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Care Philosophy: Dr. Machado is a board-certified Oncologist and Hematologist with more than 10 years of experience. He prides himself on keeping up with the most advanced and cost effective therapies for cancer treatment. He is an advocate for the early management of discomfort and pain for cancer patients. Although chemotherapy is still frequently employed, he is excited to share new targeted and immunotherapy options with patients. Dr. Machado earned his medical degree with honors at Saba University School of Medicine in the Caribbean and undertook his residency training at the University of Florida/Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where he was named Chief Resident. He obtained his sub-specialty training at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he completed his Oncology/Hematology fellowship and was named Chief Fellow.

Care Philosophy: Dr Michael Jain is an Associate Member and ICE-T Medical Director in the Moffitt Cancer Center Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy. Dr Jain earned his MD and PhD at McGill University in Montrv©al, in the province of Quv©bec, Canada. His PhD in Cell Biology was completed under the supervision of Dr John Bergeron. Dr Jain completed an Internal Medicine Residency and a Hematology Residency at the University of Toronto. He completed a Clinician Scientist Training Program and Clinical Fellowship in Lymphoma and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation at Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto.

Biography: Dr. Adnan Akhtar, MD is a Hematology Specialist who practices in Celebration, FL. He is 59 years old and has been practicing for 35 years. Dr. Adnan Akhtar, MD is affiliated with AdventHealth Orlando.

Care Philosophy: Dr Ochoa-Bayona's interests are in traditional bone marrow transplant using high dose chemotherapy and autologous or allogeneic stem transplant to treat myeloma, lymphoma, advanced or recurrent germ cell tumors of the ovary and testis despite standard chemotherapy, myelodysplastic syndromes, acute and chronic leukemias. He completed his training in Internal Medicine, Hematology/Medical Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2002.

Care Philosophy: Dr Laber is a hematologist/oncologist and senior member with Moffitt Medical Group in the Satellite and Community Oncology Department practicing at Tampa General Hospital and Moffitt international Plaza. The MMG faculty at TGH provides invaluable oncology services to the large patient population of this leading regional hospital. Dr Laber earned his MD at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Cleveland Clinic Health System, and was designated Chief Resident during his term at Hillcrest and Southpointe Hospitals.

Care Philosophy: Dr Bejanyan is an Associate Member, Program Leader of Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) and Head of the Leukemia/Myeloid Section of the BMT and Cellular Immunotherapy Department at Moffitt Cancer Center. She is an Associate Professor in Oncologic Sciences at the University of South Florida.Dr Bejanyan also served as the Clinical Scientific Co-Director of Moffitt Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Core. As a physician investigator with clinical and research expertise in BMT and cellular immunotherapies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), Dr Bejanyan focuses in advancing clinical and translational research by fostering innovative immune cell therapy strategies to treat leukemia.

Care Philosophy: Jack Hsu, MD, is a clinical associate professor of medicine within the division of hematology and oncology, and is an integral member of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

Care Philosophy: Dr Chan received her MD degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, followed by a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Moffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida. Dr Chan's clinical interests include myeloid malignancies, specifically myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Her research interests include clinical trials and outcome studies inspired by molecular targets that focus on myeloid neoplasms.