Meet the Fellows
First Year Fellows

Erin D'mello, D.O.
- Medical School: Des Moines University
- Residency: UT Health San Antonio
- Career Interests: Malignant hematology

Kabir Grewal, M.D.
- Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
- Career Interests: Solid Oncology (GU, Thoracic, Breast)

Sydney Habert, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Missouri - Kansas City SOM
- Residency: Emory University
- Career Interests: Breast Oncology

Maria Ilyas, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Residency: University of Florida
- Career Interests: Malignant hematology

Katherine Klein, M.D.
- Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Residency: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Career Interests: Malignant hematology, leukemia

J. Alberto Maldonado, M.D.
PSTP Program
- Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Solid oncology, GI, Lung

Aman Narayan, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Undecided

Micah Ostrowski, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School
- Residency: University of Utah
- Career Interests: Genitourinary Cancers

Bradley Uyemura, M.D.
- Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
- Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Career Interests: Bone marrow transplant and cellular therapies
Second 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
Third Year Fellows

Sara Alhaj, M.D.
- Medical School: Texas Tech University
- Residency: UT Health San Antonio
- Clinical Interests: Breast cancer, Sarcoma, Adolescent and young adult oncology

Peter Carlsgaad, M.D.
MDSTP Program
- Medical School: Loyola University
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology

Daniel Goyco Vera, M.D.
Chief Fellow
- Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
- Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
- Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology and cellular therapy

Eileen Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
PSTP Program
- Medical School: Ohio State University
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology

Kana Lucero, M.D.
Chief Fellow
- Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
- Residency: UT Health San Antonio
- Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology, geriatric oncology

Khusboo Pal, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
- Residency: University of Washington
- Clinical Interests: Breast oncology, Malignant hematology

Lucas Wang, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Texas at Austin
- Residency: Methodist Dallas Medical Center
- Clinical Interests: Healthcare disparity, medical education
Research Fellows

Lindsay Hill, M.D., Ph.D.
PSTP Program
- 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

Nikhil Madhusudhan, M.D., Ph.D.
PSTP Program
- 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
Alumni
2026
Madeleine Hopson, M.D.
Jonathan Hyak, M.D.
Raamis Khwaja, M.D.
Nicholas Lambert, M.D.
Ali Mohamedi, M.D.
Puja Panwar, M.D.
Amanda Mennie, M.D., Ph.D.
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