Our Faculty

Georgia Cancer Center's Research & Clinical Service Line Faculty

Hematology/Oncology Cardio-Oncology Gynecologic Oncology Head & Neck Orthopaedic Oncology/Sarcoma

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Psycho-Social Oncology Radiation Oncology Surgical Oncology Urologic Oncology

Research Faculty

Satyanarayana Ande, PHD

Associate Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-0029

sande@augusta.edu

Ali Syed Arbab, MBBS, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-8909

aarbab@augusta.edu

Malcolm S. Bevel, PHD, MSPH

Assistant Professor
Cancer Prevention, Control, and Population Health Research Program

mbevel@augusta.edu

Roni Bollag, MD, PHD

Professor

706-721-0923

rbollag@augusta.edu

Ahmed Chadli, PHD, MS, DEA

Associate Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-4661

achadli@augusta.edu

John Cowell, PHD, DSc, FRCPath

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-4381

jcowell@augusta.edu

Yan Cui, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-723-4153

ycui@augusta.edu

Nicholas R.J. Gascoigne, PhD, FRSB

Professor
Co-Director, Cancer Immunology, Inflammation, & Tolerance (CIIT)

706-446-5122

ngascoigne@augusta.edu

Rafael Czepielewski, PHD

Assistant Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

(706) 721-4249

rczepielewski@augusta.edu

Yukai He, MD, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-2728

yhe@augusta.edu

Catherine C. 'Lynn' Hedrick, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

lhedrick@augusta.edu

Bangxing Hong, PHD

Assistant Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-1187

bhong@augusta.edu

Anatolij Horuzsko, MD, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-2728

ahoruzsko@augusta.edu

Tianxiang Hu, PHD

Assistant Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-8373

tihu@augusta.edu

Theodore S. Johnson, MD, PHD

Associate Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-4962

thjohnson@augusta.edu

Balveen Kaur, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-1551

bkaur@augusta.edu

Balakrishna Lokeshwar, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-723-0033

blokeshwar@augusta.edu

Vivian Lui, PHD

Associate Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-5047

wlui@augusta.edu

Santhakumar Manicassamy, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-7902

smanicassamy@augusta.edu

Nahid F. Mivechi, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-8759

nmivechi@augusta.edu

Dimitrios Moskofidis, MD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-8738

dmoskofidis@augusta.edu

David Munn, MD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-7141

dmunn@augusta.edu

Betty S. Pace, MD

Professor

706-721-3626

bpace@augusta.edu

Ramses F. Sadek, PHD

Professor

706-721-6930

rsadek@augusta.edu

Huidong Shi, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-6000

hshi@augusta.edu

Martha S. Tingen, PHD, RN, FAAN

Professor
Cancer Prevention, Control, and Population Health Research Program

706-721-0471

mtingen@augusta.edu

Meng-Han Tsai, PHD

Assistant Professor
Cancer Prevention, Control, and Population Health Research Program

706-721-0295

metsai@augusta.edu

Marlo Vernon, PHD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Cancer Prevention, Control, and Population Health Research Program

706-723-4322

mvernon@augusta.edu

David Wolff, PhD

Assistant Professor

dwolff1@augusta.edu

Chunhong Yan, PHD

Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-721-0099

cyan@augusta.edu

Gang Zhou, PHD

Professor
Cancer Immunology Research Program

706-721-4472

gzhou@augusta.edu

Xingguo Zhu, PHD

Assistant Professor
Molecular Oncology Research Program

706-723-0059

xzhu@augusta.edu

Clinical Service Line Faculty

Medical Hematology/Oncology

Jorge Cortes, MD

Professor

706-446-5732

jorge.cortes@augusta.edu

Anand Jillella, MD

Professor

706-721-2505

ajillella@augusta.edu

Locke Bryan, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-2505

lbryan@augusta.edu

Paul Dainer, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-2505

pdainer@augusta.edu

John Henson, MD

Professor
Director, Brain Tumor Program

706-721-2505

johenson@augusta.edu

Amany Keruakous, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Hem/Onc Fellowship Program

