Current Fellows

Meet the Hematology/Oncology Fellows

Participants in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (BIDMC) Hematology/Oncology Fellowship gain advanced training that prepares them for careers in clinical care and leadership. Our fellows work with some of the world's leading specialists in hematology and oncology to deepen their expertise and expand their skill sets in a wide range of areas of specialization.

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First Year Fellows

Timothy Caradonna, MD, PhD Residency Brigham & Women’s Hospital Medical School Harvard Medical School

Oliver Clark, MBBCh Residency Pennsylvania Hospital Medical School University College Dublin

Grace Ferri, MD Residency Boston University Internal Medicine Residency Program Medical School Boston University School of Medicine

James Lyon, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Netana Markovitz, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School University of Michigan Medical School

Cilomar Martins, MD Residency Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital Medical School Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Joshua Rusheen, MD Residency Yale Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Medical School University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Second Year Fellows

Amelia Barnett, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine

Robert Cerulli, MD, PhD Residency Brigham & Women's Hospital Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine

Chan Mi Lee, MD, PhD Residency Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Medical School Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Samantha Kumarasena, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine

Hyunwoo Kwon, MD, PhD Residency The Ohio State University Medical School Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Kian Tehranchi, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Peter Tonzi, MD, PhD Residency New York University Grossman School of Medicine Medical School New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Third Year Fellows

Julia Berg, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Vinay Giri, MD Residency Stanford University Medical School Duke University School of Medicine

Ann Kim, MD Residency Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical School Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Maxwell Lloyd, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Lauren O’Loughlin, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Brian Russell, MD Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Medical School The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Sophia Shimer, MD Residency Massachusetts General Hospital Medical School Yale School of Medicine

Stefano Testa, MD Residency Stanford University Medical School Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia

Our Fellowship Graduates

Learn more about our alumni by graduation year below.

2025

Kevin Barnum, MD, PhD

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Residency Program: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies

Taliya Lantsman, MD

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Northwestern University the Feinberg School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Instructor at DFCI

Soravis Osataphan, MD

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Srinakharinwirot University Faculty of Medicine

Residency Program: Mount Auburn Hospital

Position after Graduation: Attending Physician in Medical Oncology at BIDMC

Prateek Pophali, MBBS

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Government Medical College Nagpur

Residency Program: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Position after Graduation: Hematology Consultant, Brown University Health

Zachary Schoepflin, MD, PhD

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Instructor in Medicine Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ishan Tatake, MD

2025 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine at BIDMC, Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies

2024

Rolf Bekendam, MD

2024 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculteit der Medische Wetenschappen

Residency Program: Boston Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Attending in the Division of Hematology & Hematological Malignancies at BIDMC

Barbara Lam, MD

2024 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Continuing as a fellow / post-doc here at BIDMC

Ariana Santopietro, MD

2024 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Hematologist Oncologist at Brown Medicine [Lifespan Cancer Institute]

Daniel Sentana Lledo, MD

2024 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Clinical Instructor, Genitourinary Division, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kevin Zhang, MD

2024 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Indiana University School of Medicine

Position after Graduation: Medical Oncology at City of Hope Chicago

2023

Emily Stern-Gatof, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Clinical Instructor of Medicine at HMS -- Medical Breast Oncologist and Cancer Genetics Specialist at BIDMC

James Doolin, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Physician, Hematology/Oncology, Lahey Health Cancer Institute

Jonathan Berry, MD

Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Attending Physician Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Justine Ryu, MD

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Boston University School of Medicine

Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University

Matthew Chase, MD

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-Piscataway

Residency Program: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Position after Graduation: Hematologist / Oncologist at Moanalua Medical Center

Michail Alevizakos, MD

Medical School: University of Athens

Residency Program: UPMC and University of Pittsburgh

Position after Graduation: Hematologist/Oncologist at the Riverside Health System

Hollis Viray, MD

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Attending Physician Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2022

Poorva Bindal, MBBS

Medical School: Gandhi Medical College

Residency Program: University of Connecticut (Chief Medical Resident)

Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts

Anita G. Koshy, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Position after Graduation: DFCI-Milford

Brian Halbert, MD, MPH

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Medical Oncologist, Tom and Gayle Benson Cancer Center at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

Adeel Khan, MD, MPH, MS

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

Residency Program: Cleveland Clinic

Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Jonathan Wischhusen, MD

Medical School: USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Medical Oncologist at DFCI Foxborough

Jason Shpilsky, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: GU Oncology and Community Hematology/Oncologist at Penn Medicine

2014 - 2021

2021

Felipe Batalini, MD

Medical School: Universidade Estadual de Londrina Faculdade de Medicina

Residency Program: Boston University Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor at Mayo School of Medicine

