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Meet the Fellows

First Year Fellows

William Black, M.D.

  • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Solid oncology, malignant hematology

Luis Chinea, M.D.

  • Medical School: UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Breast Cancer, GI/GU, Melanoma

Luise Froessl, M.D.

  • Medical School: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Classical hematology, breast cancer

Matthew Lu, M.D.

  • Medical School: UNC School of Medicine
  • Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: GI Oncology

Ian Mines, D.O.

  • Medical School: Touro California
  • Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Clinical Interests: Classical Hematology, Malignant Hematology, Lung Cancer, GU Cancer

Muhammet Ozer, M.D.

  • Medical School: Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Capital Health Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: GI Oncology

Brandon Rose, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • Clinical Interests: Solid Tumor Oncology (sarcoma, GI, and breast); Targeted Therapies; Quality Improvement; Clinical Informatics

Matthew Sawyer, M.D.

  • Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
  • Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Solid Tumor Oncology, Malignant Hematology

Hanwen Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Medical School: Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Solid Oncology, Precision Oncology

Eliot Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Medical School: University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Medical Oncology

Second Year Fellows

Dr. Sara Alhaj

Sara Alhaj, M.D.

  • Medical School: Texas Tech University
  • Residency: UT Health San Antonio
  • Clinical Interests: Breast cancer, Sarcoma, Adolescent and young adult oncology
Dr. Peter Carlsgaard

Peter Carlsgaad, M.D.

TARDIS Program

  • Medical School: Loyola University
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology
Dr. Daniel Goyco Vera

Daniel Goyco Vera, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology and cellular therapy
Dr. Eileen Hu

Eileen Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Medical School: Ohio State University
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology
Dr. Kana Lucero

Kana Lucero, M.D.

  • Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
  • Residency: UT Health San Antonio
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology, geriatric oncology
Dr. Jorge Mazzini Fortin

Jorge Mazzini Fortin, M.D.

  • Medical School: Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado
  • Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Clinical Interests: CHIP, MDS, AML, HLH, Hypereosinophilic syndrome
Dr. Khusboo Pal

Khusboo Pal, M.D.

  • Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
  • Residency: University of Washington
  • Clinical Interests: Breast oncology, Malignant hematology
Dr. Lucas Wang

Lucas Wang, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Residency: Methodist Dallas Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Healthcare disparity, medical education

Third Year Fellows

Dr. Lindsay Hill

Lindsay Hill, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Undergrad School: New York University
  • Medical School: SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Lymphoma, HIV-associated malignancies, and biomedical engineering for therapeutic development including targeted-, gene-, and immunotherapies
Dr. Madeleine Hopson

Madeleine Hopson, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: McGill University
  • Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: Columbia University
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology, breast oncology, cancer epidemiology
Dr. Jonathan Hyak

Jonathan Hyak, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: University of Texas at Austin
  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: The Ohio State University
  • Clinical Interests: Cancer care access, malignant hematology, solid tumor oncology
Dr. Raamis Khwaja

Raamis Khwaja, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: Southern Methodist University
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
  • Residency: UT Health Houston McGovern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: General oncology, cellular therapies, leukemia/lymphoma
Dr. Nicholas Lambert

Nicholas Lambert, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Undergrad School: University of Minnesota
  • Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Clinical Interests: Benign Hematology and Oncology
Dr. Nikhil Madhusudhan

Nikhil Madhusudhan, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Undergrad School: Boston University
  • Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Hereditary cancer syndromes, Immunotherapy, Small molecule targeted therapies
Dr. Ali Mohamedi

Ali Mohamedi, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: University of Texas at Arlington
  • Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: General oncology and medical education
Dr. Puja Panwar

Puja Panwar, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Undergrad School: University of Texas at Dallas
  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital / Osler Medical Residency Program
  • Clinical Interests: Non-malignant hematology

Research Fellows

Amanda Mennie, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

  • Undergrad School: University of Iowa
  • Medical School: University of Illinois
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Academic Medicine

Alumni

2025

Nicholas "Nick" Levonyak, M.D.
Texas Oncology in Bedford, Texas

Anna Moscowitz, M.D.
Dallas VA Medical Center in Dallas, Texas

Viral Patel, M.D.
Audie L. Murphy VA UT Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

William "Scott" Schwartzman, MD.
UT Southwestern Medical Center in Richardson, Texas

Hollie Sheffield, M.D.
Texas Oncology Medical City Dallas in Dallas, Texas

Sean Taasan, M.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas

Panayotis “Pano” Theodoropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas

2024

Hannah Chang, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Breast Medical Oncology at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles, California

Shifa Kanjwal, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Breast Medical Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Sarah Kashanian, M.D.
Director of Breast Medical Oncology at The Hahn Cancer Center at Sentra Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA

Kavi Patel, M.D.
General community hematology/oncology with Advocate Medical Group in Barrington, Illinois

Ethan Tobias, M.D.
Assistant Professor at the UT Southwestern Moncrief Institute in Fort Worth

Mitchell von Itzstein, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Thoracic Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center

2023

Abir Khan, M.D.
UNC Cancer Care at Nash, Rocky Mount, NC

Naveen Premnath, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Mohammed Faizan Zahid, M.D.
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Dallas, TX

2022

Omer Ali, M.D.
General Hematologist/Oncologist at Virginia Oncology Associates

Bradley Christensen, M.D.
General Hematologist at Baylor UMC

Jude Khatib, M.D.
GI Oncologist at University of New Mexico

Gaurav Shah, M.D.
Benign Hematology Faculty at Atrium Health at Charlotte

Justin Sovich, M.D.
Northwest Permanente

2021

Natalie Bavli, M.D.
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Michael Burke, M.D.
Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Asheville, NC

Tri Le, M.D.
Texas Oncology HEB, Bedford, TX

Elizabeth McGehee, M.D.
Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA

Sanah Parvez, M.D.
Holy Name Medical Center - Patricia Lynch Cancer Center, Teaneck, NJ

Mohsin Soleja, M.D.
Texas Oncology, Keller, TX

Rebecca Yarborough, M.D.
Texas Oncology Dallas Methodist, Dallas, TX

Contact Us

Division of Hematology Oncology

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-8852

Phone: 214-645-5970
Fax: 214-648-1955
HemeOncFellowship@UTSouthwestern.edu