Third Year Fellows:

 

Matthew Karpenko, D.O.

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Wilson Memorial Regional Center
Clinical Interest:  Thoracic Oncology

Research Interest: DNA Methylation, Clinical Trials in Lung Cancer

Mentor: Greg Otterson:
Email:  Matthew.karpenko@osumc.edu

 

Shubham Pant, M.D.

Medical School:  Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Residency:  The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Clinical Interest:  BREAST cancer

Research Interest:Clinical trials

Mentor:Dr. Charles Shapiro
Email:  Shubham.pant@osumc.edu

Second Year Fellows:

Beth Christian, M.D.

Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: The Ohio State University
Clinical Interest:  Lymphoma
Research Interest:  Lymphoma
Mentor: Kristie Blum
Email:  Beth.christian@osumc.edu

 

Peyman Haghighat, M.D.

Medical School:  Saint George’s University, Granada, West Indies
Residency:  Medical College of Georgia
Clinical Interest: Solid Malignancies. Lung Cancer. GI and GU cancers. 
Research Interest: Bladder cancer. The role of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in bladder cancer in vitro and in vivo.
Mentor: Amir Mortazavi

Email:  Peyman.haghighat@osumc.edu

 

Mehdi Hamadani, M.D.

Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: University of Oklahoma
Clinical Interest: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Lymphoma, Leukemia
Research Interest: GVHD, Immune-reconstitution, Outcome research, Allografting for T-cell lymphomas, KIR mismatched transplants.
Mentor: Steven M. Devine, M.D

Email:  Mehdi.hamadani@osumc.edu

 

Nse Ntukidem, M.D.

Medical School: University of Calabar, Nigeria
Residency: Indiana University
Clinical Interest: GI malignancies

Research: Phase I/II studies in GI malignancies

Mentor: Dr Bekaii-Saab
Email:  Nse.ntukidem@osumc.edu

 

Glen Papaioannou, M.D.

Medical School: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Residency: Kettering Medical Center
Clinical Interest: GU oncology

Research Interest: Role of DKK1 in breast cancer bone metastases

Mentor: Bhuvana Ramaswamy, MD
Email: Glen.Papaioannou@osumc.edu

 

Farrukh Awan, M.D.

Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College, Krachi, Pakistan
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Clinical Interest:  Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Research Interest: Experimental Therapeutics
Mentor: Dr John C Byrd

Email:  Farrukh.awan@osumc.edu

 

First Year Fellows:

 

Arvinder Bhinder, M.D.
 

Medical School: Sawai Man Singh Medical College, India
Residency: SUNY at Buffalo

Email: Arvinder.Bhinder@osumc.edu

 

Jason Chandler, M.D.
 

Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee Internal Med. / Peds.

Email: Jason.Chandler@osumc.edu

 

Jack Erter, M.D.

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Vanderbilt University/ Internal Medicine

Email: Jack.Erter@osumc.edu

 

Elaine Lam, M.D.

Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado/ Internal Medicine

Email: Elaine.Lam@osumc.edu

 

Maryam Lustberg, M.D.

Medical School: University of Maryland

Residency: University of Maryland

Email: Maryam.Lustberg@osumc.edu