Kathleen (Kate) Leahy, MD, MPH

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Oncologist at BID Needham

Andrew (AJ) Piper-Vallillo, MD

Medical School: University of Massachusetts

Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Position after Graduation: Medical Oncologist at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical School

Andreas Varkaris, MD, PhD

Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences

Residency Program: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Massachusetts General Hospital Oncology/Hematology Department

Page Widick, MD

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Residency Program: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital (Chief Medical Resident)

Position after Graduation: Attending Oncologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2020

Charlene Mantia, MD

Medical School: Albany Medical College

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kamaneh Montazeri, MD

Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine

Residency Program: Mount Auburn Hospital

Position after Graduation: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Rushad Patell, MBBS

Medical School: Medical College Baroda

Residency Program: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ahmed Anwer Ali Rattani, MD, PhD

Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College

Residency Program: Mount Auburn Hospital

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kartik Sehgal, MBBS

Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Residency Program: Yale New Haven Hospital

Position after Graduation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Wenxin (Vincent) Xu, MD

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute

2019

Leah Biller, MD

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: DFCI

Sara Bouberhan, MD

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Residency Program: Yale New Haven Hospital (including Chief Resident)

Position after Graduation: Mass General Hospital

Brian Carney, MD

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jennifer Faig, MD

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: DFCI- South Shore Hospital

Jessica Liegel, MD, MPH

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Residency Program: University of Minnesota (Internal Medicine - Pediatrics)

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Daniel Roberts, MD

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: DFCI

Jason Moran, MD

(Chief Medical Resident at BIDMC, 2016-2017)

2019 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Maine Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University

2018

Xin Gao, MD

2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency Program: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Position after Graduation: Massachusetts General Hospital

Joseph Grossman, MD

2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: BIDMC

Sol Schulman, MD, PhD

(ABIM Research Pathway)

December 2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate (Entered in July 2014 and graduated after 4-1/2 years on the ABIM Research Pathway)

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency Program: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Position after Graduation: BIDMC

David Miller, MD, PhD

(ABIM Research Pathway)

December 2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate (Entered in July 2015 and elected to graduate after 3-1/2 years on the ABIM Research Pathway

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency Program: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Position after Graduation: Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeanette Muniz Kovtun, MD

2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate (Entered in 2016 and elected to graduate after 2 years with board eligibility in medical oncology)

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency Program: University of Michigan

Position after Graduation: Louisiana Hematology-Oncology Associates, L.L.C. in Baton Rouge, LA

2017

Bruno Bockorny, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Residency Program: University of Connecticut Health Center

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

David Einstein, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Tufts Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jason Freed, MD

2018 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

BIDMC Chief Medical Resident 2015-2016

Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate (Entered in 2015 and elected to graduate after 2 years with board eligibility in medical oncology)

Medical School: Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen

Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Position after Graduation: DFCI

Mary Linton Peters, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Meghan Shea, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Matthew Weinstock, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency Program: Brigham and Women's Hospital

(Chief Medical Resident, BWH, 2015-2016)

2016

Elizabeth Brem, MD

2016 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: University of California, Irvine

Rebecca Karp Leaf, MD

2016 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Position after Graduation: Massachusetts General Hospital

Xiuning Le, MD, PhD

2016 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Peking Union Medical University

Residency Program: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Aparna Mani, MD, PhD

2016 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine

Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Position after Graduation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Myrna Nahas, MD

2016 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

Residency Program: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (including Chief Medical Resident)

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Matthew Weinstock, MD

2017 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Chief Medical Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2015-2016

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency Program: Brigham & Women's Hospital

Position after Graduation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2015

Anasuya Gunturi, MD, PhD

2015 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Texas, San Antonio

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Brittany Lee Bychkovsky, MD

2015 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency Program: Massachusetts General Hospital

Eirini Pectasides, MD, PhD

2015 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Athens, Greece

Residency Program: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

Ioannis Politikos, MD

2015 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Athens, Greece

Residency Program: Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Jessica Zerillo, MD

2015 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Brown University

Residency Program: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2014

Allison Ackerman, MD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency School: Massachusetts General Hospital

Alexandra Bailey, MD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Residency School: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kathleen Mahoney, MD, PhD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: University of Connecticut

Residency School: New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell

Lourdes Mendez, MD, PhD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY

Residency School: New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell

Benjamin Schlechter, MD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine, Israel

Residency School: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Anish Sharda, MD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

Residency School: University of Minnesota

Neeharika Srivastava, MD

2014 Hematology-Oncology Graduate

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Residency School: UCLA Medical Center