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NTO Leadership


  • Vida Passero, MD, MBA

    Subspecialty: Chief Medical Officer

  • Erin Valenti, MHA, MBA, BSN, RN

    Subspecialty: Chief Registered Nurse (RN), Admin & Quality

  • Lisa Ruiz, MHA, BSN, OCN

    Subspecialty: Nurse Manager

  • Melody Morgan, MSN, RN, OCN

    Subspecialty: Nurse Manager

  • Jenna Houranieh, PharmD

    Subspecialty: Pharmacy Program Manager

Physicians


  • Murat Arcasoy

    Subspecialty: Benign hematology

  • Nicolas Burwick

    Subspecialty: Benign hematology

  • Sarah Colonna

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer

  • Sita Bushan

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer

  • Carling Ursem

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer

  • Radhika Khwaja

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer

  • David Van Echo

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer & Melanoma

  • Reema Patel

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer & Sarcoma

  • Andrew Kraft

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Franklin Huang

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Gurkamal Chatta

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Nicholas Reese

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Pradeep Poonnen

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Rhonda Bitting

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Haley Moss

    Subspecialty: Gynecologic cancer

  • Garth Strohbehn

    Subspecialty: Head and neck cancer

  • Chenyu Lin

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Daphne Friedman

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Elisa Quiroz

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Evan Vosburgh

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Gerald Hsu

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Li-Wen Haung

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Mark Morginstin

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Olga Derman

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Sharjeel Hooda

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Thomas Rogers

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Margaret Johnson

    Subspecialty: Neuroendocrine tumors

  • Julie Wu

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

  • Michael Kelley

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

  • Sandip Patel

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

  • Sushma Jonna

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners


  • Alyson Clough

    Subspecialty: Benign and malignant hematology

  • Janelle Maland

    Subspecialty: Benign and malignant hematology

  • Hope Schenk

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer, Sarcoma, Melanoma

  • Amy Horowitz

    Subspecialty: General

  • Rebecca Greene

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Ni-Chi Wu

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer, Breast cancer & Gynecologic cancer

  • Susan Bullington

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer & Central Nervous System

Advanced Practice Providers


  • Tamara (Tammy) Lamb

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Benign and malignant hematology

  • Sarah Collins

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer & Gynecologic cancer

  • Jeanette Ha

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Danita Repman

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Gladys Rivero

    Physician assistant (PA)

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Saira Malik

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Rare Cancers

  • Patricia (Tricia) Cox

    Nurse practitioner (NP)

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer & Melanoma

Care Coordination Registered Nurses


  • Eileen Foti

    Subspecialty: Benign hematology

  • Kim Griffin

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer & Gynecologic cancer

  • Marisa Marshall

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer & Gynecologic cancer

  • China Lewis

    Subspecialty: Breast cancer and Gynecologic cancer

  • Kylie Peterson

    Subspecialty: Clinical Resource Nurse

  • Nicole Williamson

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer

  • Sarah Burgess

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer

  • Sonji Boyce

    Subspecialty: Gastrointestinal cancer

  • Hannah Jones

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Lisa Long

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Vicki Goodman

    Subspecialty: Genitourinary cancer

  • Alycia Nix

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Beth Dixon

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Haley Owens

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Leann Denney

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Rachael Norris

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Ruby Hidalgo

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Stephanie Kerns

    Subspecialty: Malignant hematology

  • Jade Brooks

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

  • Teresa Haider

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer

  • Zwinda Castellon

    Subspecialty: Thoracic cancer