Faculty
Meet the Chief
Karen Ballen, MD
Dr. Karen Ballen is a professor of medicine at UVA School of Medicine and serves as the Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology.
Dr. Ballen received her undergraduate degree in history and literature from Harvard College and her doctorate from Dartmouth Medical School. She completed her medical residency at Beth Israel Hospital and a hematology/oncology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Before joining UVA’s faculty in 2017, Dr. Ballen was the director of the Leukemia Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Ballen’s research interests include novel therapeutic strategies for acute leukemia, including immunotherapy and targeted agents. She is an international expert in stem cell transplants, particularly for patients who have difficulty finding a donor. Dr. Ballen started one of the first cord blood banks in the United States, and she has published over 150 articles on transplants and acute leukemia. She is on the advisory committee of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and the chair of the cord blood advisory committee for the National Marrow Donor Program.
In her spare time, Dr. Ballen likes to hike. She and her daughter climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016.
Hematology/Oncology Clinical Faculty
Click on faculty members’ names to go to their profile in the UVA Health System Find A Doctor Directory. Use the back button to return to the Hematology/Oncology website.
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Jenna Ally, RN, MSN, AG-ACNP-BC
Advanced Practice Provider
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Julie Armatas, ACNP-BC, RN, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider
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Emily Ayers, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Karen K. Ballen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Cancer Center Distinguished Professorship
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
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Christiana M. Brenin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, UVA Breast Center
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Jenea Brown, FNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Isabel Burgess, PA
Advanced Practice Provider
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Hania Bushnaq-Aloul, MSN, RN, ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Jenna R. Campo, AG-PCNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Kimberly Conrad, FNP, MSN, RN
Advanced Practice Provider
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Scott Cook, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Elizabeth Coyman, FNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Rachel Chai, PA
Advanced Practice Provider
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Kelly M. Davidson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Classical Hematology
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John J. Densmore, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Dean for Admissions & Student Affairs
UVa School of Medicine
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Michael E. Devitt, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Patrick M. Dillon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Michael G. Douvas, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, MACP, FASCO
Professor of Medicine and Urology
Deputy Director, UVA Cancer Center
Section Head, Medical Oncology
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Mary Dudley, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Jennifer Eccles, MS, PA
Advanced Practice Provider
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Firas El Chaer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Infusion Center
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Laahn H. Foster, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Kathryn Gabler, RN, MSN, AG-PCNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Francine E. Garrett-Bakelman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Elizabeth M. Gaughan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Community Oncology
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Ryan D. Gentzler, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Kristine Gillis, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Richard D. Hall, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Director
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Erin Harr, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Susan Herndon, AG-PCNP
Advance Practice Provider, Supervisor
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Amelia Hodson, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Jessica Kassay-McAllister, RN, MSN, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider, Supervisor
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Varinder Kaur, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Michael K. Keng, MD
Associate Professor of MedicineMedical Director, 8W & 8SCT
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Paul R. Kunk, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Tri Minh Le, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Elizabeth Lester, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Thomas P. Loughran, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Cancer Center
F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor in Oncology Research
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Hillary S. Maitland, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Louise M. Man, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Enrica Marchi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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P. Mike Marshall, PhD, MSN, ANP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Trish A. Millard, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hematology/Oncology
Assistant Fellowship Director
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Melody Noble, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Kristen Noonan, AG-ACNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Craig A. Portell, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Hematologic Malignancies
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Daniel Reed, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Muneeb Rehman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Matthew J. Reilley, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Krithika Shanmugasundaram, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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William Paul Skelton, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Kaitlyn Stiebing, PA
Advanced Practice Provider
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Marie C. Thomas, RN, MSN, FNP
Advanced Practice Provider
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Indumathy Varadarajan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Paul Viscuse, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Leonid Volodin, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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John Wagner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Stem Cell Transplant Medical Director
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Michael E. Williams, MD, ScM, FACP
Byrd S. Leavell Professor of Medicine and
Professor of Pathology
Physician Lead, Cancer Service Line, UVA Health System
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, UVA Cancer Center
UVA Community Oncology Faculty
In addition to cancer care provided at UVA Hospital and Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, division faculty see patients at regional locations in Culpeper, Augusta, and Charlottesville (Pantops). The faculty below practice in these locations and have clinical appointments.
