Fellows

Current Fellows

First Year Fellows

Roma Bhatia, MD, MPH

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

 
Alexander Bray, MD, PhD

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

 
Daria Brinzevich, MD

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

 
Virginia Falvello, MD

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

 
Daniel Foley, MD

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

 
Michael McLane, MD

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

 
Leah Wells, MD

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

 

Second 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

 

Third Year Fellows

Marcus Geer, MD

Marcus Geer, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: University of Toledo

Research Focus: The treatment and prevention of toxicities of CAR T-cell therapy
Research Mentor: Monalisa Ghosh, MD

 
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

 
Lauren Shevell, MD

Lauren Shevell, MD
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Research Focus: Identification of critical proteins required for efficient von Willebrand factor storage and secretion in endothelial cells
Research Mentor: Karl Desch, MD

 
Radhika Takiar, MD

Radhika Takiar, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University

Research Focus: Early phase clinical trial investigation in untreated mantle cell lymphoma
Research Mentor: Tycel Phillips, MD

 
Irene Tsung, MD

Irene Tsung, MD
Residency: University of Michigan
Medical School: Indiana University

Research Focus: GU oncology clinical trials; Clinical outcomes of patients undergoing PSMA PET scan for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer
Research Mentor: Ajjai Alva, MBBS and Zachery Reichert, MD, PhD

 
Thomas Westbrook, MD

Thomas Westbrook, MD
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: University of Cincinnati

Research Focus: Anti-androgen resistance in castration resistant prostate cancer
Research Mentor: Joshi Alumkal, MD

 
James Yoon, MD

James Yoon, MD
Residency: Emory University
Medical School: Mount Sinai

Research Focus: Targeted therapies in myeloid malignancies
Research Mentor: Jolanta Grembecka, 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:  

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