Head & Neck Transdisciplinary Cancer Team

The goal of the Head & Neck Transdisciplinary Cancer Team is to bring expertise from different disciplines in basic and clinical research to advance our understanding of head and neck cancer and to translate that information to clinical trials to improve patient care in South Carolina.

The team consists of members with expertise in basic biology, oncology, pathology, surgery, population science, pharmacology, engineering, and informatics and biostatistics.

Co-Leaders

Besim Ogretmen 

Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D.

Jason Newman headshot 

Jason Newman, M.D.

Team Members

Hollings Members

Hazel Breland, Ph.D.
Bhisham Chera, M.D.
Ashish Deshmukh, Ph.D.
Jyotika Fernandes, MBBS
Marvella Ford, Ph.D.
Evan Graboyes, M.D., MPH
Radhika Gudi, Ph.D.
Dieter Haemmerich, Ph.D.
John Kaczmar, M.D.
Carsten Krieg, Ph.D.
Eduardo Maldonado, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D.

Jihad Obeid, M.D.
Viswanathan Palanisamy, Ph.D.
Subramanya Pandruvada, Ph.D.
Martin Romeo, Ph.D.
Steven Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
Inderjit Singh, Ph.D.
Kalyani Sonawane, Ph.D.
Katherine Sterba, Ph.D.
Chenthamarakshan Vasu, Ph.D.
Brent Wilkerson, Ph.D.
Ozlem Yilmaz, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Angela Yoon, Ph.D.

Non-Member Faculty

Greer Albergotti, M.D.
Judy Dubno, Ph.D.

Alexandra Kejner, M.D.
Mary Richardson, M.D., D.D.S.

Trainees

Wyatt Wofford

Staff

John T. Clark
Brittany Ivey, Ph.D.

Elizabeth O'Quinn