Meet Your Blood & Bone Marrow Cancers Team

Benefit from the most advanced care for hematologic cancer at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Bronx. Here you can expect the latest treatments, guidance and support. Our expert team includes hematologists, oncologists, and other cancer specialists. You’ll receive a treatment plan tailored to your needs and best care available for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood and bone marrow cancers. We’ll focus on what all cancer patients need most—healing and hope.

Team Leaders

Our experienced specialists direct our blood and bone marrow cancer team. They ensure you receive the most effective and safe treatments for your cancer.

Dennis L. Cooper, MD

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Dennis L. Cooper, MD

Director, Transplant and Cell Therapy
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Marina Konopleva, MD

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Marina Konopleva, MD

Director, Leukemia Program
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Amit K. Verma, MD

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Amit K. Verma, MD

Associate Director, Translational Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Team Members

Our team offers well-rounded, whole-person care. Together we help you have the best outcomes. And we’ll provide the best possible quality of life during and after your treatment.

Khaila A. Boakye, NP

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Khaila A. Boakye, NP

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Monica Comas, NP

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Monica Comas, NP

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Eric J. Feldman, MD

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Eric J. Feldman, MD

Professor, Department of Oncology
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Swati Goel, MD

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Swati Goel, MD

Director, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program
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Mendel Goldfinger, MD

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Mendel Goldfinger, MD

Clinical Director, Blood Cancers
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Kira Gritsman, MD, PhD

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Kira Gritsman, MD, PhD

Assistant Director, Correlative Clinical Research
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Ridhi Gupta, MD

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Ridhi Gupta, MD

Director, Multiple Myeloma
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Nicole N. James, NP

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Nicole N. James, NP

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Noah S. Kornblum, MD

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Noah S. Kornblum, MD

Medical Oncologist
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David B. Levitz, MD

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David B. Levitz, MD

Medical Oncologist
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Ioannis Mantzaris, MD

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Ioannis Mantzaris, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology
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Rosmi S. Mathew, NP, FNP-BC

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Rosmi S. Mathew, NP, FNP-BC

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Lauren C. Shapiro, MD

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Lauren C. Shapiro, MD

Medical Oncologist
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Aditi Shastri, MD

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Aditi Shastri, MD

Director, Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Clonal Hematopoiesis
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R. Alejandro A. Sica, MD

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R. Alejandro A. Sica, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Oncology
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Latoya S. Townsend, NP, DNP

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Latoya S. Townsend, NP, DNP

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Michael L. Yee, MD

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Michael L. Yee, MD

Psycho-oncologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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