Our Members

Learn about their diverse expertise, research areas, and the collective impact they bring to the program.

Katie Albert, MD

Affiliation:Associate Professor, Ben Towne Center

Expertise: musculoskeletal tumors (sarcomas), CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors, clinical trials for pediatric and young adult solid tumors

Kalyan Banda, MD

Affiliation:Physician, Gynecological Oncology, University of Washington

Expertise: Gynecological Cancers

Brittany Barber, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Washington

Expertise: Head & neck cancer

Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Respiratory viral and herpes viral infections in immunocompromised hosts

Eleanor Chen, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington

Expertise: Rhabdomyosarcoma

Sam Emerson, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

Expertise: brain cancers

Manuel Ferreira, MD

Affiliation: Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Washington
Expertise: Rare brain cancers

Shireen Ganapathi, MD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Oncology, Seattle Children’s

Expertise: Sarcomas

Adam Geballe, MD

Affiliation: Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Kaposi’s sarcoma

Taran Gujral, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Rare liver cancers

Heather Gustafson, PhD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Expertise: Pediatric cancers, Immunotherapy

Evan Hall, MD, MPhil

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Kidney cancers, skin cancers

Eric Holland, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Brain cancer

Chris Kemp, PhD

Affiliation: Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Solid Tumor, Precision Oncology

Tyler Ketterl, MD, MS

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Adjunct Associate Professor, Internal Medicine

Expertise: Germ Cell Tumors, Pediatric and AYA Thyroid Cancer

Gentry King, MD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington

Expertise: Gastrointestinal cancers

Sita Kugel, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Cholangiocarcinoma and Pancreatic cancer

Ming Lam, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Urology Department, University of Washington

Expertise: Urological cancers

Elizabeth Lawlor, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Director, Ben Towne Center

Expertise: Sarcomas

Stan Lee, PhD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Hematologic malignancies

Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Sarcomas

Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics, Fred Hutch

Expertise: High Risk Leukemias

Harveshp Mogal, MD, MS, FACS

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine

Expertise: Rare GI cancers, Sarcomas

Kikkeri Naresh, MBBS, MD

Affiliation: Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Lymphoma

Carolina Parada, PhD

Affiliation: Acting Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

Expertise: Rare brain cancers

Venu Pillarisetty, MD

Affiliation: Professor, Surgery, University of Washington

Expertise: Gastrointestinal cancers

Kimberly Riehle, MD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Surgery, Seattle Children’s

Expertise: Pediatric cancers (sarcomas, liver cancer)

Nina Salama, PhD

Affiliation: Professor, Human Biology, Fred Hutch

Expertise: Stomach cancer

Yasemin Sancak, PhD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington

Expertise: Liver cancer

Jay Sarthy, MD, PhD

Affiliation: Investigator, Ben Towne Center

Expertise: Pediatric Cancers (blood)

Jeremy Sharib, MD

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Washington

Expertise: Sarcomas and rare gastrointestinal cancers

Raymond Yeung, MD

Affiliation: Professor, Surgery, University of Washington

Expertise: Rare liver cancers

David Zhen, MD

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Medical Oncology Division, University of Washington

Expertise: Neuroendocrine cancers