Faculty
Course Directors
Lucy Boyce Kennedy, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Cleveland Clinic
Cassandra M Calabrese, DO
Department of Rheumatologic and
Immunologic Disease
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Pauline Funchain, MD
Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology
Stanford University
Rebecca Sessler, RN, BSN
Specialty Care Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic, North Coast Cancer Center
Sowmya Takkellapati, PharmD, BCOP
Inpatient Pharmacy
Cleveland Clinic
Laura S. Wood, RN, MSN, OCN
Oncology Nurse Specialist
Cleveland Clinic, retired
Invited Faculty
Kathryn Bollin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Scripps Clinic
San Diego, CA
Tamiko Katsumoto, MD
Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Alexa Meara, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Oncology
Division Rheumatology and Immunology
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Kerry Reynolds, MD
Clinical Director, Inpatient Oncology Units Director,
Severe Immunotherapy Complications Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Krista Rubin MS, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Center for Melanoma
Mass General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Joseph Sleiman, MD
Senior Gastroenterology Fellow
Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Pittsburgh, PA
Hao Chi "Joseph" Zhang, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Paolo Caimi, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Emily Chheng, PharmD, BCOP
Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy
Bassam Estfan, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
James Isaacs, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Kasra Karamlou, MD
Department Hematology/Oncology Sandusky
Lucy Boyce Kennedy, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Keith McCrae, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Marisa McGinley, MD
Mellen Center
Ali Mehdi, MD
Department of Kidney Medicine
Rohit Moudgil, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD
Department of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, & Nutrition
Rebecca Sessler, RN, BSN
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Sandusky
Michael Smith, MD
Department of Pulmonary &
Critical Care Medicine
Sumit Sharma, MD
Cole Eye Institute
Thach Giao Truong, MD
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Rashimi Unwala, MD
Department of Dermatology
Madison Walling, PharmD
Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy
Zachary Yetmar, MD
Department of Infections Disease
Keren Zhou, MD
Department of Endocrinology,
Diabetes & Metabolism