Links take you to the UVA Health System Find a Doctor Directory. Use the back button to return to the Division of Hematology-Oncology website.
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Gwenalyn G. Garcia, MD
Lecturer in Hematology-Oncology, UVA Physician
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Ali Mahjoub, MD
Lecturer in Hematology-Oncology, UVA Physician
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Michelle W. Otto, ANP, MSN, RN
Advanced Practice Provider
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Nicholas W. Paphitis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Pranav Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Mary Witt, MD
Lecturer in Hematology-Oncology, UVA Physician
Hematology-Oncology Research Faculty
Choose a faculty member to view his or her research profile. Links go to the School of Medicine Research Faculty Directory; use the back button to return to the Hem/Onc division website.
Brenin, Christiana M.
Breast cancer clinical trials for early stage and metastatic breast cancer in selected patient populations.
Dillon, Patrick M.
Development of clinical trials in breast cancer; cancer immunotherapy; cancer survivorship improvement; cancer and aging.
Douvas, Michael G.
Clinical research in hematologic malignancies, fertility preservation, and quality improvement.
Dreicer, Robert
Novel therapeutic approaches for urologic cancers including prostate, urothelial and kidney cancers.
Feith, David
Cell signaling and survival pathways, genetic alterations, and development of experimental therapeutics; large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia (AML); role of polyamines in normal and neoplastic growth in the skin, upper aerodige
Garrett-Bakelman, Francine
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: molecular and cellular biology events which mediate aberrant epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms during disease establishment and progression
Gaughan, Elizabeth M.
Melanoma, Head and Neck Cancer, Genitourinary malignancies, Drug development, Cancer Immunotherapy
Hall, Richard Delmar
Clinical trial design and development for novel therapeutics and immunotherapy for the treatment of lung cancer.
Keng, Michael K
Clinical trials in hematologic malignancies, including myelodysplastic syndromes and leukemias with special interest in treating the elderly population, determining optimal combinations and timing of targeted agents in MDS and leukemia, and studying patie
Loughran, Jr., Thomas P
Hematologic malignancies; bone marrow disorders; leukemia; large granular lymphocyte (LGL)
Portell, Craig Anthony
Clinical trials in hematologic malignancies including leukemias and lymphomas, with special interest in determining optimal combinations and timing of targeted agents in B-cell leukemias and lymphomas.
Thakur, Archana
Dr. Thakur's research activities are focused on 1) developing new and innovative therapeutic approaches to enhance clinical and anti-tumor immune responses; 2) developing novel strategies to attenuate the immune suppressive cellular and humoral factors.
Williams, Michael E.
Dr. Williams’ research interests include clinical trials and translational science for mantle cell lymphoma, other non-Hodgkin lymphomas and CLL, with a focus on targeted agents and immuno-therapeutics. He was a co-investigator on three pivotal clinical trials that led to FDA approvals in B-cell lymphoma. The current focus of the Lymphoma and Leukemia Research Team is to improve treatment response and cure via novel combinations of targeted therapeutic agents and to optimize anti-lymphoma immunotherapy.
Below are links to information and required paperwork for individuals who wish to moonlight.
Note: If the individual wishing to moonlight is a current resident or fellow, moonlighting must be approved by BOTH the division (form #1) and by the School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education office (form #2).
The division form should be submitted to: RMoonlight@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.
The GME form should be submitted to Diane Farineau or faxed to 434-244-9438. (The contact info is also on the form.)
Background information:
Required Forms:
- DIVISION FORM: Hem-Onc Moonlighting Agreement
- GME FORM: UVA GME Moonlighting Application
Contact RMoonlight@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu if you have questions about this process.