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Dr. Caroline Piatek is an Associate Professor in the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She is currently the fellowship director for the USC/LAC+USC Medical Hematology Fellowship Program. Dr. Piatek’s clinical focus is in non-malignant hematology. Her research interests include immune thrombocytopenia, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, cancer-associated thrombosis and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. After earning her medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine, Dr. Piatek completed internal medicine residency and hematology/medical

Languages Spoken: English, French, Arabic Dr. Paul Shami is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah and is a Member and Clinical Investigator at the University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). Dr. Shami also holds an Adjunct appointment as a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. He is Board Certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology. He started at the University of Utah in 1997. Dr. Shami oversees leukemia clinical trials at Huntsman Cancer Institute. His research also includes

Dr. Patel’s clinical and research expertise is in Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT). He has a particular interest in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation as well as cellular therapies such as CAR-Ts for the treatment of malignant and benign hematologic diseases in adult patients. Dr. Patel’s research interests focus on the management of potential complications of such therapy including disease relapse and graft-versus-host disease. His work includes research and committee collaborations through such national and international organizations as ASTCT, CIBMTR, ASH, and EBMT. He

Dr. Tantravahi has received his medical degree from Guntur medical college, India. He then completed Internal Medicine residency and Hematology and Oncology fellowship training at University of Utah Hospital. His clinical interests include multiple myeloma, stem cell transplantation, and myeloproliferative neoplasm. Research interests are targeted therapy in CML and myeloproliferative neoplasms.