We are pleased to announce the addition of some outstanding clinical faculty to the UAB Division of Hematology/Oncology. They join our existing exemplary group of physicians, whose expertise covers almost every tumor type and hematologic disorder known today.




Robert S. Welner, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Division of Hematology/Oncology. His research interests involve an altered hematopoietic environment in leukemia. He received his PhD in Immunology/Microbiology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and did a postdoc fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

Kelly M. Kenzik, MS, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Division of Hematology/Oncology.  She also has an appointment in The Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship.  Her focus will be centered around a research program in cancer outcomes, concentrating on the geriatric oncology population.

Erica M. Stringer-Reasor, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Division of Hematology/Oncology.  Her focus is the care of patients with breast cancer.  She will also participate in the care of patients with gynecological malignancies.

Ravi Paluri, MD,is an Assistant Professor in the UAB Division of Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Paluri specializes in the treatment of gastriointestinal malignancies.




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