​Faculty

Course Director

Sandip Patel, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Oncology
Leader, Experimental Therapeutics
UC San Diego
Deputy Director, San Diego Center for Precision Immunotherapy
Interim Director, Clinical Trials Office
 

Organizing Committee

 Angela O. Ballantyne, PhD
Director, Training, Education & Research Collaborations
UC San Diego
 
Richard Cripps, D. Phil
Professor
Principal Investigator, and Director of PREP
San Diego State University
 
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Associate Director of Basic Science
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
Member, National Academy of Medicine
 
Maureen Helinski Clarke, CMP
Program Manager
Office of CME
UC San Diego
 
Hala Madanat, PhD
Lead Principal Investigator
SDSU/UCSD Cancer Center Partnership
Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation
Distinguished Professor of Public Health
San Diego State University
 
Maria Elena Martinez, PhD
Associate Director, Population Science, Disparities and Community Engagement
Co-Leader, Community Outreach & Engagement                                                        
Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health 
UC San Diego
 
Amy Spilkin, PhD
Health Education Specialist
UC San Diego


Faculty
 
Omonigho Aisagbonhi, MD, PhD                                                                                                        Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology                                                                                                        UC San Diego

Paula Aristizabal, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
UC San Diego
Medical Director International Outreach Program & Quality Improvement Lead
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Member Population Sciences, Disparities & Community Engagement
Moores Cancer Center

Aditya Bagrodia, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Urology
Disease Team Co-Leader
UC San Diego
 
Joel M. Baumgartner, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
UC San Diego
 
Gregory Botta, MD PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego

Adam M. Burgoyne, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
 
Hannah Carter, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
 
Michael Choi, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Ezra Cohen, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Co-Director Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program and Associated Director Translational Science
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
Co-Director San Diego Center for Precision Immunotherapy
 
Caitlin Costello, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
UCSD/Sharp Healthcare Transplant Program
Blood & Marrow Transplant Services
Moores Cancer Center
 
Leslie Crews, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
 
Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep
UC San Diego
Section Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
VA San Diego Healthcare System
 
Ramez N. Eskander, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
Fellowship Director
UC San Diego
Associate Residency Program Director
Moores Cancer Center
 
Napoleone Ferrara, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pathology &
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Pharmacology
UC San Diego
 
Kathryn A. Gold, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine
UC San Diego
 
Antonio Grillo-Lopez, PhD
Philanthropist and Community Leader
Moores Cancer Center Board
UC San Diego

Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS, AGAF
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine
Co-Lead, Cancer Control Program, Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
Chief, GI Section
San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
 
Jeffrey Gustafson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
San Diego State University
 
Matthew Hangauer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
UC San Diego
 
Benjamin Heyman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
 
Christina Jamieson, PhD
Associate Professor of Urology
UC San Diego
 
William Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor 
Division of Medical Genetics
UCSD School of Medicine
Moores Cancer Center 
 
Yuko Kono, MD, PhD, FAIUM, FAASLD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Clinical Professor of Radiology
University of California San Diego
Clinical Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine

Shanglei Liu, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
UC San Diego 

Lisa Madlensky, PhD, CGC
Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health
UC San Diego
 
James Mangan, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego

Corinne McDaniels-Davidson, PhD, MPH, CHES
Director of the Institute for Public Health
San Diego State University
 
Rana R. McKay, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Urology
Genitourinary Disease Team Co-Lead
Moores Cancer Center 
UC San Diego
 
Jill P. Mesirov, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Computational Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-Lead Structural and Functional Genomics
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Alfredo A. Molinolo, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Biorepository and Tissue Technology Shared Resource
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Karina Moyano, MPH
Community Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Jesse Nodora, DrPH
Associate Adjunct Professor
Family Medicine and Public Health
UC San Diego
 
Helen Palomino, LCSW, CEO 
Cancer Resource Center of the Desert
El Centro, California
 
David Piccioni, MD, PhD
Neuro-Oncologist
Associate Professor of Neurosciences
Director of Neuro-Oncology
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Dominique Rash, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences
UC San Diego

Angelique Richardson, MD, PhD 
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Breast Medical Oncology
UC San Diego
 
Traci Roberts, MS, RD
Dietitian
Gleiberman Head and Neck Cancer Center
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Mikella Robinson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, House Lab
Department of Biology
San Diego State University

Sally A. D. Romero, PhD, MPH
Assistant Project Scientist 
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Lecturer -Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
UC San Diego
 
Jason K. Sicklick, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Executive Vice Chair of Research
Department of Surgery
Co-Leader, Sarcoma Disease Team
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Tyler Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
 
David Strong, PhD
UCSD Program Director
Joint Doctoral Program, Public Health
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
UC San Diego

Dimitrios Tzachanis, MD, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine                                                                                                        UC San Diego

Judith A. Varner, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego
 
Jula Veerapong, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
UC San Diego

Rebekah White, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
Medical Director, Hillcrest Cancer Services
UC San Diego
 
Jing Yang, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Pediatrics
Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego

Peter E. Zage, MD, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence 
UC San Diego and Moores Cancer Center 
Pediatric Oncologist 
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego




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