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Rashmi Chugh is an Oncologist and a Hematologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Chugh is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Epithelioid Sarcoma, Desmoid Tumor, and Ewing Sarcoma. Dr. Chugh is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Francis Worden received his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1993. Prior to attending medical school, he worked as a registered pharmacist at a large community hospital in Indianapolis. In 1997, Dr. Worden completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Detroit Medical Center and finished a medical oncology/hematology fellowship at the University of Michigan. In July 2000, Dr. Worden joined the faculty at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, where he is currently working as a clinical investigator with both the multidisciplinary head and neck oncology team and the multidisciplinary lung cancer team. Dr. Worden's research interests include organ preservation in head and neck cancer and endocrine oncology. He is the Nancy Wigginton Oncology Research Professor of Thyroid Cancer. Avid competitive swimmer ; cyclist and runner. Dr. Worden is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). Dr. Worden is board certified in Medical Oncology. Dr. Worden is currently accepting new patients.

Scott Schuetze is an Oncologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Schuetze is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liposarcoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Angiosarcoma, and Myxoid Liposarcoma. Dr. Schuetze is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Vaishampayan is the Director of the Phase I program at the Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI. Dr. Vaishampayan is a Professor of Internal Medicine and her research is primarily in translational drug development and early phase clinical trials in cancer with a focus on genitourinary malignancies. She has initiated, obtained funding for, and conducted and published many investigator initiated trials with embedded biomarkers and established multidisciplinary collaboration. She has served as site PI of the UO-1 Early Therapeutics Research Grant at Wayne State University. She was also the chair of the solid tumor division of oncology at WSU. She has completed formal leadership traning course and is Fellow of the Advisory Board (FAB). She is the appointed chair of the Advanced Renal committee of SWOG and a member of the Renal task force of the NCI. She is a board member of the Michigan Society of Hematology/Oncology (MSHO) and organizes annual board review course. Additionally, she has served as track leader for the ASCO education committee GU non prostate (Renal and bladder cancer) track. Dr. Vaishampayan attended Wayne State University for her residency and fellowship completion and attended medical school at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy in Pune, India and completed a higher secondary certificate in the field of science at Fergusson College in Pune, India.In her free time, Dr. Vaishampayan enjoys reading, dance, music and travel. Travel, reading (mysteries preferred), follows football. Dr. Vaishampayan is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Urothelial Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Orchiectomy. Dr. Vaishampayan is board certified in Medical Oncology. Dr. Vaishampayan is currently accepting new patients.

The T-cell lymphomas are a heterogeneous and poorly understood group of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. The most common T-cell lymphoma in the United States includes a heterogeneous mix of lymphomas that lack distinguishing characteristics and, until recently, remained clinically and molecularly “unspecified”. Improved understanding of T-cell lymphoma pathogenesis and the development of novel therapeutic strategies will be needed to address this challenge and improve outcomes for patients afflicted with these aggressive lymphomas. My group made the landmark discovery that the most common T-cell lymphoma in North America is comprised of two molecularly and clinically distinct subsets. This finding has significant implications for the classification and treatment of these lymphomas. We have also demonstrated that malignant T cells remain dependent upon antigen-presenting cells within the tumor microenvironment and are developing novel therapeutic strategies targeting these cells. Many fundamental questions, including the “cell of origin”, the role of antigen-, costimulatory-, and cytokine-receptor signaling, and the contribution of myeloid-derived antigen-presenting cells in disease pathogenesis remain obscure. My laboratory uses complementary mouse models and primary T-cell lymphoma specimens (in ex vivo and patient-derived xenograft studies) to address these fundamental and clinically relevant questions. We are poised to clinically translate our laboratory-based findings into novel therapeutic strategies that we hope will improve outcomes for patients afflicted with these aggressive lymphomas. I enjoy working with a multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic collaborators who share this common goal. Dr. Wilcox is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL), Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Wilcox is board certified in Hematology, Internal Medicine, and Medical Oncology. Dr. Wilcox is currently accepting new patients.

Ajjai Alva is an Oncologist practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Alva is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Urothelial Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Bladder Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Alva is currently accepting new patients.