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Meet the alumni of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at IU School of Medicine.

Former Fellows

2024 Graduates

Ragia Aly, MD — Health First Cancer Institute, Melbourne, FL
Yasmin Arafah, MD — Adult Hematology/Oncologist - Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Indianapolis, IN
Yi Dong, MD — Georgia Cancer Specialist/Northside Hospital Systems, Atlanta, GA
Omar Salman, MD — Advocate Condell Hospital, Libertyville, IL
Fadi Taza, MD — Community Hospitals Hematology Oncology, Indianapolis, IN
John S. Underwood, MD — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

2023 Graduates

Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, MD — Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hematology Oncology. Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, MD — Advanced Lymphoma Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Tareq Salous, MD — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Cynthia Wei, MD — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

2022 Graduates

Manuel Espinoza-Gutarra, MD — University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Jennifer King, MD — IU Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Pei Lu, MD — IU Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Meagan Miller, MD — IU Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Aaron Naji, MD — Riverside Cancer Care, Newport News, VA
Priyadarshini Pathak, MD — Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Laura Vater, MD — IU Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2021 Graduates

Karam Al-Issa, MD — IU Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Steven Green, MD - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Nawal Kassem, MD — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Jordan Maryfield, MD — Schneck Cancer Center, Seymour, IN
Nikhil Shukla, MD — Indiana University/Eli Lilly Developmental Therapeutic Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN
Melissa Yan, MD — Northwest Medical Specialties, Tacoma, WA

2020 Graduates

Viabhav Agrawal — Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Mustafa Hyder — Assistant Research Physician, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Andrew O'Brien — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Sravanti Rangaraju — Assistant Professor,  Medicine - Hematology & Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2019 Graduates

Shahid Ahmed — Medical Oncologist, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT
Adam Miller — Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Nabin Khanal — Hematology and Medical Oncology, Franciscan Health, Indianapolis, IN
Alvaro Menendez — Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, Avon, CT
Marwan Mounayar — Hematology/Oncology - IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center, Muncie, IN    

2018 Graduates

Anthony Betbadel — Adult Hematologist-Oncologist, Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Indianapolis, IN
Olumide Gbolahan — Assistant Professor,  Medicine - Hematology & Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Neda Hashemi — Assistant Professor in GU Oncology, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
Maitri Kalra — Hematology/Oncology - IU Health Ball Memorial Cancer Center, Muncie, IN 

2017 Graduates

Nabil Adra — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Jill Kremer — Medical Director, Clinical Development at Taiho Oncology, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Derek Thomas — Hematology & Oncology Associates, The Armes Family Cancer Care Center, Findlay, OH
Laura Lourdes — IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians Medical Oncology And Hematology, Bloomington, IN
Hirva Mamdani — Medical oncologist, Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Tarah Ballinger — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

2016 Graduates

Mohammad Abu Zaid — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Greg Durm — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Praveen Ranganath — Ascension Medical Group Oncology/Hematology, Anderson, IN
Sawsan Rashdan — Assistant Professor. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Sagar Sardesai — Medical Oncologist, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH