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Division Leadership and Specialties

John Byrd, MD                                           
Interim Co-Director                                                      
D. Warren Brown Professor of Leukemia Research                                            
Professor of Medicine and Medicinal Chemistry        
Associate Director for Transitional Research, 
The Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
Medical Degree: University of Arkansas  
Specialty Training: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Research Interests: Experimental Therapeutics, Monoclonal Antibody Therapies, CLL
Clinical Interests: Acute Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Greg Otterson, MD
Interim Co-Director
Interim Director, Solid Tumor Oncology
Director, Thoracic Oncology
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Specialty Training: National Cancer Institute
Reserach Interests: Methylamine and gene silencing
Clinical Interests: Lung Cancer