immune suppression of the antitumor response in a wide variety of hematologic as well as solid tumor malignancies.
Major advances and expanded offerings for women with cancer Drs. Marc Lippman and Doraya El-Ashry have conducted groundbreaking research on the potential role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in promoting metastatic breast cancer. Drs. Breelyn Wilky and Jonathan Trent have pioneered use of small molecular IDH1 inhibitors to suppress tumorigenic activity in human chondrosarcoma cells, a novel approach in a difficult to treat tumor. Joyce Slingerland, M.D., continues to explore interactions between adipocytes and breast cancer cells resulting in inflammation that drives malignant progression, and continues to identify key links between obesity and progression of breast cancer. The Hollywood breast cancer group, under the leadership of Dr. Alejandra Perez and associates Drs. Carmen Calfa and Aruna
Below: Felicia Knaul, PhD, Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Director of the Miami Institute for the Americas, with the physicians of the groundbreaking SCCC Broward Breast Oncology Group at the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure in October 2015. Left to Right: Drs. Alejandra Perez, Carmen Calfa, Felicia Knaul and Aruna Mani.
Mani, has introduced multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment including dedicated nursing, nutrition, acupuncture, psychology, exercise sociology and physical therapy, as well as robust research activity. Community doctors meet with SCCC experts at weekly interdisciplinary breast conferences in order to develop ideal treatment plans and access innovative clinical trials. Patients can attend interdisciplinary clinics in which they can see medical oncologists, surgeons, and/or radiation oncologists concurrently, which improves communication and coordinated provision of complicated care. The group has also initiated a series of educational physician-led support group activities benefiting our patients. Patients in Broward County now have more opportunities to receive individualized treatment while benefiting from a strong academic breast cancer program with the opening of a community-based breast cancer practice at the SCCC Plantation satellite office. Dr. Judith DeLeo Hurley continues landmark studies regarding genetic breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility in in Bahamian women and women of Afro-Caribbean origin. Her identification of novel BRCA-1/2 mutations has led to a National Cancer Institute and Komen Foundation supported Caribbean Women’s Cancer Initiative.
Division FACULTY LIST Professors of Medicine Bach Ardalan, MD Pasquale Benedetto, MD Lynn Feun, MD Marc Lippman, MD Stephen Richman, MD Joseph D. Rosenblatt, MD Joyce Slingerland, MD Jonathan Trent, MD, PhD Professors of Clinical Medicine Judith DeLeo, MD Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD Charles Vogel, MD Associate Professors Ram Agarwal, MD Dorraya El-Ashry, PhD Merchan, Jaime, MD Abdul Mian, PhD Rakesh Singal, MD Associate Professors of Clinical Medicine Chukwuemeka Ikpeazu,MD Alejandra Perez, M.D. Catherine Welsh, MD Assistant Professors Nicolas Acquavella, MD Breelyn Wilky, MD Assistant Professors of Clinical Medicine Timothy Aliff, MD Carmen Calfa, MD Gustavo Fernandez, MD Reshma Mahtani, DO Aruna Mani, MD Raja Mudad, MD Lawrence Negret, MD Agustin Pimentel, MD Maria Restrepo, MD Pearl Seo, MD Frances Valdes-Albini, MD Steven Weiss, MD Israel Wiznitzer, MD Research Professors Niramol Savaraj, MD Research Associate Professors Priyamvada Rai, PhD
D epartmen t o f Medic in e C h air man ’s R e po r t 2016
23