Faculty & Staff
The Clinical Cancer Genetics Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center is composed of specially trained genetic counselors and physicians who work together to provide education, hereditary cancer risk assessment, genetic counseling and genetic testing, individualized cancer screening and prevention programs to people who are concerned about their personal and family history of cancer.
Steering Committee Faculty
- Banu Arun, M.D., Co-Medical Director, Breast Medical Oncology
- Courtney D. DiNardo, M.D., MSCE, Leukemia
- Elizabeth Gardener Grubbs, M.D., Surgical Oncology
- Eric Jonasch, M.D., Genitourinary Medical Oncology
- Karen Lu, M.D., Co-Medical Director, Gynecologic Oncology
- Florencia McAllister, M.D., Clinical Cancer Prevention
- Nancy Dugal Perrier, M.D., F.A.C.S., Surgical Oncology
- Susan K. Peterson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Behavioral Science
- Y. Nancy You, M.D., MHSc, FACS, Associate Medical Director, Surgical Oncology
Affiliated Faculty
- Steven G. Waguespack, M.D., FACE, Endocrine
- Selvi Thirumurthi, M.D., GI
- Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Cancer Prevention
- Sausan Abouharb, M.D., League City Breast
- Omar Alhalabi, M.D., West Houston GU
- Ajit Kumar Bisen, M.D., West Houston Breast
- Naifa L. Busaidy, M.D., FACP, FACE, Endocrine
- Paul Corn, M.D., GU
- Najat Daw Bitar, M.D., Pediatrics
- Christine Cheka, M.D., Woodlands Breast
- Ana Paula Correa Refinetti, M.D., Sugarland Breast
- Lauren Cobb, M.D., Woodlands Ovarian Screening
- Nicole Fleming, M.D., Sugarland Gynecology
- Ann Marie Gillenwater, M.D., Head and Neck Surgery
- Dan Gombos, M.D., FACS, Ophthalmology
- Andrew Hahn, M.D., League City and Texas Medical Center GU
- Amy Hassan, M.D., League City Breast Screening
- Cynthia Herzog, M.D., Pediatrics
- Mimi I. Hu. M.D., Endocrine
- Ryan Huey, M.D., West Houston GI
- Adaeze Iheme, M.D., Sugarland Breast
- Elizabeth Keeler, M.D., Gynecology
- Craig Kovitz, M.D., Woodlands GU-Prostate
- Phat Le, M.D., Sugarland
- Jeffrey H. Lee, M.D., Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Sunyoung Lee, M.D., West Houston GI
- John Livingston, M.D., AYA Sarcoma
- Ian E. McCutcheon, M.D., Neurosurgery
- Funda Meric-Bernstam, M.D.
- Craig Messick, M.D., Sugarland and West Houston GI
- Makesha Miggins, M.D., Sugarland Breast Surgery
- Giancarlo Moscol, M.D., Woodlands
- Denise Nebgen, M.D., Gynecology
- Kelly Nelson, M.D., Melanoma
- Amy Nguyen, N.P., West Houston GU
- Oluchi Oke, M.D., Woodlands Breast
- Tejal Amar Patel, M.D., LBJ
- Patrik Pilie, M.D., GU
- Jenny Pozadides, M.D., Woodlands Breast
- Gwyn Richardson, M.D., League City Ovarian Screening
- Michael Roth, M.D., AYA Pediatrics
- Sadia Saleem, M.D., Sugarland Breast
- Christina Serna-Blanco, APN, Breast
- Aaron Shafer, M.D., Sugarland Gynecology
- Bilal Siddiqui, M.D., GU
- John Slopis, M.D., Adult and Pediatric Neurofibromatosis
- Jennifer Wang, M.D., Sugarland GU-Prostate
- Jason Willis, M.D., League City GI
- Timothy Anthony Yap, M.D., CCTT
- Anita Kuo Ying, M.D., Endocrine
- Rachel Layman, M.D., Breast
- Najat Daw Bitar, Pediatrics
Genetic Counselors
Hiam Abdel-Salam, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Breast Center and Genitourinary Cancer Center.
Latonya Alexander, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients at the Woodlands location.
Erica Bednar, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in Clinical Cancer Genetics and the Moon Shots Program® Cancer Prevention and Control Platform. Erica leads a quality improvement dissemination to multiple oncology clinics to increase guideline-compliant genetic counseling and testing for breast and ovarian cancer patients. She provides genetic counseling in Houston area locations.
Gabriela Chen, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. Her primary clinical responsibilities include providing risk assessment and genetic counseling services to individuals concerned about hereditary cancer conditions.
Jessica "Jessie" Corredor, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor. Her primary role is to provide risk assessment and genetic counseling services to individuals concerned for a hereditary predisposition to breast cancer. She also has special interest in the impact of genetic counseling in the pediatric, adolescent and young adult patient population.
Molly S. Daniels, M.S., has been a certified genetic counselor in the Gynecologic Oncology Center and has been at MD Anderson since 2002. She has adjunct appointments as an associate faculty member at the UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and as a clinical instructor in Pediatrics at the UT Medical School at Houston.
Yoheved "Kevi" Gerstein, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Leukemia Center.
Katie Huang, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Breast Center and Gynecologic Oncology Center.
Susy Malca, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Breast Center.
Andrew McKeon, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. He provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients at the League City location and in the Brain and Spine Center.
Maureen Mork, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor who specializes in counseling patients for hereditary gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. She is also involved in clinic research in hereditary GI cancers, with a special interest in early-onset colorectal cancer. She teaches and supervises students in the UT Genetic Counseling Program, and has also served as a thesis chair for genetic counseling graduate students.
Julie Moskowitz, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor within the GI Center. She received her undergraduate degrees (a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in sociology and social psychology) from Lehigh University in 2011 and her graduate degree, an M.S. in Genetic Counseling, from Long Island University in 2013.
Nadine Rayes, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. Her primary clinical responsibilities include providing risk assessment and genetic counseling services to individuals concerned about hereditary cancer conditions. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Cancer Prevention Center. She is involved in supervising and teaching students from the UT Genetic Counseling Training Program.
Susan Reilly, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in biological sciences from Binghamton University in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and her M.S. degree in Genetic Counseling from Long Island University in 2019. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients at the West Houston location and the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital's general oncology clinic, where she counsels the county’s underserved population.
Donika Saporito, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Genitourinary Center. She is involved in supervising and teaching students from the UT Genetic Counseling Training Program.
Rachael Shilbauer, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients at the Sugar Land location and Gynecologic Oncology Center.
Catherine Skefos, M.A., M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients in the Endocrine Center.
Autumn Vara, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. She provides cancer risk assessment and counseling to patients at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital's general oncology clinic, where she counsels the county's underserved population.
Jacynda Woodman-Ross, M.S., is a certified genetic counselor in the Clinical Cancer Genetics program. Her primary role is working directly with patients to provide cancer risk assessment and counseling as part of the CPRIT Grant.
Program Administrative Team
Walter Knowles, M.B.A.
Program Director
Blessing Osanaiye, M.B.A, M.SC
Informatics & Data Analyst
Ann Molinaro, BSBM
Program Manager
Linda T. Hill
Senior Administrative Assistant
Program Grants and Research Team
Sreejesh Shanker, Ph.D.
Program Manager
(Grants and Research)
Chelsea Amaram, B.S.
Research Care Coordinator
Ana Ruiz, B.S.
Research Care Coordinator