Core Faculty


Bernstam-Elmer
Program Director
Elmer V. Bernstam, MD, MSE, MS, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA
The University of Texas Health Science Center

Reynolds and Reynolds Professor of Clinical Informatics, Associate Dean for Research
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth Houston

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston


Peter Killoran, MD, MS
Assistant Program Director
Peter V. Killoran, MD, MS
The University of Texas Health Science Center

Memorial Hermann Hospital System Site Director

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Anesthesiology
Joint appointment with the McGovern Medical School
Department of Clinical and Health Informatics
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth Houston

Chief Medical Informatics Officer – Academic Operations


Kevin O. Hwang, MD, MPH
Site Director
Kevin O. Hwang, MD, MPH
The University of Texas Health Science Center

UT Physicians

Division Director, General Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Professor, General Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Medical Director, UT Physicians Internal Medicine-Texas Medical Center Clinic

Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship


Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD
Site Director
Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

Endowed Chair Nellie B. Connally Chair in Breast Cancer, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Department Chair, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Medical Director, Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Professor, Breast Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Regular Member (Joint appointment), Cancer Biology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Nellie B. Connally Chair in Breast Cancer, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Professor, Breast Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Regular Member, Cancer Biology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences


Core Faculty Members


Clifton D. Fuller, MD, PhD, FASTRO, FAMIA
Clifton D. Fuller, MD, PhD, FASTRO, FAMIA (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

Professor & Distinguished Educator, Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Voluntary Clinical Professor
The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

Professor (Adjunct), Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
William Marsh Rice University

Faculty (Full), Quantitative Sciences, Medical Physics, and Clinical-Translational Oncology Programs
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Professor, Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Professor (Adjunct)
William Marsh Rice University

Faculty (Full)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences


Heather G. Lyu, M.D., MBI
Heather G. Lyu, MD, MBI (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


Amit Mehta, MD
Amit Mehta, MD, CMQ
The University of Texas Health Science Center

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Harris Health Systems


Amy C Moreno, MS, MD
Amy C. Moreno, MD, MS (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Clinical Lead for the IDSO Fellowship
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Nomenclature Committee Lead, Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Oropharynx Clinical Database Section Lead, Radiation Oncology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Residency Site Director, Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Core Faculty, The Texas Medical Center Clinical Informatics Fellowship
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

GSBS Associate Member
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences


Nnaemeka Okafor, MD, MS
Nnaemeka G. Okafor, MD, MS
The University of Texas Health Science Center

Staff Physician (Part-time), Department of Emergency Medicine
McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

Vice President, Chief Analytics and Informatics Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System


Keyur Patel, MD
Keyur P. Patel, MD, PhD (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

CLIA Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Professor (Tenured), Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Medical Director, Hematology Molecular Testing, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Professor, Hematopathology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


Mark Routbort, MD, PhD
Mark Routbort, MD, PhD (external link)
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Primary Appointment

Professor, Hematopathology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Director, Laboratory Informatics
ECOG-ACRIN Core Pathology & Biorepository Facility

Director, Computational and Integrational Pathology, Pathology/Lab Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Medical Director, Pathology/Lab Medicine, Laboratory Informatics
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Professor, Hematopathology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center