Adam Asch, MD
Division Chief
Associate Director of Leo Jenkins Cancer Center

Undergraduate: Swarthmore College
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Residency: Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center
Fellowship: The New York Hospital / Weill - Cornell University Medical College
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Hematology; Oncology
Interests: Thrombotic & Bleeding Disorders; Hematologic Malignancy;
Stem Cell Disorders
ascha@ecu.edu

Research

Prashanti Atluri, MD


Undergraduate: Occidental College,  Los Angeles, CA
Medical School:  kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Residency:
Fellowship: Winthrop University, Mineola, New York
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Hematology; Oncology
Interests: GI Cancers, GU Cancers, Prostate, Colon, Renal
atlurip@ecu.edu

Research

Fred (Ted) E. Bertrand, III., PhD

B.S.: Georgia Institue of Technology, B.S. Applied Science
Ph.D.: University of Alabama at Birmingham,  Microbiology
Post-doc Fellow:  Dept of Immunology, University of Toronto
Research Associate:University of Minnesota Cancer Center,
University of Minnesota
Interests:
bertrandf@ecu.edu

Research

Lillian P. Burke, MD

Undergraduate: University of Minnesota
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology
Interests: Leukemia, Lymphoma, Brain tumors, Pancreatic Cancer
Multiple Myeloma, Clinical Trials
burkel@ecu.edu

Research

Charles L. Knupp, MD

Undergraduate: University of Maryland
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: State University of New York
Fellowship: University of North Carolina
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Hematology
Interests: Consultant and Second Opinions in Hematology
Management of chronic hematologic disorder.  
knuppc@ecu.edu

Research

Myon Hee Lee, PhD

Ph.D.: Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Post-Doc Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Interests: stem cells, cancer stem cells,
and cell fate reprogramming 
leemy@ecu.edu

Research 

Pamela Lepera, DO

Undergraduate: Muhlenberg College
Medical School: Philadelphia College
Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Temple University
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Oncology
Interests: GI Oncology, Head & Neck Solid Tumors
leperap@ecu.edu

Research 

Darla K. Liles, MD

Undergraduate: University of Missouri
Medical School: University of Missouri
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: University of North Carolina
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Hematology
Interests: Consultant and second opinions on Hematological
lilesd@ecu.edu

Research

Mary J. Raab, MD

Undergraduate: Misericordia College, Dallas, Pennsylvania
Medical School: Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residency: Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York
Fellowship:Hematology/Oncology, University of Arkansas
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Interests: Breast Cancer
raabm@ecu.edu

Research  

Rachel Raab, MD

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: East Carolina University,Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY
Oncology Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine,Bronx NY
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Hematology/Oncology
Interests: Breast Cancer
raabr@ecu.edu

Research
 

Maria Ruiz-Echevarria, PhD

B.S.: Universidad complutense-Madrid/Universidad Ciencias-Granada
Ph.D.: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Madrid, Spain
Post-doc Fellow: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Madrid, Spain
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,Piscatawary, NJ
Interests: Tumorigenesis; Development and Cancer; Prostate Cancer;
Signal Transduction; Regulation of gene expression;
Post-transcriptional control.  

ruizechevarriam@ecu.edu

Research 
 

George Sigounas, MS,Ph.D.

M.S..: Northeastern university, Boston, MS
Ph.D.: Boston University, Boston, MA 
Post-doc Fellowship:National Institutes of Heatlh
and Navel Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Interests: Stem Cells; Cancer Initiating Cells;
Stem Cell Microenvironment; DNA Damage and Cancer

sigounasg@ecu.edu

Research 


 

Paul Walker, MD; FACP

Undergraduate: Indiana University
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Ball Memorial Hospital
Medical Oncology Fellowship: Medical College of Ohio
Cerifications: Internal Medicine; Oncology
Interests: Thoracic Oncology
walkerp@ecu.edu

Research

Li Yang, Ph.D.

B.S.: Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
M.S.: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences &
Peking Union Medical College,  Beijing, China
Ph.D.: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Post-Doc Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Interests: Tumorigenesis; Angiogenesis; Inflammation;
Receptor Signaling
yangl@ecu.edu

Research