Cellular Immunotherapy Center Faculty

Behnam Badie, M.D., is a renowned neurosurgeon and expert in the field of surgical neuro-oncology, nanotechnology and T cell research.

Christine Brown, Ph.D., is deputy director of the T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope.

Elizabeth Budde, M.D., Ph.D., is an oncologist and associate professor at City of Hope.

Stephen J. Forman, M.D., hematologist-oncologist, is a top cancer doctor for leukemia, lymphoma & bone marrow transplantation. He is also the director of the Hematologic Malignancies Research Institute & director of the T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory at City of Hope, Duarte, California.

Alex Herrera, M.D., is chief of the Division of Lymphoma and a hematologist-oncologist at City of Hope specializing in treating and researching lymphoma.

Amrita Krishnan, M.D., directs the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at City of Hope's cancer research hospital, seeking to make gains in one of the most rapidly changing areas in cancer research.

Guido Marcucci, M.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Hematological Malignancies Translational Science and chief of the Division of Leukemia.

Ryotaro Nakamura, M.D., is the Jan & Mace Siegel Professor in Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation professor and a hematologist/oncologist at City of Hope.

Leslie Popplewell, M.D., is a hematologist specializing in lymphoma at City of Hope Atlanta.

Jana Portnow, M.D., is a medical oncologist and co-director of the Brain Tumor Program at City of Hope. She is dedicated to improving the treatment of the most aggressive and difficult brain cancers.