Faculty
Clinical Faculty
Elizabeth
J. Shpall, M.D.
Department Chair ad
interim
Professor of Medicine
Howard and Lee Smith Chair
in Cancer Research
Director, Cell Therapy Laboratory
Phone: 713-745-2161
Fax: 713-792-4902
eshpall@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, ALL, large cell lymphoma, MDS, Hodgkin
lymphoma, CLL
Other Language(s) Spoken:
French
Gheath Al-Atrash, D.O., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-563-3324
Fax: 713-563-3364
galatras@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, MDS, CMML
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Arabic
Yosra M. Aljawai, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-563-2831
Fax: 713-794-4902
ymaljawai@mdanderson.org
Amin M. Alousi, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Inpatient Medical Director
Phone: 713-745-8613
Fax: 713-794-4902
aalousi@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, ALL, large-cell lymphoma, MDS, Hodgkin lymphoma, CLL, Myelofibrosis, GVHD
Qaiser Bashir, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-794-4422
Fax: 713-794-4902
qbashir@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
MDS, AML, ALL, myeloma, lymphoma
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Urdu
Richard E. Champlin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Hal Jonathan Debesk Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Phone: 713-792-3618
Fax: 713-792-4346
rchampli@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, MDS, aplastic anemia, CLL, CML, lymphoma, myeloma
George Chen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-792-3630
Fax: 713-794-4902
glchen1@mdanderson.org
May Daher, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-3456
Fax: 713-794-4902
mdaher@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, MDS, ALL
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Arabic, French
Warren Fingrut, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-792-6100
Fax: 713-794-4902
wbfingrut@mdanderson.org
Chitra Hosing, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of the Apheresis Center
Associate Director of the Cord Blood Bank
Phone: 713-745-0142
Fax: 713-794-4902
cmhosing@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, CLL, CML, lymphoma, auto-immune disease, Hodgkin lymphoma
Jin Seon Im, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Phone: 832-750-1502
Fax: 713-563-3364
jim@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma
Partow Kebriaei, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Center Medical Director
Phone: 713-745-0663
Fax: 713-794-4902
pkebriae@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
ALL, AML, CLL, lymphoma, MDS, myeloma
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Farsi
Issa F. Khouri, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-0049
Fax: 713-563-8905
ikhouri@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
ALL, AML, CLL, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, diffuse large cell lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Arabic, French, Italian
Paul Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-5507
Fax: 713-792-3708
plin5@mdanderson.org
David Marin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-792-4179
Fax: 713-794-4902
dmarin@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
ALL, AML, MDS, CML, MPD
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Spanish
Jeffrey J. Molldrem, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Virginia H. Cockrell Distinguished Professor in Immunology
Associate Director, Center for Cancer Immunology Research
Section Chief, Transplantation Immunology
Tel: 713-563-3334
Fax: 713-563-3364
jmolldre@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Leukemia
Yago Nieto, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-794-1752
Fax: 713-794-4902
ynieto@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, germ-cell tumors
Other Language(s) Spoken:
French, Portuguese, Spanish
Amanda Olson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-1505
Fax: 713-794-4902
alolson@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, ALL, MDS, CML, CLL, myeloproliferative disease
Betul Oran, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-2820
Fax: 713-794-4902
boran@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, CML, ALL, MDS, myeloproliferative disease
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Turkish
Uday R. Popat, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Deputy Department Chair ad interim
Phone: 713-563-0812
Fax: 713-794-4902
upopat@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Myeloproliferative disease, Hodgkin lymphoma, ALL, AML, MDS, CLL, CML, lymphoma, myeloma, sickle cell disease, multiple sclerosis
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Gujarati, Hindi
Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Myeloma Section Chief
Phone: 713-745-3458
Fax: 713-794-4902
mqazilba@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Myeloma, POEMS syndrome, amyloidosis, BPDCN
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Hindi, Urdu
Hind Rafei, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-792-3701
Fax: 713-794-4902
hrafei@mdanderson.org
Jeremy L. Ramdial, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-745-0146
Fax: 713-794-4902
jlramdial@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Myeloma, amyloidosis, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s, leukemia, MDS
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Spanish
Katy Rezvani, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Sally Cooper Murray Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Cell Therapy Section Chief
Director of Translational Research
Executive Director, ACT Platform
Medical Director, GMP Laboratory
Phone: 713-745-3055
Fax: 713-794-4902
krezvani@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
AML, amyloidosis
Neeraj Saini, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-792-4504
Fax: 713-794-4902
nsaini@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Cellular therapies, myeloma, lymphoma, amyloidosis, POEMS, CML, ALL, AML, MDS
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Hindi
Samer Srour, MB ChB, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: 713-794-4354
Fax: 713-794-4902
ssrour@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas, CNS lymphomas, myeloma, amyloidosis, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and cell therapy for solid tumors
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Arabic
Research Faculty
Borje S. Andersson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Internist
Phone: 713-794-5743
Fax: 713-794-4902
bandersson@mdanderson.org
Pinaki Banerjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 713-792-5445
ppbanerjee@mdanderson.org
Rafet Basar, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 713-563-1897
rbasar@mdanderson.org
Roy B. Jones, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of
Medicine
Phone: 713-745-2161
Fax: 713-794-4902
rbjones@mdanderson.org
Gabriela Rondon, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of Protocol Research and Data Management
Phone: 713-745-2294
Fax: 713-794-1036
grondon@mdanderson.org
Rima M. Saliba, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: 713-563-7508
Fax: 713-794-1036
rsaliba@mdanderson.org
Yair Reisner, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: 713-563-0776
Fax: 713- 563-3364
yreisner@mdanderson.org
Reisner Lab
Xiaohua Su, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 713-745-8394
xsu@mdanderson.org
Pediatric Transplant
Priti Tewari, M.D.
ad interim Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Section Chief
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 713-792-3497
Fax: 713-563-5407
ptewari@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Pediatric malignancies and hematologic diseases, genetic, primary immune deficiency and metabolic diseases
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Hindi
Jeremy Connors, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 713-792-6624
jsconnors@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Pediatric malignancies and hematologic diseases
Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 713-792-3746
Fax: 713-792-0608
dpetro@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Pediatric malignancies and hematologic diseases
Other Language(s) Spoken:
Greek
Dristhi Ragoonanan, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 713-792-6620
dragoonanan@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Pediatric malignancies and hematologic diseases
Irtiza N. Sheikh, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Phone: 832-728-9791
isheikh1@mdanderson.org
Disease Specialty:
Pediatric malignancies and hematologic diseases