Faculty

Jerome D. ("Jay") Winegarden, MD

Program Director

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine 
Residency: University of Colorado – Anshutz Medical Campus 
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center 
Interests: Aerodigestive, head and neck cancer

Elie Dib, MD

Associate Program Director

Medical School: Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences 
Residency: Staten Island University Hospital 
Fellowship: University of Rochester 
Interests: Innovative therapies including immunotherapy and targeted therapy

Tareq Al Baghdadi, MD

Director Cancer Research Consortium / Co-Fellowship Research Manager

Medical School: University of Damascus 
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak 
Fellowship: Indiana University 
Interests: Hematology, breast and urologic cancers

Abeer Alfaraj, MD

Medical School: Jordan University of Science & Technology
Residency: George Washington University
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University

Kathleen Beekman, MD

IHA Medical Director

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School 
Residency: University of Michigan 
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 
Interests: Breast cancer

Michael Bekkerman, DO

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: St. Johns Riverside Hospital
Fellowship: Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital

Carolyn Carrera, MD

Co-Fellowship Research Manager

Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 
Residency: University of Virginia 
Fellowship: University of Virginia 
Interests: Breast cancer and genitourinary cancer

Erik Carson, MD

IHA Chief Medical Informatics Officer

Medical School: Harvard Medical School 
Residency: Stanford University 
Fellowship: University of Michigan 
Interests: Treatment of advanced cancers and end-of-life care

Li Ding, MD

Medical School: Peking Union Medical College 
Residency: Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center 
Fellowship: University of Minnesota 
Interests: Lung cancer, breast cancer and hematologic malignancies

Houssam Hariri, MD

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine 
Residency: Hackensack University Medical Center 
Fellowship: Trinity Health Ann Arbor

Stephanie Hoffman, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine 
Residency: University of Michigan 
Fellowship: University of Michigan

Niklas Mackler, MD

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine 
Residency: University of Michigan 
Fellowship: University of Michigan 
Interests:

Kimberly Morley, MD

Resident Education Director

Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine 
Residency: University of Utah 
Fellowship: University of Utah 
Interests: Lymphomas, chronic leukemias, benign heme, coagulation disorders, head and neck cancers, lung cancer and end-of-life care

Christopher Reynolds, MD

Medical School: Cornell University Medical College 
Internship: University of Minnesota 
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital 
Fellowship: University of Michigan 
Interests: Multiple myeloma, lymphoma, leukemia and bone marrow transplants

Thomas Regenbogen, MD

Medical School: University College Dublin, Ireland 
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital – St. Louis, MO 
Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis

Justin Shaya, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan 
Residency: University of Michigan 
Fellowship: University of California, San Diego

Radhika Takiar, MD

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Residency: University of Michigan 
Fellowship: University of Michigan