Fellows

Current Fellows

First Year Fellows

Marisa Aitken, MD, PhD

Reese Aitken, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center

 
Prarthana Dalal, MD, PhD

Prarthana Dalal, MD, PhD
Residency: Northwestern University
Medical School: Northwestern University

 
Gong He, MD

Gong He, MD
Residency: University of Chicago
Medical School: Wayne State

 
Shihan Khan, MD, PhD

Shihan Khan, MD, PhD
Residency: Michigan Medicine
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine

 
Sadiq Rehmani, MB, BS

Sadiq Rehmani, MB, BS
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: Aga Khan Medical College

 
Nathaniel Wilson, MD

Nathaniel Wilson, MD
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center
Medical School: Rush Medical College

 
Xi Yang, MD

Xi Yang, MD
Residency: University of Pittsburg Medical Center
Medical School: Tsinghua University

 

Second Year Fellows

Roma Bhatia, MD, MPH

Roma Bhatia, MD, MPH
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Medical School: Mayo Clinic

Research Focus: Cancer Survivorship; cardio-oncology; health disparities; health services research
Research Mentors: Lynn Henry, MD, PhD; Christine Veenstra, MD

 

 
Alexander Bray, MD, PhD

Alexander Bray, MD, PhD
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Medical School: University of Alabama

Research Focus: Characterization of the premalignant pancreatic microenvironment
Research Mentors: Timothy Frankel, MD; Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD

 
Daria Brinzevich, MD

Daria Brinzevich, MD
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Medical School: Wake Forest University

Research Focus: Health services research with focus on multiple myeloma patients
Research Mentor: Jason Chen, MD

 
Virginia Falvello, MD

Virginia Falvello, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh

Research Focus: Cancer-associated thrombosis; anticoagulant use in patients with malignancy
Research Mentor: Suman Sood, MD

 
Daniel Foley, MD

Daniel Foley, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Virginia

Research Focus: Clinical trial development; reviews and retrospective analyses in hematologic malignancies, focusing in myeloproliferative neoplasms as well as aplastic anemia
Research Mentors: Kristen Pettit, MD; Dale Bixby, MD, PhD

 
Michael McLane, MD

Michael McLane, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University

Research Focus: Improving outcomes in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Research Mentors: Yasmin Karimi, MD; Ryan Wilcox, MD, PhD

 
Leah Wells, MD

Leah Wells, MD
Residency: University of Virginia
Medical School: Mercer University

Research Focus: Clinical Trial Development; predictors of response to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer
Research Mentors: Angel Qin, MD; Gregory Kalemkerian, MD; Nithya Ramnath, MD

 

Third Year Fellows

Luke Fraley, MD

Luke Fraley, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University

Research Focus: Patient communication and education
Research Mentor: Nathan Houchens, MD

 
Christopher Kobe, MD

Christopher Kobe, MD
Residency: University of Minnesota
Medical School: Ohio State University

Research Focus: Patient-centered outcomes, hematological malignancies
Research Mentor: Kristen Pettit, MD

 
Jamie Mills, MD, PhD

Jamie Mills, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

Research Focus: Epigenetics in pancreas cancer
Research Mentor: Fil Bednar, MD, PhD

 
 
Charles Nguyen, MD

Charles Nguyen, MD
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: University of Oklahoma

Research Focus: Clinical trial development in GU cancers. Retrospective analysis of immunotherapy outcomes and prognostic factors. Elucidating molecular and genetic determinants of early-onset kidney cancer
Research Mentor: Ajjai Alva, MBBS

 
Samuel Reynolds, MD

Samuel Reynolds, MD
Residency: University of Louisville
Medical School: University of South Florida

Research Focus: Intracellular signaling characterization in myelofibrosis
Research Mentor: Qing Li, MD, PhD

 
 
Jonathan Weiss, MD

Jonathan Weiss, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Research Focus: Novel therapies in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Research Mentor: Ryan Wilcox, MD, PhD

 
 
Victoria Wytiaz, MD

Victoria Wytiaz, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Temple University

Research Focus: Adolescent and young adult supportive oncology 
Research Mentor: Rashmi Chugh, MD

 

Fourth Year Fellow

Erin Kropp, MD, PhD

Erin Kropp, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

Research Focus: The role of ER protein quality control on hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis
Research Mentor: Qing Li, MD, PhD

Our Graduates

We pride ourselves in training highly accomplished physicians who are able to competitively seek employment in academic, government, and private practice settings. This is reflected in the placement of our recent graduates:  

2023

  • Marcus Geer, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Lauren Shevell, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Radhika Takiar, MD - Trinity Health, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Irene Tsung, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Thomas Westbrook, MD - Rush University, Chicago, IL
  • James Yoon, MD - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

2022

  • Lisa Chu, MD - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
  • Nicole Fleege, MD - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  • Stephanie Hoffman, MD - Trinity Health IHA, Ypsilanti, MI
  • Arathi Mohan, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Kamya Sankar, MD - Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
  • Eric Schwartz, MD - Kaiser Permanente, Lafayette, CO
  • Christopher Su, MD - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2021

  • Jason Brown, MD, PhD - Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
  • Amy Chang, MD - Loxo Oncology
  • Jason Chen, MD - Michigan Medicine/VA AA, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Charles Foucar, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Jennifer Girard, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Vincent Ma, MD - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  • Phoebe Tsao, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

2020

  • Monica Patel, MD - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
  • J. Matt Hancock, MD - Gap – Research Year
  • Richard King, MD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Haritha Reddy, MD - Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Leigh Swartz, MD - Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA
  • David Warner, MD - Utah Cancer Specialists, UT
  • Frank Weinberg, MD, PhD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

2019

  • Tyler Buckley, MD - Wenatchee Valley Medical Group, Wenatchee, WA
  • Heidi Egloff, MD - Sparrow Herbert Herman Cancer Center, Lansing, MI
  • Melissa Reimers, MD - Washington University, St Louis, MO
  • John Reneau, MD, PhD - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  • Nguyen Tran, MD - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Frank Weinberg, MD, PhD - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Jedrzej Wykretowicz, MD, PhD - Henry Ford Heath Consortium, Detroit, MI