Disease Group Leadership

The AHWFBCCC has seventeen disease groups (DGs) with the purpose of translating clinical, population and basic research and providing a venue for transdisciplinary and inter-programmatic collaboration to promote the advancement of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in accordance with the AHWFBCCC’s Vision and Mission.

Disease Groups Meeting Schedule

Research Studies

Learn more about current clinical studies conducted at AHWFBCCC through the Be Involved research program.

Comprehensive Cancer Center Disease Group Leadership

The DGs are led by a Co-Leader and Co-Associate Leader on both campuses of AHWFBCCC, in Winston Salem (WS) and Charlotte (CLT), North Carolina.

Brain
Breast
Cancer Control and Survivorship
Cutaneous Malignancies
Gastrointestinal
Genitourinary
Gynecological Cancers
Head and Neck

Heme – Leukemia
Heme – Lymphoma
Heme – Myeloma/Dyspro
Heme – Classical/Non-Malignant
Lung
Pediatric
Phase 1 and Precision Medicine
Sarcoma
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy


Brain

Roy E. Strowd III, MD, MEd, MS
Roy Strowd, MD, MEd, MS

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Michael Chan, MD.
Michael Chan, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Ashley Sumrall
Ashley Sumrall, MD, FACP

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Roshan Prabhu
Roshan Prabhu, MD, MSc

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Breast

Emily Hughes Douglas, MD
Emily Douglas, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Marissa M. Howard-McNatt, MD
Marissa Howard-McNatt, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Antoinette Tan MD 392x510
Antoinette Tan, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Richard White
Richard White, MD, FACS

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Cancer Control and Survivorship

Heidi Diana Klepin, MD, MS
Heidi Klepin, MD, MS

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Stephanie Jean Sohl, PhD
Stephanie Sohl, PhD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Mellar Davis, MD
Mellar Davis, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Kunal C. Kadakia, MD
Kunal Kadakia, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Cutaneous Malignancies

Pierre L. Triozzi, MD
Pierre Triozzi, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS
Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Asim Amin
Asim Amin, MD, PhD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Richard White
Richard White, MD, FACS

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Gastrointestinal

Perry Shen, MD
Perry Shen, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Jimmy Hwang, MD.
Jimmy Hwang, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Chris Corso, MD, PhD
Chris Corso, MD, PhD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Genitourinary

Michael Joseph McCormack Jr., MD
Michael McCormack, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Earle Burgess
Earle Burgess, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Justin Matulay
Justin Matulay, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Gynecological Cancers

Michael G. Kelly, MD
Michael Kelly, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Janelle Pakish Darby, MD
Janelle Darby, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Wendel Naumann
R. Wendel Naumann, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Erin K. Crane, MD
Erin Crane, MD, MPH

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Head and Neck

Mercedes Porosnicu, MD
Mercedes Porosnicu, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Ryan Thomas Hughes, MD
Ryan Hughes, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Daniel Carrizosa 392x510
Dan Carrizosa, MD, MS

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Matt Ward, MD
Matt Ward, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Heme – Leukemia

Tim Pardee, MD, PhD
Timothy Pardee, MD, PhD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

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Matthew Wieduwilt, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Brittany Knick Ragon, MD
Brittany Ragon, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Heme – Lymphoma

Rakhee Vaidya, MBBS
Rakhee Vaidya, MBBS

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Mary Beth Seegars, MD
Mary Beth Seegars, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Nilanjan Ghosh
Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Ryan Jacobs
Ryan Jacobs, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Heme – Myeloma/Dyspro

John Thomas Mckay, DO
John McKay, DO

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Jonathan Edward Lambird, MD, MBA
Jonathan Lambird, MD, MBA

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Peter Michael Voorhees, MD
Peter Voorhees, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Manisha Bhutani
Manisha Bhutani, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Heme – Classical/Non-Malignant

Ryan Woods, MD
Ryan Woods, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Andrew Matthew Farland, MD
Andrew Farland, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Payal Desai
Payal Desai, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Mary A. Knovich, MD
Mary Ann Knovich, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Lung

William Jeffrey Petty, MD
W. Jeffrey Petty, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Michael Farris, MD
Michael Farris, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Kathryn F. Mileham, FACP
Kathryn Mileham, MD, FACP

Co-Leader
Charlotte

John Heinzerling
John Heinzerling, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Pediatrics

Thomas W. McLean, MD
Thomas McLean, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Sarah Supples, MD
Sarah Supples, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Javier E. Oesterheld, MD
Javier Oesterheld, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Chad Jacobsen
Chad Jacobsen, MD, MS

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Phase 1 and Precision Medicine

Ravi Kumar Paluri, MD, MPH
Ravi Paluri, MD, MPH

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Caio Max Sao Pedro Rocha Lima, MD, MS
Caio Max Pedro Rocha Lima, MD, MS

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Antoinette Tan MD 392x510
Antoinette Tan, MD

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Steven Park, MD
Steven Park, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Sarcoma

Sheila Ann Conway, MD
Sheila Conway, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Paul D. Savage, MD
Paul Savage, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Winston-Salem

Joshua C. Patt, MD
Josh Patt, MD, MPH

Co-Leader
Charlotte

Megan Jagosky, MD
Megan Jagosky, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Dianna S. Howard, MD
Dianna Howard, MD

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Rakhee Vaidya, MBBS
Rakhee Vaidya, MBBS

Co-Leader
Winston-Salem

Thomas Greg Knight, MD
Greg Knight, MD

Co-Associate Leader
Charlotte