{"id":3272,"date":"2020-07-23T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/?page_id=3272"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:33:04","slug":"benign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/benign\/","title":{"rendered":"Benign Hematology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Staron<\/span>, MD<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/strong>
\nClinical Director, Amyloidosis Center<\/em>
\nAssistant Professor of Medicine<\/span>
\nEducation<\/strong>: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (MD, 2015)<\/span>
\nResidency: <\/strong>Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (2015-2018)<\/span>
\nFellowship: <\/strong>Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (2019-2022)<\/span>
\nBoard Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology<\/span>
\nSpecial Interests: <\/strong>AL Amyloidosis<\/span><\/p>\n

Maya Abdallah, MD<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: University of Balamand, Lebanon (MD,2015)<\/span>

\"\"Adam Lerner, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nCo-Director, Cutaneous Oncology Program<\/em>
\nProfessor of Medicine and Pathology<\/span>
\nEducation:<\/strong> Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (MD, 1983)
\nResidency:<\/strong> Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1984-1986)
\nFellowship:<\/strong> Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA (1988-1991)
\nBoard Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
\nSpecial Interests:<\/strong> Lymphoma, Leukemia, Sarcoma, Skin cancer<\/p>\n

\"\"Mark Sloan, MD<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>Director of Fellowship Program<\/em>
\n<\/span>Associate Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (MD, 2001)
\nResidency<\/strong>: Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (2001-2004)
\nFellowship<\/strong>: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA (2005-2008)
\nBoard Certification<\/strong>: Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology
\nSpecial Interests<\/strong>: <\/span>AL Amyloidosis, Lymphoma and Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fabio Petrocca, MD<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>Associate Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy (MD, 2004)
\nTraining Program: <\/strong>University of Ferrara, Italy (2004-2008)
\nResearch Fellowship<\/strong>: Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital (2008-2012)
\nSpecial Interests<\/strong>: Translational and clinical development of CAR T and TCR T cell therapies, Molecular mechanisms of tumor resistance to small molecule targeted agents and cell therapy, Identification and validation of novel cancer therapeutic targets<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>Raphael Szalat, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDirector, Autologous Stem Cell Transportation Program; Director, Multiple Myeloma Program, <\/em>Assistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation:<\/strong> Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (MD, 2010)
\nResidency:<\/strong> Assistance Publique des hopitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France (2004-2010)
\nResearch Fellowship<\/strong>: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (2013-2018)
\nFellowship:<\/strong> Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (2018-2021)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Andrew B. Wilks, MD, MS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>Assistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation:<\/strong> Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (MD, 2013-2017)
\nResidency:<\/strong> University of Vermont Medical Center, Vermont (2017-2020)
\nFellowship:<\/strong> University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, MA (2020-2023)<\/p>\n

 
\n\"\"<\/a>Lauren McCall, PA-C<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Assistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (PA, 2023)<\/p>\n

 
\n\"\"<\/a>Nicole McQuade, PA-C<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Assistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (PA, 2022)<\/p>\n

 
\n\"\"<\/a>Stacey Chung, PA-C<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: Barry University, Miami, FL (MSc, 2021)<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

 
\n\"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/a>Emma Lutz, FNP-C<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nInstructor of Medicine
\nEducation<\/strong>: University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, (MSN, 2024)<\/span><\/p>\n

 
\n\"\"Elise Reiche, PA-C<\/strong><\/span>
\nInstructor of Medicine
\nEducation:<\/strong> Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA<\/span> (MS, 2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Staron, MD Clinical Director, Amyloidosis Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Education: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (MD, 2015) Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (2015-2018) Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA (2019-2022) Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology Special Interests: AL Amyloidosis Maya Abdallah, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Education: University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6467,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6403,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions\/6403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/hematology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}