The following treatment team members specialize in Hodgkin's disease and other lymphomas at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. To make an appointment, please call The James Line at (614) 293-5066 or toll-free 1-800-293-5066. The James Line is a free, 24-hour, confidential telephone service staffed by oncology nurses weekdays from 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m. to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals throughout central Ohio. For further information about a physician listed below, click on the name:
Medical Oncology
John C. Byrd, MD*
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Medicinal Chemistry
Director of Hematologic Malignanacies Program, Division of Hematology and Oncology
D. Warren Brown Professor in Leukemia Research
(CLL/SLL, Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia)
Belinda R. Avalos, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Transplantation: Lymphoma)
Kristie A. Blum, MD*
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Large Cell Lymphoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease and CLL/SLL)
Charles Eisenbeis, MD, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Lymphoma)
Sherif S. Farag, MD, Ph.D*
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Multiple Myeloma, Autoimmune Complications of Lymphoma)
Eric Kraut, MD*
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Multiple Myeloma, Autoimmune Complications of Lymphoma)
Thomas S. Lin, MD, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(CLL/SLL, Follicular Lymphoma; Transplantation: CLL/SLL and Lymphoma)
Sam L. Penza, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, James Outpatient Clinic, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(Transplantation: Lymphoma)
Pierluigui Porcu, MD*
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
(T-cell Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma and Other Lymphomas)
* Denotes to whom new direct clinical patient referrals can be made
Other Caregivers
Annette Staub, MS, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Hematologic Malignancies Program (Hodgkin’s, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma and T-cell lymphoma)
Tricia McBride, RN, Clinic Nurse and Patient Liaison
Susan Ezzone, MS, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner/ Hematologic Malignancies Program (Bone Marrow Transplantation)
Mollie Moran, MS, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner/Hematologic Malignancies Program (CLL/SLL)
Jennifer Glatz, MS, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner/Hematologic Malignancies Program (Bone Marrow Transplantation)
Carolyn McClerking, MS, RNC, CNP
Nurse Practitioner/Hematologic Malignancies Program (Bone Marrow Transplantation)
Doris Garnett, RN, BSN
Disease Management Coordinator (CLL/SLL and Multiple Myeloma)
Teresa Roblee, RN, BSN
Disease Management Coordinator (AML,CML MDS)
Marie Tucker, RN, BSN
Disease Management Coordinator (Lymphoma)
Christopher Ahrens, RN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Michelle Johnson, RN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Gail Risley, RN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Diane Scholl, RN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Debra Leno, LISW, LICDC, CSC
Social Worker
Jacqui Campbell, RN
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Beth Fischer, RN, MSN
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sara Jefferson, RN
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nikki Robinson, RN, BSN
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sharon Waymer, LPN, CCRC
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Becky Whittaker, RN
Research Protocol Nurse, Clinical Trials Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Contacts
Carletta Berry
Program Coordinator/ Medical Oncology
Jobina Pearson
Program Coordinator /Medical Oncology
Rhonda Nilsson, RN
Patient Care Resource Manager
Michelle Wasko, RN, MS
Patient Care Resource Manager/Bone Marrow Transplant
Cyndi Dugan, LISW
