Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Dr. Buckstein's research is clinical and focused on novel biological therapies for MDS and lymphomas. She is a clinician-investigator and interacts closely with the scientists of Sunnybrook Research Institute and elsewhere on collaborative projects

Dr. Mojtaba Akhtari is a Hematologist/Oncologist with medical and hematology/oncology training and experience in the United Kingdom and United States of America. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology. Currently he is working at Loma Linda Cancer Center and University Hospital. He is the Chief of Adult Hematopietic Stem Cell Transplant. He was also a member of adult bone marrow transplantation team at UNMC in Omaha, NE, and USC in Los Angeles, CA. His interests include malignant hematological disorders, particularly acute and chronic leukemias as well as

General Director of Clínica Ruiz, Center of Hematology and Internal Medicine of Puebla; Director of research Division of Laboratorios Ruiz, within Clínica Ruiz; Professor of Hematology at the Autonomous Popular University of the State of Puebla

Hemant S. Murthy M.D., is a Hematology/Oncology physician, with specialty interest in BMT/CAR-T and acute leukemia practice. Dr. Murthy previously served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. Prior to joining UF Health, Dr. Murthy was a transplant and cellular immunotherapy fellow at Moffitt Cancer Center.

The focus of Dr. Garcia's research is to develop novel proof-of-concept studies to gain insight on the underlying pathophysiology of acute leukemia and to identify biological predictors of response by partnering with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute laboratory investigators.