Primary Faculty
Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, MD
Yazan Abou-Ismail, MD (Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies. He specializes in treating non-malignant hematologic disorders, with special clinical interest in disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis, in which he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. D... Read More
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University
Residency: Rochester General Hospital
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Email: Yazan.Abou-Ismail@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3229
Anna E. Beaudin, PhD
Dr. Anna E. Beaudin is an Associate Professor Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She holds an adjunct appointment in the Division of Microbiology and Immunology in the Department of Pathology, and holds membership in the Molecular Medicine Program. ... Read More
Fellowship: University of California, Santa Cruz
Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles
Email: Anna.Beaudin@hsc.utah.edu
Paul F. Bray, MD
Throughout his full academic career, Dr. Bray has continued to care for patients with blood diseases. He currently sees patients in clinic at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute. His clinical interests include: 1) Benign and non-malignant hematology, 2) Disorders of platelet number and function, 3) Bleeding... Read More
Research Interests: Bleeding Disorders, Blood Platelet Disorders, Coronary Thrombosis, Embolism and Thrombosis, Molecular Genetic Aspects of Thrombosis, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Stroke
Specialties: Anemia, Benign Hematology, Coagulation, Disorders of Platelet Number and Function, Hematology/BMT, Hemorrhagic Disorders, Thrombocythemia, Thrombotic Disorders
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine
Email: paul.bray@hsc.utah.edu
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Nicola J. Camp, PhD
Nicola J. Camp, PhD Professor, Internal Medicine Senior Research Director, Utah Population Database Co-Director, STARS Training Program Nicola J. Camp, PhD, is a professor in the Departments of Medicine (Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies) and Human Genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is a Hunt... Read More
Email: nicola.camp@utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-5767
Jan L. Christian, PhD
Research Interests: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Extracellular Matrix, Growth and Embryonic Development, Hematopoiesis, Mouse Models, Proprotein Convertases, Signal Transduction, Xenopus laevis
Email: jan.christian@neuro.utah.edu
Daniel R. Couriel, MD, MS
Dr. Couriel received his M.D. degree in 1987 at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina. After fellowship training at Tufts University, NHLBI and Johns Hopkins University, he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama Birmingham. In 1999 he moved to the M.D Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Blood an... Read More
Research Interests: Ancillary and Supportive Care for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Biomarkers and New Treatments for Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, Long Term Complications and Survivorship Issues after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Multidisciplinary Interventions and Patient Reported Outcomes in the Assessment of Response to Therapy in Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, New Treatments for Acute Graft-Versus Host Disease
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Residency: George Washington University Hospital
Fellowship: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Fellowship: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Buenos Aires
Medical School: University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine
Email: daniel.couriel@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Michael W. Deininger, MD, PhD
Michael Deininger, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chief of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. He has extensive experience treating patients with blood cancers. He has a particular interest in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and myeloproliferativ... Read More
Research Interests: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Leukemia Drug Resistance, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Specialties: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Hematology/BMT, Leukemia, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Fellowship: University of Leipzig, Department of Hematology
Residency: Institute of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Nürnberg General Hospital
Medical School: University of Würzburg
Email: michael.deininger@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
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Martha J. Glenn, MD
Dr. Glenn is a recognized regional expert in lymphoproliferative disorders, and she receives referrals from a greater than six state region. She is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Non-Hodkin's Lymphoma panel (NCCN NHL) and is a Huntsman Cancer Institute principal investigator on several lymphoma therapeutic trials. She see... Read More
Research Interests: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Clinical Trials, Lymphoma
Specialties: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hematology/BMT, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Leukemia, Lymphomas, Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Oncology
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University
Email: martha.glenn@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Ahmad Halwani, MD
Dr. Ahmad Halwani is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah and a clinical investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). He is also a staff physician and clinical researcher at the George E Whalen Veterans Health Administra... Read More
Specialties: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hematology/BMT, Medical Oncology, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Email: ahmad.halwani@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
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Boyu Hu, MD
Dr. Boyu Hu joined the Division of Hematology/Hematologic Malignancies in 2018. He specializes in treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lymphoma. He completed his internal medicine residency at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then his fellowship training in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Te... Read More
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Email: Boyu.Hu@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3229
Tibor Kovacsovics, MD
Languages Spoken: English, French, German Dr. Tibor Kovacsovics started at the University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute in 2013. He focuses on hematologic malignancies, particularly acute leukemias. He serves as the Medical Director for the Inpatient Service of the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies. In his role as Assoc... Read More
Research Interests: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chemotherapy, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Specialties: Amyloidosis, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency: Clinique Médicale Thérapeutique, Geneva University Hospital
Medical School: University of Geneva Medical School
