Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Team

Our dedicated, multidisciplinary team of health care professionals combine innovative research discoveries with superior clinical treatments to improve outcomes for patients with hematologic cancers.

Stephen J. Forman, M.D.

Francis & Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Professor and Chair, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Leader, Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute
Co-leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program
Principal Investigator, Lymphoma SPORE
Director, T Cell Immunotherapy Laboratory
Director, T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Monzr M. Al Malki, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Ibrahim T Aldoss, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Haris Ali, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Joseph Alvarnas, M.D.

Vice President of Government Affairs and Senior Medical Director for Employer Strategy
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Ahmed M Aribi, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist
Duarte

Meet Hematologist Elizabeth Budde, M.D., Ph.D.

Elizabeth Lihua Budde, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologic Oncologist
Duarte

Meet Hematologist Oncologist Robert Chen, M.D.

Robert W. Chen, M.D.

Associate Director, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center
Associate Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Nadia P. Ewing, M.D.

Director, Hemophilia and Sickle Cell Programs
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematologist
Duarte

Alex Herrera, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Maung Myo Htut, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Chatchada Karanes, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, Cord Blood Transplant Program
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Samer K. Khaled, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, Hematology/HCT BMT Fellowship
Medical Director, Hematology/HCT Clinical Operations
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Amrita Krishnan, M.D.

Director of the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Larry W. Kwak, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice President and Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center
Dr. Michael Friedman Professor in Translational Medicine
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Alexandra Levine, M.D., M.A.C.P.

Dr. Norman & Melinda Payson Professor in Medicine
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Guido Marcucci, M.D.

Chair and Professor, Department of Hematologic Malignancies Translational Science
Director, Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Jeannine McCune, Pharm.D.

Professor, Department of Population Sciences and Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
Duarte

Matthew Genyeh Mei, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Meet Hematologist Auayporn P. Nademanee, M.D.

Auayporn Nademanee, M.D.

Jan & Mace Siegel Professor in Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Associate Clinical Director, , Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) Program
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Ryotaro Nakamura, M.D.

Associate Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Nitya Nathwani, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Liana Nikolaenko, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Margaret R. O'Donnell, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Associate Clinical Director, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Pablo M Parker, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Anna Pawlowska, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program
Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Meet Hematologist Leslie Popplewell, M.D.

Leslie L. Popplewell, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Vinod A Pullarkat, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Christiane Querfeld, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief, Division of Dermatology
Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Dermatologist / Dermatopathologist
Duarte

Steven T. Rosen, M.D.

Irell & Manella Cancer Center Director’s Distinguished Chair
Morgan & Helen Chu Director’s Chair of the Beckman Research Institute
Provost and Chief Scientific Officer
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Beckman Research Institute
Director, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Joseph Rosenthal, M.D., M.H.C.M.

Barron Hilton Professor & Chair in Pediatrics
Director, Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology
Duarte

Michael Alan Rosenzweig, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Amandeep Salhotra, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Karamjeet Singh Sandhu, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Tanya Siddiqi, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Eileen P. Smith, M.D.

Associate Director of the Clinical Research Program, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Staff Physician
Medical Director, Alpha Clinic
Duarte

David S. Snyder, M.D.

Associate Chair, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

George Somlo, M.D.

Director, Pharmaceutical Initiatives
Professor, Departments of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research and Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Medical Oncologist and Hematologist
Duarte

Anthony S. Stein, M.D.

Co-director, Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research
Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Jasmine M. Zain, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, T cell Lymphoma Program
Tim Nesvig Lymphoma Research Fellow
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

City of Hope/Kaiser Bone Marrow Transplant Team

Ji-Lian Cai, M.D.

Staff Physician, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Thai Cao, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Jerry Cheng, M.D.

Staff Physician, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Leonardo Farol, M.D.

Staff Physician, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Firoozeh Sahebi, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Ricardo Spielberger, M.D.

Clinical Professor, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Researchers

Stephen J. Forman, M.D.

Christine Brown, Ph.D.

Heritage Provider Network Professor in Immunotherapy
Associate Director, T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory
Research Professor, Departments of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Immuno-Oncology
Duarte

Elizabeth Lihua Budde, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologic Oncologist
Duarte

John Chan, M.D.

Co-leader, Hematology Malignancies Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Norman & Melinda Payson Professor in Hematologic Cancers
Hematopathologist
Professor, Department of Pathology
Duarte

Benjamin Djulbegovic, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Research, Department of Supportive Care Medicine
Professor, Departments of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Population Sciences Director of Evidence-based Medicine and Comparative Effectiveness Research
Physician
Duarte

Nadia P. Ewing, M.D.

Director, Hemophilia and Sickle Cell Programs
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematologist
Duarte

Maung Myo Htut, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Samer K. Khaled, M.D.

Amrita Krishnan, M.D.

Director of the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Larry W. Kwak, M.D., Ph.D.

Peter P. Lee, M.D.

Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Professor in Cancer Immunotherapeutics
Chair, Department of Immuno-Oncology
Co-leader, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Guido Marcucci, M.D.

Kevin Morris, Ph.D.

Professor, Center for Gene Therapy
Duarte

Ryotaro Nakamura, M.D.

Associate Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Nitya Nathwani, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Flavia Pichiorri, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research
Monrovia

Saul Priceman, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

Hong Qin, Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Christiane Querfeld, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief, Division of Dermatology
Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology
Dermatologist / Dermatopathologist
Duarte

Steven T. Rosen, M.D.

Tanya Siddiqi, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Eileen P. Smith, M.D.

Anthony S. Stein, M.D.

Co-director, Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research
Clinical Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Xiuli Wang, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Duarte

John A. Zaia, M.D.

Aaron D. Miller and Edith Miller Chair in Gene Therapy
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Principal Investigator, Alpha Clinic for Cell Therapy and Innovation
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Program Director, Alpha Clinic
Duarte

Jasmine M. Zain, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, T cell Lymphoma Program
Tim Nesvig Lymphoma Research Fellow
Hematologist/Oncologist
Duarte

Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation