Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship Research

The numerous research opportunities available at Mount Sinai are a cornerstone of the Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship Program. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked 13th among medical schools in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for 2023. NIH-funded programs train postdoctoral fellows in cancer prevention, epidemiology, basic research, and clinical research.

Fellows have 18 months of protected, mentored research time during the latter half of their fellowship. By the end of the first year of fellowship, fellows identify an area of interest and a mentor and are guided through the process of developing a research project.  Our expectation is that fellow research projects will result in presentations at national conferences and publications and will equip fellows to apply for mentored training grants and other funding to allow them to further develop their interests and foster careers as academic leaders and independent investigators.  Fellows are able to choose from a broad range of faculty mentors focusing on a diverse array of research (including basic science, translational, clinical, outcomes, quality improvement, and medical education) within the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute or other 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, presentations 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.

Non-Malignant Hematology

Caroline Cromwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Susanna Curtis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lawrence I Cytryn, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Katherine Hawkins, MD, JD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Johnson Liu, MD
Professor of Medicine

Leonard Naymagon, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kevin Troy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Angelia Liu, MD
Instructor of Medicine

Daniel Nathan, MD
Instructor of Medicine

Solid Tumors

Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Celina Ang, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Aarti Bhardwaj, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Deidre Cohen, MD
Senior Faculty in Medicine

Virginia Corbett, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Bruce Culliney, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dimitry Zamarin, MD
Professor of Medicine

Deborah Doroshow, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Julie Fasano, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Philip Friedlander, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dermatology

Joshua Friedman, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Matthew Galsky, MD
Professor of Medicine

Teja Ganta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Anupama Goel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jorge Gomez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hanna Yoko Irie, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncological Sciences

Alaina Kessler, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Melanie Kier, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lyndon Kim, MD
Senior Faculty, Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery

Paula Klein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Peter Kozuch, MD
Professor of Medicine

Bobby Liaw, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Thomas Marron, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Krzysztof Misiukiewicz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology

William Oh, MD
Professor of Medicine and Urology

Rima Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Vaibhav Patel, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Sofya Pintova, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lakshmi Rajdev, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine

Nicholas Rohs, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Theresa Shao, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardinale Smith, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Joseph Sparano, MD
Senior Faculty, Hematology and Medical Oncology

Charles Stacy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Max Sung, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Amy Tiersten, MD
Professor of Medicine

Che-Kai Tsao, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Rajwanth Veluswamy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ed Wolin, MD
Senior Faculty in Medicine

Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine

Hematologic Malignancies

Theodora Anagnostou, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Roshan Asrani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Joshua Brody, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Jonathan Feld, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Janice Gabrilove, MD
Professor of Medicine and Oncological Sciences

Ronald Hoffman, MD
Professor of Medicine

Sundar Jagannath, MBBS
Professor of Medicine

Marina Kremyanskaya, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hannah Levavi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Bridget Marcellino, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

John Mascarenhas, MD
Professor of Medicine

Samir Parekh, MBBS
Professor of Medicine and Oncological Sciences

Shambavi Richard, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Joshua Richter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Cesar Rodriguez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Adriana Rossi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Larysa Sanchez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ilan Shapira, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Alan Shih, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jonah Shulman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lewis Silverman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncological Sciences

Suchitra Sundaram, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Santiago Thibaud, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Douglas Tremblay, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy

Jacques Azzi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Aaron Etra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

James Ferrara, MD
Professor of Medicine

Uroosa Ibrahim, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Luis Isola, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Alla Keyzner, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

John Levine, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Adriana K. Malone, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education

Keren Osman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

An important introduction to the field of Hematology/Medical Oncology is had by attending major national meetings. In this venue, it is possible to learn state of the art of medical care and science, and to gain a sense of the breadth and direction of ongoing research. All fellows are funded to attend one of the major national meetings per year (ASCO, ASH, AACR, San Antonio Breast Conference). 

Fellows are also encouraged to explore additional educational opportunities of importance to their research careers such as ASCO/AASR, ASH and ASTCT clinical investigator training courses.  When possible and appropriate, such activities are supported by the program.

Fellows are encouraged and expected to submit their research to relevant publications.

Fellows’ Publications and Presentations