Email: tibor.kovacsovics@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Catherine J. Lee, MD
Catherine J. Lee, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/BMT at the Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah. Dr. Lee's clinical expertise is in Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT). She specializes in autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants for ... Read More
Research Interests: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Ancillary and Supportive Care for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation, Biomarkers and New Treatments for Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, Long Term Complications and Survivorship Issues after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Multidisciplinary Interventions and Patient Reported Outcomes in the Assessment of Response to Therapy in Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, Transplant Immunotherapy
Specialties: Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Graft versus Host Disease, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: Stanford School of Medicine
Fellowship: Fred Hutchinson/SCCA Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Email: catherine.lee@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Elizabeth A. Leibold, PhD
Elizabeth A. Leibold, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She holds an adjunct appointment as a Professor of Oncological Sciences at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and is a member of the Nuclear Control of Cell Growth and Differ... Read More
Email: betty.leibold@genetics.utah.edu
Ming Y. Lim, MBBCh, MS
Dr. Ming Lim is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah since October 2018. She earned her medical degree at Cambridge University, England and completed her 2-year Foundation Training in the United Kingdom. She then completed residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic Roches... Read More
Specialties: Benign Hematology, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Residency: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Medical School: Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine
Email: ming.lim@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3229
Brian L. McClune, DO
Dr. Brian McClune is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He was born and raised in Kansas, completing his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Medicine there. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Johns Hopk... Read More
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Email: Brian.Mcclune@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Thomas J. O'Hare, PhD
Thomas J. O'Hare, Ph.D. is a Research Professor of Medicine (career track) in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. His lab is located in the Huntsman Cancer Institute and he is a member of the Cell Response and Regulation Program. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry f... Read More
Research Interests: Design and Synthesis of Targeted Cancer Drugs, Drug Resistance, Leukemia, Myeloid, Philadelphia-Positive, Tyrosine Kinase Activating Mutations
Email: Thomas.OHare@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-0256
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J. Dane Osborn, MD
James "Dane" Osborn, M.D. is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Osborn attends as a hospitalist on the Hunstman Cancer Institute's new Bone Marrow Transplant unit as part of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Huntsman at the Univer... Read More
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Residency: University of Utah
Medical School: University of Toledo
Email: dane.osborn@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Afaf E. Osman, MD
Afaf Osman recently graduated from the University of Chicago Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program where she was a leukemia fellow for the past two years. Her clinical interest is in myeloid malignancies. Her research interest is in studying clonal hematopoiesis as a precursor condition to myeloid malignancies. Prior to fellowship, she was an inte... Read More
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Chicago
Fellowship: University of Chicago
Residency: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Email: afaf.osman@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3229
Charles J. Parker, MD, AB
Charles J. Parker, M. D., is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Utah, the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the George E. Whalen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT. As a Hematologist, his clinical interests include paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinu... Read More
Research Interests: Myeloproliferative Disorders, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Specialties: Benign Hematology, Hematology/BMT, Hemochromatosis, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, Porphyria
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
Residency: North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Medical School: University of North Carolina
Email: Charles.Parker@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Ami B. Patel, MD
Research Interests: Leukemia Drug Resistance, Synthetic Lethality Strategies, Targeted Drug Development, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
Specialties: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Myelofibrosis, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Systemic Mastocytosis
Fellowship: University of Utah
Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Email: ami.patel@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Sagar S. Patel, MD
Dr. Patel’s clinical and research expertise is in Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT). He has a particular interest in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation as well as cellular therapies such as CAR-Ts for the treatment of malignant and benign hematologic diseases in adult patients. Dr. Patel’s research interests focus on the... Read More
Specialties: Blood and Marrow Transplantation, CAR T-cell Therapy
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic – Taussig Cancer Institute
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic – Taussig Cancer Institute
Email: Sagar.Patel@hci.utah.edu
Esteban Peña, MD
Research Interests: Bone Marrow Transplantation
Specialties: General Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Residency: The Jewish Hospital
Medical School: Universidad Católica
Email: u0981449@utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
John D. Phillips, PhD
John D. Phillips, Ph.D. is a Research Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. In addition, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology. Dr. Phillips is also Director of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center (HSC) Core Research Fa... Read More
Email: John.Phillips@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-2081
Josef T. Prchal, MD
Josef Prchal, MD is a Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He is also named Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator, and is a member of the Cell Response and Regulation Program and the Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Program. In addition, he holds ad... Read More
Research Interests: Erythrocyte Disorders, Hematopoiesis, Polycythemia
Specialties: Anemia, Hematology/BMT, Myeloproliferative Disorders, Oncology, Thrombocythemia
