SquamousCellCarcinomaofSkin near Brooksville, FL

Biography: Dr. David Swoboda is a hematologist-oncologist at Tampa General Hospital who specializes in malignant hematology. Prior to joining Tampa General, he was a chief hematology-oncology fellow at H. Lee MoffittCancer Center in Tampa after serving as a chief resident at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Swoboda received his medical degree from Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, where he was the president of the InternalMedicine Interest Group. Dr. Swoboda enjoys developing a close relationship with his patients and their families, building trust, and gaining a full understanding of each disease in order to provide personalized, comprehensive care. His research is directed toward acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and myeloproliferative disorders. He has published several entries in peer-reviewed journals and has participated in numerous scientific abstract presentations. Dr. Swoboda has memberships with the society for Hematology Oncology, American Society of hematology, and American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Care Philosophy: Dr. Naraev believes in compassionate, personalized care that is focused on his patients, their hopes, needs and quality of life.

Care Philosophy: Dr Kirtane is an Assistant Member in the Department of Head and Neck-Endocrine Oncology and Medical Director for Solid Tumor Cellular Therapy. Dr Kirtane received his MD degree from The University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr Kirtane completed a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of Washington and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. His clinical focus is patients with head and neck-endocrine cancers. He works on the development of innovative cellular therapies for solid tumor cancers and is focused on increasing representation of underrepresented groups to clinical trials.

Biography: Dr. Faseeh Khaja, MD is board certified in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology. He joins Pinellas Hematology Oncology after serving as a medical oncologist/hematologist at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health. Dr. Khaja received his bachelor's degree from Houston Baptist University, where he double majored in biology and chemistry and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He graduated from Ross University School of Medicine with Honors and completed his internal medicine residency at Orlando Health.Dr. Khaja then went on to complete his medical oncology and hematology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center - Orlando, where he was part of several research projects and published as a lead author. Dr. Khaja has served as associate clinical professor for both Florida State College of Medicine and University of Central Florida College of Medicine. He holds membership in both the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. He enjoys caring for his patients and spends his free time working out and spending time with his family. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu.