UH Seidman Cancer Center Welcomes 29 New Physicians to our Team
January 17, 2023
innovations in Cancer | Winter 2023
The following University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center physicians and physician-scientists have recently joined the growing team of exceptional cancer specialists committed to providing the most innovative treatments, providing compassionate care and conducting research initiatives for the treatment of cancer diagnosis and blood disorders.


Samuel Anim, MD
Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program

Pedro Barata, MD
Director, Clinical Genitourinary Medical Oncology Research Center
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Ali Bseiso, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Ok-Kyong Chaekal, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Sakti Chakrabarti, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Kevin Chaung, MD
Radiation Oncology

Lauren Chiec, MD
Hematology and Oncology
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Changchun Deng, MD
Medical Director, Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Giselle Dutcher, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Yevgeniya Dvorkin Wininger, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Lauren Henke, MD
Co-Lead, Gastrointestinal Disease Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center
Director, Gastrointestinal, Radiation Oncology, UH Cleveland Medical Center

Angela Jia, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology

Amit Mahipal, MD
Co-Lead, Gastrointestinal Disease Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center

Naji Mallat, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Abbas Mandviwala, MD
Oncology Hospitalist
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Shearwood McClelland III, MD
Director, Spine Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology

Pranshu Mohindra, MD
Vice Chair of Operations and Quality, Radiation Oncology, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Director, UH Proton Center

Herbert Newton, MD
Neuro-Oncology
Medical Director, Brain Tumor Center, UH Seidman Cancer Center

Karina Nieto, MD
Radiation Oncology

Osei-Tutu Owusu, MD
Hematology and Oncology

Santosh Rao, MD
Medical Director, Integrative Oncology, UH Connor Whole Health

Maheshwaran Sivarajah, MD, MSc, FACS
Endocrine Surgery

Corey Speers, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Program, UH Seidman Cancer Center
Vice Chair of Research, Radiation Oncology
Hennessy Hyland Master Clinical in Immunotherapy and New Drug Development
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine


Koen van Besien, MD, PhD
Chief, Hematology
Director, Wesley Center for Immunotherapy

Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD
Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

Randy Vince, Jr., MD
Urologic Oncology
Minority Men's Health Director, UH Cutler Center for Men

Qian Wang, MD, MPH
Hematology and Oncology
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine