Blood Cancer Institute Directors & Members
Working in a highly collaborative manner across Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, global leaders in blood cancer research and care are driving advances in better understanding, preventing, and treating MDS, AML, and myriad other blood cancers. Much of the power of the Blood Cancer Institute derives from the multidisciplinary perspectives, insights, and tools that the members provide.
Blood Cancer Institute Directors
Under the leadership of Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Ulrich Steidl, MD, PhD, and Amit Verma, MD, the Blood Cancer Institute is making great strides in expanding treatment options for people with blood cancers.
Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD
Director, Leukemia Program
Ulrich G. Steidl, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, and Associate Director for Basic Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Amit K. Verma, MD
Associate Director, Translational Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Blood Cancer Institute Assistant Directors
BCI has appointed four Associate Directors to help shape the work and future BCI efforts in the area of basic and translational science. They will assist BCI leadership in fostering research collaborations, mentorship of junior faculty, educational activities, funding initiatives, and translation into novel clinical trials for our patients.
Teresa V. Bowman, PhD
Assistant Director of Basic Science
Kira Gritsman, MD, PhD
Assistant Director of Correlative Clinical Research
Aditi Shastri, MD
Assistant Director of Translational Research
Britta Will, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Preclinical Modeling
Blood Cancer Institute Members
The more than 20 members of the Blood Cancer Institute help shape and drive basic and translational research in blood cancers.
Dennis L. Cooper, MD
Director, Transplant and Cell Therapy
David R. Fooksman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Keisuke Ito, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Maria Marianovich, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Satish K. Nandakumar, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Nishi N. Shah, MD, MBBS
Attending
Kristy R. Stengel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
B. Hilda Ye, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology