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

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
Third Year Fellows

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.
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

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.
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
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
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