Meet the 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.

TARDIS Program

• Medical School: Loyola University
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology

Daniel Goyco Vera, M.D.

• 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.

• Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
• Residency: UT Health San Antonio
• Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology, geriatric oncology

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nicholas Lambert, M.D.

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

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

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

Puja Panwar, M.D.

• 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

Nicholas Levonyak, M.D.

• Undergrad School: Gonzaga University
• Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: GI Oncology, Clinical Trials

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

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

Anna Moscowitz, M.D.

• Undergrad School: Tulane University
• Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: Breast, QI, open-minded!

Viral Patel, M.D.

• Undergrad School: Rice University
• Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: Hematology and Oncology

William Schwartzman, M.D.

• Undergrad School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at University of Southwern California
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: Genetic Mutations

Hollie Sheffield, M.D.

Chief Fellow

• Undergrad School: Baylor University
• Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: Breast Oncology, GI Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Quality Improvement

Sean Taasan, M.D.

Chief Fellow

• Undergrad School: University of Florida
• Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
• Residency: Duke University
• Clinical Interests: Lymphoma, GI oncology, medical education

Jake Lichterman, D.O.

PSTP Program

• Undergrad School: University of California Los Angeles
• Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, NY
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Clinical Interests: Tumor immunology, Gut microbiome and cancer, GI/GU

Christine Shiang, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

• Undergrad School: University of Houston
• Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Clinical Interests: AI in CA, TNBC, so many things

Panayotis Theodoropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

PSTP Program

• Undergrad School: University of Chicago
• Medical School: UT Southwestern
• Residency: Washington University in St. Louis / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Clinical Interests: inherited cancer syndromes, rare malignancies, chemical screening and discovery of targeted therapies