Program Directors and Mentors

The OPTICS Training Program is led by four senior career-stage directors in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with long track records of impactful research, mentorship, and successful knowledge translation.

Jonine Bernstein
Attending Epidemiologist; Co-Leader, Population Sciences Research
Jun J. Mao, MD, MSCE
Chief, Integrative Medicine and Wellness Service; Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine
Katherine Panageas, DrPH
Attending Biostatistician; Director, Research Support
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Deb Schrag
Chair, Department of Medicine, George J. Bosl Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mentors

In addition to its program directors, OPTICS unites faculty members from several departments and divisions across MSK, all of whom have exceptional track records in mentoring.

Colin Begg
Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Victoria S. Blinder, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Matthew F. Buas
Associate Attending; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist & neuro-oncologist Eli Diamond
Associate Attending Physician
Mengmeng (Margaret) Du, Assistant Attending Epidemiologist
Associate Attending Epidemiologist
James Flory, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Helena Furberg, Attending Epidemiologist
Attending Epidemiologist
Francesa M. Gany
Attending Physician; Chief, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Community Health Equity
Mithat Gönen
Attending
Corita R. Grudzen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Emergency Medicine Physician
Head, Division of Supportive and Acute Care Services, Department of Medicine; Fern Grayer Chair in Oncology Care and Patient Experience
Elizabeth Kantor
Associate Attending Epidemiologist, Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon T. Peter Kingham
Director, Global Cancer Research and Training (GCRT) Program
Associate Attending Physician
Yuelin Li, Attending Behavioral Scientist
Attending Behavioral Scientist
Aaron Mitchell, MD, MPH
Assistant Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Michael Morris
Prostate Cancer Section Head, Genitourinary Oncology; Steven A. Greenberg Chair in Prostate Cancer Research
Chaya Moskowitz, Attending  Biostatistician
Attending Biostatistician
Kenneth Offit, MD -- Chief, Clinical Genetics Service
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service; Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine; Co-Leader, Population Sciences Research
Memorial Sloan Kettering dermatologist Veronica Rotemberg
Director, Dermatology Informatics Program
Lawrence H. Schwartz
Chair, Department of Radiology; Hedvig Hricak Chair in Radiology
Jessica Scott
Head, Exercise Oncology Program and Principal Investigator
Venkatraman Seshan, PhD
Director of Biostatistics Computer-Intensive Support Services
Ronglai Shen
Attending Biostatistician
Dr. Andrew Vickers
Attending Research Methodologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Alice Wei
Co-Director, Surgical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Associate Professor of Sugery, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine
Anthony Yu, MD
Principal Investigator
Pictured: Ann Zauber
Attending Biostatistician

Emerging Mentors

Yuan Chen
Assistant Attending Biostatistician
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Robert Daly
Associate Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering hospitalist Lisa Diamond
Associate Attending Physician
Dr. Angela Green
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering integrative medicine specialist Kevin Liou
Director, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program
Allison Lipitz-Snyderman
Associate Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering Neurosurgeon William Christopher Newman
Assistant Attending Neurosurgeon
Talya Salz, Associate Attending Outcomes Research Scientist
Associate Attending Outcomes Research Scientist
Xiang Shu
Assistant Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Zsofia Stadler
Clinical Director, Clinical Genetics Service

Research Supporters

Thomas Atkinson
Associate Attending Behavioral Scientist; Core Co-Director, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Community Engagement, and Language Core (PRO-CEL) Facility
Barbara C. Egan, MD -- Assistant Chair for Inpatient Affairs, Department of Medicine
Chief, Hospital Medicine Service, Department of Medicine
David G. Pfister, MD
Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
Senior Application Analyst