Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellows

Fellows in our three-year Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine hail from around the world.

First-Year Fellows

Renata Alex Bajaj, MD

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital

Nadia Baka, MD

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center

Leyla Bayat, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
Residency: Case Western Reserve University

Stephen Bohlman, MD, PhD

Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center

Mihir Shukla, MD

Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Tarik Silk, MD

Medical School: State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Second-Year Fellows

Rishitha Bollam, MD

Medical School: Boston University
Residency: University of Virginia

Xiaoyi Chen, MD, PhD

Medical School: Sichuan University
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kevin Diasti, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Christy Morrissey, MD

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Ariel Schaap, MD

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Gaurav Varma, MD, MSPH

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Third-Year Fellows

Alexander Barbaro, MD

Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Research interest and mentors: thoracic oncology with Joshua K. Sabari, MD

Kenneth Csehak, MD

Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Research interest and mentor: gastrointestinal oncology and public health with Daniel J. Becker, MD

Wataru Ebina, MD, PhD

Physician–Scientist Track Fellow
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interest and mentor: cancer immunology with Daniel Littman, MD

Minas Economides, MD

Chief Fellow
Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences
Residency: University of Texas School of Health Sciences
Research interest and mentor: genitourinary oncology with David R. Wise, MD

Dimitrios Papaioannou, MD

Physician–Scientist Track Fellow
Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences
Residency: Ohio State University
Research interest and mentor: cancer immunology and stem cell biology with Dr. Iannis Aifantis, PhD

Peter Yu, MD

Physician–Scientist Track Fellow
Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Research interest and mentor: radiation oncology with Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD

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