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SHARED RESOURCES<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS<\/h4>\n

Yidong Chen<\/strong>, PhD, Co-director<\/p>\n

Jonathan Gelfond<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Co-director<\/p>\n

DRUG DISCOVERY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY<\/h4>\n

Sean Olsen<\/strong>, PhD, Co-director, Structural Biology<\/p>\n

Daohong Zhou<\/strong>, MD, Co-director, Drug Discovery<\/p>\n

FLOW CYTOMETRY<\/h4>\n

Michael Berton<\/strong>, PhD, Scientific Director<\/p>\n

Yue Li<\/strong>, PhD, Director<\/p>\n

NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING<\/h4>\n

Zhao Lai<\/strong>, PhD, Director<\/p>\n

OPTICAL IMAGING<\/h4>\n

James Lechleiter<\/strong>, PhD, Director<\/p>\n

Exing Wang<\/strong>, PhD, Co-director<\/p>\n

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM LEADERS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sukeshi Arora<\/strong>, MD, Gastrointestinal Oncology<\/p>\n

Andrew Brenner<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Neuro-Oncology<\/p>\n

Adolfo Enrique Diaz Duque<\/strong>, MD, Hematology Oncology<\/p>\n

Ramon Cancino<\/strong>, MD, MBA, MS, FAAFP, Oncology Primary Care<\/p>\n

Virginia Kaklamani<\/strong>, MD, DSc, Breast Oncology<\/p>\n

Usha Perepu<\/strong>, MD, Classical Hematology and Blood Disorders<\/p>\n

Debra Kent<\/strong>, DNP, Oncology Survivorship<\/p>\n

Daruka Mahadevan<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Phase I Oncology Director, Institute for Drug Development,<\/p>\n

Georgia McCann<\/strong>, MD, Gynecologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Prince Otchere<\/strong>, MD, Cardio-Oncology<\/p>\n

Montaser Shaheen<\/strong>, MD, Melanoma and Immunotherapy<\/p>\n

Deepak Pruthi<\/strong>, MD, Urologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Gail Tomlinson<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Pediatric Hematology Oncology<\/p>\n

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DEPARTMENT CHAIRS\/DIVISION CHIEFS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Francisco G. Cigarroa<\/strong>, MD, Director, Transplant Center<\/p>\n

Mark Bonnen<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology<\/p>\n

Lacy Harville<\/strong>, Interim Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/p>\n

Daniel DeArmond<\/strong>, MD, Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery<\/p>\n

John Floyd, II<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery<\/p>\n

Marsha Kinney<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/p>\n

Frank Miller<\/strong>, MD, FACS, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology<\/p>\n

Robert H. Quinn<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Orthopaedics<\/p>\n

Sandra S. Osswald<\/strong>, MD, Chief, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery<\/p>\n

Randal D. Robinson<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/p>\n

Georgia McCann<\/strong>, MD, Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Ronald Stewart<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery<\/p>\n

Anton Fries<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery<\/p>\n

Rajeev Suri<\/strong>, MD, MBA, FACR, FSIR, Chair, Department of Radiology<\/p>\n

Steven Kraus<\/strong>, MD, Chair, Department of Urology<\/p>\n

Deepak Pruthi<\/strong>, MD, Chief, Division of Oncologic Urology<\/p>\n

Gail Tomlinson<\/strong>, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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