706-721-2505

akeruakous@augusta.edu

Vamsi Kota, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-2505

vkota@augusta.edu

Abdullah Kutlar, MD

Professor

706-721-2505

akutlar@augusta.edu

Asha Nayak-Kapoor, MD

Professor

706-721-2505

anayak@augusta.edu

Jigarkumar Parikh, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

706-721-2505

jparikh@augusta.edu

Girindra Raval, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-2505

graval1@augusta.edu

Priyanka Raval, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-2505

praval@augusta.edu

Anusha Vakiti, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

706-721-2505

avakiti@augusta.edu

Gerald Wallace, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-2505

gewallace@augusta.edu

Clinical Service Line Faculty

Cardio-Oncology

Avirup Guha, MD, MPH, FACC, FICOS

Assistant Professor

706-721-8597

aguha@augusta.edu

Gynecologic Oncology

Sharad Ghamande, MD, FACOG

Professor

706-721-3992

sghamande@augusta.edu

Robert Higgins, MD, FACOG

Professor

706-721-3992

rhiggins@augusta.edu

Bunja Rungruang, MD, FACOG

Associate Professor

706-721-3992

brungruang@augusta.edu

Marian Symmes Johnson, MD, FACOG

Assistant Professor

706-721-3992

mjohnson56@augusta.edu

Head & Neck Surgery

J. Kenneth Byrd, MD

Associate Professor
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs Chief

706-721-6100

Michael Groves, MD

Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education

706-721-6100

Patrick Morgan, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-6100

Daniel Sharbel, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-6100

Orthopedic Oncology/Sarcoma

Kelly Homlar, MD FAOA

Associate Professor

706-721-2741

khomlar@augusta.edu

David Cearley, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-2741

dcearley@augusta.edu

Clinical Service Line Faculty

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Afshin Ameri, MD

Professor

706-721-3626

aameri@augusta.edu

Theodore Johnson, MD, PHD

Professor

706-721-3626

thjohnson@augusta.edu

Colleen McDonough, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-3626

cmcdonough@augusta.edu

Betty Pace, MD

Professor

706-721-3626

bpace@augusta.edu

Eric Ring, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-3626

ering@augusta.edu

Vishwas Sakhalkar, MBBS, MD, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatrics Sickle Cell Program

706-721-3626

vsakhalkar@augusta.edu

Clinical Service Line Faculty

Psycho-Social Oncology

Lauren E. Bigham, PHD

Assistant Professor

706-721-2509

lbigham@augusta.edu

Tracy Casanova, PHD

Assistant Professor

706-721-0871

tcasanova@augusta.edu

Radiation Oncology

John T. Barrett, MD, PHD

Professor

706-721-2971

jbarrett@augusta.edu

Catherine Ferguson, MD

Associate Professor

706-721-2971

cferguson@augusta.edu

William Grubb, MD

Assistant Professor

706-721-2971

wigrubb@augusta.edu

Chulhaeng Huh, PHD, DABR

Associate Professor
Interim Clinical Director of Medical Physics

706-721-2971

chuh@augusta.edu

Farshad Mostafaei, PHD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

706-721-2971

fmostafaei@augusta.edu

Clinical Service Line Faculty

Surgical Oncology

Alicia Arnold, DO

Associate Professor

706-721-4726

aliarnold@augusta.edu

Steven Colquhoun, MD

Professor

scolquhoun@augusta.edu

John Kuckelman, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor

706-721-5962

jkuckelman@augusta.edu

Danny Milgrom, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

706-721-4726

dmilgrom@augusta.edu

Daniel Miller, MD

Professor of Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery

706-721-5862

danmiller@augusta.edu

Danny Yakoub, MD, PHD

Associate Professor

706-721-4726

dyakoub@augusta.edu

Urologic Oncology

Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

706-721-9977

zklaassen@augusta.edu

Martha K. Terris, MD

Professor

706-721-9977

mterris@augusta.edu

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