Department Chair

Amit K. Verma, M.B.B.S.

Director, Division of Hemato-Oncology, Montefiore Department of Oncology

Faculty

Ritesh K. Aggarwal, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D.

Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research

Srinivas Aluri, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Kristina Ames, Ph.D.

Assistant Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center

Jesus D. Anampa Mesias, M.D., M.S.

Attending Physician, Medical Oncology, Montefiore

Titto A. Augustine, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Lennette J. Benjamin, M.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Tushar D. Bhagat, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Henny H. Billett, M.D.

Chief, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine

Eric E. Bouhassira, Ph.D.

Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Teresa V. Bowman, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology

Fernando J. Camacho, M.D.

Attending Physician, Medical Oncology and Hematology, Montefiore

Mark H. Chaitowitz, M.D.

Attending Physician, Hematology, Montefiore

Samarpana Chakraborty, Ph.D.

Instructor, Department of Oncology

Szu-Jung (Sharon) Chen, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Haiying Cheng, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

Edward Chu, M.D., M.M.S.

Director, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dennis L. Cooper, M.D.

Director, Transplant and Cell Therapy

Angelica L. D'Aiello, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Tarek N. Elrafei, D.O.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

Mary E. Fabry, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Ellen Wolkin Friedman, M.D.

Acting Director, Sickle Cell Program

Evripidis Gavathiotis, Ph.D.

Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Therapeutics Program

Yelena Zory Ginzburg, M.D.

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Swati Goel, M.B.,B.S.

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

I. David Goldman, M.D.

Susan Resnick Fisher Chair in Brain Cancer Research

Mervyn Leon Goldstein, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

Richard J. Gralla, M.D.

Director of Oncology Research for the North Bronx Healthcare Network

Kira Gritsman, M.D., Ph.D.

Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program

Varun Gupta, M.S.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Lauren E. Hackett, M.P.A.

Associate Vice-President of Cancer Medicine of Montefiore Medicine

Missak Haigentz, M.D.

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Oncology

Balazs Halmos, M.D.

Associate Director, Clinical Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Susan R. Harris, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Rhoda E. Hirsch, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Keisuke Ito, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of Scientific Resources of the Stem Cell Institute

Christopher D. Jakubowski, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Akansha Jalota, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Yun-Ruei C. Kao, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Heidi S. Karttunen, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.

Miriam Mandel Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research

Abhishek Kumar, M.B.,B.S.

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Lawrence Leung, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Shirley P. Levine, M.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Hao Li, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Shuwen Lin, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Caterina P. Minniti, M.D.

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology

Irina Murakhovskaya, M.D.

Chief, Division of Hematology

Stuart Packer, M.D.

Clinical Director, Medical Oncology Service, Weiler Campus

Stephen Z. Peeke, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Simeon Pollack, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Oncology

Colette M. Prophete, M.H.Sc.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Joshua P. Raff, M.D.

Clinical Instructor, Department of Oncology

Jacob H. Rand, M.D.

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology

Yvonne M. Saenger, M.D.

Director, Immune Monitoring Core Facility

Daniel E. Sammartino, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Rebeca San Martin, Ph.D.

Co-Chair, Women’s Initiative Network, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Rahul Sanawar, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Aditi Shastri, M.B.,B.S.

Assistant Director of Translational Research

Patricia A. Shi, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

Ajay K. Singh, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Anna Skwarska, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Maria S. Sosa, Ph.D.

Chair, Women’s Initiative Network, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Joseph A. Sparano, M.D.

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Oncology

Ulrich G. Steidl, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Cell Biology

Michael B. Stemerman, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Oncology

Brendon M. Stiles, M.D.

Associate Director, Surgical Oncology, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ira I. Sussman, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology

Ankit Tanwar, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Divij Verma, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Feng Wang, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Meng Wang, M.D.

Staff Scientist, Department of Oncology

Ning Wei, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Britta Will, Ph.D.

Co-Leader, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program

Xingxing Zang, Ph.D.

Director, Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Institute for Immunotherapy for Cancer and Inflammatory Disorders

Rongbao Zhao, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Department of Oncology

Yiyu Zou, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Department of Oncology