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Hematology-Oncology Fellows

First 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Second Year Fellows

Dr. Nicholas Levonyak

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
Dr. Amanda Mennie

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

PSTP Program

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

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!
Dr. Viral Patel

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
Dr. William Schwartzman

William Schwartzman, M.D.

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

Hollie Sheffield, M.D.

  • 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
Dr. Sean Taasan

Sean Taasan, M.D.

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

Mitchell von Itzstein, M.D.

  • Medical School: Griffith University, Australia
  • Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Lung cancer, immunotherapy

Third Year Fellows

Dr. Hannah Chang

Hannah Lu Chang, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: Northwestern University
  • Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Breast cancer, solid tumor oncology, immunotherapy
Dr. Shifa Kanjwal

Shifa Kanjwal, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Undergrad School: Georgetown University
  • Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
  • Residency: Yale University School of Medicine
  • Clinical Interests: Breast cancer, cancer disparities, global health
Dr. Sarah Kashanian

Sarah Kashanian, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit
  • Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
  • Clinical Interests: Malignant hematology, solid tumor oncology, patient safety and quality improvement
Dr. Kavi Patel

Kavi Patel, M.D.

  • Undergrad School: University of Florida
  • Medical School: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Solid tumor oncology, malignant hematology, medical education
Dr. Panayotis Theodoropoulos

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
Dr. Ethan Tobias

Ethan Tobias, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Undergrad School: Brown University
  • Medical School: Washington University at St. Louis
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Clinical Interests: Solid tumor oncology, malignant hematology, quality and process improvement

Fourth Year Fellows

Dr. Jake Lichterman

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
Dr. Christine Shiang

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