Please welcome our newest faculty members joining the Mays Cancer Center in the Division of Hematology and Oncology.

Heidi Ko, MD, joins our breast oncology team as an assistant professor focusing on breast medical oncology. Dr. Ko received her medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. She completed her residency in internal medicine at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She received her fellowship training in hematology and oncology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein Cancer Center in Bronx, New York. Dr. Ko is board-certified in internal medicine.

 

 

Shruti Pandita, MD, is an assistant professor specializing in gastrointestinal oncology. She earned her medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in Sint Maarten and completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma–Tulsa. She received advanced training through a fellowship in medical oncology from the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio. Dr. Pandita is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.

 

 

 

Naga Koteswari Sucharita Cheedella, MD, joins the division as an associate professor specializing in gastrointestinal oncology. She earned a master’s degree in Public Health from West Virginia University, Morgantown, and a master’s in Medical Microbiology and Immunology from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock. Dr. Cheedella completed her residency in internal medicine at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, followed by a fellowship in hematology-oncology. She is board-certified in hematology and oncology.

 

 

 

Zohra Nooruddin, MD, joins the division as an associate professor specializing in hematology-oncology. She received her medical degree from Ziauddin Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan, and attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Englewood, New Jersey for her residency. Dr. Nooruddin completed a fellowship in symptom control and palliative care at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and a fellowship in hematology-oncology at the University of Colorado Denver. She is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, and in hematology and oncology.

 

 

 

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