Meet Our Team

Medical Oncologists

Nikesh Jasani, M.D.
Medical Director
Assistant Professor, General Oncology

Dr. Jasani received his medical degree from St. George’s University in St. George’s, Grenada. He completed both his internal medicine training and his medical oncology training with the University of Florida at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Jasani’s clinical and research interests span a broad range of solid and hematologic malignancies including breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancers. He is committed to providing compassionate, state-of-the-art multidisciplinary care to his patients.

Sunil Patel, M.D.
Assistant Professor, General Oncology

Dr. Patel received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh. He completed his internal medicine training at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and did both his medical oncology and hematology training at MD Anderson. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology. Dr. Patel’s clinical interests include a number of solid and hematologic malignancies, with a particular interest in breast cancer, lung cancer and melanoma. He strives to improve access to clinical trials for patients seen in the community setting.

Radiation Oncologists

Elizabeth Bloom, M.D.
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

Dr. Bloom received her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Ill. She completed her residency in radiation oncology at MD Anderson and is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. After serving as a radiation oncologist with the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Bloom returned to MD Anderson in 1999 to lead the institution’s first radiation treatment center in Bellaire. Since May 2011, she has been part of the multidisciplinary team at the Katy Regional Care Center, where she treats all adult cancers with radiation therapy. Dr. Bloom’s clinical interests include partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy. She was chosen by her peers as one of the “Best Doctors in America” in radiation oncology and breast cancer. Dr. Bloom holds an academic appointment as associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson.

Gregory Chronowski, M.D.
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

Dr. Chronowski received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed his residency in radiation oncology at MD Anderson and is board certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology. After spending a short period of time following residency in private practice in Naperville, Ill., Dr. Chronowski returned to MD Anderson in 2005 and joined the faculty, treating head and neck cancers with the multidisciplinary team in the Texas Medical Center. Since 2007, he has been medical director of MD Anderson’s Radiation Treatment Center in Katy. Despite his former interest in the treatment of head and neck cancers, Dr. Chronowski has a broad background in treating all adult cancers with radiation therapy, including cancers of the breast, brain, lung, esophagus and GI tract. He has extensive experience using intensity-modulated radiation therapy to treat selected tumors, and also has expertise in the administration of partial breast irradiation using brachytherapy. He actively participates in the multidisciplinary tumor board held on the campus of CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital, where he also serves on the Medical Executive Committee while maintaining close ties with his colleagues at MD Anderson’s main campus in the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Chronowski holds an academic appointment as associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson.
Languages spoken: Polish

Surgical Oncologists

John Papadopoulos, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Urology

Dr. Papadopoulos is a fellowship trained urologic oncologist and certified urologist by the American Board of Urology. He completed his medical degree at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine and then went on to complete an internship in general surgery and residency training in urology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 2007, he came to MD Anderson where he completed two years of fellowship training in urologic oncology and robotic surgery. Dr. Papadopoulos is a collaborator in multiple clinical trials involving high risk prostate cancer as well as active surveillance for low risk prostate cancer. He is currently the director of urologic oncology at the MD Anderson Regional Care Centers in Katy and Sugar Land where he treats patients with bladder, prostate and kidney cancer.

Jessica Suarez, M.D.
Assistant Professor ad interim, Surgical Oncology

Dr. Suarez received her medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She specializes in diseases of the breast, both benign and malignant. Dr. Suarez completed her general surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by a breast surgical oncology fellowship at MD Anderson. She earned a Masters in Public Health degree from The University of Texas School of Public Health. She Suarez holds an academic appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson.
Languages spoken: Spanish

Mark Zafereo, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Dr. Zafereo specializes in treating tumors and cancers of the head and neck. He received his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and completed his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology at MD Anderson. Dr. Zafereo is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. His clinical interests include head and neck cancer, salivary gland tumors, melanoma, thyroid and parathyroid.