Oncology & Hematology

Vijaya Bhatt, MBBS, MS

Research Mentor
Medical School: Tribhuvan University | Residency: Staten Island University Hospital | Fellowship: UNMC
Career Interests: Acute leukemia, transplant, clinical trials
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, exercising/weight lifting

Christopher D'Angelo, MD

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago | Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics | Fellowship: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Career Interests: lymphoma, CAR T-cell therapy, translational research in gut microbiome, clinical trials
Personal Interests: I like gardening, I'm married to an Emergency Medicine doctor, we have two young girls

Apar Kishor Ganti, MD

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: Pune, India | Residency: UND, Fargo | Fellowship: UNMC
Career Interests: Clinical and translational research in lung cancer and head and neck cancer
Personal Interests: Reading, traveling, chess

Krishna Gundabolu, MBBS

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: Guntur Medical School, Guntur, India | Residency: Cornwall Regional Hospital, Jamaica | Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center & Mayo Clinic
Career Interests: Clinical interest in ALL, AML, MDS, and Bone Marrow Transplant
Personal Interests: Spending time with children, outside activities including camping; Enjoys teaching and working with others as they learn complex medical issues

Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: University of Iowa | Residency: University of Iowa | Fellowship: University of Iowa
Career Interests: Research, multiple myeloma, drug development
Personal Interests: Spending time with husband and pets, playing the flute, reading

Nicole Shonka, MD

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: UNMC | Residency: UNMC | Fellowship: 2 – UNMC and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Career Interests: Neuro-oncology
Personal Interests: Music, hiking, spending time with daughter and dogs

Benjamin Teply, MD

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: UNMC | Residency: University of Michigan | Fellowship: John’s Hopkins
Career Interests: Clinical research in genitourinary malignancies, quality improvement in cancer care
Personal Interests: Spending time with kids, exercise, following sports, movies

Tanya Wildes, MD, MSCI

Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine | Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hosptial/Washington University School of Medicine | Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hosptial/Washington University School of Medicine
Career Interests: Multiple myeloma, geriatric oncology, frailty, disparities, outcomes research, quality-of-life
Personal Interests: Hiking, skiing, traveling the world with husband and son

Oncology & Hematology