Leukemia Team

A team of professionals work together to provide comprehensive care and services to you and your family. In addition to delivering the highest quality medical care, we recognize the importance of the psychological and emotional aspects of a cancer diagnosis and the following treatment phase. The Leukemia Healthcare Providers Team delegates specific responsibilities to their members so each duty is carried out efficiently, timely and effectively.

The members of the team include:

• Leukemia Physicians
• Leukemia Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants
• Leukemia Clinic Nurse
• Leukemia Research Nurse Coordinators
• Social Workers
• Dietician
• Pastoral Care
• Financial Coordinator
• Leukemia In-patient Nurses and Nurse Manager
• Clinical Pharmacists
  

Research Nurses and Research Coordinators

The Research Nurse Coordinators are involved in clinical protocol assessment and planning, subjects recruitment, facilitation of informed consent process. They provide patient teaching on specific details of the protocol, study drugs and their side effects, and support patients through the stages of their diseases and treatment, assess and document adverse events and toxicities, support discussion of ethical issues related to clinical trials, and educate allied health care professionals about the use of investigational agents and on new protocols. They play an active role with the health care team members to developing treatment orders sheets, provide data management and ensure subject records are protected in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, and to ensure the safety

• Physicians
• Advanced Practice
• Nurses
• Support Services

	Martha Arellano, MD Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Leon Bernal-Mizrachi, MD
	Natia Esiashvili, MD Radiation Oncology
	Leonard T. Heffner Jr., MD Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Jeannine T. Holden, MD Pathology
	David Jaye, MD Hematopathology & Cancer Biology
	H. Jean Khoury, MD Section Chief, Hematology
	Amelia A. Langston, MD Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Shiyong Li, MD, PhD Hematopathology
	Karen Mann, MD/PhD Pathology
	Morgan McLemore, MD Hematology
	Rajni Sinha, MD Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Allen Tindol, MD Hospital Attending Physician
	Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, FACP Hematolgy - Bone Marrow Transplant; Medical Director Clinical Trails
	Elliott F. Winton, MD Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Muxiang Zhou, MD Pediatric Oncology

	Michael Brown, PA Hematology
	Paul Johnson, NP, MSN Hematology & Medical Oncology
	Jessica Neely, PA Hematology and Medical Oncology
	Mary Potter, NP Nurse Practitioner
	Marian Shepard, PA Physician Assistant, Hematology

	Stephanie McMillian, RN, BSN Clinical Research Nurse
	Sylvia Osunsuyi-Fagbemi, RN Hematology

	Tiffany Barrett, MS, RD, LD Cancer Nutritionist
	Michael Burke, MD Psychiatry - Cancer Survivorship
	Pamela Butts, MDiv Emory Winship Chaplain - Specializes in cancer and survivor related issues
	Hilary Cohen, LCSW, CTS, DVC (III) Cancer support, Bone Marrow Transplant, and urvivorship