The University of Florida College of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine is pleased to announce Dr. Zhijian Qian, PhD, a tenured professor, was appointed the Pierre Chagnon Professorship on Jan. 1, 2022. Dr. Qian joined the division of hematology and oncology in…
Ilyas Sahin, MD is an assistant professor in the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Sahin earned his medical degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey. He went on to work as a postdoctoral research fellow…
Jesus Fabregas, MD, MPH, FACP is an assistant professor in the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Fabregas earned his medical degree from the Universidad Del Norte in Colombia. He completed an internal medicine residency and fellowship in hematology…
Bently Doonan, MD, MS is an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Doonan earned his undergraduate degree in biology, cum laude, from Coastal Carolina University. He then received both his Master of Biomedical Sciences specializing in…
Erin Dean, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Dean received her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering, Premedical, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine and her medical degree from the…
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center, along with its proton partner in Jacksonville, has once again been recognized as a Cancer Center of Excellence by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Department of Health.The UF Health Cancer Center is one of four centers in the state to receive this…
We’d like to welcome Aaron Franke, MD, MS to the division. He is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Franke received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Florida State University and his medical…
Merry Jennifer Markham, M.D., FACP, FASCO, associate director for medical affairs at the UF Health Cancer Center and professor in the UF division of hematology and oncology , has been appointed as chief of the division of hematology and oncology in the UF College of Medicine. Dr. Merry-Jennifer Markham “It was…
As seen in HemOnc Today For Thomas J. George, MD, FACP, being an ally to his female colleagues means challenging the status quo. “I have pledged ‘he for she’ as a professional priority,” George, director of the gastrointestinal oncology and phase 1 program at University of Florida, said…
Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO, is a gynecologic medical oncologist at the University of Florida (UF) and associate director for medical affairs at UF Health Cancer Center; in 2018, she was appointed interim chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at UF. Dr. Markham is a member of ASCO’s…
