jacques Azzi, MD
Aaron Etra, MD
James Ferrara, MD

Uroosa Ibrahim, MD
Luis Isola, MD
Alla Keyzner, MD
John Levine, MD
Adriana K. Malone, MD
Keren Osman, MD