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Parvathaneni
Upendra Parvathaneni, MBBS, FRANZCR
Professor and ChairResidency Program Director

MBBS (Hons): Rajah Muthiah Medical College & Hospital, Chidambaram, IndiaRESIDENCY:  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, AustraliaFellowship:  MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TXAreas of Interest: Head and Neck

 

 

 

 

Professor and Vice-Chairman
Sandra "Sunny" Hatch, MD, FAACS, FACCS, FACR
professor

Dr. Hatch is board certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR).  Dr. Hatch is a tenured professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB).  She holds two endowed positions:  the Irma Labardini Mendoza and Jesse Jesus Mendoza Chair in Radiation Oncology and the Ruth Levy Kempner Professorship.  Her research has been published in multiple journals and presented nationally and internationally.  Dr. Hatch has authored book chapters as well on breast and gynecological cancers.  She is an active member of the Texas Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Clinic Workgroup for the Texas Department of Health.  She is a member of the National Breast Cancer Coalition in addition to being a member of the Breast Health Collaborative of Texas. Dr. Hatch serves on the advisory board for D’Feet Breast Cancer and the Susan G. Komen Houston Medical Advisory Council.  She has been recognized for her excellence in patient care by Best Doctors in America, The Houstonia, Consumers Research, Texas Monthly Super Doctors, and numerous Who’s Who Directories.  She was awarded membership to The Academy of Master Clinicians and serves on its Executive Committee. 

Dr. Hatch has been an examiner in Therapeutic Radiology in Gynecologic Oncology for the American Board of Radiology, and serves as national chair for the Radiation Oncology In-Training Exam Committee for the ABR, and as section director for gynecologic malignancies.  She has trained physicians in Armenia, China and Vietnam in Breast Cancer and physicians in Nicaragua in Gynecologic Cancers.

Paul
Arun Paul, MD, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

M.D.:  ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCEPHD:  ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCERESIDENCY:  DETROIT MEDICAL CANTRE/WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Arun George Paul, M.D., Ph.D. grew up in Bhoothathankettu, a small village in Kerala, India. After high school, he came to United States and completed BA with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Religious studies with academic scholarships. His senior thesis as an undergraduate was on the development of a unique PCR assay that can detect telomeric fusions. Dr. Paul completed the MD/PhD program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. His PhD work in viral oncology delineated the tumorigenic role of COX-2/PGE2/EP receptor pathway in Kaposi’s Sarcoma and how KSHV virus utilizes it for survival. He completed his Radiation Oncology residency at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute, an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center. Dr. Paul was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (2017 – 2023) with additional appointments as the lead physician and later the director of the UAB outreach radiation oncology department at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Alabama (2020 – 2023) and then moved to the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle as an assistant professor and lead physician for Seattle-VA radiation oncology department. Dr. Paul is a clinical radiation oncologist and function as the director of the UTMB Galveston Radiation Oncology department and Outreach program. At UTMB, Dr. Paul continues his research in viral oncology and studies: a) the unique molecular mechanisms underlying non-AIDS defining cancers b) role of retrotransposons in oncogenesis, and c) radiomics and radio-resistance. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters. He hopes to continue his oncology program building expertise and initiate novel projects with collaborations from UTMB-Galveston National Laboratories and UTMB-NASA space biology programs.

Wiederhold
lee wiederhold, md, phd
professor

M.D.:  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCHPHD:  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCHRESIDENCY:  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCHAREAS OF INTEREST:  HEAD AND NECK

Dr. Wiederhold graduated from the UTMB Medical Scientist Training Program with his MD and PhD degrees in 2005.  He served his transitional year at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston from 2005 to 2006, and completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at UTMB in 2010.  Dr. Wiederhold has been faculty at UTMB since completing residency.  His subspecialty focus is head and neck cancer, he is also committed to training the next generation of physicians.  Dr. Wiederhold was selected as a Texas Monthly Super Doctor Rising Star in 2016.