Fellows

First Year Fellows

Vasilii Bushunow, MD

Education: MD – State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Residency: UPMC

Anumita “Anu” Chakraborty, MD, MS

Education: MD – State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine
Residency: Temple

Sean Doerfler, MD, Combined Palliative Care/Hematology Oncology Fellow

Education: MD – University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Duke

Nosakhare “Nosa” Ilerhunmwuwa, MBBS, MSc

Education: MD – University of Benin, Nigeria
Residency: Brookdale

Yu Jen “Alex” Jan, MD

Education: MD – National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Residency: Mount Auburn

Randolph “Randy” Lyde, MD, PhD

Education: MD – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Residency: UPMC

Ryan Sweeney, MD

Education: MD – Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Allegheny Health Network (AHN)

Victor Zibara, MD, ASH Fellow

Education: MD – LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Lebanon
Residency: Mt. Sinai West

Second Year Fellows

Ali Atoui, MD, ASH Fellow

Education: MD – Universite’ Saint-Joseph Faculte’ de Medecine, Lebanon
Residency: AUB, Beirut Lebanon

Dominika “Domi” Dulak, MD

Education: MD – Medical University of Gdansk Faculty of Medicine, Gdansk, Poland
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Hematologic Malignancies; BMT

Hannah Maynard, MD

Education: BS – Duke University, MD – Columbia University
Residency: NYU
Research Interests: GI Malignancy, Clinical Trials, and Cancer Genetics

Sarbajeet Nagdas, MD, PhD

Education: BS – University of North Carolina, PhD – University of Virginia, MD – University of Virginia
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Tumoral Cells in Solid Malignancies, Early-phase Translational Studies

Matthew Nguyen, MD

Education: BS – Virginia Tech, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency: UPMC
Research Interests: Drug Discovery and Development, Clinical/Translational Research, Clinical Trials

Benjamin “Ben” Schluger, MD

Education: BS – Brandeis University, MD – Columbia University
Residency: NY Presbyterian Hospital
Research Interests: Public/Population Health, Preventative Care, and Lung Cancer

Samuel “Sam” Sestito, MD

Education: BA – Washington and Jefferson College, MD – University of Pittsburgh
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Geriatric Internal Medicine Fellowship: Vanderbilt University
Research Interests: Geriatric Assessment in Older Adults with Cancer; Clinical Innovation to Bring Geriatric Care Principles into Oncology