Multidisciplinary Teams

At the UNM Cancer Center, your care is handled by highly trained, carefully coordinated multidisciplinary teams. These teams are made up of oncology physicians with specific expertise in your cancer type, as well as mid-level and ancillary providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Click on the links below to learn more about UNM Cancer Center physicians that make up our expert multidisciplinary teams. You may also view our alphabetical listing of physicians.

Breast Cancer
Bret Rolyn Baack, MD | University of New Mexico
Zoneddy Dayao, MD | University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital
Katherine Morris, MD, FACS | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Melanie Royce, MD, PhD | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
John Russell, MD, FACS | Harvard University
Thomas Schroeder, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Amy Tarnower, MD | Michigan State University

Gynecologic Cancers
Carolyn Muller, MD | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Teresa Rutledge, MD | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William Thompson, MD | University of New Mexico

Head & Neck Cancers
Julie Bauman, MD | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Garth Olson, MD | Vanderbilt University
Sagus Sampath, MD | University of Utah
Michael Spafford, MD | Johns Hopkins University

Hematologists
William Adler, MD | University of New Mexico
Zoneddy Dayao, MD | University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital
M. Houman Fekrazad, MD | University of New Mexico
Richard Lauer, MD | Indiana University Cancer Center
Fa-Chyi Lee, MD | UCLA
Elizabeth McGuire, MD| University of Pittsburgh
Dulcinea Quintana, MD | University of New Mexico
Ian Rabinowitz, MD | Washington University
Montaser Shaheen, MD | Indiana University School of Medicine
Robert Weiler, MD | University of Chicago

Integrative Medicine
Arti Prasad, MD | New York University

Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma & Stem Cell Transplantation
David Garcia, MD | Johns Hopkins Hospital
Richard Lauer, MD | Indiana University Cancer Center
Ian Rabinowitz, MD | Washington University
Thomas Schroeder, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Robert Weiler, MD | University of Chicago
Cheryl Willman, MD | Mayo Clinic

Neurological Cancers
Ben Liem, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Marc Malkoff, MD | Johns Hopkins University
Erich P. Marchand, MD | McGill University
Howard Yonas, MD | University of Pittsburgh

Prostate/Renal/Bladder Cancers
Mike Davis, MD | University of New Mexico
Richard Lauer, MD | Indiana University Cancer Center
Ian Rabinowitz, MD | Washington University
Sagus Sampath, MD | University of Utah
Thomas Schroeder, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Satyan Shah, MD, FACS | Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Anthony Smith, MD | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Soft Tissue/Bone Cancers
Ben Liem, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Robert Quinn, MD | Harvard University
Montaser Shaheen, MD | Indiana University School of Medicine

Skin Cancers
R. Steven Padilla, MD | University of New Mexico
Phillip Strange, MD | University of South Carolina

Thoracic Cancers (Lung & Esophagus)
Julie Bauman, MD, MPH | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Richard Crowell, MD | University of New Mexico
Charles Dietl, MD | University of Buenos Aires
Sagus Sampath, MD | University of Utah
Thomas Schroeder, MD | Baylor College of Medicine
Jess Schwartz, MD, FACS, FCCP | Harvard University
Montaser Shaheen, MD | Indiana University School of Medicine

Oncology Imaging
Scott C. Carter, MD | University of Texas/Houston
Steven Eberhardt, MD | Wayne State University
Michael Hartshorne, MD | University of New Mexico
Phillip Heintz, PhD | University of Washington
Mary McKee, MD | University of New Mexico
Jennifer Pohl, MD, PhD | University of Nevada
Stefan Posse, PhD | University of Berne, Switzerland
Laurel Sillerud, PhD | Yale University
Philip Wiest, MD, FACR | University of Nevada
Michael Williamson, MD | Southern Illinois University