Fellowship: Toronto General Hospital
Residency: University of Toronto, Department of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Toronto, Department of Medicine
Residency: University of Toronto, Dept of Medicine
Fellowship: Charles University School of Medicine
Medical School: Charles University
Email: josef.prchal@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Sabarinath Venniyil Radhakrishnan, MD
Dr. S.V. Radhakrishnan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah. He was awarded a fellowship by the American Association for Cancer Research-Pfizer Immuno-Oncology. Dr. Radhakrishnan's research focuses on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for multiple myelom... Read More
Research Interests: Immunotherapy, Adoptive
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Medical School: Kerala University of Health Sciences
Medical School: Kerala University of Health Sciences
Email: sabari.radhakrishnan@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Vedran Radojcic, MD
I am a physician-scientist providing care to patients undergoing allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation. I pursue research with translational relevance and focus on immunobiology determinants of graft-versus-host disease, particularly its chronic form that remains the most devastating long-term complication of allogeneic blood and marrow ... Read More
Research Interests: Immunobiology of Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Mechanisms of Immune Evasion and Tolerance in Cancer
Specialties: Acute Leukemia, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Michigan Health System
Residency: University of Michigan Health System
Medical School: University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Email: vedran.radojcic@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-6109
George M. Rodgers, III, MD, PhD
George M. Rodgers, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment as an adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology. He started at the University of Utah in 1988. He is... Read More
Research Interests: Antithrombotic Therapy, Physiological Regulation of Hemostasis, Procoagulant Activities of Vascular Endothelium, Role of Coagulation in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Specialties: Benign Hematology, Coagulation, Hematology/BMT, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Fellowship: University of California San Francisco
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: Tulane University
Email: George.Rodgers@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Douglas W. Sborov, MD, MS
Dr. Douglas Sborov is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He was born and raised in Minnesota, completed his undergraduate education with a Bachelor of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, later completed medical s... Read More
Research Interests: Bone Marrow Transplantation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Multiple Myeloma Including High-dose Chemotherapy Plus Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Specialties: Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: The Ohio State University
Fellowship: The Ohio State University
Residency: University of Utah School of Medicine
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Email: douglas.sborov@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Harsh R. Shah, DO
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Gujarati Harsh Shah DO is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah. Dr. Shah’s clinical expertise is in treatment of various lymphomas, such as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, T-cell Lymphomas, DLBCL, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Follicular L... Read More
Fellowship: Karmanos Cancer Institute-Wayne State University
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, AT Still University of Health Sciences
Email: Harsh.Shah@hsc.utah.edu
Paul J. Shami, MD
Languages Spoken: English, French, Arabic Dr. Paul Shami is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah and is a Member and Clinical Investigator at the University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). Dr. Shami also holds an Adjunct appointment as a Professor of Pharmaceutics and... Read More
Research Interests: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Drug Development, Glutathione Transferase, Leukemia, Myeloid, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Nitric Oxide, Nitric Oxide Donors
Specialties: Hematology/BMT, Leukemia, Myelodysplasia, Oncology
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Email: paul.shami@utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Deborah M. Stephens, DO
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish Deborah Stephens, DO joined the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies as an Assistant Professor in 2014. She completed her internal medicine residency at Cleveland Clinic and fellowship training at Ohio State University. Dr. Stephens’s clinic focuses on patients with chronic lymphocytic ... Read More
Specialties: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: The Ohio State University Medical Center
Residency: The Ohio State University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine
Email: deborah.stephens@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Tsewang Tashi, MD
Dr. Tsewang Tashi joined the University of Utah faculty after completing his hematology/oncology fellowship in 2015, and is involved in research with Dr. J. Prchal on high altittude genetic adaptation, hypoxia signaling and molecular genetics of myeloproliferative neoplasms. He received his medical degree from Chang Gung Univer... Read More
Research Interests: Hypoxia, Myeloid Malignancies
Specialties: Acute Leukemia, Benign Hematology, Hematology/BMT, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Systemic Mastocytosis
Fellowship: University of Utah
Residency: Creighton University
Residency: Pingtung Christian Hospital
Medical School: Chang Gung University School of Medicine
Email: tsewang.tashi@utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-0236
Srinivas K. Tantravahi, MBBS, MRCP(UK)
Dr. Tantravahi has received his medical degree from Guntur medical college, India. He then completed Internal Medicine residency and Hematology and Oncology fellowship training at University of Utah Hospital. His clinical interests include multiple myeloma, stem cell transplantation, and myeloproliferative neoplasm. Research interests are targeted ... Read More
Specialties: Benign Hematology, Hematology/BMT
Fellowship: University of Utah
Fellowship: University of Utah
Residency: University of Utah
Residency: Barnsley District General Hospital
Residency: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Residency: Rotherham District General Hospital
Residency: George Elliot Hospital
Residency: Macclesfield District General Hospital
Medical School: Guntur Medical College
Email: srinivas.tantravahi@hci.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2626
Dennis R. Winge, PhD
Dennis Winge, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is also a Research Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah. He is Director of the Biological Chemistry PhD graduate ... Read More
Research Interests: Cancer Metabolism, Cell Respiration, Copper, Hemeproteins, Metal Metabolism, Mitochondria, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Oxidative Stress, Paraganglioma
Email: dennis.winge@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3229